Best & Worst ACIDS for Acne-Prone Skin | Skin of Colour
Purito$14.00- “The positives are it's moisturizing and anti-inflammatory”▶ 1:10
- “The negative, however, is that they added witch hazel, which is often distilled in alcohol”▶ 1:24
- “They added citrus fruit oil, which is a volatile fragrant oil”▶ 1:49
- “They added Cananga odorata, which can also be a skin sensitizer”▶ 1:57
- “They've also got rose flower oil, which is also fragrant and sensitizes the skin”▶ 2:02
Beauty of Joseon$18.00
Beauty of Joseon$18.00
- “It's got niacinamide, alpha arbutin, and it's got vitamin C”▶ 5:33
- “Sixth ingredient in here is niacinamide, so that's about 2% in the therapeutic index, means it's working”▶ 6:14
- “They added fragrance”▶ 6:20
- “This could have been excellent actually as a niacinamide toner, but they added an acid that you don't wear during the day”▶ 6:26
- “It needs a bit of tweaking for skin of color”▶ 6:46
- “They've put in tea tree extract”▶ 7:13
- “It's an essential oil and it can lead to irritation of the skin”▶ 7:20
- “This was so close to being something that I would recommend cuz it doesn't even have fragrance in it”▶ 7:36
- “If it wasn't for the tea tree oil, then or tea tree, I would have recommended this product, but as it stands, it's a no”▶ 7:45
SKIN1004$22.00- “No fragrance, I like”
- “I like the feel of this”▶ 8:43
- “The downside with this is even though PHA, gluconolactone, is a light chemical exfoliator, it's still a chemical exfoliator. And for skin of color, we should not be exfoliating our skins every day”▶ 9:00
- “Over time, your skin will become drier and duller”▶ 9:16
- “This was not made for skin of color”▶ 9:18
- “If you really want to use it, and I do like it, is use it two nights a week maximum, and use it at night time, not daytime”▶ 9:45
- “The third ingredient is ethanol”▶ 13:20
- “I can actually taste the alcohol. This is horrendous”▶ 13:40
- “Plus fragrance, ugh”▶ 13:44
- “Why on earth would you then put that in with alcohol and fragrance? Like, are you trying to like irritate skin of color and like just make the worst product possible?”▶ 13:51
Clinique$22
- “I actually like it”
- “It's got no fragrance and it's safe, so that's great”▶ 20:02
- “It has niacinamide as a third ingredient, so that's beneficial”▶ 20:04
- “It's also got 3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid, which is non-irritating and actually has quite a high conversion to Ascorbic Acid”▶ 20:10
- “This is a fantastic toner. I love it, buy it”▶ 20:35
- “The second ingredient here is glycolic acid”▶ 21:51
- “They went and added third ingredient witch hazel”▶ 21:59
- “They went and added fourth ingredient lactic acid”▶ 22:14
- “It's literally a concoction of the worst ingredients for skin, not just skin of color, for all skin”▶ 22:26
- “I feel like this product may contribute to dark spots”▶ 22:37
- “Please avoid this product”▶ 22:42
- “The third ingredient here again is witch hazel”▶ 22:49
- “The sixth ingredient is glycolic acid, the fourth ingredient is lactic acid at quite high percentages”▶ 23:07
- “I wouldn't add this actually to already inflamed skin”▶ 23:13
- “They did get that bit right and that's basically my only positive on this product”▶ 23:36
- “I'm really sorry. I really don't like doing videos where we have nothing”▶ 23:54
Pixi$20.00- “Glycolic acid is the smallest molecular weight of the AHA family”▶ 24:57
- “You can get burns from it, which can lead to pigmentation”▶ 25:11
- “I'm not a big fan of glycolic acid, full stop, when it comes to skin of color”▶ 25:19
- “5% is quite a high concentration of glycolic acid to leave on all night”▶ 24:53
- “The seventh ingredient is witch hazel”▶ 26:04
- “I don't mind this as a wash-off product, maybe one to two times at night a week, but I certainly wouldn't leave it on all night, every night. Definitely not for skin of color”
Paula's Choice$37.00
Paula's Choice$29.00- “I would 100% put this on my top three list of best toners”▶ 29:49
- “The fourth ingredient here is niacinamide at approximately 3%”▶ 30:02
- “It's also got chamomile in it, which is great, is a fantastic anti-inflammatory”▶ 30:23
- “Absolutely recommend it. So, I love love love this toner, and I would say go and buy”▶ 30:58
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