An Argument for the Benefits of Manual Exfoliation Chemical exfoliants are all the rage in skincare nowadays, with many users shunning traditional, manual exfoliators for fear of damaging the skin. This is false, and here’s why manual exfoliation remains an excellent choice for most skin types. Chemical exfoliants and active ingredients don’t always combine well […]
What Is a Serum and Why Should I Use One? Over the last few years, serums have become an indispensable step in skincare here in America. Popularized by multi-step Korean skincare trends, essences or serums are lightweight elixirs packed with active ingredients and are used as a treatment, generally in-between the cleansing and moisturizing stages […]
What do you do when you’re a results focused consumer bombarded with hundreds of products claiming to be anti-aging, clarifying, resurfacing, etc? You become well-versed in active ingredients, their effects, and how to combine them, of course! But what are active ingredients anyway? Well, active ingredients are the components in a product tasked with the […]
Using Niacinamide for Stronger Skin Niacinamide, also called nicotinamide, is an essential nutrient called vitamin B-3. We need Niacinamide both as a dietary supplement to prevent B-3 deficiency, and as an active ingredient in skincare. Topically, niacinamide has a slew of great benefits for the health and appearance of your skin. There is no evidence […]
Penetrate Deeper with Sodium Hyaluronate So you think you’re doing the best for your skin by using a product with Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid in it? What if I told you that my Doctor Milagros line uses Sodium Hyaluronate instead— a more effective version of the popular AHA? Hyaluronic acid (HA) is the well-known polysaccharide which […]