CHEMISTRY OF COSMETICS: UNDERSTANDING INGREDIENTS

Make the most of your quarantine self-care by getting aware of the new ingredients in your skin and haircare products, says Sukriti Shahi

- Sukriti Shahi

Let’s face it, these two months under lockdown have made all of us to use the time to reflect on our health. It’s ironical how it took a virus to make us rethink and analyse our health practices. Talking of which, it’s incredible how most of us have found our long lost love for self-care by indulging in skin and haircare. Whether it’s about putting a morning and nighttime beauty routine in place or trying DIY remedies to treat skin and scalp concerns, we all have started to pamper ourselves, just that tad bit more!

As beauty regime has become an essential part of our day, there’s no better time than this to make a mindful decision about it. One of the major components about it is contemplating about ingredients in our products.

E-commerce portals have also listed skin and haircare under essentials. If you are adding products to your quarantine-special shopping cart, make sure to learn about ingredients in your products. Here are some of the newer ingredients that have taken the beauty industry by storm.

Electrolytes

Don’t you reach for that bottle of electrolytes when you run a marathon, sweat it out in gym, or just feel dehydrated? It’s because electrolyte drinks supply your dehydrated body with the required minerals. In the same manner, electrolytes for your skin cater to starved, thirsty, dehydrated skin. But, before we see how we can make electrolytes take once dull skin to whole new levels of radiance, let’s first understand the ingredient, shall we?

What are electrolytes?