This is the stuff school should teach us. Not necessarily skin care but how to read ingredient lists in general. It's important to know what you're putting on your body. Wow so many likes. I see I stirred the pot in the comments. That's good it means it's an important topic.
@@Z12457 I see where you're coming from, but I don't think there are any negatives to teaching high schoolers how to be smart consumers and how look out for their own health
@@Z12457 maybe, but unfortunately some parents are not educated on this, mine included. That's why I think general education should have some sort of education on it.
I don't know the progression of learning in high school in the US but I live in Quebec, Canada and I'm teaching science in secondary third (I think it's like ninth grade in high school in the US) and we teach that. We talk about nutrition and how to read a nutrition facts table and an ingredients lists. I'm 100% with you that it's important to teach this to kids and sometimes parents don't always know how to explain it to their kids or they just don't know this information because they didn't learn it in school or somewhere else. Sorry for my english, I speak French and obviously I teach in French only ;).
@@Z12457 so everyone without parents/ with bad parents/ who's parents aren't at all knowledgeable (ever heard a boomer say something like "if you cant read an ingredient you shouldnt consume it"?) should all just perish then yeah?
I would love love love to learn about what I need to look out for in skincare products! What ingredients in YOUR opinion should I stay away from and why? How can you tell what’s a good product from a bad one? Does the higher price point $$$ actually mean it’s better ingredients and better for your skin? Ps. I have normal to dry skin, and I have a problem with redness that I can never seem to get rid of. Ps.ps. I love your videos a ton and want to thank you for spreading your knowledge on this platform! I really appreciate all your time and effort; I definitely think for me personally your content and knowledge is amazing!!!!
Every single video you upload is so informative, your channel and the knowledge you share has filled a void in the RU-vid community. There are not enough channels out there that properly inform consumers. Thank u!
I can see her channel getting huge because she's so intelligent and beautiful. It's people like Kenna that we should be idling, not Jaclyn Hill, James Charles, and Jeffree Star.
Can you please do a video with best choice of natural deodorants for women?? ♥️ or a comparison on natural deodorants vs regular deodorants? ♥️ Love you and your channel!!
I like Green Beaver, but it really is something you have to try to find one that you like. Also, deodorant is not antiperspirant, it doesn't stop you from sweating.
boo, use baking soda. Like, straight up (small amount) of baking soda. Works better than 99% of regular deodorants and 100% of the natural ones. I just sprinkle a tiny bit on a natural deodorant stick (doesn't matter what kind, they never work) so it goes on easier. That's it. No smell. Kills bacteria naturally.
Gotta stan a science babe! ❤️ This was helpful but I’m curious as to how to evaluate the efficacy of ingredients that are at 1% or less concentration within a product. Is a peptide rich cream that has a concentration of less that 1% of peptides really “peptide rich”??
@@elgabandeira exactly my question. Based on these videos, a lot of Skincare products have 70% of its ingredients at or below 1%. Maybe these ingredients don't have to be at a higher concentration to be effective?. Or maybe they are there just for fragrance purposes etc? Hope Kenna can clear this up for us 😊
@@RoxyLepRocker Many actives are effective below 1%, like peptides, retinoic acid, allantoin... But because ingredients below 1% are allowed to be listed in random order, there's no way to know how much was exactly used. Many products from Paula's Choice use a blend of actives, all below the 1% line, which does most likely mean they are there in very low concentrations. Fairy dust... it's very unlikely so many actives are used in the right effective concentrations.
OMG you are so fast, yesterday somebody asked for this and now we got it. Ok, I'm going to make a request now lol, please talk about Cassia Angustifolia polysaccharide as a hyaluronic acid substitute 🙏🙏
As an esthetician, your channel was a huge find. I share many of your videos with my coworkers and the way you explain things make us better educators for our clients.
