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Beauty news, stories & reviews
Learning to love my laugh lines?
Making peace with my laugh lines. At the tender age of 25, I noticed my first wrinkles of expression, tiny creases around my mouth that seemed to appear without warning. Not really wrinkles, no, just little laugh lines. I’ve been trying to love my “laugh lines” with varying degrees of success ever since. I was reminded […]
5 cosmeceutical skincare brands giving your skin a workout.
Ever wonder what a cosmeceutical is? If you’re interested in the appearance of your skin, then you may know something about cosmeceutical skincare and some of the brands making this claim. But, as it’s a made-up word, it may be new to you. Unfortunately, the word cosmeceutical has been used and abused by marketing departments […]
We need to talk about bee venom.
Beetox versus getting a jab to relax your frown? You want to look your best. But, you’re not quite ready for anti-wrinkle injections, and you’ve you heard about creams working the same way? Bee venom comes to mind. You ponder. If the claims are valid, then surely bee venom could be a more natural alternative? […]
Vitamin D and the sunshine conundrum
The beauty vitamin we all need. If there were a vitamin that could be named universally as the beauty vitamin, then for me, vitamin D would be the one. Often called the sunshine vitamin, stimulated by exposure to the sun it’s a hormone that interacts with a type of cholesterol found in your skin. This magical interaction […]
7 misunderstood skin conditions.
So much information and yet? With so much information at your fingertips, you’d think by now you’d have all the answers and yet you continue to be bombarded with a myriad of advice on some of the most common and often the most annoying and misunderstood skin conditions, leaving you more confused than ever. Everything […]
Vitamin A for your skin – Activate your youth enzymes!
Not all Vitamin A derivatives are created equal. Any skincare company promising to stamp out wrinkles, eliminate brown spots or pigmentation or even clear up acne, will (or should) have some form of Vitamin A contained within the regimen. Choosing the right vitamin A derivative for your skin can be confusing as not all vitamin A derivatives […]
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Niacinamide: 8 reasons why you need it.
So many ingredients so little time. You’d be forgiven for feeling confused when it comes to choosing your skincare. After all, everyone has a point of view and every brand wants you to believe they have the secret to skincare utopia. But, in truth, we can narrow it down to, not hundreds of ingredients but […]
Retinol: Bringing your A game.
Do you wonder, why retinol? Perhaps a better question would be, why not retinol? There’s no real reason why you shouldn’t consider retinol in your beauty routine unless you have sensitivity issues. (I’ll come back to that in a moment). For the rest of us, regardless of age, retinol offers something the skin needs to […]
Bathroom Cabinet Confidential : Scrubs
The well-meaning advice of my youth. Before I get to why I’m crusading against scrubs, a story from my youth. When I was 17, I read somewhere; some little tidbit of advice, that I could smooth away wrinkles by, 1) Heating the back of a dessert spoon and then, 2) Proceed to smooth over any […]
Learning to love my laugh lines?
Making peace with my laugh lines. At the tender age of 25, I noticed my first wrinkles of expression, tiny creases around my mouth that seemed to appear without warning. Not really wrinkles, no, just little laugh lines. I’ve been trying to love my “laugh lines” with varying degrees of success ever since. I was reminded […]
5 cosmeceutical skincare brands giving your skin a workout.
Ever wonder what a cosmeceutical is? If you’re interested in the appearance of your skin, then you may know something about cosmeceutical skincare and some of the brands making this claim. But, as it’s a made-up word, it may be new to you. Unfortunately, the word cosmeceutical has been used and abused by marketing departments […]
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