When building our skincare routine our decision-making is easily influenced by the hype and trends on social media. Though this is a good way to get a glimpse of the product experience through reviews and feedback from other consumers, a lot of other factors still need to be considered when we are building our skincare routine.

Knowing your skin type, identifying your concerns, and knowing which ingredients will work on these concerns are essential to know which products are worth trying. We’ve listed down some skin care ingredients that will make decision-making a much easier feat.

For: Brightening, Dull Skin, and Dark Spots

1. Niacinamide

This ingredient is great for overall skin rejuvenating and brightening, it helps with boosting skin hydration and minimize moisture loss.

Suggested Product: Radiance Glow Illuminating Serum that has 99% purity Niacinamide that helps to brighten dull skin and retain skin moisture. This serum contains Sakura extract that aids in reducing melanin production for that healthy glowing skin

2. Symwhite 377

Symwhite 377 is a skin-lightening ingredient that is highly effective in reducing hyperpigmentation and evens out skin tone that is gentler than kojic Acid.

3. Vitamin C

The antioxidant in vitamin C may help protect, repair and enhance our skin. It helps to brighten our complexion while protecting our skin against pollution and other free radicals.

Suggested Product: Radiance Up! Antioxidant Serum which is formulated with Symwhite 377, Niacinamide and Vitamin C that helps to reduce dark spots for a radiant complexion.

For: Skin Barrier Repair

4. Ceramide

This is essential in the structure and barrier function of our skin, it helps prevent moisture loss and protects the skin from environmental damage.

Suggested Product: Radiance Up! Deep Moisturizing Cream, enriched with Ceramide 1-3-6, Powerful Brightening System, and Snow Mushroom Extract to strengthen the skin’s protective barrier, help to brighten, and maintain skin’s moisture.

Suggested Product: Sunbrella Intensive Care Aqua Sunscreen, a gentle SPF 50+ PA++++ sunscreen, that provides 8X all-around protection against UVA, UVB, blue light, and IRA. It contains skin-caring SymWhite 377, Ectoin, Moringa Seed Extract, and Ceramide for skin barrier support and extra nourishment.

5. Hyaluronic Acid

Hyaluronic Acid penetrates the skin’s barrier, creating moisture from the inside out, it also hydrates our skin without clogging your pores

Suggested Product: Hy! Amino Series is a facial wash enriched with 5D Hyaluronic Acid, Amino Acids and other skin-caring ingredients that target specific skin care concerns like dull skin, acne- prone, and oily skin, and the new addition the anti-bacterial facial wash.

Suggested Product: Sunbrella Tone Up UV Elixir is an intensive UV protection sunscreen with SPF 50+ PA ++++ and Photosensitive Smart Powder. It is also enriched with Sunflower Seed Oil, SymWhite 377, and Hyaluronic Acid to protect your skin from sun damage and also brightens dull skin.

For: Acne

6. Pionin

Known for its anti-bacterial properties, Pionin can help fight acne-causing bacteria to achieve that clear skin.

Suggested Product: AcnePlus Spot Care X is a balm texture spot care formulated with Pionin, 4D Centella, and 9x Herbs to effectively clear acne, soothe skin, and fade dark spots.

7. BHA (Salicylic Acid)

Penetrates deep into the skin that unclogs any excess oil, impurities and exfoliate the pores. It also has anti-inflammatory properties that helps to calm and minimize the redness of our skin.

Suggested Product: Sunbrella Triple UV Elixir Acne Care Sunscreen — a lightweight and refreshing acne-care sunscreen with SPF 50+ PA++++ that protects skin from UVA, UVB, IR radiation, and blue light damage. It is also powered with BHA and Zinc PCA to soothe your acne, and effectively control excess oil for all day fresh skin.

With the range of skin care products available in the market, knowing our skin type and the ingredients that will work for us is something that we need to consider before we purchase a product, alongside with the reviews and recommendations we get from our trusted dermatologist.

Y.O.U Beauty — a brand which contains the usual ingredients needed in our skin care routine, is available in Lazada, Shopee, and TikTok Shop, and in select Watsons, SM Beauty, Robinsons Department Stores, Gaisano Capital Group, Prince Retail Group, KCC, Mart One and The Landmark stores.

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