Skimm Special: The Science of Skincare

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🗓️ 26 April 2022

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Harsh scrubs. Toothpaste spot treatments. Chemical face peels. Some of the beauty ‘hacks’ you might see on the internet (or recognize from middle school) can actually be pretty dangerous. But decades of research and cutting-edge tech can help us take better care of our skin. So together with Droplette, we set out to explore the science that can help us skincare smarter. In this special episode, we break down a few proven ingredients and techniques. So you can figure out which products are right for you and develop the perfect routine. In this episode, you’ll hear from InStyle Executive Beauty Editor Kayla Greaves and cosmetic chemist and science educator Dr. Michelle Wong of Lab Muffin Beauty Science. This episode is Skimm’d by Alex Carr and our Senior Director of Audio Graelyn Brashear, with help from Senior Branded Content Editor Liz Smith. It's engineered by Elie McAfee-Hahn and Andrew Callaway. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today's special episode is brought to you by Droplet.
0:04.3	They developed an award-winning skincare device that's grounded in science and backed
0:09.1	by NASA.
0:10.2	It turns proven ingredients like retinol and collagen into micro-miss that are small and
0:15.7	fast-moving enough for your skin to actually absorb them, so you can nourish your skin from
0:21.5	within and see radiant results fast.
0:27.5	People have been thinking about skincare pretty much since people have been thinking.
0:32.6	For thousands and thousands of years, human beings have tried to find ways to soothe their
0:37.3	skin, protect it, and make themselves look younger.
0:41.6	And honestly, it's been a crap shoot.
0:44.8	At best.
0:46.9	But that's changing.
0:49.1	Science has entered the chat.
0:51.2	In the last 100 years, our understanding of skin and what actually affects it has exploded.
0:57.3	And in the last few decades, so have the products out there claiming to take advantage of that
1:02.6	science.
1:03.9	Which is how we got from this.
1:06.0	Roman face cream was found to be made from animal fat, starch, and tin oxide.
1:10.5	To this, start to work with a cold cream.
1:13.7	Move it on thoroughly all over the face, clear up to the hairline, and down under the jaw.
1:19.5	To this, my skincare routine is a 5-6-7 step process.
1:26.5	There are about 9 steps to my typical skincare routine.
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