Hyperpigmentation occurs when your body produces an excess amount of melanin, the substance that is responsible for the colour of our skin. ‘Hyper’ means more and ‘pigment’ means colour. It essentially means an increase or change in the colour of the skin.
SPF is important to wear year-round to protect your skin from sun damage. Although ishga products don’t contain an SPF, we do recommend adding one into your skincare routine. Let’s look into why our products don’t contain an SPF and how you can keep your skin nourished and protected this summer.
Having a facial is the ultimate luxury to help boost your skin’s health and level up your skincare routine. Regular facials are recommended (every 4 weeks if possible), amongst a consistent quality at-home skincare regime, to ensure skin is nourished and glowing all year round. Depending on what type of facial you opt for, the sequence and benefits may vary.
Skin is our largest organ and plays a very important role in regulating our body temperature, but its main role is to provide protection. It acts as a barrier and helps prevent harmful organisms and substances from entering the body.
Yoga is ideal if you are looking for a low impact, restorative form of exercise. There are numerous benefits for the mind and body and an added bonus is that you don’t need an expensive gym membership or equipment to do it!
Collagen and elastin: Words you may already be familiar with in the skincare world, but what do they actually mean for our skin?
Each play a vital role in skin and body health and have their own functional differences. Read on to learn about the importance of these proteins and how we can protect them to maintain nourished, healthy skin.
Seaweed and our unique seaweed extract is the cornerstone of ishga’s range of natural and organic skincare. We know it is an amazing skincare ingredient, but does the life cycle of the plant and the environment in which it grows affect it in any way?
Sustainability is at the heart of ishga. Since day one, it has been weaved through our products and processes and continues to drive our brand forward. Our aim is to provide the best results-driven organic skincare for you, delivered through the unique power of Hebridean seaweed. The ocean supplies us with this wonderful marine plant, and our entire team holds our responsibility to reduce our impact on the planet with the highest importance in everything we do.
We’re taking a look at the effects stress can have on your skin so you can identify it, and how to best combat these effects to restore your natural glow.
In the past, it was more common to be concerned about the harmful UV rays contained in sunlight. In the last few years there has been a growing trend in skincare of blue-light blocking. So what is blue light, and do you need to be concerned?
Seaweed has powerful hydrating properties which make it an ideal ingredient for skincare products. Seaweed extracts are also know to stimulate the production of hyaluronic acid which helps to reduce wrinkles and fine lines.
There are over 12,000 species of seaweed in the world, in the UK alone there are over 600 dotted around our rugged coastlines. A common sight along shores and beaches, at some point most of us will have encountered seaweed and not given it much of a second thought.
What if we told you this very unassuming marine algae is a powerhouse of a plant that delivers scientifically proven results in skincare?