In a world where vaginal steaming is promoted as a beneficial detox, and marketers lure you with promises of organic ingredients planted and harvested by hand in harmony with the moon cycles (an actual claim), it’s easy to get...
Despite its impressive list of benefits, niacinamide rarely gets the spotlight in skin care discussions. We’re here to right that wrong. An ingredient that enhances firmness, smoothes fine lines, reduces redness, and promotes clearer, more resilient skin deserves a moment...
We may be slightly late to the party on this, but we have recently discovered a turmeric, ginger, lemon shots and we’re seriously addicted. This zesty little combo may actually be the elixir of life. Each of the...
You’ve probably got some witch hazel hiding deep in your medicine cabinet next to a bottle of hydrogen peroxide and some rubbing alcohol. You may know it as an astringent, something to swipe across your skin when you want...
Every conversation about youthful-looking skin eventually arrives at the same place: what supports that firm, smooth appearance in the first place. Creams and serums are only as good as the science behind them. That's where peptides enter the picture, small...
Wade through the endless list of skin care super-ingredients, the must-haves, the top trenders, and you will ultimately find your way back to the one absolute, indispensable player: vitamin A, aka retinoid. Why? Because nothing is more effective for targeting...
What you should know before you buy When you buy a skin care product, you are buying more than a brand. You’re buying ingredients, expertise and proven results. A lot goes into the bottle. But when you buy private label...
You’ve seen them around the pool at the gym. Splayed out on the beach. Sporting rhinestones at the resort. Exiting the tanning salon at the strip mall. They are the super tanners. The people who believe that looking like a...
Antioxidants are like armor for your skin, providing protection against the daily onslaught of oxidative stress caused by free radicals. What are free radicals? Unstable and highly reactive molecules in the body that are triggered by UV or pollutant exposure....
Vitamin A is the one remarkable ingredient that does it all—exfoliates, repairs, retextures, rejuvenates. Better known as retinol or retinoid, Vitamin A emerged as the dramatic change agent for skin in the late sixties when James E. Fulton,...
Some ingredients earn their place in skincare through laboratory precision, others through centuries of quiet reputation. Rosehip oil manages both. Long prized in traditional beauty rituals, it has made the leap from folk favorite to modern staple with rare grace....
Believe it or not, some people pay upwards of $1000 for less than 2 ounces of face-firming cream. We’re going to go on record here and say we think spending thousands on a single product is a bit excessive....
