WHY LUMINARY WAS CREATED AND THE LUMINARY RANGE

Sex and the skin I am seeing so many men share their skincare journeys and regimes but I want to tackle to a question that gets overlooked as we get absorbed by shopping skincare by skin type or concern. Should we be shopping skincare by sex?    Let’s talk sex first!   Hormones differ in men and women (obviously!) but these hormones also have an effect on the skin physiology and anatomy, which in turn affects the skin microbiome (microorganisms naturally existent on our skin). Scientific research shows the microbiome is different on male skin to female skin creating visible...

When you look at an ingredient list of a conventional skincare brand, you see lots of lab made/synthetic ingredients that are tricky to pronounce. The key ingredient, marketed as a new discovery or game changer, is somewhere near the bottom of the list, meaning it is in a minimal quantity (sometimes as little as 1%). These brands are filled with ingredients to increase shelf life or to make the product feel/smell a certain way. They can disrupt the skin’s natural renewal process, as the skin does not know what to do with these alien ingredients. In some cases, these products...