{"id":1051,"date":"2021-01-29T18:24:47","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T18:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mehach.com\/?p=1051"},"modified":"2021-02-13T19:07:14","modified_gmt":"2021-02-13T19:07:14","slug":"niod-brand-review-bestsellers-before-after-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mehach.com\/en\/niod-brand-review-bestsellers-before-after-pictures-1051\/","title":{"rendered":"NIOD: Brand Review & Bestsellers – Before\/after Pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

NIOD is a brand of DECIEM<\/strong>, which also includes Hylamide, The Chemistry Brand and The Ordinary<\/strong> in its offering. DECIEM is a Canadian <\/strong>company based in Toronto. All products are still manufactured in Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The history of DECIEM<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The story of DECIEM is the story of its founder Brandon Truaxe, who unfortunately passed away too soon. After several years at Indeed Labs, he decided to leave and found his own company DECIEM (Latin word which means TEN like TEN brands that he will create). Because of his former experience at Indeed Labs, he had a 3-year non-competition clause, forbidding him to create any face product. So instead, Brandon launched food supplement products, body and hair products. Success was immediate with The Chemistry Brand. His anti-aging hand cream<\/a> is so effective that women also use it for facial wrinkles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During interviews, journalists regularly asked Brandon if he used his own products and the answer was negative. Because Brandon was in the lab all the time, he had access to the most advanced technology <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a few years of “do you use your own products?”, Brandon launched NIOD, that was his answer. He could say that he used SS, CAIS and MMHC from Niod.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NIOD is the acronym for Non-Invasive Options in Dermal Science<\/strong> which also suggests it is as effective as invasive options.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

At the beginning, he did not expect such a craze for Niod, because NIOD is intended primarily for the very specific demands of Brandon and his collaborators, a kind of cosmetics for cosmetic geeks<\/strong>. NIOD is aimed at a niche: skincare-addicts who are looking for products with long-term effects, who like to read labels & decipher ingredients, while trying to understand how such and such active ingredient penetrates to the skin, and how it remains stable in its container and on the skin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the users have decided: CAIS received many positive reviews and cosmetic awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brandon notes that many cosmetic brands tout the merits of active ingredients that have been known for ages, such as Vitamin C or niacinamide, and talk about them as if they were a novelty and sell them at a high price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the other hand, NIOD which is a real bomb in the industry, with advanced technologies of several years, isn’t appreciated at its true value<\/strong>. So he decided to launch The Ordinary, the 11th brand, with very accessible prices to show us “look, ingredients as old as the world are cheap. If NIOD’s price is so high, it’s because there’s real technology behind it, and expensive ingredients”.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ordinary’s best-selling serum, Niacinamide 10% + Zinc 1%<\/a> costs $1 in ingredients and DECIEM sells it for $5.6 while still making money (Brandon revealed The Ordinary had more margins than Niod).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The genius behind The Ordinary is to get the public interested in active ingredients, and then get them interested in Niod. This strategy worked very well for me anyway, after being bluffed by The Ordinary Buffet + Copper Peptides 1%<\/a>, I wanted to look for a better formulated product and I bought my first NIOD CAIS 2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In short, if The Ordinary only sells highly concentrated active ingredients and some very old ones, Niod (and Hylamide) offer fully formulated<\/strong> products, highly concentrated in innovative active ingredients<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NIOD is Brandon’s vision. It is the brand that resembles him the most, NIOD is the ideal of cosmetics according to him.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

While with The Ordinary, for business reasons, he has released products to please users that he doesn’t believe in, such as highly concentrated AHA + BHA acids and retinols.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is it effective?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I just put the picture before\/after 3 weeks of<\/strong> using CAIS 2 and MMHC 2 to repair my skin barrier (complete routine here)<\/a>. That’s why I rushed to buy lots of other NIOD products. I hope I don’t shock anyone. It’s my skin, it’s not perfect but it’s healing. The pimples have disappeared even though there are days when I wear the mask all day long. The maskne is behind me alleluia, I just have to take care of PIH now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Niod Bestsellers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

If you don’t want pay for a PhD to understand and use these products, here is a simple description of NIOD’s best products<\/strong>, where reviews are almost unanimous on their effectiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a summary of the notes I took after reading many blogs, forums… and watching many videos that I was able to consult before choosing the products to buy for me at NIOD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The products are already indicated in the order of application<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note: this post is NOT <\/strong>sponsored<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check their official website<\/a> for more details<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NIOD products are classified into 4 categories:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. CORE REGIMEN: these are basic products, which all skins need<\/li>
  2. SUPPORT REGIMEN: these are products that correct a specific problem: pigmentation, congested skin, texture…<\/li>
  3. SURVIVAL: products protecting the skin against external aggressions, they are full of antioxidants<\/li>
  4. YE\u0160TI: formulations grouped under the code name YE\u0160TI. These are very deep cleaning products<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Categorizing these products makes browsing even more difficult and confuses users. So I just mentioned it in case you’re wondering, but I’ll just going to list the bestsellers, without considering categories here<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Step 1: Facial cleansing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    SS – SANSKRIT SAPONINS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n