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Easy Homemade Body Scrubs
Who doesn’t love a bit of DIY when it comes to skincare and the following easy homemade body scrubs are a great place to start. The skin on the body is not quite as fragile as the skin on the face which means that there are more ingredients that you can use when making your own do it yourself skin care products for the body. One of the best things about homemade body scrubs is that they are completely natural, seriously cheap and easy to make with most of them only requiring two or three different ingredients although you could add more depending on how adventurous you want to get. You…
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What Does Vitamin C do for Skin
So, what does vitamin C do for skin and why should we consider adding it to our skin care routine? Well, vitamin C is actually a very important ingredient when it comes to skin, both as a dietary source and when applied topically to the skin and from a dietary point of view, a deficiency in this all-important vitamin can lead to issues like rough dry skin and dry splitting hair too and at the very worst, a disease called Scurvy. Vitamin C is a water-soluble vitamin that can only be sourced from food because the body does not naturally produce it. It is needed for the growth and repair…
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The Top Retinol Creams – Who Are the Top Runners?
Retinol has become one of the best ingredients for anti-aging skin care so finding the top retinol creams has become quite the obsession of mine. If it wasn’t already difficult enough with so many products to choose from, another major problem is that many skin care brands do not state the percentage of retinol in their products. This can make it even harder to determine which products will be more or less effective. This is especially problematic if you are a complete retinol virgin who is searching for the lowest strength product to ease yourself onto retinol gentle. On the other side of the coin, if you’re already using a…
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The Best Anti Aging Skin Care Ingredients
If you’re looking to improve your skin care routine then finding the best anti-aging skin care ingredients is a good place to start. There are so many products out there on the market but not all are made as equally as the next. Just knowing the right kinds of ingredients to look for will give you a better chance of finding products that are more likely to be effective. Up until the last few years, the most important thing about my skincare products were their brand names. As far as I was concerned, if they were a big name in the industry then they had to be good, right? Hmmm not…
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Vitamins and Supplements for the Skin
When it comes to skincare, there are a ton of vitamins and supplements for the skin that can help combat a multitude of different skin issues from acne to aging. For the most part, we should be able to get most of them from our foods but there are also supplements available that can add extra benefits to help improve our skin’s condition. We all know the importance of taking care of our skin on the outside but sometimes we forget the importance of taking care of it from the inside and the saying ‘you are what you eat’ couldn’t be any truer when it comes to skin care. Vitamin…
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What Does Retinol Do to Skin
If you’re in any way obsessed with anti-aging skin care products then you’ve probably asked the question what does retinol do to skin and why are people always talking about it. Retinol is actually quite the superhero of ingredients when it comes to anti-aging and it has a ton of research behind it to back it up. If you’re anything like me, the hype surrounding it had me wanting to run out and buy it as fast as I could but there were also a lot of scary side effects that had me slightly concerned about whether this product was worth all that trouble. Well in my opinion it was…
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Alcohol and Skin Care Products – Is it Good, Bad or Necessary
Up until very recently, I was of the belief that alcohol and skin care products were a bad mix and that all alcohol should be avoided at all costs when it comes to skin care. I had thought that most if not all of my products were alcohol-free but upon inspecting my entire skincare collection, I discovered that a large portion of my collection contained some form of alcohol and so I decided I needed to look into it further before disposing of every product I owned. I found that this was not as clear-cut as I had first thought and there were a few things that needed to be…
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The Benefits of Manuka Honey for the Skin
If you don’t already know about the benefits of manuka honey for the skin then you’re about to find out. You probably already know about the health benefits but did you know that it’s also beneficial for the skin when applied topically and that there are numerous ways in which you can use it. Unlike many people out there, I’m not a lover of honey, in fact, I’m the complete opposite, my taste buds just can’t tolerate it, which in all honesty is a real shame because I know how beneficial it would be to my health if I could only bring myself to eat it. However, all is not…
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Ingredients in Skin Care Products to Avoid
Okay, so without trying to worry you too much, you may want to take a look at the following list of ingredients in skin care products to avoid before you next go shopping for your favourite creams and lotions. It’s no surprise to learn that many skin care products contain ingredients that are more than questionable to say the least so you may want to consider checking the label first to see exactly what they contain. There are actually numerous ingredients that are considered problematic, so much so that there’s way too many to mention but here are just a few of the most well known that you may want…
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Manuka Doctor Skin Care Reviews – Apinourish Range
So I’ve decided to do some Manuka Doctor skincare reviews on three products from the Apinourish range as I’ve just recently acquired some of them thanks to my very thoughtful husband. He knows I like to give everything a go when it comes to skincare and the ingredients of Manuka Honey and bee venom sounded like an interesting mix. He very kindly brought me home the Apinourish rejuvenating face mask, the restoring night cream, and the age-defying serum. Hmm, I hope he’s not trying to tell me something. Anyway regardless of whether he is or isn’t, I was very pleased to get them. I’ve heard a lot of good things…
