What’s the best The Inkey List moisturiser for YOUR skin type?
At roughly £10 a pop, it’s tempting to haul them all and put them to the test yourself. But what if something goes wrong and you end up with a bunch of pimples on your face or flaky patches where your skin used to be silky soft?
That can happen when you use the wrong moisturizer for your skin type. Bummer!
Save yourself money and heartache and get it right from the get go. Here’s a short guide to The Inkey List moisturisers to help you pick the best one for you:
The Inkey List Multi-Bionic (£12.99)
What it is: A soothing, non-greasy lotion for oily and sensitive skin.
Key Ingredients: The Inkey List proudly promotes yogurt powder for its probiotic properties, but I could’t find any proof it does anything for skin. Instead, the real heroes here are:
Texture: A lightweight lotion that sinks in quickly, without leaving a greasy residue behind.
Who should use it: Oily, acne-prone and/or sensitive skin.
Who should NOT use it: Dry skin (it’s not moisturizing enough for you)
What’s the best The Inkey List moisturiser for you? Share your pick in the comments below.
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Fallen in love with Erborian CC Creme A La Centella Asiatica? I’m with you. This brightening CC Cream evens out the skin tone, blurs away fine lines and large pores and neutralises redness. It’s love at first swipe.
But did you know it has a matching eye cream (or should I say CC eye cream)? It’s called Erborian CC Eye A La Centella Asiatica and has a lot in common with its bigger sister:
Key Ingredients In Erborian CC Eye A La Centella Asiatica
UV Filters To Provide Sun Protection
FYI, eye creams and CC eye creams with SPF aren’t a substitute for sunscreen. But they can give your sun protection a boost.
Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate: a.ka.a Octyl Methoxycinnamate. It protects skin from UVB rays and helps other UV filters last longer, too.
Titanium Dioxide (nano): a mineral filter that protects from all UVB and some UVA rays. It’s in nano size to neutralise its greasy texture and the white cast it leaves behind.
Ethylhexyl Salicylate: a.k.a Octyl Salicylate, a UVB filter with a slightly oily consistency and a mild floral scent.
Zinc Oxide (nano): a gentle mineral UV filter that protects from ALL UV rays. It’s in nano size to neutralise its greasy texture and the white cast it leaves behind.
Centella Asiatica is a skin-soother on steroids. It’s loaded with anti-inflammatory substances – like Madecassoside – that calms down redness, irritation and more.
That’s just the tip of the iceberg. Here’s everything Centella asiatica does for your skin:
Erborian CC Eye A La Centella Asiatica is available in two shades: Clair and Doré. I have Claire, the lighter of the two. It’s a translucent white shade that turns into beige when you apply it onto the skin.
The coverage’s sheer, but enough to brighten the under-eye area and make dark circles less visible. If yours are really bad, you may still need a thin layer of concealer (or even foundation) on top.
If your eyes often look tired and older, this can give your skin a boost that makes you feel less self-conscious. Its just perks up your eyes and makes you look more awake.
The texture’s so smooth, it glides on the skin like a dream, without pulling or tugging at your delicate skin.
It’s not the most hydrating eye cream, but then it’s not meant to be. Its job is to make your eye area look more radiant and it does that well.
I’d say it depends. For most people, the CC cream alone will do. But if you have severe dark circles who need the extra coverage, are in front of a camera often and need to look your brightest self or just can’t live without eye cream, you can’t wrong with this.
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Dermatologist Anna Guanche is a Super Doctor. Literally. She’s been voted Los Angeles Magazine Super Doctor by her peers for 6 years consecutively. Impressive, isn’t it?
Based in Kalabasas, Dr Guanche has made a name for herself by taking the pain out of beauty. Her speciality are cosmetic procedures that give you the best results with minimal down-time and pain. Sign me up, pronto!
In this interview, Dr Guanche shares the cosmetic procedures she regularly gets done, her skincare routine and top tips for healthy, younger-looking skin:
1. When did you become interested in skincare?
I became interested in skin care during my dermatology residency. I read a book by Dr. Zoe Draelos that explained the active ingredients in various topical anti aging creams.
