BEAUTY UPDATE WITH LINDA

  We talk so much about ingredients in our skincare—but what about the ingredients we're putting on our hair? If you've been following my Beauty Ingredients Made Simple series, you know I love digging a little deeper into the ingredients we're suddenly seeing everywhere. We've talked about Vitamin C. We've talked about PDRN. And this time, we're moving away from skincare and talking about hair care . Avon recently introduced a new Organist Camellia + Collagen Volumizing Shampoo , and of course, the ingredient combination caught my attention. Camellia and collagen. I already knew about collagen for our skin, but collagen in our shampoo? And what exactly does camellia do for our hair? Naturally, I had to find out. First, Let's Talk About Camellia Camellia isn't exactly new to beauty. Different species of the camellia plant have a long history of use in Asian beauty and hair-care traditions. Camellia seed oil in particular is rich in fatty acids, including...

A new skincare ingredient has arrived at Avon, and of course I had to learn more. Just when I think I've finally learned all the skincare ingredients—Vitamin C, retinol, peptides, niacinamide, hyaluronic acid—another one comes along. This time it's PDRN . I'll admit, when I first saw PDRN, my reaction was probably the same as yours: What in the world is that? Then I learned that Avon has introduced two new Anew products featuring aloe-derived PDRN,  Anew Power Reset Serum and Anew Power Reset Gel Cream, and that was enough to send me down the skincare ingredient rabbit hole. So, naturally, I did some research. Here's what I learned. First Things First: What Is PDRN? PDRN stands for polydeoxyribonucleotide . That's quite a mouthful, which is probably why everyone just calls it PDRN! In simple terms, PDRN refers to DNA-derived fragments that have been studied in regenerative medicine and dermatology. Research into PDRN has looked at processes involved in tissue repair...