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Category: Deep Dives

April 1, 2020 Deep Dives

Everything You Need to Know about pH and Skincare

The pH of skincare is a hot topic, and an issue that can have a dramatic impact on your skin.

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January 29, 2019 Deep Dives

What You Can (And Can’t) Tell from an Ingredients List

One of my favorite trends in skincare in the last decade is the shift away from a blind trust of

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August 7, 2016 Deep Dives / Fun with DIY

FUN WITH DIY: Gentle Non-Foaming Cleanser Tutorial

I’ve got a few products in the Stratia development pipeline, being tweaked and fiddled with until I’m 100% happy with

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June 23, 2016 Deep Dives / featured

Skin Types, Proclivities, and Conditions: Knowing Your Skin for More Effective and Less Frustrating Skincare

For me, the most difficult part of building a good skincare routine was actually listening to my skin. I’d get

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January 27, 2016 Cerave / Cosrx / Deep Dives / Hada Labo / Ingredient Spotlights / Innisfree / Too Cool for School

INGREDIENT SPOTLIGHT: Surfactants

As evidenced by the five-paragraph preface to my last review, I’m a little bit obsessed with cleansers right now. My

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December 4, 2015 Cosrx / Deep Dives

Skin pH and Urban Legends: An Argument Against Wait Times and pH-Adjusting Toners

Although I did listen to way too much The Who in high school, my blog is actually named after skin’s natural

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November 13, 2015 Cerave / Cosrx / Deep Dives / Dr. Jart+ / featured / Graymelin / Hada Labo / It's Skin / OST / Pocketderm / Sana / Sasatinnie / Silk Naturals / Skincare Goal Spotlights / Skinceuticals / Sulwhasoo

SKINCARE GOAL SPOTLIGHT: Fading Acne Marks

This week, let’s take a deep look at the albatross hanging around the neck of many skincare addicts: long-term discoloration

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October 21, 2015 Cosrx / Deep Dives / Ingredient Spotlights / Makeup Artists Choice / Paula's Choice / Silk Naturals

INGREDIENT SPOTLIGHT: Hydroxy Acids

A deeper look into the chemical exfoliant workhorses of our skincare toolkit, alpha and beta hydroxy acids.

October 8, 2015 Cerave / Cosrx / Deep Dives / Paula's Choice / Pocketderm / Shiseido / Skincare Goal Spotlights

SKINCARE GOAL SPOTLIGHT: Anti-Aging

A new, ongoing feature of this blog will be Skincare Goal Spotlights. I’ll take a specific goal of a skincare

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September 23, 2015 Deep Dives / Ingredient Spotlights

INGREDIENT SPOTLIGHT: Fatty Acids

To kick off an ongoing series of ingredient spotlights, I’ll start with one of the unsung heroes of skincare. Fatty

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