How to Use Niacinamide to Minimize Large Pores, Brightening and Clear Skin In Your Skincare Routine

hey guys welcome back it's Felicia and her weena and in the skincare world niacinamide is a friend that everyone wants they get along with everyone else they work well together they boost and lift you up to improve you to be the best you can be this is our part two of our a B's and C's of skincare basically we'll we go through vitamin A which is retinol vitamin b3 and vitamin C which we'll be talking about in the next video so today we're gonna be talking all about niacinamide and how it works the skins benefits including evening out skin tone and texture restoring hydration and improving the skin barrier controlling sebum production minimizing the look of large pores reducing hyperpigmentation and age spots reducing redness and rosacea and promoting collagen and firm youthful skin make sure you guys watch till the very end of this one because this ingredient is seriously the real MVP of skincare ingredients so let's first get into what nanomite is and how does it work niacin amide is one of the most popular go to active skincare ingredients that have been proven to work among dermatologists and researchers for a long time and it's a form of vitamin b3 and so there are many names that refer to vitamin b3 like niacin nice and amide nicotinamide a little bit and it gets a little confusing but here's what you need to know vitamin b3 is present in food which is called myosin it's essential because it helps change carbohydrates into the fuel our body needs and some foods that include this like chicken fish liver foods if you're into that mushroom eggs beets and green vegetables so an easy way to understand it is when we refer to food and supplements it's known as vitamin b3 and eosin which are two different names for the same thing and when we talk about skin care products it's known as Gnaeus in amide or nicotinamide also two names for the same thing so that's why it can be a little confusing but essentially niacin amide is all you need to know niacin amide is a water-soluble vitamin which means it won't dissolve in oil and so you'll typically find it in like water-based serums or moisturizers and also mass so it's perfect for anyone of you who hates like oily or oily solvents oily products in general it's also one of the most stable active ingredients in skincare with a pH of around neutral which means it is unlike chemical exfoliants like aged a BH a vitamin C and retinol or vitamin A Nia Sinha might is non acidic and non irritating and works well on basically all skin type so we'll explain more on why knowing the pH levels of your skincare is important later and the video niacinamide is also easily absorbed by the outer layer of the skin and it helps to keep the acid mantle which is a combination of oils and proteins and ceramides on the outer layer of our skin healthy which means that you can get soft and glowing skin without any sort of irritation that other chemicals can also give you moving on to benefits of niacin amide because there are a lot the studies of niacinamide have been proven to improve skin barrier function decreased skin hyperpigmentation reduce fine lines and wrinkles and decrease redness and blotchiness and improve skin elasticity so that's basically everything that you're looking for in like an entire skincare routine but it's all in one ingredient so be as excited as us when we get into these because it's a lot let's go into how each of these are achieved a little more and by the end of it you feel like um are you sure this is right it sounds a little too good to be true but you bet your bottoms it is because niacinamide is skincare is real and BP brightening and hyperpigmentation national my reduces color or pigmentation by disrupting one of the key enzymes that produce melanin it's actually a pigment that our body produces that gives our skin the color that we have you know a nice tan or fair complexion as well as the hair color and also eyes but on a bad note melanin is also produced by the skin in response to damaging sunlight and UV rays which is why when we don't apply sunscreen we get sun spots and freckles like these and this is the outcome of increased melanin production so when we use Nia cinema it helps prevent melanin production by stimulating the production of keratin which increases the thickness of the skin's outer layer just to compare this with another popular ingredient for lightening and brightening those hydroquinone which is used in a lot of other products for the same reasons like there's one from Murad the rapid age spot and pigment lightening serum with 2% hydroquinone which is close to the highest amount before you need to get it prescribed from like the dermatologist so niacin amide has been found to have the same effects and the qualities because a double-blind clinical study found that 4% of hydroquinone was comparable to using 4% of niacin amide but with less side effects so it's effective in evening out your skin tone and helping with the overall brightening of the complexion without the irritation part of it so this is what you want to help with to just reduce the watch genus or the spa cleanness even with acne marks like you know how you got hyperpigmentation scars that come through it's darkening this will also help in quickly removing those marks that's the first one moving on to helping to improve dryness and also anti-aging when it comes to anti-aging this has a lot to do with hydration we sound like a broken record because the hydration levels of the skin cells and also proper moisturization in general of the skin is what actually prevents signs of fine lines and wrinkles and aging once again this has everything to do with keeping the skin barrier well nourished because our skin barrier is important in producing fatty acids ceramides lipids and key proteins needed to maintain plump healthy and a glowing skin and this concoction makes up the acid mantle which is a very fine layer on the skin of the skin barrier that protects us from bacteria and viruses and contaminants just in the environment like free radicals but it also reduces trans epidermal what a loss okay a deal but this slowly reduces with age as well leading to things like dullness and sagging and lines that also come from dryness how nice cinema helps with this is that it greatly reduces the evaporation of water from our ski and actually helps to increase the moisture content of the stratum corneum this means that we can achieve a thicker and stronger skin barrier which means better skin and then you won't get irritation and rash and on top