What's the Best Skincare Ingredient? | Lab Muffin Beauty Science

Ranking skincare ingredients! I go through my picks and why I chose each one, and go through the popular vote as well.

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Lab Muffin Beauty Science is a channel by me, Michelle - I'm a chemistry PhD and beauty lover, here to explain how beauty products work, debunk myths, and help you make smarter decisions about your skincare, hair and makeup!

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[LabMuffinBeautyScience]

What was your winner? Should we do another bracket on a different topic? Let me know! ❤️

[geengengena]

"I am obsessed with glycerin—there is a molecule of it here" I melted omg ❤

[kitanakitty]

Lol, "niaciamide probably cooks your dinner for you and give you a kiss before you go to work ". I cracked up at that. You're hilarious 😁😂.

[daniella]

Could you do your top favourite products for the winning categories? Pleeeease 🙏🏼😬

[Josh-pepl]

You are SO good at what u do. Plus u r still amusing. Signed, a fan with no fan in the mid-Pacific.

[livjunkie]

Who thought Michelle can be this funny 😂😂😂

[breannaspinn]

I would love multiple versions of this (like moisturizers, cleansers, etc) so that ingridients who do more similar things are pitted against each other! Overall this is a fun interactive activity with a side of learning!

[HZ-fgsf]

I thought it was funny how my final two was an acid and a sunscreen ingredient. Very revealing of what I most want for my skin at this moment: exfoliation while protecting my skin from the sun and preventing more sun spots from popping up. I would name this video: "What is your current subconscious skin concern" 😄

[alexandra]

New subscriber. Came over from Hyram. Loved this! For me Tretinoin is much more effective than Retinol. The amount of difference in my skintone and reduction in wrinkles in the year I’ve been using it has me believing in it over everything else. I’m 42 and I think I look better now than I did when I was 35.

[thanhha]

When u said you’re a glycerin lover and show your at-home molecule i died 😂 Cutenesses overload

[Zantetsukens]

Without going through the chart I can say Retinol ftw. I just started using it 6 months ago and it was life-changing

[ozi]

Hyarulonic acid did wonders to my dehydrated skin 💚

[schmeekie]

Wait, if we're doing science-based results for anti-aging then sunscreen should always win. The problem is that not all sunscreen ingredients were in the bracket and the ones that were might not be people's favorite.

[may]

Brackets related to sun protection please 😍 love you

[fab]

Wow, wow, wow.... what a fun video/IG idea!!!! I had so much fun participating and then seeing how the end results compared to how I voted when you had it on your stories. By the way, I voted for retinol because I haven't tried tret. Same with matrixyl, haven't tried it. centella won for me, in the same way glycerin won for you; it soothed my skin at times I thought all hope was lost.

[thebeautyeconomist]

I loved this video❤️. I sympathize with your overthinking and systematic approach😃

[deanskibinski]

I really can't believe Retinol won over Tret in the popular vote! Like, what?! 🤣I LOVED this bracket exercise; a couple of them were super difficult for me, but I persevered! Tret forever! ❤️

[jdoe]

I love this! So well edited and your humor is a killer! Thank you for doing this.

[bennik]

That was the funniest skincare video I've ever watched😂, I loved it. Please more of that kind of content :)

[thebeautyeconomist]

And I’m looking forward to the video on Azelaic acid products. I have mild rosacea and I tried TO and Skinoren Rosacea and hated using them because they were both very matt. My skin is on drier side.