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Notes on skin,
and doing less.
Formulation notes, ingredient explainers and the occasional argument against the twelve-step routine.
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Why your barrier is
the whole story
Everything that goes wrong with skin — redness, tightness, breakouts, dullness — routes back to the same four layers of lipid. Here is what they do and how to stop breaking them.
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The four-step routine that actually works
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Reading an ingredient list in 90 seconds
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Winter skin, without the heaviness
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Inside the lab: how we test a formula
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The case for doing less
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Why your barrier is the whole story
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