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Let's Talk about Facial Cleansers! What makes a good facial cleanser?

Cleansers pH Balance

Let's Talk about Facial Cleansers!  What makes a good facial cleanser?

The purpose of facial cleansing is to gently remove the day's accumulated soil and makeup and to help shed dead skin cells.  All skin types benefit from what I call the "Clean Palette".  Properly cleansed skin is then ready to receive the wonderful benefits of your toners, serums, and moisturizers.  However, cleansing your face should never mean stripping, insulting, or depleting your skin of moisture!

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Ingredient Focus of the Week: White Tea Extract! Find out why It's in most of our skincare products!

Antioxidant Green Tea White Tea Extract

White Tea?  Don’t you Mean Green Tea?

Many of you have heard of the skincare benefits of Green Tea Extract, so why are you talking about White Tea Extract, you may be asking?  Great question!  Green Tea  and White Tea come from the same plant: Camellia Sinensis.  So, why would it make any difference to choose White Tea over Green Tea?  Well, let’s talk about that!

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The Ingredient Focus of the Week: The Actual Scary Required Ingredient List!

Ingredient List Explained Ingredient Lists

Almost all of us have had this experience!  "What the heck did I just buy?" It's the question you ask yourself-- especially as you try to read The Scary Required  Ingredient List!  What IS Camellia Sinensis Extract?  Or Ubiquinone? Or Punica Granatum Seed Oil?  Not so scary when interpreted in plain English! 

 

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Hyaluronic Acid= Hydration. Why our Skin loves it! (Updated 8/01/21)

Hyaluronic Acid benefits Serums

Hyaluronic Acid= Hydration.  Why our Skin loves it! (Updated 8/01/21)

Hyaluronic Acid=Hydration. (We'll call it HA for the rest of this blog)  What is it and what can it do for our skin?

Until recently many people haven't heard of this wonderful ingredient.  One mainstream drugstore brand is actually promoting it now with a careful pronunciation of it!  It's a bit of a tongue twister (per Webster's Dictionary: hī(-ə)l-yu̇-ˈrä-nik). Finally--  It's becoming a better known ingredient--as it should be!  There are so many reasons we should like it in our skincare products. For purposes of this blog, we are not referring to filler injections.  We're just talking about HA contained in skin products which are applied onto the skin. 

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