Sometimes I still marvel at how many skincare products and ingredients I haven’t tried or don’t even know about. The skincare world is vast, and for me, that is equal parts exciting and overwhelming. A number of months ago, the company JKosmmune reached out to me to see if I would like to try one… Read More Review: JKosmmune Beta-Glucan Serum
Post-inflammatory hyper-pigmentation (PIH) are the dark scars that are left behind after a pimple. They are doubly annoying as they’re a reminder of the pimple you were desperately trying to get rid of in the first place. Niacinamide and other brightening serums can help PIH and other dark spots fade faster. This is my review… Read More Review: Stratia Rewind
Today’s review is of Stratia’s Velvet Cleansing Milk. Water-based cleansers (used in the evening after oil cleansers) can be a surprisingly tough slot to fill in my routine. While I don’t expect them to have any other effects other than cleansing, I do need for them to be gentle and have a low ph. Your skin’s… Read More Review: Stratia Velvet Cleansing Milk
Before I purchase any skincare product, I read the ingredients list, looking for familiar names that I know will pack a serious punch. In the second installment of my “Ingredients to Love” series, I decided to highlight one of my favorites: niacinamide. Niacinamide sounds like a poison someone would get murdered with in an Agatha… Read More Ingredients to Love: Niacinamide
This post was updated on 3/19/17 in order to reflect not only my current use of actives, but updated information based on the fact that I’ve learned more about them. As always, this is a learning process for me, so I’ll try to be as open and upfront as I can be when things change/I… Read More UPDATED: Exfoliation Part II: Chemical Exfoliants
“Ew! Snail mucus?!” This is the reaction I get when I tell people about my love of Korean skincare products that are chock full of snail mucin. (The only exception to this is my seventy-something-year old mother, who was completely unfazed by the idea and happily began using the snail cream I gave her for Christmas… Read More Ingredients to Love: Snail Mucin
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