The Glossary: Lactic Acid | What Skin Conditions It's Good For and How to Incorporate This Superstar Ingredient Into Your Routine
Gloss Angeles
Kirbie Johnson and Sara Tan
4.8 • 679 Ratings
🗓️ 1 June 2021
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Welcome to The Glossary: a new series that breaks down everything you need to know about specific ingredients, featuring a few of our favorite product recommendations. We’re kicking the series off with a tried-and-true that’s known for helping your skin look brighter and smoother — it’s LACTIC ACID! If you’ve ever wondered where it came from, what it does, and how to use it, grab your notebook and tune in. Plus, you can view all of our product recs and sources for the episode on our website!
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| 0:00.0 | Milk, tomato juice, joints, skin care, all of these contain lactic acid. |
| 0:10.3 | Hi, Glamjolinos, welcome to the glossary, a series of episodes that break down everything you need to know about specific ingredients like lactic acid, |
| 0:20.1 | featuring a few of our favorite product recommendations. |
| 0:23.7 | Let's dive in. |
| 0:26.7 | I'm Kirby and I'm Sarah. |
| 0:29.2 | Welcome to Los Angeles. |
| 0:31.7 | Every week we break down the most important beauty news and launches, interview your favorite |
| 0:36.5 | beauty experts, influencers, and |
| 0:39.0 | celebrity guests, and review our favorite beauty products of the moment as your beauty editor BFFs |
| 0:44.9 | from the beautiful and great city of Los Angeles. Welcome glamgelinos. We hope you stay a while. |
| 0:54.0 | Cute. That's cute. Jolinos. We hope you stay a while. |
| 0:55.2 | Cute. That's cute. |
| 1:09.1 | What is lactic acid? Lactic acid is an alpha hydroxy acid or an AHA. As a chemical exfoliant, |
| 1:12.4 | it does a few things. It brightens, it smooths, and it evens out skin texture by loosening the bond between dead cells on the skin. |
| 1:17.3 | It's found in things like milk due to the natural fermentation process, and it's also produced |
| 1:22.8 | by muscles during exertion when exercising. This is why your trainers always talk about lactic acid. |
| 1:29.4 | It can delay the cause of fatigue you may feel when working out. |
| 1:34.0 | There are synthetic forms of lactic acid that can be used to. |
| 1:39.3 | Lactic acid was first discovered by chemist Carl Wilhelm Schill in 1780, who was the first person |
| 1:46.0 | to isolate lactic acid from sour milk. |
| 1:48.7 | Aha! |
| 1:50.0 | Fun fact, the Latin word lact means milk. |
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