Tag: ingredients

  • Fungal Acne Safe Skincare: Read Your Own Label

    Fungal Acne Safe Skincare: Read Your Own Label

    Fungal acne safe skincare lists disagree with each other, because the rule is about ingredient chemistry. What Malassezia feeds on, and how to check a label yourself.

  • Squalane vs Squalene: One Letter, Two Outcomes

    Squalane vs Squalene: One Letter, Two Outcomes

    The squalane vs squalene difference is one letter and one chemical step. One is stable and does not clog pores; the other oxidises, and oxidised is the version linked to breakouts.

  • “Oil-Free” Doesn’t Mean What You Think

    “Oil-Free” Doesn’t Mean What You Think

    An oil-free moisturizer tells you one technical fact and nothing about whether it controls oil or clogs a pore. The term is unregulated. What to judge instead.