Taking the guesswork out of skincare
Ever wondered why Japanese women have such beautiful, flawless skin? Shoyaku. That’s Japanese for “active medicinal herb.” Japanese women have always relied on traditional herbs, such as ginseng, camellia and green tea to moisturize their skin, brighten their complexion and fade off wrinkles. Now, Kotoha London has brought the wisdom of the Far East to […]
OMG, did Gio sell out, too? I hear ya. There was a time when I wouldn’t have touched a vitamin C serum in a see-through bottle with a ten-foot pole. Vitamin C is terribly unstable and loses its effectiveness quickly when exposed to light. “Only get a bottle when it’s opaque,” I ranted for years. […]
I love the beauty industry. I really do. I mean, I wouldn’t be a beauty blogger if I didn’t. But… there really isn’t much integrity here. It’s not just how we’re made to feel worthless for not looking like the photoshopped version of Faith Hill (because even Faith Hill doesn’t look like Faith Hill in […]
In case you didn’t know it already, my combo skin has played a trick on me and got all dried out in the past few months. And, when skin is dry, there’s only one thing to do: use a hyaluronic acid serum, like La Roche Posay Hydraphase Intense Serum. Here’s why: What’s In La Roche […]
Don’t you hate it when products get reformulated for the worse? That’s what happened to my beloved Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair serum. The latest incarnation, imaginatively called Advanced Night Repair Synchronized Recovery Complex II, doesn’t contain any form of vitamin A, that powerful antioxidant that’s been proven to REALLY reduce wrinkles. But, you know […]
Citrus scents in skincare: love ’em or hate ’em? Me, I have a love-hate relationship with them. I dig the scents, but they can be so irritating for sensitive skin. Argh! Luckily, mine ins’t, so I could put PHB Brightening Serum White Birch & Frankincense to the test. Scent aside, does it deliver? What’s In […]
