"Whenever I'd research, write, or test products, I'd jot down little notes for myself. Sometimes the notes were ingredient definitions or science that I wanted to remember (one of my very first scribbles, I remember, was 'Salicylic Acid = BHA, Glycolic Acid= AHA'). Other times they were just application do's and don'ts. And after years of compiling these entries, I thought to myself, "would publishing these tips and tricks be helpful for people interested in skincare?" That's where the seed was planted, and it sort of just exploded from there. But the book ended up being so much more than what I'd written in my notes — it was months of research, writing, designing, and editing. The entire process, start-to-pub day, took around two years. It was a wild experience but so incredibly rewarding."
