antiaging
How to prevent skincare pilling
For many of us, doing our skincare routine is a happy place. A Zen moment to ourselves. A chance to take a breath and pamper our skin. Or it should be until you experience something called skincare pilling. Plenty of us have experienced it at least once. We do our skincare routine and proceed to […]
How to use retinol in the summer?
The skincare community will hotly debate any number of topics. Do you need a moisturiser? Are eye creams effective? How many times per week should you exfoliate? But one ingredient we can all agree on is retinol. It is a powerful ingredient with numerous studies that prove its effectiveness. That said, retinol can sometimes be […]
Ingredient highlight – peptides
It is easy to get confused with a variety of skincare ingredients available on the market. One of the more confusing ones is peptides. They are advertised as a star ingredient for signs of aging, but are peptides that effective? What are peptides, and how do they benefit the skin? Which ones should you look […]
Ingredient Highlight – Lipo-hydroxy acid
What is Lipo-hydroxy acid? Lipo-hydroxy acid is an ester of Salicylic acid. Where it differentiates from Salicylic acid is it has a higher molecular weight. Because of this, it slower to penetrate the skin and better tolerated. It is a lipophilic acid meaning it dissolves in oil and lipids. Because of its molecular structure, Lipo-hydroxy […]
How to use retinol to get best results
As you may have noticed, we talk about skincare ingredients a lot. We aren’t proponents of the latest craze to play chemists at home. But, we are all for educating ourselves, making informed decisions about skincare purchases, and finding the right ingredients to tackle any skin concern. Retinol is a powerhouse ingredient with decades of […]
What is Preventative Anti-Aging?
If we are fortunate, we’ll get old. Aging is a natural process, and yes, it’s a privilege. That said, who doesn’t like having healthy-looking skin, regardless of their age? Some might consider it vain. To that, we say whatever. Having nice skin can make us feel better about ourselves. A dedicated skincare routine can represent […]
Ishtar Skinlights Powerful Duos For Every Skin Concern
One of the more frequent questions we receive from our lovely customers, either via email or social media, is how to slot our products in their existing routines. We thought it would be helpful to put together a list of Ishtar products that target specific skin concerns. You can either pair them together or with […]
Ingredient Highlight – Bakuchiol
Bakuchiol is the newest buzz ingredient in the skincare world. It is lauded as a natural alternative to retinol. Bakuchiol is derived from the seeds of the plant Psoralea corylifolia. It is also known as the babchi plant. For centuries it was used in the traditional Ayurvedic and Chinese medicine, because of its anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, […]