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What is niacinamide?

Last Updated: 17/09/24

Niacinamide is an excellent all-rounder ingredient to include in your skincare routine and one of the most popular beauty buzzwords of the year. We’ve rounded up the best niacinamide skincare products to elevate your beauty ritual.

What is niacinamide and what are the benefits of using it?

Niacinamide is one part of the vitamin B3 molecule and naturally occurs in meat, fish and grains. It has many benefits for your skin thanks to its powerful antioxidant and antibacterial properties.

Niacinamide works by prompting skin cells to regenerate fresh new cells to improve your visage and it helps regulate sebum production to get blemishes under control.

Key benefits of niacinamide:

  1. Helps to protect your skin from environmental damage.
  2. Helps improve hydration.
  3. Helps to reduce the appearance of dark spots and discolouration.
  4. Helps to minimise the appearance of large pores.
  5. Helps to calm redness.
  6. Helps to soften the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.

Which skin types is niacinamide best suited to?

Niacinamide is suitable for all skin types to use, due to the way its versatile properties that help many skin concerns. What’s even more interesting about niacinamide is the way it interacts well with other skincare ingredients, including hyaluronic acid, AHAs, BHAs and retinol.

Topical niacinamide is commonly formed as a serum, moisturiser or cleanser and its concentration can vary across products, though most formulations are 5% or less.

How often can I use Niacinamide?

You can use your niacinamide skincare products as often as you like, in both your morning and a nighttime skincare routine.

 

The best Niacinamide skincare 

 

The best pure niacinamide skincare 

For a concentrated application of niacinamide, choose The Ordinary’s 100% Niacinamide Powder. This fine powder texture offers a water-soluble form of vitamin B3, perfect for oily skin prone to breakouts as the powder gets to work on balancing your skin’s production of sebum. This powder is designed to be mixed with water-based skincare products, quickly dissolving to create an undetectable, smooth texture. 

 

The CeraVe Foaming Facial Cleanser is a luxurious gel that transforms into a weightless non-drying foam to remove excess oil and impurities from the skin. A blend of three essential ceramides and hyaluronic acid, this cleanser replenishes vital hydration, whileniacinamide soothes any irritation. 

 

To promote a more balanced appearance, use the L’Oréal Paris Bright Reveal Routine Setincluding the Niacinamide Dark Spot Serum (30ml) and Niacinamide Dark Spot UV Fluid SPF 50+ (50ml. Together these products make a powerful duo, working to improve clarity, tone and texture. Plus, the UV Fluid SPF 50+ delivers broad-spectrum protection against the sun’s rays without appearing greasy on the skin.

Eleanor Ansell
Eleanor Ansell Beauty Intern

From a young age I’ve been immersed in the beauty industry, getting my first job at a skin clinic and staying there for almost 5 years. My love for skincare was born from the constant exposure to new French pharma skincare products, award-winning supplements and revolutionary techniques to snatch your face. My go-to look is a dewy, natural base using a tinted moisturiser, enhanced by a colourful eyeliner. The Garnier SPF50+ Face Fluid and YSL Touche Éclat Blur Primer are my holy grails.

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