Skincare Decoded: Revised and Expanded: The Practical Guide to Beautiful Skin

Good read very informative

I love this book! A true eye opener about all the 'smoke and mirrors' of the cosmetics industry. I had so many aha moments reading the book (e.g. realising that my C serum was doing all the heavy lifting of my routine and not my 'exotic' snail cream), not to mention it helped me pick products to buy once the ones I have will finish. I even ended buying one for my mum as well. Best buy ever!

I am studying skincare and this book is an absolute must for anyone interested in understanding skin and skincare products. Also fab for anyone interested in knowing more about what is in our skincare products. What works, what doesn't. So easy to understand. Very well presented. I bought it on kindle and was so impressed i bought the hardback.

If you want clear, concise, scientifically backed information on skincare, this is the book for you. I run a small beauty development team - gifted a book each to my team and our interns and the response has been amazing. For me, the detail shared is balanced perfectly, and for my team, its a trusted reference point to either confirm or help them with evaluations for new products. Would totally recommend.

I am just starting my career as a cosmetic scientist so bought this book to give me a bit of background on the skincare topic and to understand different points of view. The way this book is written is so informative without going over board. I could not recommend this more and neither could my skin!

Super fun and informative! Victoria and Gloria definitely know about what they are talking and they decode alL the chemistry and evidence based info that sounds too complicated and complex for us to understand. They make sikincare simple and fun. A must read, 100%! Love love love!

Purchased this as a present for my wife, she says its the best book on skincare that she has read and she has read quite a few. A Good Book

I have started to read it last night but it looks like the book has been scanned rather than put in correct setting. You can't change the size of font, letters are so small and grey, it is painful to read. Shocking.

Viene bien explicado y sencillo. Pero sí ya sabes bastante sobre ingredientes tampoco te va a aportar nada nuevo. Esperaba más. Por ejemplo, cuando explican la vitamina C y los distintos derivados, ni siquiera se menciona el THD.

It tells about what ingredients we should look for ...... instead of buying over-hyped products. Made me more conscious about skincare.

This book is packed with information and yet easy to read. Each chapter is clearly laid out, delves in detail both informative and entertaining (see diagram: skin cells with parachutes!), then reviews what you’ve just read with a summarizing page and a personal take from each of the authors (further emphasizing their point that every individual’s approach to skincare is unique). I enjoyed how all of the lists, pictures, and tables emphasized the key points per section and helped me retain the information. Not only that, the chemists are aware of how the skincare industry markets their products, and help explain what you should look for in ingredients lists or packaging formats, in order to judge actual efficacy vs just marketing. For example, I knew before reading this book that vitamin C is a good addition to my skincare regimen and just looked for “vitamin C serums” when shopping - little did I know that there is a whole host of vitamin C derivatives that have different benefits (and in one case as the authors put it bluntly, “Kinda useless”). Their honest take extends to trends that are in vogue, too - just when I casually remembered a post from social media of someone touting a product or skincare tool, sure enough I found a blurb explaining what it was designed for, followed by guidance and recommendations. Basically, this book makes you want to understand what you’re doing to your face and do better! I found myself grabbing the products in my skincare regimen to compare the ingredient list against the explanations in the chapters to understand what and why things are in there. I was also inspired to improve my moisturizing regimen and be more conscious to adjust it when I’ve been doing the same thing every day - with the days getting hotter and drier, I should probably look to introduce some emollients in my moisturizing step. I can keep going back to this book as a reference when I want to tackle a problem with my skin or try something new to improve my anti-aging regimen.

I am too much satisfied to buy this book, very well written book. THanks to the author for their great work.

I learned SO much with this book!! They made me understand scientific process and ingredients! This is my skincare bible! I buy products with more knowledge now and can know what will work for my skin type! Really a must have for any skincare influencers!!