About

Hi! I’m Valerie Aparovich,
a certified cosmetologist and aesthetician, clean beauty advocate, and practicing biochemist in the field of skincare, aka Science Team Lead at OnSkin.

Beauty and health are deeply intertwined, and cosmetology has both art and science at its core. My mission is to help my clients maintain a healthy skin condition and emphasize their natural beauty using a complex approach.

Besides providing supportive and attractiveness-enhancing professional cosmetic procedures, I strive to educate people, help them build a safe and beneficial skincare routine, and navigate them through a saturated cosmetic market with science-backed advice.

I’m strongly convinced that clean beauty is the only way to healthy skin, and an essential cornerstone of general physical well-being and longevity.

Expertise


Cosmetology


I'm a certified cosmetologist-aesthetician with medical background and over seven years of practice.


With deep knowledge of the biology behind the skin and the chemical processes of cosmetics, I help people take proper care of their skin and empower their beauty arsenal with efficient and toxic-free products.


I provide the following facial treatments:

mechanical and ultrasonic cleaning, lymphatic drainage and lifting massage,

peeling, bio revitalization, RF-lifting,

carboxytherapy, fractional mesotherapy, and microcurrent therapy.


Biochemistry


I'm a Bachelor of Science in Applied Biochemistry.


I have a strong theoretical basis and practical experience in biochemistry, molecular biology, biotechnology, biophysics, organic and non-organic chemistry, microbiology, cytology, immunology, and genetics.


I'm firmly convinced that a qualified cosmetology professional comes from a deep understanding of internal anatomic and biochemical processes on a molecular level.


As the industry is dynamically renewing and growing, I advocate for continuous learning and staying on top of the newest scientific and clinical findings.


OnSkin


I’m honored to have the opportunity to share my expertise and promote clean beauty values as a Science Team Lead at OnSkin.


The OnSkin app was created to enable a trusted safety evaluation of cosmetic products and decode the ingredients and their impact on people’s skin and overall health.


Based on the latest scientific research and clinical studies, our team evaluates cosmetic compositions from the safety perspective and reviews cosmetic products' suitability for individual skin and hair needs and concerns.




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Clean Beauty

Clean beauty is toxic-free beauty. It means cosmetic products should contain only clean, safe ingredients with no health alerts or risks. It includes makeup, face, hair, and body care products, fragrances, and more without harmful chemicals in their formulas.

Clinical research shows that multiple cosmetic components can cause alarming skin problems and allergy reactions and damage health – interfere with the body’s hormones, affect reproductive function, or increase the risk of inducing cancer. Numerous components appear unsafe in high concentrations or incompatible with specific medical conditions.

It’s crucial to decode product composition for healthy skin, general physical well-being, and longevity. That’s why clean beauty calls brands for ingredient transparency. Clean beauty labels do not sound like an ancient spell available to a few; they clearly list all the components in order of their amount in the product formula and do not greenwash or contain non-specific umbrella terms.

Clean beauty products should not be mistaken for 100% natural products or vice versa. Man-made synthetic ingredients can also be included if they are harmless and toxic-free. Clean beauty focuses not on organic products but on pure skincare free of toxins.

OnSkin

The OnSkin app is a science-backed cosmetic scanner that enables safety evaluation of all forms of cosmetics, decodes ingredient formulations, and analyzes if the products align with users' skin needs and concerns.


OnSkin was created to help people realize the connection between what they apply to their skin and their health. The app warns against the mindless consumption of products that are useless at best and harmful at worst and ensures the choice of efficient and toxic-free options.


OnSkin’s SafetyScore is a unique in-house-created combination of human-curated analysis and the power of AI. Based on the latest studies, the science team manually evaluates cosmetic ingredients, scoring each of them according to four criteria: endocrine disruption risk / reproductive toxicity; carcinogenicity; allergy risk; high concentration alert. AI algorithms integrate the scores into a special formula that precisely calculates each product’s safety level.

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Skincare & Beauty Insights

5 Skincare Trends to Look at in 2024
From 'skinimalism', clean and sustainable beauty, and the popularity of multifunctional ingredients to physiological skin care, aka facial self-massage and yoga, and the demand for home mini-versions of hardware cosmetology devices – let’s dig into the five industry predictions for this year.
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What is Collagen and Why is It Important for Our Skin
Collagen, a fibrillar protein, is one of the main components of the dermis – the layer of our skin responsible for its strength, elasticity, and ability to stretch. What effect does the lack of collagen have on the skin? What can we do to minimize the loss of collagen and restore it? Are topical collagen products effective for collagen synthesis? Find out in this post.
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A Few Tips to Help You Achieve a More Radiant Skin
Multiple factors can make our skin look tired and dull, like poor sleep, an unbalanced diet, dehydration, high stress levels, bad habits, and more. Of course, cosmetic products won’t work wonders in improving your skin condition until you stick to a healthy lifestyle. But several cosmetic ingredients can help you basically restore the glow and retain a fresher and brighter skin appearance.
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How to Build an Efficient Skincare Routine for Combination Type
Combination skin is probably the most complicated one in terms of skincare. With many brands and products in the cosmetics market, searching for the suitable options may feel overwhelming. To help you avoid not-so-innocent cosmetic tests, let’s talk about the skincare priorities for a combination type, what ingredients to look for, and how to build a balanced, beneficial regimen.
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The Reasons Behind Clogged and Enlarged Pores
It’s not a secret that large, open pores cause a lot of discomfort, both in aesthetic and hygienic senses. Let’s talk about how high sebum excretion, increased hair follicle volume, and decreased skin elasticity can affect pore growth, and what are the best skincare tips to treat porous skin and ensure its proper cleansing.
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Why Facial Lymphatic Drainage Should Be a Part of Your Beauty Routine
Lymphatic drainage means gently manipulating tissues to work lymph vessels, improve lymph flow, and eliminate lymph stagnation. Let’s look at the numerous health and cosmetic benefits of this procedure, the main contraindications and safety tips, and try a simple facial self-massage technique that you can do at home.
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Essential Things to Know About Vitamin C Serums
Vitamin C is one the most widely used cosmetic ingredients as it has multiple skin-beneficial properties. But it’s also an unstable substance with the tendency to oxidize over time, and its effects depend on what form is included in the composition formula. Learn how to pick the best Vitamin C serum for your skin type and beauty goals, and how to fit it in your skincare routine.
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A Simple Guide on Choosing the Right SPF
Skin protection from sun damage is a daily must-do to prevent it from photoaging and multiple disturbing and dangerous skin conditions, including cancer. In this post, you will get a better understanding of the side effects of excessive sun exposure, the difference between SPF cream types, and useful advice on how to use them correctly.
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How to Take Proper Care of Skin Around Eyes
In this post, you will find basic recommendations on how to treat the skin around your eyes within day and nighttime routines, search for the suitable product options and ingredient properties to give your skin the care it needs, and maximize the efficiency of your eye cream with a few simple tips.
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Top 3 Ingredients For Reducing Wrinkles
Wrinkles are a normal part of aging. Cell production slows down, collagen protein synthesis in the body decreases, and skin loses its elasticity and firmness. The cosmetics market offers plenty of products with age-refining properties. But what ingredients really work to support the skin against creasing and forming fine lines and wrinkles?
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