2. What’s your skincare routine like?
I take collagen powder and multiple supplements, wash with a gentle cleanser and apply Restorsea PRO, Elta 46 tinted and Alastin SPF on every morning under my makeup.
I love Colorescience total eye for around my eyes and Alastin Restorative Neck for my neck and décolletage. I just started using Zo skin polish pads once a day before all of that and I love it!
At night I wash my face with a gentle cleanser after using micellar water to fully remove my eye makeup. Then I apply Retin A to my face and alternate between IS Youth Creme and SMD snail serum to seal it in. Some of this changes sometimes and I use the GG finishing mask frequently to seal in moisture.
3. If you could only use three skincare products for the rest of your life, what would they be?
Sunscreen. Retin A. Glycolic cream.
4. What are your fave skincare brands and why?
I love Alastin, SkinCeuticals, IS Clinical, Colorescience, Epionce and Avene. Each line has products that are perfect for various skin types, so we tailor regimens by mixing and matching products that are optimal for each individual.
5. What are your top 3 skincare tips to take care of your skin?
Wash all of your makeup off completely every night.
Apply sunscreen every single day even if you don’t plan to go outdoors.
Use skin care on your neck, chest and hands as well as your face.
6. What skincare treatments do you regularly have done?
I do a Jessner’s peel and a VBeam laser treatment on myself once monthly.
7. What lifestyle habits do you have that keep your skin in top shape?
Definitely sun avoidance, lots of supplements, yoga and Pilates, meditation, consistent skin care, drinking plenty of water and low carb diet.
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Meet Marie Rayma, creator of Humblebee & Me. I met this fabulously talented lady in person last Fall, and from the moment we were introduced, it was nonstop talk about cosmetics and everything related until the wee hours of the morning.
Apart from being charming (and cute as a button), Marie has an impressive CV. Her website and YouTube channel have thousands of followers. Her book, Make it Up, is hugely popular and sold worldwide. She teaches classes about making cosmetics and speaks about cosmetic formulation at events across North America.
With a list of accomplishments like that, one would expect a person of more age, but Marie is the picture of youth.
I (finally) persuaded her to share a bit about herself and her cosmetics-creating methodology in this exclusive interview, so please join me in welcoming this multi-talented formulator and fellow blogger who is celebrating her 8 year blog-a-versary this month.
Once upon a time in Skincareland, a group of skincare fanatics gave birth to a natural line of creams and lotions.
They invited all their friends to celebrate. The Antioxidant family was there, with its many children in tow. Mrs Shea Butter was twirling on the dancefloor with her soothing partner, Mr Aloe Vera. The ceramides girls were entertaining their friends with the latest gossips.
Everyone was having a blast.
Then, all of a sudden, the door to the ballroom burst open with a bang. All heads turned in that direction and gasped. The Preservatives clan!
The skincare fanatics had forgotten to invite them. Kinda of on purpose. No one liked those preservative guys. They were harsh. Nasty. Always in your face. What harm could it do leave them out?
“Ladies, gentleman,” DMDM Hydantoin, a preservative that works by releasing toxic formaldehyde, addressed the crowd: “Your new organic, preservative-free lotions and potions should indeed thrive… for a few short months.
“After that time has passed, they will turn into deadly concoctions that will give their users an eye infection, a bad rash, or worse. Goodbye!,” he finished his curse, before turning on his heels and leaving the ballroom with the rest of the gang, leaving everyone else in shock.
Since that day, preservatives have been a necessary evil. Here’s why:
1. Preservative-free products don’t last long
Ever wondered why traditional creams and lotions can last up to 2 or 3 years while your organic creams go bad within six months? Preservatives. They’re what makes those antioxidants work overtime and prevent formulas from spoiling too soon.
2. Preservative-free products are easily contaminated
It’s so easy for a solitary bacteria or germ to sneak its way into your skincare potions. You just have to scoop out the product with a dirty finger or accidentally sneeze when you open the jar.
