⁉️Beauty Myths • Skincare Q&A | Comedogenic Ingredients, Apple Cider Vinegar, Anti-aging Skincare
Hey Liah here. So today
I wanted to touch on
Some of the most commonly asked questions and also some of the beauty myth that I often get commented on let’s begin right away
Everything that you apply topically will get absorbed into the bloodstream
And I think we hear this a lot from you know not chill skincare brands organic skincare brands
Promoting more natural products forcing you guys to use their products versus the chemical or synthetic
Ingredients and this is absolutely far from the truth our skin is very very very resilient
So let’s break down the skin structure
There’s three different layers in the skin so the very first layer that we see on top of the skin
It’s called epidermis
And then we have the dermis layer where the collagen gets produced and the hyaluronic acid acid gets produced and all of the other skin
Building blocks or the proteins are in the dermis layer, and then there’s hypodermis, which is the subcutaneous tissue?
But in fact it’s very very hard for skin care products to even get past the epidermis
Which is a very top layer of your skin?
We have something called skin barrier system so skin barrier is more like a very strict bouncer
That works for a very exclusive VIP club so the bowser wants to protect its client its guests
That’s already inside the club, but also they want to bounce back or refuse any other foreigners
Who’s just trying to randomly access the club so a skin barrier is something that protects our skin from losing water or losing
hydration but also keep our skin from receiving external substances
But that also makes it very very hard for a lot of skin care products to pass through the skin barrier now
That’s why a lot of skincare companies and cosmetic chemists and even the material companies
They always think about the delivery system
How can we deliver this vitamin C. Ingredient to the dermis layer? It’s because it’s really really hard for vitamin C
Or a lot of topical actives to penetrate into the dermis layer the second myth that I hear a lot is that?
Non-comedogenic tested, hypoallergenic tested, dermatologist tested and dermatologist recommended are always better
This is actually really tricky because in order to have that claim
They will have obviously their own testing result so they can do it independently
They can only gather like ten people and test it on ten people who doesn’t have any allergies
So that wouldn’t really reflect the real-life situation
I know a lot of you guys do follow the comedogenic rating system, but in fact the test was done
Way way way way back then in
1970s is actually done inside the rabbits ear and rabbits ears are obviously more
Sensitive and more prone to clogged pores and it’s always about the concentration
too of course apply 100% coconut oil can give you clogged pores depending on individual skin condition
But if there’s only 1% in the entire formulation
That’s not going to give you the same results and then when it comes to dermatologist tested and dermatologist recommended
Claims is really not a regulated term some dermatologists may have tested it and may have not liked it
But they obviously did test it so they can just slap on that tested claim
So it’s very tricky to actually believe and buy into these claims and it’s always the best to
Test it out by yourself look at the entire formulation rather than focusing on one single ingredient of the entire product
Occlusives form a non breathable barrier, and this is very far from the truth
They’re not like a plastic wrap if you apply and wrap around your face with a plastic wrap you will feel that kind of
heating up and also sweating sensation
But when you apply a very thick and you know a heavy-duty moisturizer your skin still feels very comfortable
Especially a lot of people think that silicones are suffocating and they clog the pores
But silicone oils are in fact one of the most breathable and permeable
Beautiful exclusive if the ingredients are the same go for the cheaper one
Yes, the ingredients are similar with a dupe and the original, but you never know
How its formulated a lot of times people do think that ingredients are everything
But what I can say is that formulation or at least the formulating technology is
Everything or it is what makes one product superior than another one okay?
