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niacinamide

How much niacinamide is too much niacinamide

As a skincare enthusiast, you’ve probably already heard of the irritation potential of heavy-hitting active ingredients such as retinol and glycoli...

Barrier Care

So You Want to Restore Your Skin Barrier?

Restoring your “skin barrier” seems like a pretty hot skincare buzzword right now – and it’s actually for good reason! As much as we love our high-...

Antioxidant

Actives Pairings With Clinical Testing Behind Them

*Updated as of 5/17/2022 When you start dabbling in actives, you’ll easily fall into the rabbit hole of what you can and can’t layer. One of the co...

ahas

How to Combine Skincare Actives like a Pro pt 2

One of our most popular articles of Chemist Confessions and the center of a lot of questions is combining actives. In How to Combine Actives Like a...

Decoding Actives

I'm Shopping for Niacinamide! Halp!

So you wanna get some niacinamide into your routine eh? Welp unfortunately in the past couple of years, this category has become quite the circus o...

Barrier Care

Niacinamide: The Jack-of-All-Trades Skincare Workhorse

Niacinamide is a great little multi-tasker with barrier strengthening, skin brightening, oil regulation, and pore reduction properties. It's also t...

ahas

Combine Skincare Actives Like a Pro Pt 1

There's so many skincare actives out there, it's hard not to want to add them all to your routine. But not all actives get along and too many can l...