Most of the time, these solitary intruders don’t do any real harm. The preservative gang spots them immediately, gives them a good beating and kills them before they can harm you (told you they weren’t the nicest guys, but they’re just trying to keep you safe).
Without them, that solitary bacteria would procreate and give you a bad rash, or worse. Call me selfish, but if one of us must take a beating, I’d rather the bacteria did.
3. Preservative-free products need to be stored in refrigerators
Ok, you don’t need to store any products in the refrigerator, but it helps. Think of preservatives-free products like food. The cold temperature helps them last longer. Problem is, do you have enough space in there to keep both food and cosmetics in?
P.S. Even if you do, that still won’t make them last as long as preservatives do.
Preservatives are the skincare police. They have to be harsh and menacing sometimes, but they only do it to keep you safe.
Have you ever been seduced by preservatives-free cosmetics?
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I recently posted a Skincare Ingredient Bracket on Instagram. This is a bit like a tournament – for each match-up, you pick your preferred skincare ingredient, and then at the end your favourite ingredient wins. It’s pretty fun to fill in!
I also polled my Instagram followers on their picks for each match-up, so we could see what the most popular ingredient was – there were a few upsets along the way, and some pretty difficult choices. The discussions were pretty interesting, so I decided to use it as the basis of this video.
This is a pretty laid back video – I briefly go through what I think of each skincare ingredient and why I chose each winner. I also go through the popular vote, along with some thoughts about the results.
More comprehensive posts on some of the ingredients:
Here’s the blank version of the bracket – scroll down for the results of the popular vote, and and my version (you might want to fill yours in first if you haven’t already, so you’re not influenced by seeing what other people thought!).
Did you enjoy the bracket? Should I do another bracket on a different topic? Let me know your thoughts!
I learned to take care of my dry skin the hard way.
It all started when I moved to London. The harsh winters, the unrelenting winds that blow all day long and the high temperatures indoors were no match for my dry skin: they sucked all the moisture out of it, leaving it all dry and flaky.
And SO thirsty. It always demands I give it more water. MORE. MORE. MORE. ALL THE TIME. It’s like nothing can quench it.
That’s how it feels, anyway. But it IS possible to treat dry skin and turn it all soft and supple again. Here’s the best skincare routine + tips to deal with dry skin once and for all:
How Do I Know I Have Dry Skin?
Here are the symptoms of dry skin:
Skin flakes like a bad attack of dandruff, and why is it always so rough?
You wish you didn’t have to wash your face, it feels so tight and uncomfortable afterwards.
Inner glow? What’s that? You skin is as dull as dishwater.
You’re no stranger to itchiness and redness.
You develop wrinkles, and deeper ones too, earlier than your oily-skinned girlfriends. So unfair!
On the plus side, your pores are so small, you’re not even sure you have them.
Wondering why you have to deal with all those symptoms? Your skin is damaged.
Your skin has a protective barrier that keeps moisture in and germs, pollutants and other skin enemies out. When this shield is broken down in pieces, moisture evaporates.
Adding moisture back in won’t work. It’ll just evaporate through the cracks again. That’s why your skin is thirsty all the time.
Here’s what damages the skin’s protective barrier:
Central air conditioning or heating
Cold and humid weather
Genes (yes, you can inherit dry skin)
Harsh and irritating skincare products
Unprotected sun exposure
It all gets worse as you age. As you get older, your levels of estrogen decrease. This makes your skin thinner and unable to retain moisture well. *sighs*
The key to saying “arrivederci dry skin” is to fix the skin’s protective barrier. Here’s how:
1. Choose A Moisturizing Cleanser
Foaming cleansers and bar soaps are terribly drying for your skin type. They strip the little oil your dry skin naturally produces, wreaking more damage on its protective barrier. Ditch them.
It’s not enough to drench skin in moisture. You need to make sure that moisture stays there, too. Hard to do when your skin’s protective barrier is damaged.
That’s why you need rich moisturizers loaded with occlusive humectants, like mineral oil and shea butter, that can create a protective barrier on the skin that locks moisture in.