So it’s easier to understand it this way me and Gordon Ramsay
We were given the same exact ingredients to cook with
But of course the end result or the dish that we both cook are going to be completely different
It’s because of the difference in the cooking skills, aka
Formulating technology so even though the ingredient label looks the same it doesn’t mean that it’s gonna be the same product
It’s gonna be the same feel and sensorial and everything the apple cider vinegar as a toner
for clearing up acne skin
This is not actually a myth
But it’s something that I got a lot of questions about I have
Used apple cider vinegar as a toner in the past and it has a superior
Exfoliating property and also it does have very very potent antibacterial
Property so therefore it can potentially help however
I wouldn’t use this every single day for me if I were to use it
I think I would use it probably once a week at most and I also do believe that overuse of antibacterial
Products can also diminish and eliminate all the good bacterias that are protecting our skin as well
So your skin is naturally losing its immunity to fight against the harmful bacteria, and if you are gonna use it
Please dilute it into water so that the pH is more skin friendly you have to make sure
You cleanse really really well
This is one of the most skin damaging advice out there so cleanser inevitably is the most
damaging skin care product
And that’s because it contains surfactants and surfactants are what eliminates and takes off your makeup dirt and grime
But it doesn’t recognize the difference between the dirt and also your natural moisture
So it does take away
Everything now milder surfactants have less chance to take away those natural hydration natural moisture
But at the end of the day they are surfactants, too
I think a lot of people who do struggle with skin barrier disorder they oftentimes cleanse
Very obsessively and I used to be like that too
I thought acne was coming from dirt and grime, so I was kind of like obsessively cleaning my skin
I cleanse probably three times a day which was in fact damaging my skin barrier and
Losing and giving away hydration and water and also it was kind of exacerbating the sensitivity
That’s why a lot of you guys have been getting a lot of good results after skipping morning cleansing
and
I
Think that’s probably the easiest and the best skin care advice that I can give you guys and when you are cleansing just make it
Short and sweet okay next one is a very very very interesting one so darker skin tone
doesn’t need sunscreen and a lot of my friends who have darker skin tones I
always always
Ask if they’ve used sunscreen and always always always their answer is No why?
Because I’m dark do you know a thing about UVA and I start like lecturing them?
There are two specific UV rays that you are protecting your skin from one is UVA
And one is UVB so the UVB ray is something that burns your skin that kind of tans your skin
However, UVA ray is something that ages your skin. That’s something that promotes. Hyperpigmentation
melasma photo aging and UVA ray exists in cloudy weather rainy weather
Every single day so it’s best to avoid the UVA ray with using a broad-spectrum sunscreen
So you don’t necessarily need to look for a higher SPF number
but what you want to focus on is looking for a label that claims that it is broad-spectrum or in Asian sunscreens there’s
Pa+ systems and European sunscreens, there is PPD ratings day
And there are a lot of elegant formulations that do not leave white cast so I think you will enjoy using a lot of sunscreens
Anti-aging skincare at the earlier the better whoo, I think a lot of people will have different opinions on this
But I just wanted to say that
probably not
There are definitely preventative methods in anti-aging and there are treatment or reversing methods, but yes
Everyone should be committing to preventive method which includes
moisturizing properly because the drier your skin gets more prone to
Wrinkles and sunscreen every single day sunscreen is in fact the best anti-aging skincare ever that you can apply and not causing too much
physical
Friction on your skin is going to help your skin to stay young and youthful over talking over rubbing or like over dragging your skin
Inevitably does cause wrinkle, but when it comes to choosing skincare. You don’t need to actively look for
Anti-aging skincare because a lot of times they are really expensive and a lot of times
They wouldn’t work because they’re trying to shorten the amount of skin cellular turnover rate
and you already have it running on a very healthy rate your skin is regenerating renewing and
Regulating in a very optimal rate if you’re in your teens
Or if you’re in your 20s probably from 30s or late 20s
You might want to start looking for actives like vitamin C
And then move up to like retinoids or retinol, but all the active ingredients that we see in the market
They do order your skin cells to do certain things
So it inevitably stresses out your skin a little bit if you’re younger you have more to loose
So just respect your skin as it is go for something. That’s cheaper
That’s more basic a lot of you guys were interested in knowing and learning the difference between purging
versus
breaking out so purging is basically a
Stage or set amount of period that your skin kind of detoxifies and bring it up to the surface this happens a lot
When you just started incorporating?
retinoids retinol or vitamin C
Products or H a alpha hydroxy acids including glycolic acid lactic acid and everything like that
they’re kind of shortening the period that your skin regenerates and
Rejuvenate if your skincare product doesn’t have any active ingredients that promotes the skin seller turnover
I think it’s a good chance to assume that you are breaking up from it
But you might also want to consider other factors it can be due to the skincare product
You just started using but pimples don’t form overnight it can be accumulated from a week ago
Or it could be your stress level your hormonal
Fluctuations and the diet that you’re consuming or something that happened in your gut so there are so many other
Factors.
Can your skin get used to a certain product and your skincare products stop working is that true or is it false?
Sadly your skin doesn’t build up a tolerance or immunity to a product
But I think this happens a lot when you’re using active ingredients again vitamin A vitamin C and also
AHA
these are the active ingredients that can deliver quite a
dramatic result in a short period of time so and if you just started using these ingredients
They will give you a very glowing result however
It’s not going to rapidly change your skin again and again since the result isn’t as dramatic as it
Used to be you’d think it’s not working, but it’s still
Progressively working, okay? I hope this video was helpful
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