Care for Skin

The Best Sun Hat to Wear When Kayaking

One of the best things about the summer is the opportunity to strut your stuff in your chic floppy hat. When you want to try your hand at a water sport, you have to leave your fashion-forward finds at home. When it comes to kayaking gear,...

What Is a Good Face-Care Routine for Morning & Night?

Get plenty of sleep, drink lots of water, meditate, work hard, play hard, keep a good house, take care of your man, take care of your family, wash your dog, and oh yeah, don’t forget your skin. No matter how busy you are, take care of that...

What Are the Benefits of Beet Juice as a Hair Rinse?

With the growing concern over the dangers of conventional hair coloring, beets -- vegetables found mostly on dinner plates -- are making their way into natural cosmetics and hair care products. As a hair dye alternative, beetroot juice temporarily...

How to Brighten Your Skintone

Dull skin is such a drag, so show your complexion a little TLC with a radiance-boosting daily routine. Your three-pronged plan of attack should address hydration, texture and tone -- all of which contribute to your skin's natural radiance -- plus...

Cedar Essential Oil Benefits for Skin Care

Your sweet granny may have owned a cedar chest that protected her winter woolens, furs, felts and feathers from moths. The cedar tree, however, is known for more than just its insect-repellent qualities. Cedar essential oil has street cred for...

Facial Skin Care Lines Without Soy or Gluten

If you have a soy allergy or celiac disease, you know what you have to do. Avoiding any foods or drinks containing gluten or soy is second nature to you. What you may not realize is that you may be exposing yourself to these allergens from the...

Private Label Skin Care for All Skin Types

The number of beauty products on the market is positively mind-boggling. For those in the beauty biz, this means loads of competition. For the average consumer, it means choice overload. The advent of private label skin care allows spas, salons...

Are Beets Good for The Skin?

Beets are not the miracle skin cure you’re looking for, and you’re not going to be swapping your other skin-care products for a bag of beets. Still, beets do have some skin-care benefits. You won’t get them by rubbing a peeled...

Caring for Skin Exposed to the Cold Weather

When frigid weather can’t stop you, make sure you bundle up before heading out. The cold and dryness of winter temperatures can be brutal to skin, so keep your skin under wraps. Properly caring for skin exposed to the cold weather will keep...

Skin Care Brand Names

When it comes to what you put on your face, don't just reach for the cheapest or most well-known skin care brand on your drugstore shelf. After all, you only have one face, and it's crucial to put thought into what you use on it. Explore the many...

Is a Saltwater Pool Better for Skin?

You may love what a daily swim does for your figure but not what it does to your skin. Traditional chemical-treated pools can leave your skin feeling rough and dehydrated. When outfitted with the right filtration system, a saltwater pool can still...

Beauty for Expectant Mothers

We’ve all heard of that “pregnancy glow.” While many women relish their newfound, naturally dewy skin, not everyone has the same results. Pregnancy can cause skin problems you haven’t experienced since you were 16, such as...

The History of Cosmetology & Skin Care Consultation

In the beginning, there was no makeup. Eve had Adam to herself. She did not need to compete. After the Garden of Eden eviction, the world's population grew, and the survival of the species depended on a woman's ability to attract a man. Men used...

Skin Care That Reduces Imperfections

If you're not taking proper care of your skin, it's going to suffer. You can't just expect to treat your skin poorly and have it stay looking healthy and radiant. No, it's up to you to take care of your own skin and that means coming up with a...

The Disadvantages of Soft Water & Your Skin

When it comes to clear, glowing skin, your biggest foe might not be skin care products, what you're eating or even what's in the air -- it might be your soft water. Although soft water does have benefits such as keeping your pipes clear, it won't...

How to Get Glow Bracelet Liquid Off the Skin

Glow bracelets. The cool, neon colors aren't just for children to enjoy. In fact, what's a concert without an arm full of fluorescent light to show off your diva style? The chemical that is responsible for the attention-getting light is known as...

Is Hot Steam Good for Your Face?

Whether the steam is created by an actual facial steamer, or by a pot on your stove, the steam is supposedly great for your skin and pores. But is it really? Before you go and try this facial technique, you should know if it will really live up to...