of the moisturizing qualities niacinamide increases collagen production and slows down the blending of glucose and proteins in the skin that lead to crusts linked collagen so basically what this means is that it stops aging and it helps with skin elasticity and the plumpness cross-linking now moving on to how it helps with acne so when it comes to the bane of our collective existence whatever skin type you are pimples breakouts you might not have known that nice we might can also help to control and alleviate mild to moderate acne next enema has antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties so it's actually a very gentle way to help control acne and it not only helps to reduce redness bacterial buildup in the paws but it helps acne by controlling and reducing the amount of sebum that's actually secreted from your pores what a nice intimate is especially helpful and works wonders if you have combination or oily skin types as someone who is in this skin type category when I use niacinamide it actually helps with like it's one of those things you don't even have to think about you just add into your routine and it really does help with this controlling of sebum but on top of that it doesn't irritate and I think that's the main thing if you have sensitive oily or acne-prone it doesn't irritate it doesn't cause anything and if anything it just helps all your other products like work harmoniously together as well minimizing pores following on from the previous point about helping to regulate the sebum production this means that niacinamide helps with the appearance of minimizing pores because as we know the less the pores are clogged with excess sebum and dead skin the finer and smaller the pores will be and the texture of the skin will also be smoother and softer and just more refined and there have been so many studies on this and one that was particularly interesting was that using niacinamide and salicylic acid significantly reduce pore size and bumpy skin texture so once again if you are oily company flaky whatever it is nice and amide will help with that one of the biggest advantages to using niacinamide is that it's stable ingredient meaning it works well with other ingredients and is well tolerated so you don't have to be worried about mixing wrong ingredients when it comes to this specific one yeah and because we did a whole video will two videos on like what not to mix with niacinamide you can kind of like breathe a sigh of relief and be like okay I can get it incorporate it into my routine and not really have to worry like with chemical exfoliants or things like that which brings us on to the next point rosacea and redness according to many studies on niacinamide blotchy redness and skin conditions like rosacea can actually be improved with the use of niacinamide rosacea is a skin condition with no cure much like eczema where the main symptoms are they're red skin tone and flare-ups that bring red bumps and pustules to the surface when nice and a mind is used on this type of skin it can help to alleviate the redness because it helps to improve once again the skin barrier and the healthy skin barrier is what we all want because when this is functioning properly it means our skin is well protected nourished and hydrated and won't have things like dehydration flakiness itchiness or anything like that so even those of you with rosacea or sensitive skin you can feel safe using niacinamide yeah like a couple of days ago I had a rash and I still use nice and it might and you know when you have a rash it means your skin barrier is like depleting its compromised it's being invaded by foreign entity yeah it's pretty serious but still using nice and amide the Bruce de that we'll talk about a little bit later I still had that in my routine and stripped everything else down and it didn't flare up it didn't it didn't tingle or anything so that's always a good sign now free radicals free radicals is also one of the major benefits of using vitamin C because vitamin C is an antioxidant so it's very similar so free radicals are apparent in the air and when they get on to our skin er can cause stresses and make our skin age prematurely and one of the biggest reasons for using bi see like I just said Oh l-ascorbic acid in products is that vitamin C is a free radical scavenger which means it helps to fight damages of free radicals when it comes into contact with our skin and we don't even know it so that it could prevent dullness and aging but what niacinamide has over vitamin C is that niacinamide is more stable vitamin C is known to be unstable and acidic it can also often be oily on the skin and harder to work with compared to niacin amide yeah like you always hear of your vitamin C serums going back going back or you know like put it in the fridge or put it in a very dark corner yeah otherwise it will go like this weird brownie color and then you're using like a bad ingredient that's gone on and by now you're all probably wondering okay I have to have this in my life so now let's move on to how to use niacinamide in our skincare routine how to use niacinamide the best thing about niacinamide it has little to no side effects at all and it can be used at high percentages and still be able to be well tolerated by the skin even if you are very sensitive and it's a stable ingredient as well with all the other ingredients no matter what stage you are in your skincare routine which we'll get into in just a little bit near cinema is like the kid that just gets along with everyone at recess that kid you want to be friends with them so the amount you'll typically find in products are usually 2 5 and 10% niacinamide or they'll be in some products that don't even state that there is niacinamide until you look at the back of the packaging of things like moisturizers or face masks which commonly have them because as we said it's a great brightening ingredient and some dermatologists have said that if you do experience any irritation from using niacinamide products it's probably from another ingredient within the formula like fragrance or preservatives rather than nice and it might itself before we jump into how you can use niacinamide in your routine we should recap over pH levels of our products so you understand what's going on al skin's natural pH level is around five point five so products with a low pH which is like between one to six are at a level closer to the skin's neck levels you'll see on a lot of your products especially cleansers it states the pH level that it's best used at because different ingredients work better at different levels so this just means