SKINLOG: Winter ‘20-’21

Skin type: Dry, Fitzpatrick 6 (never burns, tans very easily, deeply pigmented), prone to post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation especially in T zone

AM

• ACWELL Licorice pH Balancing Essence Mist

• NIOD Survival 0*

• EltaMD UV Clear Spf 46 (mixed with facial oil as needed)

PM

• Allies of Skin Molecular Silk Amino Hydrating Cleanser

• ACWELL Licorice pH Balancing Cleansing Toner

• Peach and Lily Wild Dew Essence

• NIOD ELAN (Ethylated L-Ascorbic Acid 30% Network)

• Allies of Skin Peptide & Antioxidants Firming Daily Treatment

• Royal Fern Phytoactive Hydra-Firm Intense Mask (major splurge 2x a week)

ACWELL Mist

Extra dose of hydration for the morning, toner is a bit stripping early in the day for me

Elta MD SPF

Highly recommended SPF, especially for acne-prone skin.

Almost holy grail, does leave a slight white cast, but nothing in the face of some oil or extra moisturizer mixed in.

Be generous with this always, and sparing with the other mixed in products

ACWELL Toner

My original K-Beauty GOAT, always does right by me - helps me feel clean but not to dry AND most importantly, helps with hyperpigmentation

NIOD Survival 0

Doesn’t provide SPF protection like the other iterations, and for some reason reminds me of carrots?

Very cool antioxidant, helps with the other things SPF can’t manage, great addition for most skin types especially city dwellers, office workers and generally dull skin

Skin Status

Generally balanced, despite wearing a mask most days. Texture is immaculate but of course, my hyperpigmentation persists.

*Standouts: NIOD Survival 0

Directly from NIOD (deciem.com) - NIOD's Survival is a range of four networked protection systems with technologies that help support healthy skin defences against environmental and lifestyle-related assaults. Despite their lightweight texture, these formulations offer a broad selection of advanced technologies to target the effects of oxygen radicals including the superoxide radical, nitrogen radicals, carbonyl radicals, glycation and advanced glycation end-products (AGE), pollution, smog, stress, infrared and blue light.

Why am I using it?

I’ve learned that my skin *loves* antioxidants. City dwelling + working while wearing masks = dramatically increased exposure to pollution.

That’s where antioxidants come in. Fighting the additional stress your skin is under, bolstering skin health and buffering against additional damage.