Natural moisturizers
Goat’s milk, your skin’s own moisturizing factor, and what proteins, vitamins and minerals can do from the outside.
Does soap dry out your skin? Bar soap, syndets and pH explained
Why true soap is alkaline, what a syndet is, why your skin likes a pH around 5, and how to pick a cleanser that doesn’t leave you tight and flaky in a Canadian winter.
Proteins, vitamins and minerals in skin care: what can they do from the outside?
Which vitamins actually get into skin (C, niacinamide, E), why proteins and minerals mostly stay on top, what “rich in” means on a label, and what to expect.
Your skin’s own moisturizer: what the natural moisturizing factor is
Meet the natural moisturizing factor (NMF): the amino acids, urea, lactate and salts your skin makes to hold water, why it drops in dry skin and eczema, and which ingredients mimic it.
Goat’s milk in skin care: what’s actually in it, and what it can do
What goat’s milk contains (fats, proteins, lactic acid, vitamins, minerals), what could plausibly help skin from the outside, and how thin the evidence really is.