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 [...]
The Sunless Tan – Perpetuating the Need for a Tan? What’s wrong the skin you were born with? If it’s very light, most people between the ages of 18 and 29 would say, “It’s color.” This is no matter of racism. It’s just that 58 percent of 18- to 29-year-olds simply think people [...]
Microdermabrasion is a popular lunchtime treatment, manageable in less than a half hour Have you ever used your lunch hour to grab a quick manicure or pedicure? Ever thought about using that mid-day break to do something awesome for your skin instead? There are actually quite a few fast-gratification skincare treats that can [...]
