Save Your Money: Skincare Myths Debunked By A Cosmetic Chemist

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Officially, Michelle Wong is a doctor and beauty scientist. But to us, she's our ultimate skincare myth-buster. She joins us today to teach us how to actually care for our skin without falling victim to trends and pseudo-science. Plus, her ride-or-die favourite skincare ingredients and the ones she just can't get around. LINKS TO EVERYTHING MENTIONED: Alpha-H Melting Moment Cleansing Balm with Wild Orange Leaf Extract $69 Neutrogena Rapid Wrinkle Repair Retinol Pro+ .3% Night Cream $64 Paulas Choice 2% BHA Liquid Exfoliant $45 BEAUTY OF JOSEON Apricot Blossom Peeling Gel $14 Missha, Super Aqua Ultra Hyalron Peeling Gel $15 SKINFOOD, Peeling Gel, Pineapple $20 SkinCeuticals C E Ferulic Serum $242 La Roche-Posay Redermic Vitamin C10 Serum $60 L'Oreal Paris Revitalift Vitamin C Serum $30 Poems From The Lab Future Focus Vitamin C Serum $89 BEAUTY OF JOSEON Glow Serum: Propolis + Niacinamide $36 I'm From Rice Cream $32 Paulas Choice 10% Niacinamide Booster $52 Olay Luminous Niacinamide Super Serum $35.99 SUBSCRIBE: Subscribe to Mamamia Vote in the 2024 You Beauty Awards Sign up for our free You Beauty weekly newsletter for our product recommendations, exclusive beauty news, reviews, articles, deals and much more! Want to try our new exercise app? Click here to start a seven-day free trial of MOVE by Mamamia GET IN TOUCH: Got a beauty question you want answered? Email us at [email protected] or call the podphone on 02 8999 9386. Join our You Beauty Facebook Group here. You Beauty is a podcast by Mamamia. Listen to more Mamamia podcasts here. CREDITS: Host: Erin Docherty Guest: Dr. Michelle Wong Producer: Cassie Merritt Audio Producer: Leah Porges Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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