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Cheat Sheet: The Best Anti-Aging Ingredients

Cheat Sheet: The Best Anti-Aging Ingredients

Yvon Lux

Global skincare sales are projected to reach $180 billion by 2024, according to Statista. If you have ever felt overwhelmed stepping foot into a Sephora or Ulta searching for the best products or ingredients to fight or prevent aging, this is for you.

To gain a consensus of the most effective anti-aging ingredients, we attended CosmoProf North America in Las Vegas, a professional beauty convention that brings about 32,000 attendees from all over the world including industry experts, retailers, brand owners, and suppliers.

Decode Skincare and Beauty Lingos

Decode Skincare and Beauty Lingos

Yvon Lux

With the rise of K-Beauty products, the latest TikTok fad, and DIY skincare, a new crop of beauty trends, buzzwords, and marketing terms arise. Consumers are left to try to decode what actually works and what is jargon.

Skincare Benefits From Leftover Halloween Pumpkins

Skincare Benefits From Leftover Halloween Pumpkins

Yvon Lux
Asian, Beauty, Fitness, Food, DIY, Health & Wellness, How To, Lifestyle, List, Men's Health, Orange County, Self Help, Women, Los Angeles

As a Harvard-trained physician with a 10+ year background in the Dermatology and Pathology fields, Dr. Gretchen Frieling suggests that instead of throwing out the pumpkins you used for decorative functions, you can reuse them for various beauty and health purposes. “Pumpkin is a great way to incorporate more vitamin A, vitamin C, and vitamin E as well as essential fatty acids that help reduce markers of aging while also moisturizing the skin.”

2019 Beauty Trends: Use Them Or Lose Them

2019 Beauty Trends: Use Them Or Lose Them

Yvon Lux

Each year brings with it fashion trends, decorating trends, and beauty trends.

The latter covers everything from nails, haircare, makeup and skincare. With the ubiquity of social media, beauty users now can pick up popular trends from anywhere across the world and follow them. Skincare is the biggest segment in the beauty industry with global sales that hover around $130 billion in 2019. There is so much for consumers to digest and decide on. We turned to Dr. Manish Shah, a Denver Board Certified Plastic Surgeon and skin care expert. He takes a microscope to some of the hottest trends in 2019 to give you insight into what’s worth your hard- earned dollars.

Anti-Aging Heroes and Zeroes

Anti-Aging Heroes and Zeroes

Yvon Lux

There are anti-aging products or ingredients that do perform significantly better than others and can make a profound difference in the skin’s appearance while others are simply “false hope in a jar.”