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Perimenopause skincare: practical insights and measures

While our social media feeds might be flooded with promises of eternal youth, let's face it: every woman experiences the "change," menopause. And since many of us spend nearly half our lives post-...

Quick Wins for Adult Acne Sufferers: Fight Back and Get Glowing

Adult acne isn't uncommon, and it can be frustrating. But don't worry, there are steps you can take to achieve clear, healthy skin. This blog post dives into the causes of adult acne and explores ...

Demystifying Oxidative Stress: Unmasking the Villain Behind Skin Aging

While chronological aging certainly plays a role in our skin's transformation, another hidden process accelerates the decline: oxidative stress. Imagine microscopic rust particles wreaking havoc o...

Humidity and Your Skin

Living in the midwest, we are lucky enough to experience weather in all its possible iterations. Warm and humid in the summer al the way to its opposite winter season punctuated by the cold and dry...

A Minimalist’s Guide to Understanding Serums

Serums are potent concentrated doses of active ingredients.Serums can correct and soften many issues, including dark spots and wrinkles. No pressing skin issues? We all still need an antioxidant se...

Ingredient Spotlight: Niacinamide

Recently, you may have started seeing advertising talking about Niacinimide in skincare. Niacinamide isn't new, in the vitamin aisle we find it bottled as niacin, but they are both forms of the wat...

Why is exfoliation so important?

Skin is continually turning over, making new cells in the dermis (the lower living tissue that contains blood, nerves, sweat glands, etc.) and sending them up to replace dead skin cells on the ...

Quick Winter Skin Fixes

Winter skin needs extra care. Our diets change from fresh salads and green drinks to warm pasta dishes and high carb foods, cutting many of your key vitamins and mineral consumption down drasticall...

Are your hands ready for the ring?

More couples get engaged during the holidays than at any other time of year. And let's face it. your selfie isn't all about your face when you get your engagement ring; it's about your hands.   ...

Skin Wreckers: Cheap Sunglasses

Are you starting to get brown spots on your upper cheekbones? Those dark splotches might be caused by your sunglasses. Years ago when I was in college, I worked for an Ophthalmologist. Speaking to ...