Beauty Tips For Body Care
I really like Beautypedia as a quick, accessible, reliable resource evaluating the ingredients and claims in many skin care products. But I find their star ratings useless half the time, because they mark products down — in particular, a-la-carte actives in the style of The Ordinary and similar brands — because these products don't contain every feature a full skin care routine needs.That's the point! You're supposed to mix-and-match a-la-carte actives as you see fit, that's what this market segment wants, that's a feature not a bug. It seems they're writing reviews assuming most readers are going to wind up using one cleanser, one moisturizer, and maybe one serum or toner. That isn't how consumers of Western sci-beauty actives-focused lines do things, and it certainly isn't how people using mainly Asian market products structure their routine.Also, the whole "anything fragranced = bad" is a real blunt blanket statement. Intense perfume ingredients certainly have the potential to cause irritation to some (or, for others like me, they're more of an annoyance), but mild, well-tolerated botanical ingredients like rosewater get demerits for being "fragrance."I wish there was a way for these types of reviews to remain as objective/abstract as they are, while also taking into account some nuance within ingredient categories and also acknowledging how more informed consumers may very well be looking for targeted add-ons in the spirit of (though not necessarily the texture of) AB ampoules. Some of us don't want to spend $60 for an AHA with some extra-pleasant humectants thrown in, we'll buy the correct concentration AHA for $6-10 and sub in a Japanese drugstore toner for hydration.Basically: Beautypedia, I love you, but also could you please update your scoring criteria to match how skin care enthusiasts (probably most of your audience) are doing skin care nowadays?
Girls Blog 2015
Submitted by jankystats
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