Women's Health Blog

Finding good sun protection is important for the long term health of your skin. You don’t want to grow up and get skin cancer or have an unhealthy and unflattering leathery complexion. Thus, you want to find a sunscreen that is easy to use and that you enjoy making a part of your going outside rituals.

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Once upon a time, antiaging eye products such as eye creams were completely unheard of. The concept of trying to reverse the aging process or putting on any type of beautifying cream was simply out of the question. As time progressed, technology began to keep up with the desires of consumers and started producing all manner of creams and solvents in order to help the fairest of the sexes achieve perfection. Unfortunately, a lot of these anti-aging eye products such as eye creams were little more than smoke and mirrors, often causing more damage than they cured. With these types of products available, women began to become a large portion of the consumer society, purchasing products that were intended to help them reverse the aging process, beautify their skin and look their best.

Fortunately, as time passed, the formulation and propagation of these types of products became a little bit safer and a lot more effective. During the colonial ages, makeup and beautifying products were generally limited to juices and berries and all manner of coloring agents found in every possible corner of the world. Mixed with lead, arsenic, unidentified products and even plain old common mud from the yard, these different types of anti-aging creams and products were simply all that was available to women of the age. In the modern day, the amount of different antiaging eye products are staggering. Made from a variety of organic and inorganic products, there is literally no end to the eye creams and rejuvenation potions that can be found almost anywhere in any developed nation. Continue reading ‘Anti-Aging Eye Products’ »

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It’s an urban myth that skin goes to sleep at night. So let’s FACE THE FACTS.

There are a lot of reasons why skincare products need to be applied at night. In fact, it can be easily argued that nighttime products are more important than daytime, because that’s when the skin repairs itself.

1. During the day, skin is bombarded with wind, makeup, pollution, sweating, and all of this exhausts the cells. Why? Because the sole purpose of skin is to protect our bodies from outside insults and contaminants. So during the daytime, the skin is busy defending itself from these environmental factors. That’s why, during the day, we apply products that strengthen, hydrate and protect with skin with antioxidants (topically and systemically) and UV protectors. At night, it’s ready to get ready for another day. That’s the time when the cells renew themselves and need to be activated with key ingredients like retinol; surface repair agents, such as ceramides; and anti-inflammatory agents, such as botanicals. These all work together to create skin that is brighter, more even-toned, and hydrated.
   So nighttime products are different from daytime products, because the skin’s needs are different.
2. Many active ingredients in skincare products have a relatively short life, and are deactivated by sunlight. So the really important ingredients—the really good stuff—is rendered useless. So by nighttime, there’s no residual value. Products need to be reapplied.
3. During the daytime skincare products are rubbed off, sweated off, washed off, wiped off. Or they’re completely absorbed. Moisturizers last only 3-4 hours. Medical treatments require application 2-3 times every 24 hours. I’m a proponent of saturating the skin with active and powerful ingredients so that it’s nourished throughout the day and night. Continue reading ‘Night-Time Skin Care. There’s No Rest for the Weary’ »