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Winter Skincare Ingredient’s You Need
Winter skincare is a tricky subject, even for those who are well versed in the subject. To get the most from your skincare routine, you have to be in tune with how your skin looks and feels. These rules apply to the winter season too. Most people benefit from changing their skincare routine a little…
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The EU Commission Bans 25 New Skincare Ingredients
The EU Commission has added 25 new skincare ingredients to its ban list. Here’s everything you need to know about them. Unlike brand marketing, this is not fear mongering. This post is essential to keep you up to date on what should and shouldn’t be in your skincare Regulatory bodies monitor skincare formulations and ingredient…
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Are You Looking For A Skincare Ingredient Checker? Here Are The Best Options
Have you been searching for a reliable skincare ingredient checker? I’m not surprised, they are all the rage at the moment, for obvious reasons. Skincare is becoming more and more complicated and even if you have a good basis on which ingredient’s you should use, there are a tonne of other questions which need to…
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Find Your Skincare Ingredients Checker Here
SkinSort is a new software tool that will be your personal skincare ingredient checker. Not too long ago I wrote about SkinSkool, a website that compares Ingredient Lists that finds dupes for your favourite products. You guys loved that piece and now I bring you, SkinSort. A similar concept but with more information. The best…
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5 Trending Skincare Ingredients in 2021
What will be the top five trending skincare ingredients in 2021? Well, here are my top five guesses. With a significantly increased amount of time spent at home, the blowing up of TikTok and a whole new generation of interest in skincare, this year has changed the landscape of skincare, probably forever, as it has…
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Odacite Has Just Released A ‘No Nasties’ List And Here’s Why It’s All Wrong
Odacite created their very own version of the ‘no nasties’ list and it’s super problematic. Fear mongering is a big part of marketing in the skincare industry and has been for a few years. Over the past year, there has been a movement away from this kind of marketing. However, the emergence of this post…
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What Is An Active Ingredient In Skincare?
This is what I would call ‘essential’ knowledge regarding getting good skin and understanding your skincare routine and it is a popular question. Let’s face it, if you are not engrossed in the world of skincare but want good skin the correlation to getting there and the term ‘active’ isn’t very clear. What is an…
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What Is Mandelic Acid? The Essential Skincare Alphabet
Mandelic acid is an alpha hydroxy acid that is popular for treating acne and hyperpigmentation. However, you may know of many ingredients that do similar things. What makes this acid different? Read more about alpha hydroxy acids here. It’s also becoming more and more popular as a treatment for anti-aging topicals. So, what is mandelic…
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5 Skincare Ingredients You Should Not Mix
One of the disadvantages of having so many beauty products made easily and cheaply avaliable to us is that you can mix together the wrong ingredients sometimes. Because, let’s face it, as much we all love the fact that brands like The Ordinary and The Inkey List have brought us isolated, potent ingredients in a…
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In Conversation With The Founders Of SkinSort
SkinSort is skincare made easy. That’s their tagline and it encapsulates what they do pretty well. The world of skincare seems to get more and more complicated. The more science communicators there is, the more complex the information they are trying to communicate (and in some cases contradictory). SkinSort is the online tool that helps…
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