hyaluronic acid

Stratia Soft Touch AHA vs. The Ordinary Mandelic Acid 10% + HA Review

I thought these two mandelic acid peels sounded very similar. But my dad took one look at the ingredients and picked a definitive winner.

Recently, I stumbled upon a product that was quite similar to The Ordinary Mandelic Acid 10% + HA 2%: Stratia Soft Touch AHA. Both products are formulated with 10 percent mandelic acid, and include hyaluronic acid. I asked my dad to compare and contrast the two ingredient lists to see if he thought they were comparable, or if one was superior to the other. Spoiler alert: He strongly preferred one of them for people with sensitive skin!

The Ordinary Vitamin C suspension 23% + HA review (plus, squalane question answered/not answered)

My initial thoughts, two weeks into using it. Plus, I emailed Deciem to ask about the percentage of squalane included in the formula. Here's what they said.

I think we can all agree that a good vitamin C serum is hard to find—and it doesn’t help that The Ordinary sells eight vitamin C products. That means that an octopus could hold a different one in each tentacle and end up feeling very, very confused. After some analysis, I finally narrowed it down to The Ordinary Vitamin C Suspension 23% + HA Spheres 2%, an anhydrous (water-free) formula that includes ascorbic acid. Here are my initial thoughts on this product, two weeks after using it…

Save or Splurge? CeraVe PM Facial Moisturizing Lotion vs. CVS PM Moisturizing Lotion

If you are missing the old version of CeraVe PM, CVS's generic version might just be a decent substitute.

It’s been a while since CeraVe changed the formula for Facial Moisturizing Lotion PM. If you’ve tried the new formula and your skin still likes the old version better, you may frantically be searching for alternatives that mimic the good old days of CeraVe PM. One possible solution may be CVS PM Moisturizing Lotion, which appears to be quite similar to the ingredient list of the old version of CeraVe PM Moisturizing Lotion.