So you’ve decided it’s time to take your skin care up a notch but you’re not sure what to expect or you’re worried that after starting things aren’t as you expected?
So You Thought You Knew Everything About Exfoliation
We sometimes get asked why we don’t have higher concentrations of hydroxy acids in our exfoliating serum (Smooth Serum) like some of our competitors.
Having a Skincare “Routine”: Evidence-based or a Marketing Scam?
Jump on to YouTube and search “skincare” … go on I dare you. And you will be inundated with hundreds if not thousands of videos about skin care routines.
The Long (and Controversial) Journey of Vitamin A – Your “Must Have” Skincare Ingredient
Vitamin A was first tested in the 1940’s for use in treating acne, but early testing found it to be too irritating.
Alcohol in Skincare – Sorting through the Evidence and the Rest
(spoiler alert, don’t read this if you like to hate alcohol)
If you google “alcohol in skincare” you will find a lot of opinions (almost always stated as fact 😊).
Causes of Skin Aging and What You Can Do About It
Our skin is a pretty incredible organ. It’s the largest in our bodies and its primary jobs are to protect our bodies from impacts, changes in pressure and temperature and to keep out “bad” things like harmful chemicals, radiation, micro-organisms and other foreign bodies.
Menopause and your skin
As most menopausal women will tell you, menopause means havoc for your skin.
But seeing as menopause happens when both natural skin aging and premature skin aging (which is mainly caused by cumulative exposure to the sun) are starting to set in, it’s hard to tease out how many of the changes in your skin are due to aging and how many to menopause.
How the change of weather will affect your skin.
After a long hot summer, it’s almost a relief to feel that chill in the air as winter begins.
Why is everybody talking about Hyaluronic Acid?
What is hyaluronic acid?
Hyaluronic acid is a polysaccharide (a complex sugar) and it is one of the major components of the scaffolding known as the extracellular matrix of the skin.
The effects of lockdown on your skin’s health
It feels like forever since life was normal! Zoom calls, social distancing, Netflix- no chill!
Eye creams: Are they needed?
Eye creams: We love them, but are they needed?
Both men and women REALLY care about the appearance of our eyes.
DOES STRESS CAUSE ACNE?
You know it does!
It is a bit of a chicken and egg situation.
Does humidity cause breakouts?
By Daniel, Co-Founder of Evidence Skincare (ESK)
We KNOW that humidity causes breakout because we have experienced it ourselves.
TRUE OR FALSE: DOES DRY SKIN GET MORE WRINKLES?
Although as you age your skin gets drier and you get more wrinkles, dry skin doesn’t actually cause wrinkles.
ESK Acne Help! Will salicylic acid help my acne?
The short answer is YES! We have just developed a Salicylic Acid to help Acne called Hydroxy Overnight Mask!
