Journal — Vol. 04

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The night shift

Retinol earned the hype (use it right)

Retinol is the most over-promised molecule in the cabinet. Here is what it actually does after dark, the rules that keep it working, and where it...

6 min
Read the receipts

PDRN, the 'salmon DNA' serum, explained

It really is fragmented salmon DNA, and the internet is not wrong. What the evidence shows, what is still early, and what a topical can honestly...

6 min
Paid in advance

Dark spots are sun with a long memory

The spots showing up now are UV you banked years ago. What drives them, which brighteners have evidence, and why sunscreen is the only real prevention.

6 min
Face card

Protect the face card

Three steps, ninety seconds, no spiritual awakening. The minimum effective skincare routine for men who sweat for a living.

4 min read