As a pioneering feelgood brand which brings effective solutions to leg comfort, contour and care by focusing on the lymph, Legology is not just the refreshingly honest and inclusive new face of cellulite control but the future for positive body care in general.
Do you ever wake up feeling bloated, surfacing for the day with a puffiness that has appeared overnight? Just like your skin, your body is a measure of what’s going on inside, showing the effects of our lifestyle in the way it functions and feels. And that manifests in different ways – very often as puffy eyes and fingers, a bloated tummy or heavy legs. Even cellulite can be seen as a symptom of an unbalanced body.
It’s a divisive beauty issue. But for those who have cellulite – and don’t want it – it’s a very real one. For years, we’ve been told that cellulite is what we get for being unfit and overweight, the implication being that it’s something to be ashamed of.
But that logic is wrong, as the many slim and fit women with cellulite prove, as is the notion that you can get rid of cellulite with a cream alone. And Kate Shapland, the founder of Legology, is on a mission to prove it. She founded the brand after 25 years as a beauty writer, and becoming increasingly frustrated by the way in which the beauty industry framed cellulite and promised to eliminate it.
“Far from being down to over-eating, my research shows that cellulite is linked to the way the lymph, the body’s own waste disposal network, performs,” Kate reveals.
Lymph, which runs around the body just beneath the surface of the skin, and the way it moves and metabolises fluid, is at the heart of cellulite. When its sluggish fluid collects around the fat cells and this naturally shows in areas where there is more fat (like thighs and upper arms) as the build up pushes cells out of alignment causing the dimples we know as cellulite. On top of that, the fibres that hold cells in place loosen with age, worsening the surface unevenness.
An underperforming lymph is behind body concerns like bloat, heavy legs and puffy ankles too. Legology’s approach is to promote the lymph, and while their formulas all have this aim, using ingredients to stimulate deep drainage, the brand also gives lifestyle advice on getting the lymph flowing well to support their products’ benefits.
“The significance of the lymph to our wellbeing is better understood, especially the way it impacts our immune and gut by helping clear away unwanted toxins,” Kate says. “The problem is, unlike your blood circulation, which runs alongside it, lymph doesn’t have a heart to pump it around the body. It relies on you to move for it to move and transport waste to lymph nodes where they’re metabolised. So being active is key to maintaining lymph health, and a diet that supports elimination can also be critical, alongside using the right deep drainage products.”
This is the message Legology gives – the brand takes in an inclusive approach to cellulite, yet while their concept is based on a plan not just a product, their products – in particular their Cellu-Lite oil, deep drainage cream Air-Lite, exfoliating body scrub Exfo-Lite, and body brush, Lymph-Lite – are integral to that plan. All are infused with a deep drainage Lymphology complex – a mix of lymph-boosting properties like caffeine, juniper and Siberian fir. Even Legology’s exfoliating body scrub, Exfo-Lite, contains a deep drainage mix of sea salt and Himalayan pink salt.
The whole intent behind Legology is to shift the trapped fluid that compromises a figure, making your legs, and you, feel lighter and better from the feet up. And this is enhanced by the uplifting Amalfi lemon scent which is infused in each product, which makes the products a joy to use and encourages regular application.
“If you are set on reducing or removing cellulite you need to think about your lymph and do everything you can to help it,” advises Kate. “Even something so simple as drinking more water everyday has an impact on your lymph because it dilutes it, so facilitates it. Try drinking more water for a week and you’ll be amazed at how much less bloated you feel. This one habit alone can make a difference in your cellulite.”
After years of hearing that just slapping cellulite cream on would magically eliminate localised fat, it’s refreshing to see a brand take such a transparent approach to the problem and develop solutions that feel as good to wear as they are effective. Legology is very much the positive, workable new face of cellulite.
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