You’ll see a bunch of one star reviews where a product gave people massive cystic pimples, chemical burns, really bad irritation… and then five star reviews of the same product where it’s completely life changing. So this is how everything is so cheap, but it does also explain the massive range of experiences with particular products. Related post: Interview with Deciem (The Ordinary) Chief Scientific Officer and Dr Davin Lim When Dr Davin Lim and I talked to Deciem’s Chief Scientific Officer PK, it didn’t sound like they went through this process before launching, even though this is a standard optimisation process that every brand is meant to go through (at least for safety reasons). This includes things like testing formulas on a range of skin, and tweaking the formula based on that feedback, and repeating that process to optimise the formula. The overall formulation process that seems to have been cut down for The Ordinary can be really important for making it work for a range of skin types. That’s why I think The Ordinary tends to be really hit and miss with their products – this approach just doesn’t work with everything. This can work well for some ingredients, but really reduces the stability and effectiveness of other ingredients. The way that The Ordinary have managed to stay so budget friendly is by really simplifying the formulations. Now that that we can all suddenly afford to try all these fancy, technical-sounding ingredients, we want to know what they do. I really think they’re one of the big reasons why everyone is so obsessed with the science behind skincare – it’s the magical combination of really budget friendly products, and the fact they put the ingredient names front and centre. Since they launched, The Ordinary have really transformed the skincare market. Here’s the video on YouTube, scroll down for the written version. You might love some of the ones I don’t like and that’s fine – don’t stop using them just because I don’t like them! This goes for any brand or product, but I think it’s especially the case with The Ordinary because of the way they approach their product development (I’ll go into this). Remember: my skin is not the same as your skin. I’m going to go through what I think are the best and worst of the direct acids, vitamins A, B and C, hydrators and oils (not all of them though), cleanser and sunscreen. I could only get through a few categories though, so I’ll probably go through the rest at some later date. They have a LOT of products, and I wanted to try as many as I could, and I only have one face so it’s taken a while! I’m finally doing a big overview of some of The Ordinary’s products.
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