Advice for Dry Skin After BHA Use

It sounds like your skin is experiencing dryness and flakiness after using BHA, which can happen as BHA exfoliates the skin. You're looking for ways to boost moisture and achieve brighter skin.

Let's address your questions based on the ingredients you've ordered and your concerns:

1. Sufficiency of Your Current Mix

Your current mix in pure aloe gel includes:

• GlucoBright™ (Acetyl Glucosamine) 4%
• Hyaluronic Acid (Nano Molecule) 1%
• Safe-B3™ (Vitamin B3, Niacinamide) 5%
• Pal-GHK, Pal-GQPR (eq Matrixyl 3000) 8%

These ingredients do offer moisturizing benefits through different mechanisms. Vitamin B3 helps strengthen the skin barrier and stimulates ceramides, Hyaluronic Acid is a humectant that draws moisture, GlucoBright™ also helps stimulate the skin's own Hyaluronic Acid production, and Matrixyl™ 3000 supports skin structure and hydration. So, while you might feel there's only one dedicated "moisturizer" (Hyaluronic Acid), the other ingredients contribute to skin hydration and health.

However, given that your skin is currently dry and flaky, the suggestion to add Natural Moisturizing Amino Acids at 5% is excellent. This ingredient directly mimics the skin's Natural Moisturizing Factors (NMF), which are crucial for keeping the skin hydrated and healthy, especially when the barrier is compromised. Adding this would significantly boost the moisturizing capability of your formula and help soothe the flakiness.

Try using your current mix first as planned for nighttime. If the flakiness persists, consider adding Natural Moisturizing Amino Acids.

2. Using Sea Kelp Extract

You can use Sea Kelp Extract directly on the skin, but it has a liquid gel texture, so mixing it into a base like a toner or serum is a common and effective way to incorporate it into your routine. It's highly moisturizing and nourishing, containing beneficial compounds like Fucoidan and amino acids that help strengthen the skin barrier, improve hydration, and provide antioxidant benefits. Using it at night would definitely contribute to overnight skin hydration and repair.

Whether it's "enough" depends on your skin's needs, but it's a valuable addition for moisture and skin health.

3. Using the Vitamin C E Ferulic Kit

The Vitamin C E Ferulic kit uses Ascorbic Acid, which is a potent form of Vitamin C but is also acidic. Since your skin is currently dry and flaky from BHA use, it indicates that your skin barrier is compromised and potentially irritated. Applying an acidic product like the Vitamin C E Ferulic serum at this time could cause further irritation or stinging.

It is best to wait until your skin has fully recovered from the dryness and flakiness caused by the BHA. Focus on repairing your skin barrier with moisturizing and soothing ingredients first. Once your skin feels comfortable, hydrated, and the flakiness is gone, you can then safely introduce the Vitamin C E Ferulic kit to help with brightening and antioxidant protection.

In summary, your current mix has good ingredients for hydration and skin health, but adding Natural Moisturizing Amino Acids could provide extra relief for your flaky skin. Sea Kelp Extract is a great moisturizer that can be mixed into your routine. Hold off on the Vitamin C E Ferulic kit until your skin barrier is fully restored.

We hope this helps! Please feel free to share your results after trying the formula.