10 professional skin care blogs
Text: Adel Miftakhova
There are a lot of conflicting information on the Internet. about skin care, and we recommend at least a critical approach to the advice and opinions of bloggers who do not have the appropriate qualifications. Another option is to refer to sites that are backed by dermatology and cosmetology professionals with years of experience who have earned the trust of patients and readers. Unfortunately, Russian-speaking specialized resources on this topic are offensively small, so most of our list is the blogs of Western doctors, cosmetologists and skin care specialists.
Caroline Hirons
The founder and only author of this blog is Caroline Hayrons, who has more than thirty years of experience in the cosmetics industry. During this time, she managed to become a world-renowned skin care expert from a consultant in a store and work with a huge number of cosmetic brands.
Caroline regularly writes detailed reviews on cosmetics of the most different price categories, and also explains in detail, clearly and convincingly how, why and at what point you need to use one or another means. In addition to reviews of specific products, the blog contains a lot of general information about how to care for different types of skin in different situations, which ingredients and textures should be used for a particular problem, and which ones should be avoided. All the recommendations in the blog are based not only on the personal experience of Caroline, but also on a careful study of clinical studies and consultations with cosmetologists and dermatologists.
Paula's choice
One of the first and perhaps the most popular and comprehensive resource about cosmetics. Its creator is Paula Begun, author of over twenty books on skin and hair care. The site is divided into two parts: the first and main section of the resource is devoted to systematization of the ingredients used in cosmetics, each of which is assigned an effectiveness rating with links to scientific research. You can also find tips on skin care with various problems.
The second large section consists of reviews of specific products based on their compositions, and they are also assigned a rating. It is worth noting that rare funds receive the highest rating, and most of them are Paula's Choice runner's own brand products, which, on the one hand, is easy to understand, but on the other, it makes you treat reviews with some irony. Nevertheless, the entire resource is a good starting point for those who have become entangled in a huge number of brands and recommendations and are trying to find the most effective means for their skin type.
Just About Skin
The creator and author of this educational skin care blog is Rita Lee, a certified biochemist and licensed cosmetologist with experience in dermatology. In her appeal to readers, Rita immediately explains that the information about the care in her blog is not medical, but aesthetic, and in no way deals with serious medical diseases and skin problems, for which you should consult a doctor.
Rita focuses on a simple explanation of complex things, such as the effect of hormones on the skin or the causes of acne. She also shares practical tips on how to care (for example, in winter) and does not recommend relying on reviews on the Internet when choosing cosmetics, although she writes about especially liked tools that she uses herself. Small sections are also devoted to men's skin care and nutrition.
VeryWell
A blog about health, nutrition, skin care and lifestyle VeryWell is part of a large-scale About.com lifestyle project. Its authors - professional doctors and cosmetologists - give simple and capacious recommendations and literally on their fingers explain the nature of the processes occurring in the human body. “Consider us friends, who also turned out to be doctors. Or personal trainers. Or nutritionists,” they turn to the reader.
In the skin care section, dermatologist Casey Gallagher describes in detail the structure of the skin, the most common skin problems, how to deal with these problems, as well as the mechanisms of action of cosmetic ingredients and procedures. She devotes a lot of materials to the influence of the environment on the condition of skin and hair, as well as ways to preserve their youth and beauty for as long as possible.
Healthline
Behind the Healthline blog is a team of certified doctors and pharmacists who share both academic information and medical practice. All blog articles are aimed at the non-professional user, and they use simple examples to highlight important medical issues, including mental health.
The authors of the section on health and beauty, talk about the causes of the most common problems and diseases of the skin, as well as ways to prevent them. The authors give recommendations on the choice of cosmetics or even safe ways to make it yourself. In addition, the blog has a lot of information about plastic surgery and body modifications. For example, a big post is devoted to the risks of tattooing and piercing, as well as ways to minimize them.
The derm blog
The founder of this blog is practitioner Jeffrey Benabio, an Italian-American, author of lectures, articles in popular publications and a rock star of dermatology according to Glamor magazine. He also focuses on improving medical services and introducing technologies for effective patient care.
The Derm Blog materials cover all the popular issues that the author encountered in the process of working with clients. Among them are the causes of aging of the skin and ways to slow it down, or the use of natural products to solve certain skin problems. Benabio also answers popular questions about nursing and supports his opinion with medical research. For example, whether the development of acne is associated with the use of milk, or whether a rare washing of the hair will help reduce their fat content (will not help, oh).
Dr. Synthia Bailey's Health and Beauty Blog
Dr. Cynthia Bailey is one of the most famous dermatologists in the world with 25 years of experience and her own cosmetic line. In addition to purely dermatological information, she writes a lot on a blog about women's health, talks about her fight against breast cancer, as well as the effect of chemotherapy on the skin.
In the section of skin care, a variety of cosmetic and dermatological problems are simply and clearly explained. For example, Bailey talks about the importance of using water for the beauty of the skin, about the effectiveness of products with retinol, or about the benefits of mineral cosmetics. In many posts, funds of the doctor’s own brand are expected to be recommended, but this does not affect the impartiality of information and advice at all. The blog posts cool posts with infographics with brief and accessible tips on how to keep healthy and the body in general, and the skin in particular.
The beauty brains
This resource was founded by two chemical scientists - Perry Romanovski (he has his own blog about chemistry) and Randy Schuller, working on the compositions of cosmetics. Themes for the post authors do not invent themselves, but answer the questions asked by the readers. Sometimes invited experts from the cosmetic industry answer anonymously questions. During the existence of the blog, the authors answered thousands of questions and sorted out hundreds of controversial statements from the world of cosmetics: for example, whether the ingredients of creams penetrate the skin and whether the use of sunscreen provokes a lack of vitamin D.
As professional chemists, the authors talk a lot about the compositions of the funds, about why certain components are used in cosmetics, and which of them should be avoided. In the most detailed way, they reveal all these topics in their podcast, but many issues are accompanied by decoding and additional systematic posts.
Dr. Meder
The famous Russian cosmetologist, author of the best-selling skin care beauty beauty myths and the creator of the specialized magazine Cosmetics, Tiina Orasmäe-Meder, on a special Facebook page, regularly answers subscribers' questions and talks about popular cosmetic procedures, new research and popular misconceptions . Often she cites references to the most useful skin care materials from her point of view. Tiina also periodically talks about the nuances of working in the beauty industry and gives general advice on how and what cosmetics should be chosen for certain types and problems of the skin. Tiina also has her own Meder cosmetics line and a blog in her support, but it is replenished much less often than a Facebook page, and practically does not imply feedback.
Futureuture
Medical school student Nikki Zevola Benvenuti dreamed of becoming a dermatologist and in 2007 founded a blog that scientifically explains the mechanisms of action of cosmetics. FutureDerm consists of two main sections: in one, Nikki talks about the increasingly popular and controversial cosmetic ingredients, such as various types of alcohols in creams, jojoba oil, or silicones. In all materials, it relies on a scientific approach and explains how, at the molecular level, one or another ingredient acts on the skin. The second section is devoted to reviews of caring cosmetics. In them, Nikki examines in detail the composition and explains which ingredients in the media are useful and which are not, and tells about his own impressions of the product.
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