ADAPT AND SURVIVE
IT’S AN UNSETTLING idea that in Australia we age up to 20 times faster than our counterparts in the Northern Hemisphere. According to the Australasian Journal of Dermatology, Australian women see more severe signs of facial ageing much sooner — things like pigmentation and loss of volume. A lot of that damage is due to our harsh natural environment but, in an ironic kind of twist, Mother Nature also offers some nifty botanical solutions to reversing the skin ruin.
Leading the way are adaptogens, the new buzzword in the wellness world. It’s an umbrella term for medicinal herbs and botanical extracts like hemp, mushrooms,