The best ones also contain skin-repairing ingredients. This is the stuff – like ceramides, cholesterol, and free fatty acids – that makes up the skin’s protective barrier. They fill in the holes, stitching your barrier back together.
You know what’s constantly attacking your skin’s protective barrier? Yep, the sun. Those pesky UV rays give you wrinkles, dark spots, and cancer, AND destroy your skin’s natural protective barrier.
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7. Avoid Irritating Ingredients
Harsh and irritating ingredients are another thing that can destroy your skin’s natural protective barrier. The main offenders are:
My last tip is to get a humidifier. Low humidity causes dry skin skin, too. If you live or work in a place where the central hair conditioning or heating is always on, your skin’ll get stripped of the moisture it so badly needs. A humidifier will add moisture back into the air quickly.
When should I see a doctor?
Don’t panic just yet. You don’t need to see a doctor just because you have dry skin.
It’s when dry skin becomes red and inflamed that you need a dermatologist. This is a sign of dermatitis and you need the help of a professional who knows what to do.
How do you take care of your dry skin? Share your skincare routine and tips in the comments below.
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Fashion month is upon us! For some of us, that means a hectic schedule jumping from event to event, and that can entail multiple outfits with different makeup looks.
Here are three tips to keep your skin happy and healthy!
Cleanse thoroughly and gently.
When you’re removing makeup multiple times of day, you want to make sure you’re doing so as gently as possible. (You should be cleansing gently, anyway, but it’s even more so the case when it comes to multiple times a day!) We can’t stress the double cleansing technique enough for this—use an oil-based cleanser to remove all your makeup gently but thoroughly, then follow it with a water-based cleanser to make sure everything has been removed.
The point is to ensure that your skin is clean without being stripped dry or running the risk of over-cleansing. An oil-based cleanser helps remove things like makeup and excess sebum while also keeping skin hydrated, and, when you’re on the go, we recommend one that comes in solid form to reduce the potential mess of dripping, like the Peach Slices Peach Pudding Makeup Cleanser.
Follow that with a gel-textured water-based cleanser like the Peach & Lily Power Calm Hydrating Gel Cleanser. We specifically recommend a gel-textured cleanser because they tend to be less stripping and more hydrating than, say, foam or cream cleansers. Power Calm, in particular, also helps calm skin, even when removing makeup multiple times a day. You want to prevent skin from becoming irritated or sensitized as best you can, and this gentle double-cleanse will help keep skin happy and hydrated.
Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate.
Properly hydrating skin is one of the key pillars of skin health, and that’s even more so when you’re constantly removing makeup, which is why we say—don’t forget your essence!
Once a secret in Asian beauty routines, essences blast skin with hydration, which helps keep skin happy and healthy. Properly hydrated skin is less prone to becoming sensitized or irritated, and it’s better able to maintain its natural skin barrier. That means that skin is better able to fend off bad bacteria and environmental stressors and remain calm and balanced even during a hectic time like fashion month.
When skin needs an extra boost, we recommend patting on 2-3 layers of an essence. That ensures that skin gets the deep hydration it requires, and it also helps skin better absorb other products you might apply after! We particularly like the Peach & Lily Wild Dew Treatment Essence for busy, stressful times because Wild Dew also has the secondary benefits of helping calm skin, reduce visible signs of redness, and soothe skin.
Protect your natural skin barrier.
A compromised skin barrier can cause all kinds of havoc, so it’s essential to maintain and protect that barrier. Cleansing properly and keeping your skin hydrated are both ways to help keep your natural skin barrier intact, but we also recommend giving your skin an extra boost at night!
Your body goes into rejuvenative, healing mode as you sleep, so use a super nourishing product in the evening, whether it’s a sleeping pack or, say, the Shangpree Marine Jewel Capsules. These decadent ampoules are packaged in individual, biodegradable capsules, and the thing that makes them so unique is that the ingredients help reset and fortify the natural skin barrier.
Twist off the end of one capsule after you cleanse, tone, and apply essence. Squeeze the ampoule onto your hand and massage it onto your skin. Follow with a lightweight moisturizer if you think your skin requires it; the Marine Jewel Capsules are rich in texture and may be sufficient!
