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What Are the Best Sunscreens for People of Color? With warmer seasons coming up, it's essential to equip your daily skincare routine with a reliable sunscreen that offers great protection without leaving a white cast - especially for melanin-rich beauties like you. To save you the hassle of going through more disappointing bottles of SPFs, we've rounded up a list of tried-and-true sunscreens - whether it's a chemical sunscreen or mineral sunscreen - for dark-skinned beauties like you to ...

Ingredient 101: What is Niacinamide & What Does It Do for Your Skin? Redness, dark spots, fine lines... These are all tell-tale signs that tell you to start introducing this one powerhouse ingredient to your everyday skincare routine — Niacinamide. So, consider this your ultimate cheat sheet to learn everything about this mighty ingredient and see how it can be the game-changer in your skincare journey! What is niacinamide? Niacinamide is a form of vitamin B-3 that helps ...

#ASKVANA: How to Get Rid of Back Acne? No one loves random breakouts, no matter on the face or on the body. But as warmer seasons roll around with the heat slowly creeping up on us, body acne is becoming a real skin condition that a lot of us can relate to — specifically back acne (or "backne" in short). So before you trade your spring blouses for a breezy off-shoulder top for summer, let's take a closer look at what causes back acne, and how to get rid of back acne and back acne ...

10 Step Fragrance-Free Korean Skincare Routine For Sensitive Skin Who doesn't love being indulged in a super-luxe 10-step Korean skincare routine just for the sake of it, especially the lavishingly scented mask and eye cream? But if you have easily irritated, sensitive skin, then you might need to rethink your skincare lineup. Scented skincare products are not necessarily the "bad guys" but fragrances are usually made up of other harmful chemicals that can potentially trigger allergic ...

How to Brighten Your Skin with Vitamin C Serums, Face Mask Sheets and More If brighter, firmer, and overall younger-looking skin is your #SkinGoal in 2021, we have two words for you: Vitamin C. This nutritious-sounding skincare ingredient is more than just a potent health-enhancing element, it's also a skin-enhancing antioxidant that will help you combat skin conditions like skin inflammation, hyperpigmentation and sun spots. So, in honor of National Vitamin C Day, we're laying down ...

#VANAChatroom: Haruharu WONDER's Pursuit of Everyday Wonder through Minimal Skincare If you're the kind of person who gets perked up by anything related to anti-aging or anything with the word "anti-oxidants", this Korean brand Haruharu WONDER checks all the boxes for you. Haruharu WONDER knows a thing or two about finding the right ingredients and creating a range of topical anti-aging products using naturally-derived ingredients like fermented black rice and green tea that will help ...

What are the Best Face Mask Sheets for Your Skin Type this Spring? Spring is a season for recharge, replenishment and rejuvenation. Truth be told, there's no step in our skincare routine more indulgent and comforting than throwing on a face mask sheet and calling it a night. Whether you are a one-mask-per-day kinda skincare junkie or a lazy masker who loves a heavy-lifter that does it all, here's a list of our best Korean face mask sheet to give your skin a boost just in time for the ...

Ingredient 101: What Are Ceramides & How to Use Ceramides for Skin? Look, it's about time we took a real good look at our skin barrier and gave it the love that it deserves. In case you don't already know, poor or weakened skin barrier is actually the real culprit behind all the skin dramas in your life. Redness, stinging skin, dehydration, and even bad breakouts... These are all signs that tell you to start introducing this one under-rated ingredient to your everyday skincare routine ...

5 Beauty Hacks from Netflix's "To All the Boys Always and Forever" You Probably Missed LJ + PK 4EVER! — Sorry, I just couldn't hide my inner fan-girl after watching Netflix’s “To All the Boys: Always and Forever'' on repeat (and swooning) for the 100th time. But if we're being honest, the sweet love story between Lara Jean (played by Lana Condor) and Peter K. (played by Noah Centineo) isn't the only thing that has turned us into human heart-eye emojis. We're all falling ...

#VANAChatroom: ISNTREE's Skincare Journey to Natural Beauty ISNTREE is one of those skincare brands that'll make any skinimalist (skincare minimalist) go heart-eyes, or even turn YOU into one just because it has the natural appeal of a "less is more" skincare ethic. So before you decide to ditch your current heavy-lifting routine for a stripped-down, simplistic regime (because you might want to after getting to know ISNTREE's amazing philosophy and skincare ethic), we've chatted with Mr. ...