Reflections of the Skin: Musings on 2025

Hello valued KNOURS blog readers! 

I hope everyone has been warm and happy this holiday season.

It’s the end of 2025, and boy was it one of big changes. Amongst graduating and navigating post-grad, 2025 is the year I began to have consistent breakouts. As someone who’s been lucky enough to breeze through my teens with mostly clear skin, these breakouts were not only unexpected, but extremely confusing and difficult to deal with. I didn’t know what was causing them, so I eventually stopped using all of my skincare products except for a moisturizer I knew was not the culprit (and sunscreen… sometimes). I bought concealer for the sole purpose of covering up my scars when I previously only used it for fun. I used my hair to cover my face more. And maybe something seriously wrong happened within my body and health?!

But then three things happened. 

1. I discovered KNOURS.

2. I stopped oil cleansing.

3. I always reach for KNOURS.

Discovering KNOURS changed my skin for the better. My skin the morning after my first time using the PDRN+Phyto Mucin line at night was SO smooth and soft, I was absolutely delighted.

But I eventually found out the main culprit to my damaged skin barrier was over-exfoliating and oil cleansing. I decided one day to follow a random hunch and stopped oil cleansing. Guess what: I stopped. breaking. out. Well, stopped breaking out as much as I used to this past year, and much less closed comedones. When I stopped oil cleansing, I was consistently using KNOURS products to repair my skin barrier and genuinely, my skin has never been more soothed, hydrated, clarified and healthy. My skin feels so healthy!!

My current skincare routine is:

• Wash face with a foam cleanser

• Prep skin with the Soothing Essence Foam Toner alone or after I use the PDRN Rice & Green Tea Clarifying Toner (love these toners!!)

• Nourish with the PDRN Rice & Green Tea Revitalizing Serum.  I’ll add the Bubble Burst Serum if I want extra hydration (my skin drinks these up)

• Moisturize with the One Perfect Moisturizing Youth Cream (just ran out actually, need to restock) 

• AM: Finish with the KOOLSOL Mineral Sunscreen. There’s a smell at first but it goes away quickly. This is the first sunscreen I have ever used that doesn’t make me super oily and too shiny. Skincare lovers with sensory issues, give this sunscreen a try!! I love it.

• PM: If I want an insane glass-like glow in the morning, I’ll top all of this off with the PDRN Glowing Peel-Off Mask for an overnight mask – I don’t apply too close to my eyes or mouth (avoiding the upper lip completely) so I can comfortably sleep through the night. If you try it overnight, I’d love to hear about your glow!! I could not stop looking at my skin in the mirror the next morning the first time I tried it.

My skin changed drastically this year, but beyond the confusion and frustration, I truly learned to embrace my skin and its condition and all its scars. The way my skin looks doesn’t define me as a person and people truly don’t pay attention to appearance as much as they do the way you make them feel. 

Happy New Year everyone. I hope 2026 brings everything you hope for and more. Thank you for tuning in!