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Do you have any special tips to get through hectic schedules like fashion month?
If you ever happen to walk by my desk, I guarantee you’ll see a bottle of face mist. Probably multiple bottles.
Ever since I started using them years ago, mists have been as much a part of my daily routine as cleansers and serums. I rotate between different brands every morning, and I always give my skin an extra spritz mid-afternoon.
But I wasn’t always convinced of their merits. In fact, I used to think they were just fancy water—refreshing, maybe, but that’s about it.
I was SO wrong. It turns out that face mists are actually one of the most versatile, multitasking beauty products. Not only is there one to suit every skin type, but they can moisturize, mattify and much more!
Keep reading to find out the benefits of face mists, along with all the different ways you can use them.
What Is Face Mist
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So, what is a face mist, anyway?
If you’re not familiar with them, face mists are liquids that you mist onto your skin via a spray bottle or atomizer.
Most are packed with hydrating and soothing ingredients, although you can now find mists with more astringent properties, and even oil-absorbing powders.
How and when you apply them is totally up to you.
Besides acting as an instant pick-me-up, mists can be used in between your skincare steps, over and under makeup, and even to dilute other products. (More on these in a second!)
The Difference Between Face Mist, Thermal Water, Toner, Essence and Setting Spray
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With face mists becoming super popular in recent years, there are more and more products to choose from. Problem is, they often go under different names, like toner or essence, even if you spray them on. Are they all the same thing?
Not necessarily! Here’s how to tell the difference:
Face mist vs thermal water: Thermal water is a type of face mist that is purely mineral water (so it has a much higher mineral content than regular water, which helps with dryness and irritation). Face mists contain not just water but additional humectant and emollient ingredients.
Face mist vs toner: Toner is meant to be used after washing your face, to remove all traces of cleanser and prepare your skin for moisturizer. Mist, on the other hand, can go on at any time of day and is usually more nourishing. That said, hydrating toners are now becoming more popular, and would be similar to hydrating mists.
Face mist vs essence: In the K-beauty sphere, essence is a type of liquid serum, usually with a watery consistency that you splash on. It’s packed with more concentrated ingredients than a mist, and is meant to go on underneath moisturizers to add an extra layer of hydration. Mists are even lighter, usually with a higher water content, and can be used at any point in your skincare or makeup routine.
Face mist vs setting spray: Setting spray is makeup rather than skincare, and contains film-formers (like synthetic polymers) that lock makeup in place. Mist is made with more skin-friendly ingredients that can help makeup look more natural, rather than giving it more staying power. However, there are some new hybrid products that give you the best of both worlds.
If you choose a face mist formulated with extra hydrating ingredients, it can help moisturize your skin when you spritz it on throughout the day. Bonus: Unlike repeat applications of moisturizer, a mist won’t mess up your makeup!
Just be sure to look for a mist with emollients or occlusives—like squalane, shea butter, coconut oil or propanediol—if you plan to use it this way. These ingredients help trap the moisture in your skin to keep you hydrated. Try Youth to the People Adaptogen Soothe + Hydrate Activated Mist. (If a mist only contains water or humectants, it can actually make you drier as it evaporates, so wear it under a cream or oil.)
3. To Seal In Extra Moisture
Another way to increase your skin’s hydration is to layer one or more applications of face mist in between your skincare and makeup steps. For example, you could mist in between cleanser and serum, before and after moisturizer, or in between primer and foundation. With each step, you’re sealing in the moisture with the product you put on top. The end result will be a plumper, dewier skin look. Try Dr Roebuck’s Bondi Hydrating Mist or Dr. Barbara Sturm Hydrating Face Mist.
4. To Soothe Sensitive Skin
If your skin is prone to sensitivity, a face mist can help take down redness, calm irritation and replenish lost moisture. It just needs to be the right face mist. Avoid potential irritants like alcohol and fragrance, and instead choose a more basic formula with gentle ingredients like aloe vera or thermal water (which is rich in anti-inflammatory minerals). Try Caudalie Grape Water.
