Posts in Skin 101
A Healthy Skin Starts with a Healthy Diet. Here's How Your Diet Affects Your Skin

Waking up to a breakout is never pleasant, and yet, it can happen even to the rest of us. But knowing what causes breakouts can significantly reduce the chances of experiencing one.

There are many reasons behind an acne breakout. Maybe you swapped a product for a new one, didn’t change your face towels or pillowcases regularly or didn’t drink enough water. All of these are viable reasons that can trigger breakouts. But another cause for breakouts is food.

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Face Masks - What do You Need to Know and What are Our Recommendations

If you’re a fan of romantic comedies, you most definitely noticed a pretty common scene that makes an appearance in quite a few movies. We’re talking about the scene where the main character comes home from work, draws a bath, gets a beverage, and enjoys a nice soak with a face mask on.

Now, face masks are fantastic for relaxation. But that’s not the only thing they are good at. Given their properties, face masks can fulfill many roles and should be considered a necessary element in any skincare routine.

But why exactly are face masks so important and why do we need them? Let’s find out:

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Skin Cleansing 101: What Should You Use and Why?

Clear skin is something that everybody wants. Not only because it’s a sign of beauty, but also because for many people, it’s a sign of health. But getting clear skin is no easy task.

Besides a great diet and an active lifestyle, you also need to have a great skincare routine. And depending on the person, there can be a lot of steps to a skincare routine. Luckily, when it comes to skincare, there are a few common elements to each routine and cleansing is one of those elements.

So no matter what your skincare routine looks like in the end, it’s quite likely that it includes skin cleansing. But why do we cleanse our skin? And how do we know if the products we’re using are the right ones for us?

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Skin’s Barrier Function

What is the Skin’s barrier function? and why it is so important for skin health?

Tiny breaks in the surface of your skin allow moisture to escape and let in bacteria, irritants, and free radicals, all of which not only damage various structures within the skin but also accelerate further moisture loss, Collagen and elastin break down which you don’t see it in your snake eyes. So that it is very important to have a healthy barrier. When your barrier is compromised, it speeds up the aging process.

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How to Take Care of Your Skin During Pandemic Time

Masks and Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) become a part of our daily lives to slow the transmission of COVID-19 to keep ourselves and others safe. When you wear cloth masks or PPE for any extended period of time, you will experience from tiny blemishes then become into large pimples all these triggered by excess heat, moisture, oils, bacteria and friction of the skin because masks can trap and hold heat, sweat, and bacteria causing the follicles to become blocked then lead to breakouts and large pimples – acne.

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Foods to Avoid This Holiday Season

One of the best parts of the holiday season is all of the delicious food there is to eat. Although we don’t want you to deprive yourself of your favorites, it does pay to eat smart. After all, the food we eat is directly connected, not just to what size pants we’ll be wearing, but to our skin. So although you might be able to rationalize that slice of pie in exchange for a new gym membership in January, that pie can also mean a breakout of blemishes for the annual family Christmas photo. And that photo could be framed on the mantel for many years to come, so it’s best to know when to splurge and when to decline.

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