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Welcome to the Intoxicated Cosmetics blog, where we're serving up the juiciest secrets in venom-based skincare.

How to Determine Your Skin Type

The single most important step in caring for your skin properly comes in understanding what type ...

What is SYN-AKE and How Does it Work?

So by now I’m sure you’re all familiar with our Snake Serum. We get asked daily about the “snake ...

Debunking 5 Popular Skin Care Myths You Probably Believe

It seems like everywhere you look online, there’s conflicting information about what’s good for y...

Valentine's Day Gift Guide

Valentine’s Day is right around the corner! If you’re struggling to come up with a gift for your ...

Our Serum-Inspired Cocktail Menu

What’s just as delicious as our serums? Serum-inspired cocktails! Grab your friends for a virtual...

Your Guide to the Perfect Date Night In

With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, it’s time to discuss how to have the perfect date n...

10 Skin Care Mistakes You're Probably Making

As much as we try to treat our skin the best we can, sometimes we’re actually making mistakes reg...

The Benefits of Snail Mucin

Hi babes! With the harsh winter chill drying out our skin, let’s chat about a moisturizing hero: ...

Products for Girls with Melanin

Skin care is currently growing faster than any other segment in the beauty industry. Despite all ...

A Guide to the Perfect Girls' Night In

The world around us is constantly changing. These days, it’s becoming harder and harder to find w...

Meet the Interns

Intoxicated Cosmetics has two new interns! Read on to get to know them. Sachi: Hi everyone and we...

The Benefits of Hyadisine

This week we’re highlighting one of the most cutting edge ingredients that is featured in all thr...

Pick Your Poison Quiz: Which Serum is Right For You?

Pick Your Poison Quiz What’s your skin type? Dry - Normal Normal - Combination Combination ...

Bring in The New Year with These 5 Skincare Resolutions

New Year, New Skincare Resolutions! Read on for 5 skincare resolutions you can start today!

Using All 3 of Our Signature Serums Together

We get asked all the time how to use our serums and in particular, how to use them all together. ...

Why Venom?!

We get asked daily frequently, "why venom?", "are we cruelty free?", and "is our venom harmful?"....

Our Current Ingredient Crush - Royal Epigen P5

Today I want to talk about one of my very favorite biomimetic peptides found in our Bee Serum, Ro...

My Beauty Regimen; Fave Products + Snake vs. Bee vs. Snail

Today I’ve decided to dedicate a blog to my own beauty routine, as I often (everyday) get asked w...

Boston's Business Girl Gang

The city of Boston is known for its sense of community, and whether you are a local or from ou...

Turning Lemons into Lemonade - the Real Story of How I Started Intoxicated

Starting a company can definitely be a daunting task, and I have gotten a lot of questions about ...

Having Good Skin Can Be a Gut Feeling

Lately we have been getting a lot of DMs asking about which serum is best for a variety of skin c...

Niacinamide - One of Our Favorite Ingredients

This weeks blog is to highlight one of our favorite heavy hitter ingredients found in not one, bu...

Double Cleansing + Why Aren't you Doing it Yet!

Recently we've been hearing a lot about double cleansing, so we thought that we would dive into w...

Snail Serum + Its Many Uses

This week we wanted to highlight our Snail Serum, as it has been our top selling serum for the pa...

Let's Talk About Scars, Baby!

When considering which serum to use, we all want something that is going to hydrate our skin and ...

Interchanging Between our Serums

A note from the founder on how she interchanges serums depending on how her skin is feeling

Implementing Our Serums into your Routine

A lot of people have been asking us how exactly to implement our serums into their routine, so we...

Climate Change + Pollution: Our Formulas Can Help!

A look inside our formulas and how we considered to protect our users from pollution and sudden climate change

How we "Extract" our Venoms

A breakdown of how we obtain venom without harming any of our favorite creatures

How to Pick Your Poison

A breakdown of our formulas and how to choose the best one for your skin.

Debunking the "All Natural" Skincare Fad

If you are a product junkie, in the skincare industry, or just a concerned consumer, we are sure ...

Launching Intoxicated!

A note from the founder + CEO, Rachel Sommers

The Science Behind Our Snail Serum

A breakdown of the science behind our Snail Serum

The Science Behind Our Snake Serum

A breakdown of the science behind our Snake Serum

The Science Behind Our Bee Serum

A breakdown of the science behind our Bee Serum

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