By Ava Sinclair, Beauty EditorReviewed & updated September 2026 Licorice root extract has been used in traditional skincare for centuries,

By Ava Sinclair, Beauty EditorReviewed & updated September 2026 Beta-glucan has quietly moved from a background ingredient in soothing creams

By Ava Sinclair, Beauty EditorReviewed & updated September 2026 CoQ10 (coenzyme Q10) has quietly sat in anti-aging creams for decades,

Ferulic acid rarely gets top billing on a serum label, but it’s often the ingredient quietly doing the heavy lifting behind the scenes.

By Ava Sinclair, Beauty EditorReviewed & updated September 2026 Salicylic acid is one of the oldest, most studied acne ingredients

By Ava Sinclair, Beauty EditorReviewed & updated August 2026 Tranexamic acid has quietly become one of the most talked-about ingredients

By Ava Sinclair, Beauty EditorReviewed & updated September 2026 Long before "brightening" became a skincare buzzword, kojic acid was already

By Ava Sinclair, Beauty EditorReviewed & updated September 2026 Puffy mornings and tired-looking under-eyes are one of the most common

If glycolic acid leaves your skin red and stinging but you still want the smoothing benefits of an exfoliating acid, PHA is the one worth looking at.

If glycolic and lactic acid have ever left your skin red and stinging, mandelic acid is the exfoliating acid worth trying next.