- Tell me, hair in front or hair behind?
- [Maddy] Let's go front.
- Okay, I never do it straight
this is so rogue for me.
- [Maddy] It's so different to your last look.
- It is very different, I know.
I'm just so versatile, like Vitamin A,
No, Vitamin B!
(laughs)
Hi everyone, welcome back to Skin Care Nerds
I'm Joanna and today we're going to be talking
about Vitamin B3
or you might know that ingredient better as niacinamide.
If you're into skin care, as I said you might know
Vitamin B3 better as niacinamide.
So, this is a water-soluble vitamin
that can literally work with any other ingredient
in your skin care routine.
That's what I love about it, it's super versatile,
but super effective as well.
There isn't much that niacinamide can't do
This ingredient is one of my favorites,
I swear by it for anyone starting on a skincare routine.
It can help treat uneven skin tone,
it brightens the complexion,
helps to balance oil production,
it can improve the appearance of enlarged pores,
it really is a powerhouse ingredient.
But my favorite thing about niacinamide
is how it protects and supports
the skin's delicate barrier.
So this helps to prevent dehydration and inflammation
in the skin which makes it an excellent ingredient
for acne prone skin types or sensitive skins
like people prone to rosacea, like me.
I rely on it to calm my skin
and add a boost of radiance to my complexion.
- [Maddy] You do look radiant.
- And I do look radiant!
(laughs)
Often those with acne prone skin will be
susceptible to having an impaired barrier at some point.
So this might lead to a bit of a viscous cycle
with acne, slow healing, and scarring as well.
The reason why niacinamide is so good
for acne prone skin types is
because it's anti-inflammatory,
so it can help to calm down those blemishes,
take that inflammation out of the skin,
and by supporting the skin's barrier
it actually helps to speed up healing time
and it offers brightening properties to help prevent
that post-inflammatory hyper-pigmentation
that you might get from blemishes.
You know, those little red and brown spots
that get left behind after a pimple,
it can help with that too.
This ingredient also helps to balance oil production
and can reduce the appearance of enlarged pores.
So, again, that's just a bonus for acne prone skin types.
As I said earlier, this ingredient is really versatile
and it works well with literally
every other skin care ingredient.
I mean, your retinols, your hyaluronic acid,
your AHAs, your BHAs, the list goes on.
It can be used pretty much with anything.
That's why this ingredient is so easy to add
into your skin care routine
because it will literally just compliment
all the other products that you're using.
So you can introduce it a.m. and p.m. daily
or either a.m. or p.m., whatever you prefer.
It's tolerated really well by sensitive skin types
so it really is suitable for everybody.
Depending on the product you're using,
you'll probably notice a brighter, more even,
more hydrated complexion in probably a week, I would say.
A week to two weeks you'll notice a difference.
If you're not using anything,
you would notice it straight away.
Luckily for all of us, niacinamide is really well tolerated
by most skin types, even sensitive.
I have rosacea and I can use niacinamide
as a calming ingredient
but it also works really well
with ingredients like hyaluronic acid, A5,
what was the other ingredient,
it's just hyaluronic acid and A5.
We're nearly done, actually.
So this should be a quick one.
But as I said, even sensitive skins can tolerate
this ingredient without irritation
and it works really well with other ingredients
like B5 and hyaluronic acid.
If you watched our video on Vitamin A,
which I'll link here,
you might be wondering if there's any downsides
to using niacinamide and to be quite honest,
I can't think of any.
If you are really sensitive, you might find
that you get a little bit of irritation
but only in a really high concentration,
so go for it with this ingredient is my advice.
Anyone who knows me, knows I love ASAP,
so this is one of my favorite products
with niacinamide in it, it's the ASAP Super B Complex.
This is probably my holy grail serum I would say.
This also has B5 and hyaluronic acid in it,
so it's really calming, brightening, and hydrating.
- [Maddy] What does it smell like?
- Nothing really.
- [Maddy] That's good.
- It's like maybe a green tea scent.
Yeah, it's really light.
The next product I love to recommend
is Medik8's Clarity Peptides.
This contains quite a high formulation
of niacinamide at 10% and it also contains mineral zinc
to help balance the skin and prevent blemishes.
And my last fav, which I don't have here with me,
is Aspect Extreme B17.
So this one also contains a lot botanical extracts
to brighten the skin and it smells like Berocca.
- [Maddy] (laughs) Which flavor of Berocca?
The orange one?
- Yeah, yeah, I think so.
The original?
(laughs)
- [Maddy] Have you ever been tempted to eat it?
- No, absolutely not.
Do not recommend consuming for energy.
So, if you're on the lookout for an ingredient that's going
to brighten your skin, improve pigmentation, improve acne,
I could continue to go on,
niacinamide is the ingredient for you
and it can just be easily added into your routine.
Niacinamide, that's a wrap.
Thanks for watching Skin Care Nerds, I'm Joanna,
if you have more questions about niacinamide
you can leave them in the comments below.