5. To Absorb Excess Oil
If you thought translucent powders and blotting sheets were your only options to control shine throughout the day, think again. Face mists with ingredients like silk powder or silica (a natural mineral) will absorb oil while providing lightweight moisture. Niacinamide is a good humectant to look for, as it helps regulate oil production while it hydrates. Try BIOeffect OSA Water Mist or Tatcha The Satin Skin Mist.
6. To Help Control Breakouts
A mist can even keep acne-prone skin in check. Unlike hydrating mists, a clarifying mist will typically include mild acid exfoliants. Beta-hydroxy acids such as salicylic acid, betaine salicylate or willow bark water are most effective for deep-cleaning pores and preventing breakouts. Depending on your skin, this type of mist could be used instead of in addition to a daily leave-on acne treatment. Try COSRX AHA/BHA Clarifying Treatment Toner or Odacité Mint Green Tea Hydra-Purifying Treatment Mist.
7. To Boost Absorption of Other Products
Damp skin acts like a sponge, quickly absorbing any products you put on it. So if you want to maximize the performance of your lotions, creams and face oils, try using them on top of a layer of face mist. They’ll penetrate deeper, giving your skin more of their beneficial ingredients. The same thing goes for masks—they’ll glide on more smoothly and sink in easily if your skin is moist, not dry. Try Tata Harper Hydrating Floral Essence.
8. To Prime Your Skin for Makeup
If you apply it before foundation, a layer of face mist can create a smoother, more hydrated canvas over which to apply your makeup. A regular face mist will work, or you can try one from the new category of priming face mists designed specifically for this purpose. Many of them are silicone-free, making them a great alternative to conventional, silicone-laden primers. Try Yuni Glow Between Jelly Micro Mist.
9. To Blend Foundation
What’s the key to natural-looking foundation that looks like real skin? Blend, blend, blend! Face mist can help by encouraging foundation to spread more easily, giving a sheer, even finish instead of looking cakey. Another great trick is to use your face mist to dampen a makeup sponge (like the Beautyblender). Then, gently press it into your skin to remove any excess product. Try Mad Hippie Hydrating Nutrient Mist.
10. To Set Makeup
A new generation of products are a cross between face mists and setting sprays. So you’re getting all the hydrating skincare benefits, plus the ability to extend the wear-time of your makeup—and often with cleaner ingredients that won’t clog or irritate your skin. These can be used on top of or instead of setting powders. Try Lily Lolo Makeup Mist or Boscia White Charcoal Mattifying MakeUp Setting Spray.
11. To Help Makeup Look More Natural
If you’re anything like me, you always finish your makeup routine with a dusting of translucent powder. But you probably don’t love the dry, powdery skin texture that it can impart. Enter the super fine face mist. Used sparingly, it dissolves surface powder residue for that natural, lived-in makeup look we all covet. Try Omorovicza Queen of Hungary Mist or Caudalie Beauty Elixir.
12. To Revive Makeup
When you’re heading from the office to a night out on the town, face mist is an easy way to revive your makeup without having to wash your face and start all over again. All you need to do is spray your face, and then use your fingertips or a brush to re-blend, if necessary. Spot-conceal where needed, and you’re ready to go. Try Biossance Squalane + Micronutrient Fine Mist.
13. To Dilute Other Products
Sometimes, a product just isn’t working. Maybe the consistency is too thick, the texture is too heavy, or the coverage level is too opaque. Face mist can come in handy because you can make your own DIY concoctions—say, diluting a cream into a lotion, or thinning out a foundation into a sheer tint. Try Skin Inc Supplement Bar Pure Serum Mist.
Are Face Mists Necessary?
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Do you NEED a face mist?
Okay, it may not be an essential step like cleansing and applying sunscreen. But mist is definitely a convenient way to give your skin an extra boost—and improve your makeup game.
The key is to choose and use your mist wisely, making sure the product is packed with good ingredients and applied at the right time in your beauty routine. The main rule of thumb is to lock in humectant-based mists with a more occlusive moisturizer, so the moisture doesn’t escape. Otherwise, you can mist away at any time of day.
