Vitamin C and Retinol are becoming more popular on the face. Linus Pauling proved you can take 20+ grams per day. Eating tons of basil, mint and oranges have helped me a lot.
Hypochlorous acid is becoming popular. PRP facials look interesting.
For actual face care I donāt know too much. Simple soaps are best. Activated charcoal might be good too.
The main problem in the consumer marketplace is price gouging.
The substances are fairly inexpensive, but they mix the active ingredient with a lot of fillers, and 10x the price.
So I would keep looking at the consumer beauty blogs, but buy the ingredients direct.
I have to admit Koreans have maybe the best skin in Asia.
Now we just wait for ethical non-human derived Regenex to be released.
I donāt use brands as they tend to have a lot of over-priced gunk in them. I bought one a few weeks back. It worked, but I canāt remember the name.
Hypochlorous acid can be generated for pennies by mixing Calcium Hypochlorite (AKA Pool Shock) with water. It has a very good reputation in the cosmetic world. Tons of info on youtube from credible doctors with awesome skin. Activated charcoal and turmeric work too.
I would do it like this:
Look for the latest cosmetic advice on youtube. Focus on substance, not brands.
Find the raw ingredients in the brand.
Order and use the raw ingredient. In Taipei, you can get most things from Tianshui Lu, 20 minutes walk from Beimen station.
All I know is a ton of anti-aging protocols are being released, and it will only get better. The people doing this are making sure they hit the convenience stores first. But, as usual, whoever knuckles down and does the most boring research will reap the early benefits.
I guess it must beā¦ I was wondering if you could get all your liquid from coconuts, oranges and maybe other fruits. Would not be impossibleā¦ Itād only cost 5-10USD a day.
There must be villages in SE Asia where they donāt even need to drink water. 4-8 coconuts per day would be enough.
Speaking purely anecdotally, but in Germany there is an observable increase in interest in East (Far east) Asian cultures - with Korea being the prime target.
This happened exactly during 2020 and continues to this day.
Also, I visited Taipei this April / May and have never seen so many exchange students (particularly from the EU and South America) in my life, especially at Maji Square and Xinyi.
Back in the day (2010) there were like 10 in the entire Taipei Metropolitan area.
Iām not sure many of these people think Taiwan is backwards - perhaps in areas like traffic or waste water management, yes - but overall, they see Taiwan as a (mostly) developed country.
While itās true the EU/UK has some of the strictest safety regulations. I can tell you regulators donāt really enforce much of it. For example virtually everyone ignored no animal testing for ingredients because it was just not practical in many situations.
You really just have to trust the manufacturer or the brand that will make sure the manufacturer is doing things right. Most of the testing compliance can be self reported to the regulatory body. Regulators donāt step in unless your products start to hurt people in most cases.
I can see some of my competitors packaging and itās not compliant for example. Itās not as regulated in reality as people might think.
for Turkiye. They know Taiwanās importance.