So...this is what it looks like? In our heads, maybe. Did you know that having sex can improve your skin? Neither did I. So, when I recently read an article in a beauty magazine claiming as much, I didn’t start prescribing lovemaking to my clients. Sorry, but it’s not a treatment regimen I’ll [...]
Rejuvenation for your eyes won't involve Bonnie Tyler Do eye creams work? Yes. Do moisturizers work? Yes. And so do plenty of water, sleep, and sun block. But the fact of the matter is that these daily ways of tending to the skin around your eyes won’t hold off Father Time forever. A [...]
I love autumn—the turning leaves on the aspens, the cheek-flushing cooler temperatures, and of course, hat-shopping! Have you seen the gorgeous toppers for the upcoming season? Cable-knit beanies, colorful fedoras, fleece slouchies, feather-trimmed cloches—there are so many to choose from that you pretty much have to buy more than one! Cool-weather hats aren’t [...]
Drink that 2nd cup! Drink up that second cup of coffee, my friends! New research shows that daily coffee-drinkers have a 20 percent lower risk of developing the most common type of skin cancer, basal-cell carcinoma. This so-called “coffee effect” seems to be related to caffeine, since decaf didn’t work the same magic. [...]
Have you ever thought about Fall as a time for renewal? With dropping leaves, summer flowers shriveling, and swimming pools being drained, autumn could easily earn a bad rap as a season of death. But in the skincare world, it’s actually a time of renewal. That’s because it comes after a season that [...]
Reduce inflammation, increase elasticity, help with exfoliation, and act as anti-oxidants. Shiitake mushrooms, papaya, berries, vodka, chocolate—this isn’t an ingredients list for some weird fusion-cuisine from an upscale restaurant. It’s a list of foods and drinks that you can use topically to create beautiful skin. Some of these you can honestly take from [...]
Sleep is the great anti-aging elixir. Without enough of it, skin often becomes ruddy and uneven in tone. It’s prone to breakouts and fine lines. The wrinkles appear more pronounced. One of the reasons we lose sleep is stress. If you are chronically stressed and missing zzzzs, signs of premature aging are sure to come [...]
Copyright: artistryglass.com – Pirates and Scurvy Another year, and yet another National Talk Like a Pirate Day has come and gone. I don’t know if you spent any time on September 19th saying things like scallywag and blow me down but the whole thing got me thinking about vitamin C. This super-vitamin is [...]
Thanks to scoop-necks and plunging necklines, though, the chest tends to see a lot of sun exposure and be a telltale area when it comes to aging. “I think I’d rather have an Adam’s apple,” a client once told me as she displayed the creped skin on her chest. “These wrinkles and spots [...]
Back in the ‘80s, a Texas-based cosmetics company called BeautiControl started a bit of a craze. In living rooms and coffee shops across the nation, big-haired women with pinch-rolled jean-cuffs and over-sized neon earrings could be heard asking, “What season are you?” A woman’s “season” described her skin tone and what colors of [...]