I love that you have been giving us back to back content and informing consumers on what to look for in their skincare. You have definitely helped shed some light in an industry that can be confusing to navigate through. We appreciate you Kenna! 💚💙💛
I love that you listen to your viewers and create content based on our feedback. I have to thank you again for sharing your time to teach us about these topics. 💕
@@cotyalvarado77 I feel like she's just trying to show that despite skincare products making all these claims about the oils and amazing ingredients they have you have to take into consideration that if they're in concentrations of less than 1% then those oils and ingredients probably aren't doing all that much. You want to see where that line is so you know what the active ingredients are because those are the ones that are going to be doing something for your skin.
@@tiffanyF030 I agree with you regarding the skincare/cosmetic companies listing certain ingredients on the label and often use such a small amount it doesn't matter that it is included the product (you know, clever although deceitful, marketing). One thing though, I think there are some ingredients that we wouldn't want more than 1%, you know, the more sensitizing ingredients?
I was JUST thinking about how great it would be to do a video on reading ingredients on product labels. Keep these informative videos coming!! (But also take some time for R&R when you need it!) We love a balanced beauty science guru. 😀
Hi Kenna! Love how much information you've been providing lately! Could you touch upon the usage of fragrance or essential oils within skincare product formulations? There are a lot of mixed opinions about them. Thanks!
yes!! I've been obsessed with checking ingredients on every product I wanna buy and finally figured out a good routine for myself, but because of your last few videos I found out which products that have huge lists barely have any effect on me and why. This is exactly why I prefer brands that actually write down how much % of their main ingredients are in the products~
kurochi chan Hi! So as a consumer are we wanting ingredients to be more or less than 1%?? Is it the more ingredients the better?? Or the less the better?? I’m so fascinated by Kenna! Thanks!
i purchased 2 cosmetic ingredients dictionaries and have been studying my labels like crazy. i’m so in love w/ just knowing what’s in my cosmetics and skincare and i’m just really curious lol but this is exactly what i want to be able to do is to confidently look at an ingredients label and identify what’s good, what’s bad, and what’s necessary. i also do beauty consulting so the information would be so useful. this video had some great points to it like neutrogena being a eu brand so it not having a high concentration and even the 1% line. sorry for the long comment i’m just really excited 😂
I am so impressed with how easily the ingredients just roll of your tongue! Fascinating information. I thought the 1% marker would be much further down.
I shared this video with everybody I know who cares about skincare. Some of these ingredients I knew about, but others I did not. Thank you so much !!!
Thank you for this video! It was super informative. I’ve always been one to read ingredient lists, and I think it’s so important for consumers to know when they’re buying (often expensive) products made up of almost entirely water.
I really liked your descriptions of what the ingredients actually do. Can you do another video of these common ingredients and what their purpose is in the product?
When the 4th ingredient in first list was at the one percent marker my mouth literally dropped! It makes you wonder how many brands put all these ingredients in just to claim these added benefits, knowing there isn't enough to have any effect
Super helpful information!!! I always suspected that anything with lots of ingredients had a lot of them at a reeeeeally low concentration. Thank you for the video Kenna!!!
Very informative. I was always under the impression the the first few ingredients were from "most to least". The 1% mark makes it alot easier to know if my money is going towards a good product or a product full of fillers. Learned something new😊
Great video! Get in the habit of reading ingredients, and you'll soon know your antioxidants from the skin-identicals, emulsifiers and so forth. Don't rely on the marketers to tell you what's good for your skin.
Thank you! There are so many youtubers that talk about how amazing products are without mentioning ingredients at all. A topic I would love to see you cover are the terms hydration and moisturizing. As far as I know, hydration refers to water. When people apply silicones or oils and say it is hydrating, is this true? How much of skin hydration comes from consuming water?
I’d LOVE to see your review of some professional skincare brands. Some examples are; SkinCeuticals, GlyMed, PCA. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ I am an Esthetician and am constantly trying to get my patients to start reading their labels!!!!!!! Loved this.
