Skin, Lip and Body Care
5 Surprising Ways You’re Hurting Your Skin pH Balance
Your skin pH balance could be one reason why your face suddenly feels tight or stings when you apply products that never bothered you before. Really? The pH balance? It’s true. Your skin has its own chemistry, and habits that may feel healthy to you right now may actually be messing up that chemistry, throwing […]
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Sun Allergy: Could Your Itchy Summer Rash Be a Reaction to Sunlight?
A sun allergy can feel as if it comes out of nowhere. You spend an afternoon outside, then notice itching, bumps, hives, dryness, or a burning rash across your chest, arms, or face. You may think you touched something you were allergic to. Or maybe it came from a bug bite? You can’t remember this […]
It’s National Wellness Month. Your Skin Wants In
August is National Wellness Month, so it’s the perfect time to ask ourselves the question we rarely ask: Are the choices we’re making every day helping our skin, or hurting it? We may be using a string of products we think are working for us, but are they really? And what about the rest of […]
Crepey Skin and Sugar: Is Your Sweet Tooth Aging You?
You look in the mirror and think, “Where did that crepey skin come from?” It wasn’t there before. What happened? Most of us will blame age, dry air, or too much sun, and all of those can be factors in causing crepey skin. But now researchers are looking at another potential contributor: excess sugar in […]
