Bree Brown

In my prime, 29 years fine✨

I’m blessed. Take it up with God🙏🏾

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I’m the sand you want to bring to the beach🏝

New Bree, who dis?

Cliche? Maybe, but for me It couldn’t be more true. I feel as though every 4 years or so, the person I am, the version of Bree evolves into someone I never imagined I could be, which brings us here.

I always thought I would have to choose between either my love of science or my love of beauty.

14-year-old me used to find just as much happiness in creating a new smoky eye or buying a new lipstick shade, as dissecting a frog or creating chemical reactions (my fave to this day is the volcano experiment)

Today I don’t have to choose and that is sooo freeing! I get to work in science communication for a wellness/beauty brand that is all about pushing beyond conventional science.

I also get to continue my love of skincare & beauty here with you all. Educating, myth busting and trying all the things so you know what really works and what’s 💩

So much more in store for you guys, including consistency from me 🙂

5 things everyone struggling with their skin, or simply if you have skin, NEEDS TO KNOW!

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YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL. YOU ARE WORTHY. LOVE YOURSELF! ✨

*This scale is interpreted differently by everyone. This is the scale that I have used that has helped me have success with my own skin and treating skin of color*

Happy Holidays🤎!!! There truly is no place like home. I’m a jersey girl 4 life!… & I’m obsessed with this PJ set! Is it acceptable to wear year round??

Skingredient Spotlight: Phenyl T-Butylnitrone Acid

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💗Phenyl t- Butylnitrone (PBN), also known as Spin Trap is a fascinating and great skin antioxidant!

💗Free radicals are neutral atoms with unpaired electrons which makes them unstable, reactive and potentially damaging.

💗Spin trap works by stabilizing free radicals and trapping them before they react and cause damage.

💗Spin Traps are selective, only trapping reactive free radicals and not other molecules such as desired oxygen molecules.

💗”PBN and derivatives thereof have been reported for the treatment of a wide variety of disease conditions arising from or characterized by free radical-induced oxidative damage.”

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Sources:
- PMID: 11233146
-https://rb.gy/i32ve0

Some more Skincare Science Vocab!

💗 there are many ingredients that have multiple of these products, such as mandelic acid which is antibacterial and anti-fungal!

💗Another example is Vitamin C, which is an antioxidant and also has anti-inflammatory effects!

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Empties #1 🧴

Watermelon Glow Sleeping Mask
- I used it mostly in place of moisturizer at the end of a hydrating night routine. I didn’t feel like it exfoliated much but it did keep my skin hydrated over night. Not a product I will repurchase.

Glass Skin refining Serum
- I love how hydrating this serum is. It has niacinamide and hyaluronic acid which are great for more sensitive and reactive skin types. I would deff repurchase!

HA5 hydrator
- This hyaluronic acid also features a peptide complex and vitamin e which are anti-aging and soothing. Overall I prefer HA serums with a little bit of a thinner consistency. I didn’t LOVE this product but I did like it. It’s a silky thicker texture. I would not repurchase but since I got this with TNS serum for free (as a promo) I would still put it to use if I had it in my collection.

Vital C Hydrating facial oil
- This is my second bottle, and i LOVE this oil. It is a great lightweight everyday oil that gives your skin a glow. I love that it has vitamin C to boost antioxidant protection but I wouldn’t suggest as your ONLY vitamin C in your regimen. I would deff repurchase!

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💗Ingredients can have many properties this list (the first of a series!) Defines some of the most common mechanisms of exfoliation an ingredient may have as well as skin nourishing properties/mechanisms an ingredient may provide!

💗As you can see, all exfoliants do not use the same mechanism of action. Salicylic acid, originally classified as a keratolytic has also been classified as a desmolytic rather than softening and shedding the skin cells its mechanism is now believed to disrupt cellular junctions, breaking down connective tissues in our skin.

💗Skin identical ingredients can range from Natural Moisturizing Factors such as glycerin and hyaluronic acid (the most popular) to Stratum Corneum lipids such as ceramides!

Sources:
incidecoder.con
Scientistafoundation.com
Medicinenet.com

Skingredient Spotlight: Niacinamide

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🧪Niacinamide, is also known as nicotinamide or nicotinic acid, or Vitamin B3.
It is a powerhouse ingredient that is suitable for all skin types, and even more so those who are sensitized.

💗Niacinamide is:
-Antipruritic (anti-itchiness)
-Antimicrobial (stops bacteria growth)
-Vasoactive (in this case, reducing redness)
-Photo-protective (fights ROS damage)
-Sebostatic (oil production control)

💗Key benefits:
-Evens skin tone & brightens hyperpigmentation:
Interferes with the interaction between keratinocytes and melanocytes, thereby inhibiting melanogenesis

💗Improves condition of the epidermal barrier
Stabilizes epidermal barrier function, seen as a reduction in transepidermal water loss and an improvement in the moisture content of the stratum cornerum.

💗Increases protein synthesis (keratin)
Stimulates ceramide synthesis
Speeds up the differentiation of keratinocytes

💗Reduces fine lines and wrinkles, red blotchiness, skin sallowness, and improvemes in skin elasticity.

📚Sources:
PMID: 17147561
PMID: 24993939
PMCID: PMC3663177
PMID: 17518989

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