Besides its versatility, my favourite thing about face mist is the instant gratification factor. One spritz, and right away your skin looks dewier, plumper and brighter. It might not be permanent, but that’s the great thing about face mists… you can spray them on again and again and again!
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You can throw all the anti-aging ingredients your heart desires at your wrinkles, but if your skin isn’t hydrated enough, those pesky wrinkles are gonna look 10x worse.
How do you make sure your skin is hydrated enough, then? Hyaluronic Acid. It’s one of the most popular ingredients in Korean skincare for a reason: it’s the holy grail of hydration.
Most hyaluronic acid serums out there do a wonderful job at hydrating skin. But they stop at that. Mizon Hyaluronic Acid 100 goes a step further: it targets dryness and wrinkles so you can treat both at the same time. Here’s how:
Key Ingredients In Mizon Hyaluronic Acid 100
Hyaluronic Acid To Hydrate Skin
Korean women are obsessed with Hyaluronic Acid. They know hydration is the foundation of healthy, younger-looking skin – and nothing hydrates skin better than Hyaluronic Acid.
Here’s how it works: Hyaluronic Acid attracts moisture from the air all around you as well as from the deeper layers of your skin. It’s not as drying as you think. Your skin is more than 60% water. Hyaluronic Acid just redistributes it around.
Your skin then uses that extra moisture to look its best: it softens to the touch, plumps up so fine lines and wrinkles look smaller, and glows as if lit from within.
Mizon Hyaluronic Acid 100 contains Sodium Hyaluronate, a smaller form of Hyaluronic Acid better able to penetrate skin. It’s the second ingredient, so there’s A TON of it here.
I dare you to find something more hydrating than this!
Ceramide 3 To Strengthen Your Skin’s Protective Barrier
It’s not enough to add moisture to your skin. You also needs to keep it there. Hyaluronic Acid binds water into the skin to an extent, but if your skin is dry, you’ll need more help than that.
Peptides have taken the skincare world by storm. But I’m not their biggest fan. Truth is, we still don’t have solid evidence they do much of anything.
The exception? Copper peptides. Mizon Hyaluronic Acid 100 contains Copper Tripeptide-1 (a.k.a. GHK-Cu), a peptide that helps:
In other words, it helps skin heal faster, improve firmness and elasticity and reduce fine lines and wrinkles.
The catch? Don’t expect results overnight. You need to use it constantly for years to see a difference.
FYI, most copper peptides serums cost an arm and a leg. Mizon Hyaluronic Acid 100 is an affordable way to incorporate them into your skincare routine and see for yourself what the fuss is about.
Mizon Hyaluronic Acid 100 comes in a rounded aqua-coloured bottle that looks so beautiful sitting on your bathroom sink. It has a dropper applicator that disperses the perfect dosage.
But it’s the serum inside that counts, right? It has a lightweight, watery texture that absorbs quickly on the skin and creates the perfect base for any moisturisers or oils you want to layer on top next.
It feels slightly stick just for a couple of seconds until it sets. It’s not like those glycerin serums where the tackiness hangs around for hours. Phew!
Perhaps the best thing about Mizon Hyaluronic Acid 100 is that you can see results straight away. Ok, it won’t firm your skin overnight – copper peptides take their sweet time to work.
But this serum provides so much moisture, its effects are visible within seconds of application. Your skin instantly plumps up, feels softer and smoother and just looks younger and healthier. Oh, it takes on a subtle glow, too.
I like to apply it at night, after my retinol/salicylic acid serum but before moisturizer. But you can use it in the morning as well, especially if your skin is very dry.
I know I’ll double down and use it both in the AM and PM once winter rolls around. It will be a life saver then, no doubt about it.
Overall, Mizon Hyaluronic Acid 100 is one of the most hydrating serums I’ve ever tried. It pumps plenty of moisture into your skin without feeling greasy or clogging pores. The best part? It’s suitable for every skin type.
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Dawn Siler 