We’ve all heard the phrase “As American as apple pie,” and while this undoubtedly tasty treat warms our hearts, what's on our plates may not be so great for our nation's health. However, you can healthfully partake of this juicy fruit by sinking your teeth into a crisp raw apple and using Apple-infused clean skincare products for a naturally revitalizing refresh! Apples are a perfect example of nature's bounty, bursting with nutrients and ingredients that benefit your skin's health and appearance. Let's delve into the nourishing and skin-pampering powers of apples.

Benefits of Eating Apples
The bountiful nutritional health benefits of Apple Extract make this fruit nature's finest choice. Apples are packed with energizing properties and essential nutrients that support a healthy body and improve the appearance of skin and hair. The macronutrients, natural fiber, sugar, protein, vitamins, and minerals take part in sustaining bone health, growth, and immunity. They also contain Quercetin, an anti-inflammatory that has been proven to boost energy and performance. Check out their bushel’s worth of benefits and why they should be a core dietary staple:

Dietary Fiber: A medium apple contains about 3-4 grams of fiber, roughly 15-16% of the Daily Value! Nutritional fiber has been linked with the following benefits:

• Aids digestion and supports gut health - which is key for skin health.
• Promotes fullness, aiding weight management.
• Aids in blood sugar control by slowing the breakdown and digestion of sugars, making apples highly beneficial for people with diabetes and those at risk.
• Lowers cholesterol and blood pressure, reducing heart disease risk.

Vitamin-Rich: Apples are packed with antioxidant Vitamins C, E, and flavonoids, which protect cells from free radicals and combat oxidative stress and inflammation. They also help reduce the risk of developing cancer, heart disease, and other chronic diseases. These nutrient-rich fruits also contain Vitamin B6 and Vitamin K. Vitamin B6 helps metabolize nutrients and maintain healthy immunity while supporting collagen production. It may also help calm or prevent dermatitis, eczema, and other inflammatory skin conditions while keeping sebum and oiliness in check. Vitamin K aids in building bones and blood clotting and provides antioxidant properties that help shield against free radical damage. Vitamin K helps repair skin, minimizes the appearance of dark circles, and improves visible signs of aging.

Mineral Motherlode: Apples are rich in potassium but also contain calcium, copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, nitrogen, and zinc, which collectively repair the body’s connective tissue.

• Potassium promotes digestive and brain health, helps manage weight, and provides additional heart health support.
• Calcium supports bones, teeth, and other body tissues, including healthier-looking skin.
• Copper is an essential mineral that works with vitamins and other minerals to promote Collagen, Elastin, and pigment production.
• Iron increases oxygen utilization, making it essential for keeping the body and skin healthy.
• Magnesium is responsible for DNA replication and fights inflammation, which is vital for staving off aging.
• Zinc is reparative, helps the body process essential fatty acids, and reinforces the body's immune response. It may also help fight free radicals and other cell-damaging substances and strengthen capillaries, which makes it instrumental for multiple skin conditions.

Hydration: Apples' high water content makes them an excellent, convenient, and portable water source to help ensure optimal hydration levels and body functioning wherever you go.

Weight Management: Their high fiber and water content can help you feel full and satisfied with fewer calories, making them excellent for weight management and snacking.

Improved Lung Function: Some studies suggest that regular consumption may be associated with a lower risk of respiratory diseases, possibly due to their anti-inflammatory properties.

Oral Health: Crunching on apples stimulates saliva production, which helps lower bacteria levels in the mouth and reduces the incidence of tooth decay.

Disease Protection:  Several studies show that apples protect against today’s top health concerns, including cancer, type 2 diabetes, and heart disease.

