Skincare Journal

Centella Asiatica: The Calming Ingredient Behin...

It's known by three different names depending on who you ask — Centella asiatica to a botanist, Gotu Kola to an herbalist, Cica to a skincare label — and all...

Centella Asiatica: The Calming Ingredient Behin...

It's known by three different names depending on who you ask — Centella asiatica to a botanist, Gotu Kola to an herbalist, Cica to a skincare label — and all...

Reading an INCI List Like a Chemist: How to Dec...

The front of a skincare bottle is marketing. The back — that dense block of long, unfamiliar names — is the part that's actually regulated. Once you know three or...

Reading an INCI List Like a Chemist: How to Dec...

The front of a skincare bottle is marketing. The back — that dense block of long, unfamiliar names — is the part that's actually regulated. Once you know three or...

Hydration From the Inside: Does Drinking Water ...

"Drink more water for glowing skin" is repeated often enough to sound like settled fact. Here's what the actual research says, and where hydration genuinely comes from. What the Research...

Hydration From the Inside: Does Drinking Water ...

"Drink more water for glowing skin" is repeated often enough to sound like settled fact. Here's what the actual research says, and where hydration genuinely comes from. What the Research...

Skin Barrier 101: What It Is and Why Every Rout...

Every skincare routine works better or worse depending on one thing underneath it: whether your skin barrier is intact. Here's what it actually is, what wears it down, and what...

Skin Barrier 101: What It Is and Why Every Rout...

Every skincare routine works better or worse depending on one thing underneath it: whether your skin barrier is intact. Here's what it actually is, what wears it down, and what...

Indoors All Day? What Window Glass Does and Doe...

Staying indoors feels like a day off from sunscreen. Glass is more selective than it looks, so here is what it actually filters and what slips through. What Glass Filters,...

Indoors All Day? What Window Glass Does and Doe...

Staying indoors feels like a day off from sunscreen. Glass is more selective than it looks, so here is what it actually filters and what slips through. What Glass Filters,...

SPF 50 PA+++, Decoded: What the Numbers Really ...

Every sunscreen label carries two ratings, and they measure two different kinds of UV. Here is what each one tells you, and what neither can promise on its own. SPF:...

SPF 50 PA+++, Decoded: What the Numbers Really ...

Every sunscreen label carries two ratings, and they measure two different kinds of UV. Here is what each one tells you, and what neither can promise on its own. SPF:...