Unsafe Skincare Ingredients for Tweens & Teens
Avoid parabens, phthalates, essential oils and sulfates in skincare products for tweens and teens. Use gentle formulations with active ingredients instead.
Avoid parabens, phthalates, essential oils and sulfates in skincare products for tweens and teens. Use gentle formulations with active ingredients instead.
Acne breakouts during pregnancy can happen to anyone. It doesn’t matter if you’ve battled acne your entire life or haven’t seen a zit in years. When you are pregnant, an increase in hormones causes your skin to produce more sebum. This increased sebum leads to oiliness that eventually clogs your pores, leading to inflammation and …
Pregnancy Acne: Skin Care Ingredients that can and can’t be used Read More »
After visiting so many doctors, trying different treatments and products, I have came up with an affordable solution for my acne woes. You can solve your acne too.
This writeup is more applicable for acne / acne-prone / oily / sensitive skin. The main 2 reasons why we are encouraged to tone are that toners serve to :1) remove the impurities that can still be lingering after washing with a cleanser,2) balance the skin pH. Below, I’m listing some of the reasons why …
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I would not go for agnes treatment as it is an extreme treatment that destroys the sebaceous glands. My worry is that it will lead to dry skin permanently. Besides, the clinical evidence shows a 16.7% relapse of acne after one year of the final Agnes Treatment.
How I developed a huge Cystic Acne I haven’t had the chance to indulge in durian for a while as I was overseas. In late Dec, I finished about half a Mao Shan Wang in one night. The durian was pretty big. The next day when I woke up, to my horror, I saw a huge cystic …
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Using the wrong micellar cleansing water can cause your skin to oil up, leading to acne. What is micellar cleansing water? How do they work? Micellar cleansing water, also known as micelle solution, has been in the beauty market for a while. Basically, this water is made up of microscopic micelle molecules suspended in soft water. A …
Using Micellar Cleansing Water? Read this! Especially if you have oily, acne skin. Read More »
In my teenage days when I was struggling with acne, I tried different natural therapies to get rid of my acne and green tea was one of them. Here’s what I did I tried drinking 2 cups of green tea a day, as well as using a cloth soaked in green tea to apply on …
Using Green Tea to Treat Acne? Here’s my Result and Scientific Take! Read More »
Can one really have their acne cured? My definition of acne cure means that acne will never ever come back, not even one or two acne / pimples occasionally. It’s hard to achieve, especially for women since most of us get that one to two pimples when our period come. After suffering from acne for …
Whether it’s down to the misleading advertising that’s commonplace in today’s cosmetics industry or simply our own innate insecurities, many of us tend to have several misplaced concerns when it comes to selecting the right skin care products. Here’re some common misconceptions. 1. Skin Care Products Lose their Effects after Prolonged Usage.False! Your skin only changes …