Best Skincare Routine for Dry, Dehydrated Skin

Let’s cut to the chase – dry skin is the worst. It affects your appearance (and confidence!), and it can make things quite itchy and uncomfortable. Not to mention the signature redness, flakiness, and dullness that plague dry skin sufferers.  According to one study, roughly 30% of people worldwide have...

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3 Tips for Keeping Your Family’s Skin Healthy This Summer

You don’t have to be a classic rock aficionado to appreciate Alice Cooper’s “School’s Out,” a chart-topping ode to those glorious summer months we look forward to all year long.

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How to Keep Bacne Under Control for Wedding Season

It’s wedding season. You’re the maid of honor in two weddings and a bridesmaid in three. And, as if worrying about breakouts on your face wasn’t stressful enough, almost all of your bridesmaid dresses are backless. Cue panic. And frantic googling of “how to treat back acne” and “how to get rid of acne...

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Gloves In A Bottle Vs Skin MD

With the ever expanding choice in skincare products that are on the market, it’s hard to keep track of which products are best for your skin and how they fare when compared against other options. Two great products to consider are Gloves In A Bottle and Skin MD Botanical. What...

Isn’t It Time We Made New Year Skin Care Resolutions?

Each time a year ends, we think over the past year and make promises to ourselves about what we want to achieve in the year ahead. More often than not, our goals are based on our bodies or our personal lives – but what about our skin? Our skin covers...

Yarrow Skin Benefits You Need to Know

For a sensitive skincare routine, plant-based ingredients like Yarrow can work wonders.  Yarrow is a botanical ingredient that’s been around for thousands of years, and it’s easy to see why many seek out Yarrow benefits in their skincare products. The thought of using natural ingredients sounds great, but have you ever wondered what ingredients you’re...

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SPF Winter Skin Care

Many people think that sunscreen is only important during the hot, summer months. However, wearing sunscreen during the winter is just as important as it is during the summer. There are several ways you will be able to benefit by wearing sunscreen during the cold months that will keep your...

Skin lesions: What You Need To Know

Skin lesions are parts of the skin that have an abnormal appearance compared to the skin around it. They can be considered as primary or secondary, although the distinction isn’t always very clear. When you’re performing an assessment and describing any lesions you may come across medical terms such as...

Coping and Living a Healthy Life at Home

With the second outbreak of COVID-19 coming,  this time the stress is going to really come on strong. Fear and anxiety about COVID-19 can be extremely overwhelming for many of us. Learning how to cope with stress and keeping yourself healthy while at home will make you, the people you...

Body Butter vs Lotion

With so many different products we can now include in our skin routine, it’s hard to know which are actually best for our skin. When contemplating body butter vs lotion, there is a lot of confusion with the benefits each of these products can provide. Let’s clear away that confusion...

Why Are People Switching to Botanical Skin Care?

The botanical beauty market is booming at the moment, estimated at a worth of $48 million USD in 2019 and expected to be worth more than $54 billion by the year 2027.¹ People are starting to see the value in skin care and the use of botanical ingredients in their...

The Importance of Lotion for Moms

Well if we’re being honest, lotion is important for everyone. But moms and dads tend to take care of everyone around them before themselves. Daily moisturizing is vital for healthy skin, and something that is often forgotten as part of self-care. Our skin is the body’s largest organ and needs...

At-Home Beauty Doesn’t Have to Be Hard

Being stuck at home can cause anxiety. It feels like we don’t have control over what’s going on around us. This can be a little scary but a little self-care can go a long way. Doing your own facial steps at home can calm you down and you can be...

Is Botanic Skincare for You

There has been a lot of buzz about botanical skincare in the beauty industry lately, but believe it or not these botanical ingredients have been used on the skin for decades. So, what is botanical skincare? Botanical skincare tends to have an essential mix of plant-based ingredients. Plant-based ingredients contain...

Don’t Lose Your Summer Tan!

I know, I know tanning beds are the absolute worst. If you’re anything like me you’re probably trying to find a safe way to stay bronzed throughout the cloudy winter as well. Now with indoor heating and low humidity drying out our skin, it makes it difficult for bronzers and...

Hand Sanitizer Party Favors

The pandemic has cancelled so many big events for people such as: graduations, weddings, birthdays and sadly, funerals. The recommendation is to keep your social circle small which has felt a little like we are still in “lockdown.” We can’t be locked up forever, right? There are definitely some ways...