Hi everyone! I’m Nikki and I’m a board-certified dermatologist who’s relatively new to Picky. I also write for Project Vanity, a beauty website, here in the Philippines. My recent article there talks about how our skin changes as we age and some of the skincare ingredients our skin may need to deal with different skin issues. Check the article out if you have time. Let me know if you find it helpful.

Btw, I’m also in IG as @girlbehind_glasses. 

http://www.projectvanity.com/projectvanity/skin-aging

Changes our skin go thru as we age

I find the spatula it comes with to be quite small. I’d appreciate a spatula with a wider end.

This wash-off mask has heartleaf, fig, madecassoside, allantoin, mugwort and yam root for its natural ingredients with 2% niacinamide as its core ingredient, all brought together with their skincare technology (meadow shield). It’s easy to spread on the skin and to wash off with water. AXIS-Y recommends using this about 2-3x a week as needed. I used the mask 3x a week during the first week after I got it. I leave it on my skin for about 10-15 mins. and then I rinse it off. It’s lightly hydrating and doesn’t leave any tight or dry feeling after. The first thing I noticed was it made my skin softer and smoother. Then, I noticed, particularly after my 2nd use of it, that the area on the sides of my nose was less red and that my whole was considerably brighter.

I can’t say anything bad about this product.

The Omega Water Cream is unscented & doesn’t contain any essential oils or plant extracts. It has 5% glycerin, 5% niacinamide, 3% betaine, glycosphingolipids, glycolipids, oleic acid & polyglycerin-3.

It’s a gel-cream type of moisturizer that gets absorbed within seconds and leaves my skin with a very hydrated & supple feeling. It looks dewy on the skin but it doesn’t have any oily or greasy residue. I’ve been using it in my morning and night routines as my moisturizer and I realized that I don’t seem to need any other product other than this to hydrate my skin.

It hasn’t done anything for my sunspots so I think for that kind of hyperpigmentation, this needs to be used longer. One bottle is quite pricey too.

It combines 2 kinds of complexes: CL302 Complex and Interrupter Complex. The former (CL302 Complex) combines dimethoxytolyl propylresorcinol, ascorbyl glucoside, salicylic acid, acetyl glucosamine & yeast extract while the latter (Interrupter Complex) combines green tea leaf extract & rice bran extract. It’s unscented, has an emulsion-like quality and is quite runny. It leaves a velvety smooth feeling on the skin on application and a little tacky feeling. In 2 weeks, I saw a slight reduction of redness on the sides of my nose & cheeks, and a more evened-out skin tone. I also think this gave my complexion a rosy-white glow. 

This is quite thick and creamy and leaves a little greasy feeling behind on me although that disappears after about 4-5 minutes. So in order to apply 2 fingers worth of it, I do it in layers — I apply the sunscreen on 1 finger first, wait for at least 4 minutes before applying another layer. I think this is more suitable to dry, combination & normal skin types.

This does not contain any fragrance and scent. It has only organic/chemical UV filters: diethylamino hydroxybenzoyl hexyl benzoate (Uvinul A Plus), ethylhexyl triazone (Uvinul T 150), methylene bis-benzotriazolyl tetramethylbutylphenol (Tinosorb M) and diethylhexyl butamido triazone (Uvasorb HEB). It’s so moisturizing that it can double as a moisturizer and sunscreen.

The ingredients list on the bottle is not complete. It doesn’t include methylchloroisothiazolinone and methylisothiazolinone which are sensitizers. They are included in the brand’s website though.

I find this cleanser non-drying on me. It has sulfur, propolis extract and piroctone olamine. I’ve recommended this to my acne patients as well. It lathers very well and has a gel consistency.

NikkiGBG