
Understanding the Importance of pH I talk a lot on here about destroying the moisture barrier and how it’s important to use a gentle cleanser, but I realized I never completely explained why it’s important and what “gentle” really means. This is a longer post, but it is SO important. pH is everything when it comes to skin and skincare pH stands for Potential of Hydrogen or Power of Hydrogen and measures the activity of hydrogen in a solution. The pH scale measures how acidic or alkaline a solution is in comparison to distilled water, which is considered neutral at a pH of 7.0. Only wet solutions have a measurable pH. When researching the value of skin pH you’re going to find a ton of different ranges and answers, the consensus seems to be that the skin pH can range from 4.5-6.5 with healthy levels at or below pH 5.5. So what does this mean for skincare? When we measure the skin’s pH we’re really measuring the skin’s surface and the moisture within the skin and the acid mant...