To hear the beauty industry tell it, having beautiful, flawless skin is an expensive and time-consuming endeavor. It’s true that you can spend as many dollars as you can afford on your skin and spend hours and hours of time in the pursuit of a flawless complexion. It is also true that you don’t have to do either. Here are five easy and inexpensive steps to beautiful skin: Read more »
Posted: June 11th, 2008 under skincare.
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Most moles are the result of heredity. If your mom or dad has a mole, then you are very likely to also have a mole. It is believed that moles that are not caused by heredity are caused by overexposure to the sun, like freckles or age spots. Read more »
Posted: June 11th, 2008 under skincare.
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Have you ever really read the label on a skin care product that you have purchased? Raise your hand if you know what Imidazolidinyl urea and DMDM hydantoin, Padimate-O, Methyl, propyl, butyl, and ethyl paraben are. Raise both hands and hand over your wallet if you can pronounce all of them! That stuff - whatever it is - is in many of the over-the-counter skin care products that we purchase and apply to our skin. Read more »
Posted: June 1st, 2008 under skincare.
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It is a little amazing because you have probably never heard of it, but infantile seborrhoeic eczema occurs in about one out of every five babies born today. If the infantile seborrhoeic eczema is confined to the scalp, it is most often referred to a cradle cap.
Infantile seborrhoeic eczema that is confined to the scalp is easily treatable and can be treated and cleared up with over-the-counter and natural products. Infantile seborrhoeic eczema that is confined to the scalp is often an indicator that other skin problems will develop later in life. It is important to treat cradle cap and not just hope that it goes away. Read more »
Posted: June 1st, 2008 under skincare.
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Do you have oily skin? Do you practically DRIP oil? Do you hate it? Cheer up! The good news is that excessive oil can be controlled, and the better news is that when your friends are finding their first wrinkles, your skin will still be smooth and wrinkle-free, so your turn IS coming! Read more »
Posted: May 28th, 2008 under skincare.
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There was a time when it was considered very unfashionable for a woman to have tanned skin. The skin-beauty objective or those long-ago days was to have milky white skin, or what was called a “peaches and cream” complexion. Of course, time does change everything, and today a milky white complexion only means that it must be mid-winter. Read more »
Posted: May 26th, 2008 under skincare.
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Aloe vera is most often grown indoors in pots because it is particularly susceptible to frost. A constant, year-round, warm, moist climate is essential for the aloe vera plant to survive. It isn’t a really pretty house plant, but a great many people have large pots of aloe vera in their homes not for its beauty, but for its medicinal properties. The aloe vera plant looks like grass on steroids. The blades are long, narrow, and dark green. On each side of a blade, there are small spikes. Read more »
Posted: May 26th, 2008 under skincare.
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Is there some magic ingredient in goat’s milk that performs miracles for skin that is affected by eczema or psoriasis? There are those that say, yes, indeed, goat’s milk does have almost magical properties when it comes to skin. Read more »
Posted: May 26th, 2008 under skincare.
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