What Is the Best Facial Skincare for Women in Their Late 20s?

Divas! Your twinkling 20s are about to be behind you, yet you’re still sleeping with makeup on. It’s time you took your skin more seriously and start prepping it for what’s to come. Not saying it’s going to go downhill from...

Proper Way to Use Facial Filler

Using facial fillers can smooth out deep creases without the pain or expense of surgery, but it does involve receiving injections in your face, so smart women do their research before taking the plunge. Injectable facial fillers are not permanent,...

What Is a Face-Mapping Skin Analysis?

If you're used to thinking about your facial skin only as oily, dry, normal or a combination of all of the above, The International Dermal Institute's Dermologica Face-Mapping skin analysis will come as a surprise. According to face-mapping...

Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride in Skin Care

Caprylic/capric triglyceride is a derivative of coconut oil used in skin-care products, such as moisturizers, sunscreen and tanning lotion. It also appears in foundation, perfume and color cosmetics. This ingredient helps your favorite ingredients...

How to Care for Loose Skin

Loose skin -- it's enough to make us feel like we're one step from morphing into Jabba the Hut. Aside from going under the knife, there's no magic "instant" cure for getting rid of this problem. Still, don't give up and cry into your pillow just...

How to Make a Face Look Fresh Without Makeup

The secret behind a fresh, glowing complexion is healthy skin. Makeup can give the illusion of a dewy face but the best way to get skin that glows without makeup is to treat your skin right and give it what it needs to shine. Whether you're not in...

Breathing Exercises for Great Skin

Your girlfriends may well laugh when you tell them you are improving your skin by breathing, but the idea has merit. Deep-breathing exercises are known to calm both mind and body. A calmer you means feeling less stressed, and stress can certainly...

Natural Ways to Brighten the Complexion

Whether you're getting a little older and your skin is starting to lose its glow or you're just in a funk and looking a bit dull, you can brighten your complexion with everyday substances and simple techniques. They help bring out a face that...

Is it Bad for Your Skin to Take a Really Hot Shower?

You hate it when you scald your tongue on tea that's too hot -- so why do the same to your skin? Hot showers may help you fight the winter blues or give you a burst of energy in the morning, but your skin can't take the heat. Turn down the...

How to Get Rid of Gasoline Smell on Your Skin

Ugh! Smelly spills can saturate your hands during a routine visit to the gas pump. Forget about frantically scrubbing your hands with soap and water to stop the stink, sister -- it's a futile effort because the oily residue has embedded itself in...

How to Use an Ultrasonic Skin Scrubber

One of latest technical advances in at-home skin care is the ultrasonic scrubber. An ultrasonic scrubber is an alternative to more-abrasive procedures like microdermabrasion. It uses a stainless steel blade that vibrates 28,000 times per second to...

Gotu Kola & Skin Care

Although the name "gotu kola" may sound more like a jazzy new sports drink than a skin treatment, the truth is people have been using extracts from the gotu kola plant for centuries to promote healthy skin. Soothing symptoms of psoriasis,...

How to Care for Your Skin During the Festive Season

'Tis the season. Invitations abound, and you've got a perfect excuse to get glam and indulge. Temptations are all around, too. You may be tempted by rich food, late nights, cocktails, dancing and glitter! It's all fun and games at first. Yet, a...

How to Look Good With Pale Skin

There are a million good reasons to keep your pristine, pale skin just the way it is. Whether you're protecting your shell from skin cancer, inspired by the cold vampire-esque look that's so hot right now or you're simply porcelain and proud, you...

How to Apply Cleansers, Toners & Moisturizers

Whoever said that beauty is only skin deep must not have known about cleansers, toners and moisturizers -- all of which are needed to obtain healthy skin and a beautiful glow. Of course, cleansers clean your skin; toners remove excess oil, which...

Skin Care for Dark-Skinned Women

Skin of color hasn't always gotten its fair share of love and nurturing on the shelves of cosmetics and skin care counters. While skin is skin, women of color often have to face unique issues like hyper-pigmentation and dry, dull skin. Now,...

