Truly Speaking
Truly Speaking
Beauty news, stories & reviews.
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. Many years later […]
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 […]
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Positive Ageing Series Part 2 : What does your skin need to be ageless?
Luminous skin is youthful. And achievable. At any age! So it’s a question often pondered. What does your skin need to be ageless? Can the skin be ageless? Last week we looked at how and why our skin ages. We also discussed the idea of making a few small changes to shift our beliefs from […]
Positive Ageing Part 3 : Makeup Ageing Your Skin?
The modern makeup dilemma. Is makeup ageing your skin? The more you try to cover imperfections, the more imperfect your skin can look. The skin can take on a dull, dry and dehydrated appearance. So far in our Positive Ageing Series, we’ve talked about how the skin ages and how we can adapt our skincare […]
Positive Ageing Part 4 : Another kind of beauty.
Another kind of beauty? Positive ageing may seem an odd concept. After all, you may think it’s inevitable? But you can make choices to age positively. If there was a magic silver bullet to slow down the visible signs appearing on your face, I’d be the first to tell you. I know, some might say, […]
Niacinamide: 8 reasons why you need it.
What’s Niacinamide? 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. Many brands will offer a plethora of miracle ingredients for you to wade through, but you probably won’t […]
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 […]
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