**spoiler alert** Best book of this year and perhaps the last as well.
The author is a 20 smth years chemist in the skincare products industry with a P**spoiler alert** Best book of this year and perhaps the last as well.
The author is a 20 smth years chemist in the skincare products industry with a PHD in chemistry.
I loved this book because it delivered a topic such as Skincare as an engineering course.
I understood in 250 pages what skincare is all about, how to tackle different conditions like pigmentation, wrinkles, acne...etc
The most important part and probably the most interesting was categorizing the elements of skincare and displaying how a daily/nightly routine should look like.
Basically there are 4 pieces of the puzzle: - cleansers - moisturizers - suncreens - Actives (Exfoliants, Retinoids, Vitamin C, Niacinamides - Vit B6)
The author goes in depth explaining each of them what role they play, what types you can find in the market, what molecules they contain and how they interact with different types of skin. Most importantly how do you mix them up to create a balanced routine that befits your lifestyle.
While the first 3 elements should be considered the cornerstone, the Actives are the most interesting as they are actively improving/maintaining your skin/slowing aging process
Can't believe it made a grunt like me interested in such a "womanly" topic.
Congrats to the author for delivering such a functional book !...more
**spoiler alert** Woow , what a great book ! What a read ! I knew from the start this is great having been written by a couple of PHD's
So much interes**spoiler alert** Woow , what a great book ! What a read ! I knew from the start this is great having been written by a couple of PHD's
So much interesting information on why women have sex, the way they use sex to get what they want , how they can use it as a weapon for bonding, fending off poachers (rivals) , revenge, spiritual ....
Probably the most interesting chapter was the first explaining how women can actually smell good genes in a man. How their senses are way more developed than men in order to get "honest signals" of mates with good genes for reproduction and how there is always this compromise they must make: - a very good mating partner would ensure good genes for offsprings but would not use all his reosurces on them and the mother , he will likely cheat and find other females, while a good father would be a provider and ensure comfort but would not give the best genes.
Add to this the really interesting fact that women are attracted to the superior gene men while nearing ovulation after which they prefer the providers.
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