#BeautyFridge: Fad or Rad?

Immediately after you open your products and expose them to air, they start to oxidize — and start their journey to expiration. Refrigerating your products can prolong their life by slowing down the oxidation process.

Refrigeration also protects them from environmental factors that can speed up this process and dramatically change the effectiveness your products. Two huge such factors? Sunlight through a window and heat created from hot showers and steam — and a mini fridge is the perfect solution to both. So, not only does refrigeration make products last longer, it also helps keep them at max effectiveness.

Which products need the most protection?

● Anything 100 percent organic or natural. If it's all natural, then it probably doesn't have many preservatives to give it a long shelf life.

● Anything in a dark bottle: If it's in a dark bottle that means its contents are probably sensitive to light and heat. Products like vitamin C and retinol come to mind when I think of the dark bottle gang.

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