Niacinamide, without the noise
It is on almost every label now. Here is the short list of what it genuinely does, and the three claims to ignore.
The journal
Journal
Questions South Africans actually ask, answered without the marketing. No miracle timelines, and no product you did not ask about.
Double cleansing, and when it is a waste of your evening
Twice at night if you wore sunscreen or makeup. Otherwise once, and go to bed.
When your skin stops behaving
Stinging, tightness, redness that will not settle. Usually it is not a new allergy. It is too much, too fast.
How long before any of this shows
A timeline you can hold a product to. Almost everything is slower than the label suggests, and that is normal.
Nine small things that make a routine work harder
None of these costs a rand. All of them change what the products you already own are able to do.
How much sunscreen you are actually using
Most people use a quarter of what the bottle was tested with. Under this sun, that is the whole game.
Can you use alpha-arbutin every day?
Short answer: yes, and daily use is how it works. Here is the longer one.
How to start a new routine without overloading your skin
Several new products at once is how people end up with a reaction and no idea which caused it.
Dark spots that stay long after the breakout heals
The spot outlasts the spot. What post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation is, and the only two things that reliably shift it.
Building a skincare routine in South Africa
Routines written elsewhere assume a climate we do not have. Here is what changes when you live here.
What order do you actually apply skincare in?
The order matters more than the products. Thinnest first, thickest last, sunscreen always on its own.