JOYCE BLOK INTENSIVE CARE AMPOULES
The Joyce BLOK ‘intensive care’ AMPOULES for home and salon skin care are manufactured to our requirements in France, and incorporate the most recent advances in skin care technology. Each pack contains 5 ampoules, for a five day intensive skin treatment programme.

Why ampoules for home care?
Dry, tired, devitalised, aging, irritated or problem skins all benefit from a concentrated or intensive care programme periodically.

Examples of when intensive care is recommended include: when the skin has been exposed to the elements (winter cold, summer sun); after experiencing physical stress, illness, childbirth, weight loss; hormonal changes or imbalances; during or after emotional stress and fatigue.

Regular treatment is desirable by at least age 35, to counteract the slow-down in natural skin rejuvenation.

An ideal treatment programme would involve consecutive daily visits to the beauty therapist, but time and cost make this impractical for most. With the ‘intensive care’ ampoules from Joyce BLOK, the good work started by the beauty therapist in the salon can be supported by the client herself at home.

The skin’s natural resistance to penetration makes it difficult to provide adequate concentrations of active ingredients for intensive treatment. While creams and lotions are a relatively inexpensive way to provide the skin with moisturising, stimulating and rejuvenating substances, they only achieve modest penetration. This is perfectly satisfactory for normal, daily maintenance.

An intensive treatment, however requires much greater and more rapid penetration.

Because glass ampoules protect their contents and keep them sterile until opened, we can provide much purer concentrations of treatment substances and nutrients. When applied to the skin, the concentrates from these ampoules offer the advantages of greater and more rapid penetration (up to 80%).

How to use ampoules at home

As most skin cell growth occurs late at night, the best time to apply the ampoule solution is before going to bed.

Remember to cleanse the skin thoroughly first, preferably exfoliating thoroughly with Gentle Facial Exfoliant before applying the ampoule serum.

The ampoules should be tapped to ensure all of the contents are in the bottom. The top must be snapped off firmly. For safety, this is best done with the ampoule wrapped in a tissue.

Pour a few drops of serum at a time into the palm of the hand, which will warm the solution to body temperature. The liquid will run out of the ampoule easily if the "lip" of the opening touches the skin of the hand.

Using clean fingers of the other hand, the liquid is applied all over the skin (avoid the skin immediately around the eyes, to prevent liquid entering the eyes). Work the solution into the skin and massage with gentle fingertip pressure for several minutes.

Apply your night cream.

Repeat every day or two until all ampoules are gone.

For a copy of the brochure on the intensive care ampoules and masks, click on the image or here.