Category ‘Skin’
Choosing Healthy Skin Care Products
Choosing healthy skin care products is personal because, as with food and exercise, healthy means different things to different people. No matter your definition, you’ll pick the right skin care products once you decide which health factors mean the most to you. One part of a healthy lifestyle is...
5 Natural Treatments for Teen Acne
Being a teenager can be tough, especially with acne. Most teens get acne and the American Academy of Dermatology recommends parents help their teens find acne treatment so their skin and the stress associated with it clear up as soon as possible. We wrote this article for teens but...
5 Ways to Get Your Beauty Sleep
Your mother was right: you need your beauty sleep. Sleep is the elixir of life—getting enough sleep helps you look good, feel good, stay healthy, and fend off disease. The effects of sleep deprivation on your skin Though one night of bad sleep isn’t serious, the cumulative effects of...
The Anti-Aging Benefits of Microdermabrasion
Is your skin rougher than you’d like it to be? Do your at-home exfoliation treatments leave a little something to be desired? If yes, you may want to know more about a safe and effective anti-aging spa treatment called Microdermabrasion. What is Microdermabrasion? Microdermabrasion is a non-invasive skin care...
Beautiful Skin! No Sweat!
Sweating is a natural and essential bodily function. It happens when the weather is hot, or when you’re hot because you’re enjoying healthful pursuits like exercise and the sauna. But sweat can also wreak havoc on your complexion, especially in the summer when it’s hard to avoid the heat...
Top 7 Healthiest Foods for Skin Care
Skin care does not stop with what you put on your skin; it is also just as important what you put in your body! If you’re investing the money and time for professional facials, high-quality skin care products, and a home-care regimen, protect that investment by eating right. Eat...
The Effects of Stress on Skin
You already know how stress affects your skin. Stress can worsen many skin conditions. The Mayo Clinic recommends stress management as one of these five tips for healthy skin, and they note that conditions like acne, eczema, itching, hives, and even hair loss can get a lot worse in...
Exfoliation
Exfoliation While young healthy skin cells regenerate every 27 days, that cycle slows as we age. Exfoliation is the process of removing dead skin cells from the skin’s surface, increasing cell turnover. This helps reveal the new skin beneath, giving you a more radiant complexion. As well, your skin...
Spring Skin Care – Revealing the Glow
Spring Skin Care – Revealing the Glow! Over the winter, our skin tends to get dehydrated from spending so much time indoors in dry, heated air. In addition, a lot of dead skin cells build up on the surface or flake off. That’s why the two biggest priorities of...
Exfoliation Decoded
Exfoliation is one of the best steps that we can incorporate in our skin care regimen, as it may be used to treat a myriad of skin concerns including, but not limited to, acne, pigmentation, dehydration/ flakiness, and of course aging skin. So what is exfoliation? It is process of...