that it's relatively close to L skin's natural like where the skin barrier lies in terms of the pH level and so it's much more gentle so chemical exfoliants like glycolic acid lactic acid mandelic acid vitamin C which is a sorbic acid work well on the skin at low pH levels which means chemical exfoliants will penetrate more deeply work more effectively and have a greater concentrated effect on the skin this can also mean that it can be a little more irritating if it's too low especially for those of you who haven't tried any chemical exfoliants so just remember to always start with a small percentage and work yourself up an extreme example of something with a super low pH is lemon which sits at 2.0 on the scale and so should never be put on the face by itself because it is highly irritating and will basically burn the berry of your skin if it isn't properly formulated yes so you'll find lemon as citric acid which is in a lot of different skincare products as the ingredient so shoot towards the end yeah because there's only a little bit and it is highly acidic but when it's formulated in a product obviously they do their tests and stuff so then on the other end of the spectrum is high pH levels which is 8 to 14 which are more alkaline and this is the biggest threat to your skin's pH and your skin barrier the biggest giveaway of a product that's too alkaline is that kind of tight and squeaky clean feeling that you get from cleanses sometimes after washing your face and it strips away all the sebum that's actually healthy for the functioning of your skin leading to redness and inflammation and dryness your skin might even break out because you cleanse with a product that's too alkaline so what's the best option because else cam normally lies at around 5.5 you want to look for products that lie between like 4.5 - about 7 which is kind of a safe range and the general rule is that slightly acidic is preferred because it's similar to a skin levels another thing is that you want to apply products that work on a lower pH level earlier on in your skincare routine things like AAS and vitamin C because as we said before these ingredients work better on a lower pH level on our skin and this is why you'll see them in a lot of toners and serums because it's like towards the front part of your skincare routine since niacinamide works well on a higher ph level after cleansing your face apply low pH active ingredient product so toners or serums like chemical exfoliants Ajay's like glycolic lactic or mandelic acid and/or vitamin c products like serums then we suggest you let them sink in a little after these lower pH level dependent actives you can then start to basically apply your niacinamide product of choice at any point that's why it's so easy to use if it's a more liquid based formula you can apply that next after your turn out if it's an amorous or an ethicist serum you can also apply that a little bit later on so it's actually very versatile in the way that you can use it finish off with your cream or moisturizer to hydrate the skin and protect it especially when using any chemical exfoliants now to you guys is a favorite part of product recommendations I've been using this one lately and actually love the boosters of Polar's choice so what it is is 10 percent nice into my Bruce toe with vitamin b3 and vitamin b5 and the cool thing is you can add it into your serum or add it into your moisturizer or you can use it alone oh yeah pretty it's it looks like apple cider vinegar it does actually and there's nurse smell it's not irritating and it helps with brightening with oil control with pore minimizing and helps with like evening texture and skin turn it really is and I think like for this one anyway because this is the most recent I've used it didn't cause any like irritation it almost feels like you didn't add anything in that's what I was gonna say too so I've been using the nests if ik one I haven't gotten that I haven't used too much of it but when doing research when you hear these marketing buzzwords right or like it's just the benefits of niacin am i I'm like it's gonna brighten it's gonna lighten its gonna minimize my pores gonna do all these things and when it doesn't do it within day one I'm like yeah but then I catch myself oh not well like you need to use a long time because actually with a lot of the studies that like I read through most of the time the effects of it actually working was after 8 to 12 weeks and after that of like consistently using it then they were like wow this is amazing but like with everything that's good in life you have to get like three days um not doing anything I'm gonna switch to something else yeah but I said don't be like me more of the story yeah don't expect like drastic changes and then the ordinary is also really great because the ordinary as well as the glossier I was reading reviews no one had any breakouts or anything like that so you can tell generally it's a very well accepted ingredient so let's just quickly talk about the myth of using vitamin C with niacinamide the long-standing myth of not being able to use these together was based on studies a long time ago in like 1960s that have just been kind of regurgitated up until today and those studies were done on unstabilized forms of both ingredients which is why there was this concern as we mentioned nice in a mind is a pretty tough ingredient light and air don't affect it like vitamin C so while the true active ingredients are perfectly safe to use together and they actually boost each other's abilities to improve the skin and using them at the exact same time can maybe cause flushing or redness for some of you who have more sensitive skin if you do want to use both vitamin C as we said before just use one in the day one at night so this was vitamin b3 which is nice and amide this is our second video of our like ABCs of skincare and that's what they mean because all of these are like the fundamentals and the most basic but most important ingredients retinols or you know vitamin A vitamin B and then the next will be vitamin C I'll temperamental friend vitamin C so we hope you guys enjoyed this one have you guys watched our skincare basics all of them cleansing toning exfoliating all of them yeah a lot of the questions you guys ask are actually all answered within each of those videos where we break each step down why it's important and how it works within our skin it'll be there so thank you all so much for watching and we'll see you in the next video

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Length: 19min 43sec (1183 seconds)

Published: Thu Apr 18 2019