This is so helpful, most of the time I don’t even know what all of that stuff means on all the labels. With your Videos I learn more and more and it’s even more existing to buy products because now I know some stuff 😊 So thank you for this!
Thank you so much for sharing all this useful information!!! Could you possibly do a video on the tops ingredient or ingredients to avoid in skin care and makeup???✨✨
I love that I see requests in the comments and then next day you make the video! Lol I have been loving your content!! From one science babe to another 😜
Learning so much from your videos! Could you do a video on skincare routine for the neck? Your neck looks so smooth and I’ve heard mixed messages about how to care for it since the skin does seem to be slightly different from the face!
You mention that many ingredients likely don’t contribute much as “active ingredients” if they are below 1%. Would that be the case with, for example, sodium hyaluronate? I guess a follow up question/video idea would be discussing which actives are actually effective at such low concentrations and which tend to not be. Your content is awesome to watch and I find myself so excited to see what comes next! :)
Love your videos !!! I literally shared your channel with everyone I know because people NEED to follow you ❤️ I learn so much every time I watch your videos
This just changed completly the way I choose cosmetics! Thank you so much! I feel more empowered now and it's such a basic thing. I would love to see you explain at what concentration actives can be used in a formula depending if it's an moisturizer, toner, etc.
Very informative Kenna and you are and will slowly teach us how to buy products which are most suitable and best formulated for each of us....I understand the 1% bit now much better and would love to learn how to decipher which is best of the above the 1% line so I know better which ingredient I am mostly buying....Very Important when paying big bucks for something to know if it has anything really good in there...
Loving this series Professor Kenna! 🤗😜🤣 if you could run down some Drunk Elephant ingredient lists that would be awesome. The LALA cream in particular. I’m looking so forward to learning more about ingredients and what they all mean. You are AWESOME!
Hi Kenna! I this video was very helpful, can you please make a video on the curology superbottle ingredients? I would love to hear a dermatologist explain the ingredients and the percentage of each ingredient that is personalized to each persons skin! Thank you so much for making these videos, it is amazing to see a dermatologists point of view on products!!
ever since I started watching you and listening to your advice and learning all this new stuff about skincare I've been able to look at what I'm putting on my skin and figure out what's good and whats bad for me. I have sensitive skin and ever since I learnt that sodium Laureth sulphate is bad for sensitive skin I've completely cut it out of my skin care and my skin has improved astronomically. Thank you for helping us everyday people who don't know a lot about ingredients in skincare not feel so lost.
Could you please go through all ‘toxic for the environment’ ingredients? And what they do? I really want to know more about which toxic ingredients that will get into the ocean by using them. Thank you 😊 I love your channel!
can you make a video about deodorant? I sweat so so much and I've tried absolutely everything and it's very inconvenient because I am a dancer and I sweat in a costume that I've been in for 5 minutes. it would really help a lot
Yes!! I literally just sent her a message on IG about that so hopefully she sees it. Edit: Also not sure if it’s something you’re interested in, but Botox in places you sweat a lot can drastically reduce/eliminate sweating
Okay I know this is gonna sound weird but botox in your arm pits stop sweat. It's used by millions of people. Most people think it's just for your face but it's not. You can google and RU-vid this. Other than that I'd suggest the clinical version of I believe Secret deodorant, I use dove advanced care.
So helpful thankyou ! I would love if you could review the ingredients list of some of the more expensive skin care brands like dior, amora Pacific, tatcha etc. And see if they are worth the money
Loving your videos! So helpful!! Can you tell us what it means when a skincare advertises a product as “clinically proven” a lot of skincare companies say it when promoting wrinkle products.
When I started following u u didn't have that many videos up and I was lowkey sad u didn't seem to be uploading often cuz I love ur content (and u talk in a very pleasant, easy-going way) but now it's like bam bam bAM BAM NEW VIDEO ALL THE TIME. I honestly love it, thanks! :D if u start spacing them out more in the future that's fine as well but for now I'll just enojoy the bam bam pace lol
