Why wash your face?

FACTYour skin produces sebum around the clock, even while you sleep. Combined with dirt from your hands, bedding and pollution from the air, it builds up in a layer on the surface. That layer block...

Face wash or face scrub. Here's when to use which.

FACT Face wash and face scrub are both cleansers, but they are not interchangeable. Face wash is a daily product. Face scrub is a weekly one. Using them correctly means knowing which to reach for ...

What is Exfoliation and Why do it?

FACT Exfoliation is the process of removing dead skin cells from the surface of your skin. Your skin renews itself constantly but dead cells do not always shed efficiently. They build up in a layer...

Serum vs face cream. What is the difference?

FACT A serum and a face cream are not the same thing and they are not interchangeable. A serum is a lightweight formula with a high concentration of active ingredients. Its molecules are small enou...

What Happens If You Never Moisturise?

FACT Your skin loses moisture every day, through weather, screen time and working out. You even lose moisture when you sleep. Without restoring that moisture your skin barrier breaks down, fine lin...

What A Face Cream Actually Does

FACT A face cream has one primary job, to restore and lock in moisture. It works by reinforcing your skin barrier, the thin protective layer that keeps hydration in and irritants out. Without a fun...

What is a good Face Cream?

FACT A good face cream does three things, it hydrates deep, strengthens the skin barrier and protects against external stress. That sounds simple but involves a lot of choices along the way that de...

Soap, water or face wash. Only one actually works.

FACT Bar soap and shower gel are made for your body, not your face. They have a high pH that strips your skin's natural moisture barrier, the thin protective layer that keeps hydration in and bact...

Why Men's Skin Is Different

FACT Men's skin is 25% thicker than women's, produces significantly more oil and is physically damaged every time you shave. Testosterone drives all three, thicker skin, more active sebaceous gland...

The Foundation Of Great Skin

FACT Your skin is a living shield built in three layers. The epidermis on the outside renews itself daily by shedding dead cells and producing new ones. The dermis underneath is home to collagen, e...