6/14/2023 0 Comments The skin lab download free![]() And if people tell you to start on a low percentage, start at a low percentage! Don’t try to cut corners. So stick with a concentration that makes your skin happy! Don’t try to go higher just for the sake of going higher. Inflammation is also one of the four factors that contributes to acne. It hasn’t really caught on much in skincare, but the gist is that inflammation can speed up some of those changes that happen in your skin over time (premature aging), which isn’t good. There’s the term “inflammaging”, which some brands have been trying to make catch on for a while now. Irritating your skin also leads to inflammation, which is also not good. You might also get bumpy, textured skin, which is usually the opposite of what you’re going for. Your skin might go red and feel tight, and get weirdly shiny. You know you’ve done this if your normal products start to sting when they get on your face – water might even sting. For skincare, side effect territory is usually irritation, or stripping your skin barrier. If you have too much of something, then it’s too much – you’re in side effect territory. If you don’t have enough of something, it has no effect. It’s the same with actives in skincare – it’s about hitting that sweet spot in the middle. The whole bottle is maybe a bit much, and if the whole cake is made of vanilla extract, it’s definitely not a good cake. One teaspoon of vanilla extract is nice, two is better. ![]() One burger is good, two burgers is maybe better… but then ten burgers? You start to feel like trash. But there’s diminishing returns when it comes to skincare. If 5% of something is good, then 10% must be twice as good. 5 Myth 5: Sunscreens are all awful Myth 1: High concentrations are better
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