How To Enjoy Apples
You can enjoy apples in many ways! Savor the flavor as you take a bite of your favorite apple variety or try low or no-sugar-added applesauce, baked apples, or homemade apple chips to eat right for your skin. Eat them whole, sliced, or incorporated into salads, desserts, or savory dishes. Or pair apple slices with nut butter for a satisfying snack! But think twice about apple juice; with the fiber removed and a high sugar content, this form is not as healthy as eating a raw apple. But beware Johnny Appleseed, as apple seeds contain cyanide, which is poisonous to our bodies. And do your best to use products containing apple extract and other apple derivatives that are sourced sustainably and responsibly. As apples tend to be one of the fruits found to have chemical contamination, always thoroughly wash them before eating them to remove potentially harmful pesticides.

Benefits of Apple Extract
The topical benefits of Apple Fruit Extract could fill an orchard! Derived from nutrient-rich apples, Apple Extract, also known as Pyrus Malus, is a potent ingredient loaded with vitamins, antioxidants, and natural acids. This astringent extract from the fleshy pomes or fruits of Rosaceous trees controls the growth of micro-organisms, illuminates, and clarifies, ensuring a youthful-looking and radiant complexion. Here are the top benefits of Apple Extract for skin:

• Youthful Radiance: Rich in antioxidants like Vitamin C, Vitamin E, and flavonoids, Apple Extract helps combat free radicals that cause premature aging while providing soothing repair. It protects cell membranes and assists in preserving skin elasticity, promoting healthy skin functioning.
• Moisture Boost: Apple Extract, with its high water content and Vitamin E, provides a moisture surge to parched complexions, helping maintain optimal moisture levels and restoring suppleness.
• Skin Smoothing: Apple extract's natural exfoliating AHAs (Alpha Hydroxy Acids) promote cell turnover and reveal smoother, firmer-looking skin over time.

Apple-Derived Ingredients
The abundance and fruitfulness of apple-derived ingredients come from the most selfless of giving trees. Whether you want to age gracefully or achieve a smoother, more luminous complexion, Sorbitol, Sodium Cocoyl Amino Acids, and Malic Acid are the cream of the crop: While a few of these Apple-derived ingredients sound like chemicals (and may be with other brands), with Pevonia, they are sourced from the original! Join us in peeling back the benefits of apple-derived ingredients and how they can help you achieve healthier, more radiant skin:

Skincare Benefits of Sorbitol
Sorbitol is a natural sugar alcohol in apples, pears, plums, and cherries. In skincare, it acts as a versatile humectant and moisturizer. It absorbs quickly, preventing dryness and moisture loss, preserving skin’s moisture, and leaving it smooth and velvety. Here are the detailed benefits of Sorbitol in skincare:

• Intense Moisture: Sorbitol's humectant properties draw moisture into the skin, maintaining ideal levels and preventing trans-epidermal water loss throughout the day.
• Skin Soothing: Its gentle nature makes Sorbitol ideal for calming and soothing skin prone to irritation, sensitivity, and redness.
• Barrier Protection: Sorbitol helps fortify the skin's natural barrier function, enhancing its resilience against environmental aggressors and preventing evaporation.

Skincare Benefits of Sodium Cocoyl Amino Acids
Derived from Apple Amino Acids, this gentle cleansing agent offers a host of advantages for your skin. There are several benefits of Sodium Cocoyl Amino Acids for skin:

• Mild Cleansing: Suitable for all skin types and concerns, Sodium Cocoyl Amino Acids effectively remove impurities without stripping away natural oils and moisture.
• Balanced pH: It helps maintain the skin's pH balance, ensuring a healthy skin barrier and better overall skin function.
• Softening & Conditioning: Their conditioning properties help improve moisture retention, softening, smoothing, and moisturizing the skin.

Skincare Benefits of Malic Acid
Malic acid is an Alpha Hydroxy Acid (AHA) mainly derived from apples. Here are the advantages of malic acid:

• Gentle Exfoliation: It gently removes dead skin cells, encouraging cellular renewal and unclogging pores. This results in smoother, brighter, and more even-toned skin.
• Clarifying Action: Malic Acid helps clarify the skin by dissolving excess sebum and impurities, making it an effective ingredient for addressing blemishes and congestion.
• Pro-Aging Properties: Malic Acid promotes collagen production, improves elasticity, and smooths fine lines and wrinkles for a more youthful-looking complexion.

