Comments on: Good Molecules’ “Nothing to Hide” Ingredient Lists: A Critique https://labmuffin.com/good-molecules-nothing-to-hide-ingredient-lists-a-critique/ The science of beauty, explained simply Fri, 27 May 2022 02:11:48 +0000 hourly 1 By: Michelle https://labmuffin.com/good-molecules-nothing-to-hide-ingredient-lists-a-critique/#comment-223172 Fri, 27 May 2022 02:11:48 +0000 https://labmuffin.com/?p=12081#comment-223172 In reply to Afia.

I’m glad you appreciate it! I was doing it for myself because I also prefer reading a lot of the time, I recently discovered I also have ADHD so it explains a lot 🙂

]]> By: missy https://labmuffin.com/good-molecules-nothing-to-hide-ingredient-lists-a-critique/#comment-199377 Tue, 15 Feb 2022 03:09:47 +0000 https://labmuffin.com/?p=12081#comment-199377 they were popular on tik tok and I got some stuff. I don’t like the fear-mongering marketing at all. I notice I get ads for them frequently too

]]> By: Maria Devlin https://labmuffin.com/good-molecules-nothing-to-hide-ingredient-lists-a-critique/#comment-197761 Wed, 09 Feb 2022 17:25:22 +0000 https://labmuffin.com/?p=12081#comment-197761 I adore you.

]]> By: Elizabeth Forbes https://labmuffin.com/good-molecules-nothing-to-hide-ingredient-lists-a-critique/#comment-193423 Wed, 19 Jan 2022 16:05:32 +0000 https://labmuffin.com/?p=12081#comment-193423 Fascinating, as someone with a science background (bacteriology) I often spot really awful statements and claims that don’t hold up under any kind of scrutiny but I continue to try and educate myself about ingredients and formulations to try and spot the good products from the bad preferably before I pay good money for them. In the end though you usually need to try them to see if they work for you. Reviews help but how many tell you how nice the product is to use or that the packaging is nice without every really addressing if it seems to actually work!

]]> By: Benazir Albashir https://labmuffin.com/good-molecules-nothing-to-hide-ingredient-lists-a-critique/#comment-193248 Tue, 18 Jan 2022 20:51:15 +0000 https://labmuffin.com/?p=12081#comment-193248 Not trying to be rude, but didn’t anyone warn them of this marketing strategy? How dumb can they be, to tell on themselves?

]]> By: Afia https://labmuffin.com/good-molecules-nothing-to-hide-ingredient-lists-a-critique/#comment-193186 Tue, 18 Jan 2022 11:27:48 +0000 https://labmuffin.com/?p=12081#comment-193186 Hey Michelle, happy new year! I just wanted to say that I really appreciate that you take the time to make written versions of your videos. I really enjoy your content, and as someone with ADHD I often struggle to sit through entire YouTube videos and digest all the information, but with your content I can always come to your website and read the article and not feel like I’m missing out on valuable details, as I find it a lot easier to digest written material. Thank you for this!

]]> By: Marcie https://labmuffin.com/good-molecules-nothing-to-hide-ingredient-lists-a-critique/#comment-192631 Sun, 16 Jan 2022 15:25:41 +0000 https://labmuffin.com/?p=12081#comment-192631 As someone who’s regularly bought their Niacinamide toner this was *brutal*, but I can’t say I disagree with the points made. It almost feels like they’re trying to foster an influencer/fan parasocial relationship with that “give us feedback and we’ll release updated formulations!” scheme. Which is interesting, but also kind of concerning.

If anyone is curious about the toner: I do think I see some good results, but I wouldn’t say it’s the most elegant formulation. The glycerin definitely makes me sticker if I don’t layer with moisturizer afterwards. Which I probably would’ve figured out without having the percentage on the box lol.

]]> By: ac https://labmuffin.com/good-molecules-nothing-to-hide-ingredient-lists-a-critique/#comment-192217 Fri, 14 Jan 2022 19:51:08 +0000 https://labmuffin.com/?p=12081#comment-192217 Oooh, thanks for this. I’m fond of Beautylish, as they carry quite a few brands I really like, and they get bonus points from me for actually bothering to take REAL SWATCH PHOTOS of makeup on *actual living humans* instead of relying on crappy obviously-photoshopped product smears. But I tried their Good Molecules Overnight Exfoliating Treatment and their Hyaluronic Serum, both of which sounded like they’d be great for me, based on ingredients that I know my skin loves and the absence of ingredients I know my skin haaaaates — one appeared to accomplish nothing, the other broke me out (how??). After that, I’m of the opinion that they just wanted to try and steal some market share from The Ordinary, whilst biting their “minimalist” style, but they failed to actually do the science and just went with whatever sounds good (and marketable). An obvious copycat, and with markedly less-effective products. Booooo, no thanks.

]]> By: Anne https://labmuffin.com/good-molecules-nothing-to-hide-ingredient-lists-a-critique/#comment-192105 Fri, 14 Jan 2022 11:16:42 +0000 https://labmuffin.com/?p=12081#comment-192105 I like the brand (liked them before they introduced their new ingredient list and continued to like them afterwards), but because of the products I tried, not their marketing claims.
I know this isn’t the point of your article, which states very important facts about why ingredients don’t tell us much about how a product will in the end perform, I guess I just never paid much attention to their marketing strategy because I already knew them.

]]> By: Anna https://labmuffin.com/good-molecules-nothing-to-hide-ingredient-lists-a-critique/#comment-191819 Thu, 13 Jan 2022 21:01:59 +0000 https://labmuffin.com/?p=12081#comment-191819 ]]> The fact that they messed up the math is hilarious, thanks for making my day🤣

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