Blog — Ingredient Spotlight

The first thing that probably pops in to your head with you hear the word hydrocortisone is itchy skin. And it’s true that this ingredient is at its best when you’re dealing with skin that’s particularly itchy while healing from some sort of trauma. But while hydrocortisone might be the first thing you grab when you get a mosquito bite, it can also help reduce redness, pain, chronic skin conditions, and adverse skin reactions. Any time your body comes in contact with an irritating stimuli, your immune system is triggered to fend it off by sending blood to the affected...

You’ve likely heard of the naturally occurring form of lactic acid that’s mainly found in your muscles and red blood cells, and your body relies on it to break down carbohydrates for energy. However, lactic acid has some pretty impressive benefits for your skin, and in the skincare world we rely on a different source of lactic acid to obtain those benefits. Lactic acid in skincare is an alpha hydroxy acid (AHA) that works as an exfoliator by breaking apart dead skin cells and helping the process along of sloughing them off. In high doses, lactic acid can be a...

Ah, there’s nothing more satisfying than a good facial scrub. The gritty texture, the feeling of thoroughly clearing out dirt, the baby smooth skin afterward… but sorry, we’re not talking about physical exfoliators today. A lot of people think that if there isn’t a gritty texture, it isn’t exfoliating as much as it should be. This isn’t always the case though. Glycolic acid just happens to be one of our favorite exfoliators, and it comes in chemical form instead of physical. The first benefit that deserves mention is how much more gentle chemical exfoliators can be on your skin. And...