Oily Winter Skin Is a Thing and Here’s How to Identify and Balance It Out

Winter is quickly approaching and with this season skin issues seem to rise, especially in areas with extreme cold weather. Most people think that the ones who suffer in this season are the ones who regularly suffer from dry skin but even those with oily skin are not safe from...

What Is Caprylyl Glycol and What Is It doing in My Skin Care Products?

What Is Caprylyl Glycol? Capryloyl Glycol, also known as 1, 2-octanediol, is an alcohol that is derived from a fatty acid called caprylic acid. This tongue-twisting ingredient is actually found in many daily skin care products that you probably have hidden in your toiletries cabinet. Caprylic acid can be found...

How to Find a Sunscreen for Your Sensitive Skin

Summer is over and the winter weather is starting to settle in, but this doesn’t mean it is time to put your sunscreen away. Sun protection is always trendy. Also, if you were to ask your primary care doctor or your dermatologist they would both probably tell you that you...

Oily Winter Skin is a Thing and Here’s How to Identify and Balance it Out

Winter is quickly approaching and with this season skin issues seem to rise, especially in areas with extreme cold and snowy weather. Honestly most people think that the ones who suffer in this season are the ones who regularly suffer from dry skin but even those with oily skin are...

How to Achieve the Perfect at Home Manicure

2020 has been a rollercoaster ride; and though we never expected it, some of our favorite “self-care” services have been put on pause. Amongst many businesses, nail salons have been closed for months and even though you may miss your favorite nail tech it's not as easy going out to...

No Makeup, Makeup Look

Am I the only one that is happy that the “no makeup, makeup” look is back? Do not get me wrong, I love doing a full face of glam once in a while but it feels good to have light coverage makeup back in style. If we are being really...

New Year, New Skin!

2020 has been an eventful year to say the least. With Halloween coming up this week that means it’s basically Thanksgiving, and then before you know it, it is going to be Christmas. So, why not start planning ahead and get a resolutions list going for the New Year? When...

Phenoxyethanol, a Detailed Look at the Preservative Taking over the Internet

If you have made any recent purchases in skin care or beauty, you probably have noticed more and more of the top beauty manufacturers have started changing their formula to make their products paraben-free.  Parabens have fallen from grace in this industry because they have been linked to mimic some...

What I Should Buy Local

Oftentimes we are purchasing products that we love and need that are produced in countries other than our own. Although this is absolutely fine, and is part of the exchange between country economies to provide the best of the world to one another, it is also worthwhile to look for...

Comfrey Lotion

Comfrey is a perennial herb found in the grasslands of western Asia as well as in North America. It has bell-shaped red and violet or yellowish flowers. Comfrey is from the borage family “Boraginaceae”. It has a bad reputation because it grows profusely once it is comfortable around the area....

Active Versus Inactive Ingredients

Have you ever looked at the back of your beauty products and noticed the ingredients are usually split between the active and inactive? Without doing a bit of “google-ing” many people would have no idea what the difference between these are. So, let us break it down. Active ingredients are vital...

The Chemistry of Skincare

Have you ever looked at the back of your favorite skin care product and noticed there are a bunch of ingredients that you can barely pronounce? Since you can't pronounce these works it must make you wonder whether they are unhealthy or toxic. Well in all actuality, not all those...

Sun Protection Is Always Trendy

Sun safety is always in season. It is always vital to protect your skin from sun damage throughout the year -  rain, hail or shine. Extensive amounts of sun exposure can cause sunburn, skin aging (such as wrinkles, leathery skin, or sun spots), eye damage and more seriously, skin cancer....

Benefits of Plant Based Skincare

More and more skin care companies are adding botanical ingredients to their products. There is certainly a rhyme to this reasoning.  Although many beauty innovations may seem like a “trend”, this one is certainly not. Scientists are taking lessons from ancient medicine and combining it with modern methods to get...

We Found a Skin Barrier Repair Lotion

Did you know your skin has a barrier?  If you did know that, did you know that to keep your skin hydrated and healthy, your skin barrier needs to be healthy? Whether you knew this or not we’re going to talk about how to keep this layer of skin healthy...

Multi Benefit Skin Care Is the New Way

Do you opt for a simple 3 step skincare regime, or go all in with the 13 step extensie regimes of K-beauty? Well, I prefer to save time and money by choosing wisely. With skincare innovation evolving on the daily, there are now an incredible variety of multi-benefit choices that...