Ceramides are the skincare ingredient most dermatologists agree everyone needs. They make up around half of the lipid content of the skin barrier, hold your barrier together, and decline steadily after age 40. Without adequate ceramides, your skin loses water, becomes sensitised, and ages faster. But what exactly are ceramides? How do they work? And […]
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For too long, acne treatment has been framed as a battle, one fought with harsh cleansers, aggressive spot treatments, and products designed to dry the skin into submission. The result is familiar: redness, irritation, flaking, and breakouts that stubbornly return. Skin feels tight, compromised, and increasingly difficult to manage. Korean skincare takes a fundamentally different
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Standing in the skincare aisle, frantically Googling which ingredients to avoid in skincare. Methylparaben. Sodium laureth sulfate. The bottle promises glowing skin, but the internet says it’s poisoning you. So you buy the “clean” alternative for twice the price. Your skin? Still dehydrated, still breaking out. That “toxic” list isn’t based on science. It’s based
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You’ve been told your skin needs more. More steps. More serums. More actives with more percentages doing more things. The £156 billion skincare industry has convinced a generation that a five-product routine is basic, that serious skincare means layering acids and retinoids and peptides until your bathroom looks like a chemistry lab. Dermatologists are seeing
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Scroll through skincare TikTok long enough and you’ll eventually encounter someone rubbing rendered beef fat on their face, proclaiming it cured their acne, reversed their wrinkles, and changed their life. The comments overflow with converts sharing their own transformation stories. The before-and-afters look genuinely impressive. But spend five minutes on a dermatology forum, and you’ll
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Peptides are showing up in just about every corner of skincare, from serums to moisturisers and even cleansers. These short chains of amino acids act as messengers, signalling your skin to produce more of the proteins that keep it firm, smooth, and resilient. As we age, our natural peptide production slows down. That decline contributes
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