Tag: cleanser
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6 Salicylic Acid Products: From Cleansers to Serums for Tackling Inflammation and Oily Shine
These salicylic acid products range from cleansers to serums and toners, offering solutions for various skin concerns like inflammation, oily shine, and acne. Incorporating these into your skincare routine can help you achieve clearer, healthier skin.
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Understanding pH in Skincare: Choosing the Right Cleanser for Your Skin
When it comes to skincare, the pH level of your cleanser plays a crucial role in maintaining the health of your skin. The pH scale ranges from 0 to 14, with lower numbers being acidic, higher numbers being alkaline, and 7 being neutral. For our skin, maintaining a slightly acidic pH (around 4.5 to 5.5)…
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8 Gentle Alternatives to CeraVe Cleansers
If you’re tired of CeraVe cleansers and want to try something new without losing quality, here are 8 gentle alternatives to consider. These recommendations are especially suited for sebodeficient, sensitive, and atopic dermatitis-prone skin types…
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How to Keep Your Pores Clean and Tight in Summer
One of the most common summer issues is perpetually clogged pores and oily shine, often accompanied by dehydrated skin. Here are some simple rules and routines to avoid this problem…
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Is Your Facial Cleanser Just Soap? Checking the Ingredients in Facial Cleansers
You might not feel dryness after washing, but know that all the beneficial elements are harshly stripped from your skin. The rest of your skincare routine with ceramides, hyaluronic acid, and niacinamide goes down the drain because you are daily destroying your lipid barrier. How to identify such a product…
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Sun Protection for Beginners
Summer is already here, and it’s time to think about sun protection. Let’s go over the basics, as there are still some stumbling blocks.
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Killer Component Combinations for Maximum Results
When combined effectively, these “killer component combinations” can amplify each other’s benefits, targeting multiple skin concerns simultaneously for maximum results. Whether you’re looking to brighten, hydrate, or fight signs of aging, understanding which ingredients work best together is key to optimizing your skincare routine. Dive into these powerful pairings and unlock your skin’s potential.
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Revisiting Drugstore Shower Oils: A Disappointing Decline
I recently reviewed the shower oils from various drugstore brands and was disheartened to see how diluted the La Roche-Posay formula has become. It used to contain some pure oils, but now it’s mostly surfactants and fatty acids. Not terrible, but lacking for a product labeled as lipid-replenishing. I examined the ingredients of four major…
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How to Care for Your Skin During and After Cancer Treatment
Cancer treatment often results in external side effects: skin becomes dry, more sensitive to light, peels, itches, changes tone, swells, or becomes puffy. This usually occurs in areas where the skin forms folds, such as around the ears, chest, or buttocks. Here are three main recommendations for skin care during and after cancer treatment…
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Can You Combine Niacinamide and Retinol?
It is quite possible to encounter the issue of combining these components without even thinking about it. The reason is simple: both retinol and niacinamide are suitable for normalizing acne-prone skin, and both are proven effective anti-aging ingredients. Therefore, even without understanding the formulations of your cosmetics, you might accidentally combine retinol and niacinamide in…
