It’s quite a feat to pronounce niacinamide. It’s an even bigger feat to take how it sounds seriously. The word brings to mind the kind of drain cleaner fluid you use to flush gunk down your sink.
But, if you can look past its name and find the three minutes to read this story, you’d realise the true benefits of niacinamide. Beyond its ability to combat acne (it regulates the amount of oil produced by the acne-forming part of the skin), two of its most powerful feats is in how it builds cells in the skin while protecting them from environmental stressors (Sunlight! Pollution! Toxins!) and concurrently rebuilding them.
Here, eight products containing the form of vitamin B₃: tried, test and very much appreciated in keeping us pizza-face free.
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No piling, no flashback and no awkward grey cast, just the skin soothing benefits of niacinamide in the fresh melon smelling Fenty Skin Hydra Vizor Invisible Broad Spectrum SPF 30 Sunscreen Moisturizer. It’s even refillable because #sustainability.
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The benefits of niacinamide in this bottle is that it soothes the sometimes skin aggravating properties of retinol in the Dr.Dennis Gross Ferulic + Retinol Wrinkle Recovery Overnight Serum. It even steadily rebuilds collagen the more you use it.
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In three days, the IRÉN Skin Clearer Days Anti-Blemish Serum is going to solve all your pimple problems while calming, healing and protecting against future breakouts.
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It smells like avocado, it feels like avocado and it depuffs and brightens while you sleep — the Glow Recipe Avocado Melt Retinol Eye Sleeping Mask requires just a tiny dollop.
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The su:m37 Secret Essence Double Concentrate is one of the most popular essences in Asia and for good reason — the skin improving benefits of niacinamide and spot reducing properties of ferulic acid.
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Niacinamide to strengthen, copper tripeptide to stimulate and ferulic acid to lighten: the ALPHA-H Vitamin B With Copper Tripeptide Serum is concocted specifically for all skin types.
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Besides harnessing the benefits of niacinamide, the other ingredients in the Yours Bounce Back Balancing Toner includes five essential minerals.
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The Dior DIORSNOW Brightening Light-activating Micro-infused Lotion also contains micro-beads that releases vitamin E upon application.
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