Beauty
Eight Weeks, One Change at a Time
Most skincare verdicts are worthless because four things changed at once. Here is the protocol we use instead.
Desk
Health & Beauty
We read the INCI list before the front of the bottle, run one change at a time over eight weeks, and photograph the same cheek in the same light. Most products do less than the box says, and a few do exactly what it says.
Beauty
Barrier Repair Without the Shopping List
Four cheap ingredients do most of the work. The expensive part of a cream is usually the lid.
Recommended on this desk
Beauty
Lumen 0.05% Retinal Serum
Lumen Formulary
Retinal rather than retinol, in an opaque pump, at a sane price.
£32 8.4
Beauty
Quiet Hours Barrier Balm
Lumen Formulary
Three ceramides, cholesterol, no fragrance. The dull one that works.
£24 8.8