Meet the winners of Bustle's 2025 Beauty Icon Awards for next-gen skin pros: 10 facialists who combine cutting-edge tech with ...

Sunscreen is essential, but it might be the reason behind your summer body breakouts, so we've rounded up the best salicylic ...

Products and entire skincare lines marketed as pH-balanced are flooding the market. But is your skin's pH even within your control? We talked to experts to get to the truth.

Ideally, skin thrives in a slightly acidic environment, typically between 4.5 and 5.5 on the pH scale. This acidity supports beneficial microorganisms and reinforces the skin’s defense against ...

There are multitudes of skin care ingredients on the market that sound as innocuous as they are, like honey, shea butter and aloe. Hyaluronic acid, on the other hand, isn’t one of them. Though ...

When the skin’s pH is disturbed, problems often follow. Using products with extreme pH levels—whether too acidic (pH < 2.5) or too alkaline (pH > 8)—can strip away the protective acid mantle.

Unlike your skin’s naturally acidic surface, most traditional soaps are highly alkaline, with pH levels ranging from 9 to 10. This dramatic difference creates a temporary disruption that your ...

Active ingredients like retinol and vitamin C have tons of benefits, but mixing the two together? Not so much. Find out which skin care combos derms say are safe to try.