How to Put Henna on Your Skin

If tattoos are too much commitment, use henna to flirt with skin tats that fade in anywhere from three to 40 days. More than a "cute tat" material, henna has been used historically in Persian, Indian and Muslim cultures for weddings and other...

Skin Care History in Different Cultures

Beauty regimens aren't anything new under the sun. In fact, the women before us all over the world had their own way of preserving, maintaining and achieving healthy-looking skin without a nearby Sephora. They took from the Earth using plants,...

What to Wear for Ocean Kayaking

Ocean kayaking can be a thrilling adventure, great exercise and a chance to see ocean life you might ordinarily miss. As with most sports, it requires the right clothing and equipment for both comfort and safety. Of course you want to look cute...

How Do I Get Porcelain-Looking Skin?

Some women are born with fair, creamy complexions, while some need help to get that look. Ditch the bronzer, spray tan and tinted moisturizer and rock your porcelain-looking skin like nobody's business. The key to the milky look is healthy,...

Facial Self-Massage Techniques

I bet you thought getting a massage means going to an expensive salon and lying down? Not necessarily. If you've got tense muscles in your face, headaches or tired eyes, you can give yourself a facial massage that will help to relieve...

How to Look After the Skin on the Face in Autumn

As the sun sets on summer, it's time to switch out your sweat-busting products for a new set of skin care products and techniques. The trouble with colder weather is that it sucks moisture out of your skin, leaving your face dull and lackluster....

Acne Skin Care with Things in Your Kitchen

Acne: that pesky little unwelcome visitor that comes around whenever he feels like, leaving his mark on your beautiful skin -- tell him to go fly a kite! With the help of the right fruits and a few other items, you'll be sending acne right on his...

Exercises to Maintain Younger Looking Skin

Are you still relying on expensive creams and painful needles to combat the signs of aging? You don't have to torture yourself or shell out tons of cash to turn back the clock a bit. Work out some of those wrinkles or head off their appearance by...

How to Improve the Skin on Your Arms & Legs

Girlies are always so concerned with their faces and keeping them soft, smooth and free of wrinkles, they sometimes forget they have skin on their arms and legs too. It's important to take care of all your skin, and there are certain skin care...

At-Home Skin Care Remedies

A skin care crisis can really get you down if left untreated. If you want to skip the harsh chemicals that often come in store-bought skin care remedies, make your own with ingredients you already have around the house. At-home skin care remedies...

Homemade Skin Care for Sensitive Skin

Your skin is exposed to environmental pollutants and chemicals on a daily basis. Depending on how many beauty products, cleansers and moisturizers are in your arsenal of cosmetics, your skin may come face-to-face with a slew of chemical and...

Beautiful Skin in Your 30s

When you reach your 30s, you may have a few hangups about your appearance, including your skin. No matter how fabulous you are, you are still prone to a few skin faux pas as you age. But you can use a few techniques to make your skin beautiful,...

The Best Summer Skin Care

Don't suffer from a meltdown this summer. As the weather starts to heat up, you're probably already well aware of the importance of SPF -- no matter what your complexion, don't forget to be diligent with your sunscreen. But then what? When it...

Serious Skin Care for Dry Skin

Whether it's drab winter weather that's got you looking dull or whether you were just born with the challenge of super dry skin, there are ways you can treat it to make it soft and supple. You will need to make serious changes in your lifestyle....

Facial Skin Care During Pregnancy

You glow, girl! Pregnant women really do seem to shine with an inner light sometimes. But that doesn't mean your skin is going to be picture-perfect through all nine months. Sad to say, pregnancy can mean new and exciting skin problems as well as...

The Best Way to Cleanse Skin

What's the ultimate skin-care secret? The right cleaning regimen. Air pollutants, makeup residue and oil produced by your own skin glands can settle into pores and make your skin look heavy, greasy and tired. Clean skin radiates health, youth and...

How to Prep Your Skin

You want perfect, flawless skin. Your friend wants to win the lottery. Sometimes we just don't get what we want. But when it comes to your skin, your odds of perfecting your complexion are much better than your BFF landing a jackpot. All it takes...