The Good Housekeeping Institute Beauty & Personal Care Lab has a history of rigorously testing at-home chemical peels in the Lab as well as on consumer testers. In the Lab, our scientists’ extensive testing protocols include using digital imaging to track changes in skin before and after use. Then, consumer testers evaluate the products based on attributes like ease of use, irritation, and perceived results. In the Beauty Lab’s latest face peel test, scientists tallied nearly 10,000 data points to find the best at-home chemical peels, so you can feel confident you’re buying the best ones on the market.
The GH Beauty Lab evaluated over 100 at-home face peels, narrowed them down to the top contenders, label-masked them to eliminate brand bias, and distributed them to 72 testers. GH Beauty Lab scientists analyzed testers’ skin in the Lab with the Visia Complexion Analyzer device (below) to measure pores, skin texture, visible spots, and wrinkles before and after 2 weeks of using their assigned at-home face peel.
Consumer testers reported their feedback on factors including ease of use, irritation, and the look and feel of their skin (smoothness, line and pore reduction, brightness, and even tone). Finally, Lab experts tabulated 1,560 Visia data points and 8,190 consumer evaluation responses to identify the best at-home face peels on the market.