Evidence-Based Skincare Articles

How to choose the best moisturizer for dry menopausal skin: the lipid classes estrogen loss depletes, why humectants can backfire, and what a cream cannot fix.

Sunscreen around the eyes stings and gets skipped — here is why it migrates, which formulas stay put, and what to do about the damage already there.

Puffy eyes have three separate causes. Here is which ones an eye cream can actually improve, and the buying criteria that follow from that.

The SPF on a mineral sunscreen is the least useful number on the tube. Here is what particle size, film uniformity, and vehicle actually decide.

A dry skin routine works when it replaces the right barrier lipids in the right order. Here is the sequence, and the reasoning behind each step.

The best snail mucin serum is not the one with the highest percentage. Here is what snail secretion filtrate does, what it cannot do, and how to buy it.

An SPF lip balm has to work on skin with almost no barrier. Here is what filter class, base, and reapplication really decide about lip sun protection.

How much sunscreen to use on your face: the lab standard is 2 mg/cm². Here is what that means in teaspoons and why under-applying costs so much protection.

Choosing an eye cream for hooded eyes starts with knowing which part of the hood is skin and which part is anatomy. Here is what the evidence supports.

The best product to reduce pores depends on which of the three causes you are treating. Here is what sebum, keratin, and collagen each demand from a formula.