Skin Freqs
Skin Freqs is a podcast about honest skincare, intuitive healing, and cutting through the noise of the beauty industry. Hosted by seasoned esthetician and Skin Frequency founder Summer Kingsbury, each episode explores what the skin actually needs—beyond trends, marketing, and overwhelm. For practitioners and skincare lovers ready to unlearn the hype and reconnect with skin on a deeper level.
Skin Freqs
Hydration: Marketing vs. Biology
Hyaluronic acid is everywhere, serums, creams, masks, even cleansers. It’s marketed as the ultimate solution for hydration. But does it actually deliver? In this episode, I unpack the three main issues with topical HA: how it interacts with your environment, why molecule size changes its benefits, and why it often only hydrates on the surface instead of deeper down.
We’ll also explore a different approach, one that protects your barrier, supports your skin’s natural hydration systems, and works with your biology rather than against it. From oil cleansing to antioxidants, to the ways nutrition and lifestyle play a role, this episode is about rethinking hydration in a more holistic way.
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