As the leaves start falling and the trees start preparing for the frost of winter, so should your skincare routine evolve to adapt to the chilly temperatures soon to come (or already here). This doesn’t mean you need to ditch all your current products though; we get that you’re on a budget and would rather […]
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Why You Should Stock Up On These Fall Foods Enriched With Skin-Loving Vitamin A
It’s hard to believe, but it’s that time of year again, when the wind starts to feel a little chilly and the leaves turn an assortment of sunset-hued colors. With the fall comes some exciting holidays, Thanksgiving at the top of our list! This is also the time of year when your skin can feel […]
3 Reasons You Should Be Taking Vitamin C: The Beauty Vitamin for Your Skin
Remember when you were a kid and your parents wouldn’t let you leave the breakfast table until you had taken all your vitamins? Yep, you might have thought they’d lay off as you get older, but now they just pester you over the phone! Would you pause in your affectionate eye-rolling though if we told you […]
Hyperpigmentation & How to Fix It
Hyper-WHAT?! Hyperpigmentation is a big fancy word that basically means discoloration of the skin, usually due to too much sun exposure, post inflammation and exacerbated when certain hormones are elevated. The ultra violet radiation causes your skin to produce more melanin in order to protect you from the sun, and the extra melanin transfers up […]
4 Fall Smoothies That’ll Give You Healthy, Radiant Skin!
Don’t you love when the leaves start to change color, and the air becomes crisp? The seasons are changing and it seems almost immediately that your taste buds seem to adapt too. Ah, but the arrival of fall brings so much more than just pumpkin spice and candy corn. It brings a whole bunch of […]
Acne & Sports: 3 Ways College Athletes Can Prevent Breakouts During Fall
Just when you think you’re doing your body a whole lotta good by joining the soccer team, or finally making it past week two in your 5k training regimen, you notice your face, back, and other parts of your body start to break out. It also doesn’t help that the combination of oil flow and […]
5 Toxic Ingredients You’re Probably Using
DANGER DANGER DANGER: Now that we have your attention, it’s time we start talking seriously about dangerous, toxic chemicals that are widely-used in beauty products. It’s time to flip the script, and it starts with us.The beauty industry has come a LONG way since the days when women put arsenic on their skin to change […]
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7 Ways to Get Active Without Setting Foot on a Treadmill We’ve all been there. That moment when you have a heart-to-heart talk with yourself and realize your exercise game has been seriously lacking and you need to do something about it pronto. So you lace up your running shoes and force yourself to hit […]
Essential Skincare Ingredients
There are many beneficial ingredients available for skincare. They all have some effect on the skin, but there are some key nutrients that are essential for maintaining basic skin health. Just as we feed our bodies good, healthy food, we also need to feed our skin the right nutrients to keep it functioning at an […]
Skin 101
Much is written about the skin and skincare products. It’s a huge industry, and one that is not well regulated. In order to make wise choices when navigating the stores, spas, and doctors offices, it is good to be an educated consumer. That is my aim with this article. Lets get down to basics: The […]