Weldon Owen Skincare Decoded: The Practical Guide to Beautiful Skin

Good read very informative

I learned SO much with this book!! They made me understand scientific process and ingredients!This is my skincare bible! I buy products with more knowledge now and can know what will work for my skin type! Really a must have for any skincare influencers!!

This book is packed with information and yet easy to read. Each chapter is clearly laid out, delves in detail both informative and entertaining (see diagram: skin cells with parachutes!), then reviews what you’ve just read with a summarizing page and a personal take from each of the authors (further emphasizing their point that every individual’s approach to skincare is unique). I enjoyed how all of the lists, pictures, and tables emphasized the key points per section and helped me retain the information.Not only that, the chemists are aware of how the skincare industry markets their products, and help explain what you should look for in ingredients lists or packaging formats, in order to judge actual efficacy vs just marketing. For example, I knew before reading this book that vitamin C is a good addition to my skincare regimen and just looked for “vitamin C serums” when shopping - little did I know that there is a whole host of vitamin C derivatives that have different benefits (and in one case as the authors put it bluntly, “Kinda useless”). Their honest take extends to trends that are in vogue, too - just when I casually remembered a post from social media of someone touting a product or skincare tool, sure enough I found a blurb explaining what it was designed for, followed by guidance and recommendations.Basically, this book makes you want to understand what you’re doing to your face and do better! I found myself grabbing the products in my skincare regimen to compare the ingredient list against the explanations in the chapters to understand what and why things are in there. I was also inspired to improve my moisturizing regimen and be more conscious to adjust it when I’ve been doing the same thing every day - with the days getting hotter and drier, I should probably look to introduce some emollients in my moisturizing step. I can keep going back to this book as a reference when I want to tackle a problem with my skin or try something new to improve my anti-aging regimen.

Viene bien explicado y sencillo. Pero sí ya sabes bastante sobre ingredientes tampoco te va a aportar nada nuevo. Esperaba más. Por ejemplo, cuando explican la vitamina C y los distintos derivados, ni siquiera se menciona el THD.

I loved that this book is very informative but at the same time easy to read, not boring at all. It was very useful to understand some of the components of my skincare products and it helped me to simplified my routine and make it more targeted to my needs.