• sunscreen and vitamin d deficiency

    Vitamin D: How To Get Your Dose Without Skipping Sunscreen

    To wear sunscreen or not to wear sunscreen? This is the question. If you don’t wear it, you’ll end up with deep wrinkles and dark spots. You’ll look older before your time. You may even get cancer. If you do wear it, you may not be getting your vitamin D fix and that can mess […]

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    What Are The Best Facial Oils For Oily Skin?

    So, you have oily skin and want to go down the natural skincare route? Tough luck. The ugly truth is that the vast majority of natural skincare products are loaded with synthetic chemicals or irritating natural extracts. Yes, natural extracts can be irritating. I’ve made a list of the worst culprits here. If you’re serious […]

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    Are You Removing Sunscreen The Right Way?

    Do you really need a special cleanser to remove sunscreen? Rumour has it that only oil-based cleansers can melt those stubborn UV filters away, hence the need for double cleansing. So if you’re not doing that, does that mean you have layers of sunscreen still clogging your pores?! I had to investigate it and what […]

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    Why I Don’t Use Pore Strips (And You Shouldn’t Either)

    When I was a teen, I inflicted all kinds of damage to my skin. I didn’t always bother to remove makeup before going to bed. Sunscreen was something I used only at the beach (and I rarely went there, so I almost never wore it). I used cheap products with comedogenic ingredients that would leave me […]

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