It is no coincidence that all these fabulous plant based, apple-derived ingredients are in our year-after-year top-selling products with solutions for all skin types and concerns! Incorporating skincare products enriched with these rejuvenating natural actives can transform your skin, revealing a healthy, glowing complexion.

An Apple-Infused Skincare Routine
Want to have a routine with a finger in every apple pie? Instead of treating yourself to a glycation-inducing slice of apple pie or apple fritter, treat your skin to apple-infused cleansers, toners, serums, moisturizers, a face mask, eye creams, and body care for a perfect regimen without a bad apple in the bunch! Here’s how to give yourself a complete Apple-infused facial, complete with body care to keep the skin doctor away:

Step 1 - Cleanse: Use either the Myoxy-Caviar® Timeless Balm Cleanser or Stem Cells Phyto-Elite® Multi-Active Foaming Cleanser - your choice, as it is a toss-up which is the best natural face cleanser for aging skin!

Step 2 - Tone: Complete your cleanse with the alcohol free face spray that best matches your concerns:

• Power Repair® Hydrating Toner - For early fine line prevention and smoothing
• Myoxy-Caviar® Timeless Repair Lotion - For advanced signs of aging with wrinkles
• RS2 Gentle Lotion - For redness, irritation, and skin with visible capillaries

Step 3 - Mask: Apply the Bright Skin Green Apple Mask

Step 4 - Treat: Be the literal apple of our eye with these apple delights:

• Évolutive Eye Cream – For those in their 20s and 30s just starting their eye care journey
• Lumafirm® Eye Contour - Lift & Glow – For tired-looking eye contours with sagging and dark circles

Step 5 - Moisturize: There are as many apple-infused moisturizing cream formulas as there are apple varieties. Well, not quite, but you’ll see we have options for all skin types and concerns:

• Rejuvenation Dry Skin Cream - Deeply moisturizes extra-dry, tight skin challenged by free radical damage and facing early fine lines.
• Soothing Sensitive Skin Cream - Calms fragile, allergy-prone, easily irritated skin.
• Balancing Combination Skin Cream - Controls t-zone shine, moisturizes drier cheeks, counteracts exposure to stress and environmental aggressors.
• SpaTeen® Blemished Skin Moisturizer - Repairs acne-prone skin with blackheads and breakouts.
• RS2 Cream - Soothes flushing and persistent redness as seen with rosacea-prone skin.
• Marine Collagen Cream - Prevents fine lines and smooths surface dehydration.
• Myoxy-Caviar® Timeless Repair Cream - Smooths the appearance of mature skin with advanced signs of aging, wrinkles, and skin laxity.
• Micro-Retinol® Essential Moisturizer - Smooths rough texture and evens skin tone, rewinding signs of sun damage.
• Resurfacing Glycocides® Cream - Exfoliates and complements most skin types and concerns.
• Stem Cells Phyto-Elite® Intensive Body Corrector - Smooths the appearance of cellulite and aging on the body.

Step 6 - Protect: Apply the YouthRenew™ Tinted Cream to protect your skin from UV rays.

Want to maximize results for your healthiest skin ever? Boost skin health with an in-depth consultation for your ideal products and professional treatments. For more apple goodness, visit Find A Spa for a Pevonia oasis near you and ask for the Lacto-Flora Peel, Customizable in-spa treatment with the Bright Skin Green Apple Mask, Lumafirm® Lift & Glow Eye Contour Treatment, Micro-Retinol® Essential (Peel) Treatment, Myoxy-Caviar® Mask Treatment, RS2 Rosacea Mask Treatment, Blemished Skin Treatment, or Stem Cells Phyto-Elite® Intensive Body Contouring Wrap.