Tag: Is mandelic acid AHA or BHA?
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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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Azelaic Acid vs Mandelic Acid
Azelaic acid vs mandelic acid, it’s time we delved into this comparison because they tend to be aimed at the same audience. Those suffering with sensitive skin. So, if they’re for the same people how do you differentiate between them? Today we are going to tackle just that. First, I’m going to break down what…
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What Is Glycolic Acid? The Essential Skincare Alphabet
If you’ve been following me for a long time, you’ll know that glycolic acid is one of my favourite ingredients. When it came to picking an ingredient for letter G, the brainstorming didn’t take long. There are still so many people who are confused about this acid. Today, I’m going to attempt to create a…
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Mandelic Acid Vs Glycolic Acid
Mandelic acid vs glycolic acid is the first versus post I have done in months! I know you guys love these and I’m excited to be able to share this one with you, because you’ve been asking for this one for ages! The basic structure for these posts are simple. We will look into what…
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The Essential Skincare Alphabet, What Are AHA’s?
Welcome to my new series! The Essential Skincare Alphabet. Starting with, What Are AHA’s? This new series is going to explore all the ingredients that make up the skincare language. Well, the current skincare language anyway. My aim is to create my own ‘dictionary’ which will be available on Science and Skincare 24/7. This is…
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What Does Mandelic Acid Do For The Skin?
What exactly is mandelic acid and why do people use it in their skincare?
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Mandelic Acid Vs Lactic Acid
These kinds of posts have become so popular over my years running this site that I’ve actually dedicated a whole category to acids on my homepage. The reason (I think) for this rise in queries is because, this particular trend requires you to know more about your skin before you decide which one is right…