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Antioxidants are all the rage in skincare and have been for decades. Marketing teams have hyped the benefits of antioxidants to consumers as 'This is good for you go buy it' but rarely educate the consumer why antioxidants are such an important part of a formulation. Today we're going to deep dive a little bit [...]
Retinol or treninoin (prescription only) are derivatives of Vitamin A thus making them antioxidants, very powerful antioxidants to be specific. Treninoin (Retin-A) is only available as a prescription. Most over the counter retinol products use retinol, retinyl proprionate, retinyl acetate, retinyl lineolate, and retinaldehyde. This class of skincare products are amazingly popular. Everyone from tweenagers [...]
Pitera is a fungal filtrate patented by SK-II. But fungal filtrates are used by several companies. Lets talk about what a fungal filtrate is and then I'll list some of my favorite dupes to SK-II's Essence.
Finding the perfect gift for mother's day and not going for the standard roses and breakfast in bed (a classic and still a favorite) is stressful. I either nail it and find what I think is the perfect show of appreciation or it fizzles out and I get the 'Oh, it's the thought that counts' [...]
Ever wondered how your oil cleanser works? Ever wondered why your oil cleanser doesn't seem to work effectively? Be curious no more.
This year we aren't planning any major vacations except a long weekend in Corpus Christi, Texas to visit my husbands family. But with summer coming in hard and cruise season upon us, bikini weather is definitely right around the corner and for some of the jetset it's already here. Even in a landlocked state, I [...]
