As long as there has been science, there has been nature. (Deep, huh?) We know that women have been using whatever they could get their hands on to add to their beauty for a LONG time. Obviously, what they used was made by ...
Category Archives: Skin Care
Great Summer Skin
Is there any need to care for skin differently once the weather begins to warm in a seasonal climate? The steps remain the same, but you may want to adjust ...
Beyond Sunscreen
Skin cancer continues to be a growing concern. It's so much easier to just not think about it, but often it's up to us to keep others safe. That small ...
Sunscreen, to Use or Not to Use?
Just in time for a holiday weekend that usually ends up with many sunburned victims, a scare goes up about some sunscreens actually causing cancer. Yes, someone near and dear to me alerted me to this startling ...
Selecting Skin Care Products
When you select skin care products, you need to know some things about your own skin. Is your skin dry? (Sometimes skin is dry because it's being unnecessarly stripped of natural oil by products too strong for your skin type.) Is it normal, ...
Eat Your Way to Better Sun Protection, part 3
The last thing I wanted to mention regarding how what we eat can actually help the body protect itself from sun damage is an interesting link between people who had a history of skin cancer and how changing their eating habits made such a difference. By changing their eating habits to include at least one ...
Eat Your Way to Better Sun Protection, part 2
In this segment we'll cover two more types of antioxidants that occur in food and are showing they can be helpful in preventing sun damage to the skin, which in turn can help guard against cause skin cancer. More sun protection and anticancer benefits are found in the antioxidants of flavonols. These can be found in ...
Eat Your Way to Better Sun Protection, part 1
You're still going to need sunscreen, but research is showing that there are some foods that can actually help your body's own sun defenses. These foofs may help fend off damage from the sun's UV (ultra violet) rays, which in turn will help lower the risk of skin cancer.
5 Basic Steps to Healthy Skin
Basic steps to achieve healthy skin.
Skin Care Myth – Salon Tanning is Safe
MYTH: Tanning at a Salon is a completely safe tan FACT: There is no such thing as a safe tan. The American Cancer Society, the National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention, and all major dermatological associations have taken the position that indoor tanning is an unsafe practice (tanning beds). There is no way to get around it, ...
