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Puffiness Lifestyle

9 REASONS WHY YOUR EYES ARE PUFFY

Sarah Wilkinson - 12 Sep, 2016

Lets look at the top 9 reasons why one can have swelling or inflammation around the eye area, typically known. We tend to notice swelling around the eyes or puffy eyes before other areas of the body as the skin is one of the thinnest in this eye area, so any inflammation can be easily noticed. There

Acne Lifestyle

3 WAYS TO BANISH ACNE BEFORE YOUR SPECIAL EVENT

Sarah Wilkinson - 07 Sep, 2016

It's a total catastrophe when you have an acne blemish that comes up right before your special event. Don't let the acne blemish ruin your big event, use these simple tips to take control of the situation and feel fabulous at your special event. Firstly there is no way to magically make the acne blemish

Mineral Make Up

JANE IREDALE RETRACTABLE BROW PENCIL

Sarah Wilkinson - 30 Aug, 2016

Jane Iredale is perfecting their brow range even further with their new Jane Iredale Retractable Brow Pencil. Great news for me beig a brow-aholic, brows are my on my daily SOS to do list and complete my make up application.

The Jane Iredale Retractable Brow Pencil comes in 5 natural-looking shades.

RF THE ANSWER FOR SKIN TIGHTENING

Sarah Wilkinson - 29 Aug, 2016

Could Radiofrequency non-invasive treatments be the answer for those seeking a non-ablative skin tightening solution? The need for more efficient non-invasive skin tightening treatments is on the increase with more and more people after anti-ageing and non-ablative solutions that have minimal to no side

Lifestyle

TRY THESE 5 SKIN TIPS TO PUT THAT GLOW BACK IN YOUR SKIN AFTER BEING SICK

Sarah Wilkinson - 24 Aug, 2016

As much as we can eat well, sleep lots, and be as healthy as one can possibly be, we all at some stage get ill and the skin suffers for it. When we are sick our skin doesn't receive the nutrients, vitamins and minerals and not to forget water that it normally receives to maintain a healthy skins matrix.

Dry Drehydrated

MOISTURISER GUIDE FOR DRY SKIN

Sarah Wilkinson - 11 Aug, 2016

So you have dry skin? What to do? Do you ever feel you are never getting the maximum hydration for your skin?

Did you know that a skin that is hydrated correctly won't break out as much and it will be more resilient against feeling sensitive and irritated.

Our skins outer layer needs a decent barrier

Acne Cleansing

BEST CLEANSERS FOR BREAKOUT SKIN

Sarah Wilkinson - 10 Aug, 2016

Depending on what breakouts you have and the skins condition will determine which cleanser is best for you. You may want to also consider once the breakouts stop you may look at changing your cleanser as well.

OPTION 1: For Oily Acenic skins that have shine throughout the day and whereby the skin never

Lifestyle

HOW DO FAKE TANS REALLY WORK

Sarah Wilkinson - 09 Aug, 2016

Now we all know (well hopefully we do) that UV exposure is not healthy for our skin, BUT most of us do like to bronze up a little. Since we now know that sun baked skin is an unhealthy damaged skin what other options are there?

One can slap on some fake tan and get the desired effect from a bottle or

Sunscreens Lifestyle

DOES WEARING SUNSCREEN PREVENT VITAMIN D ABSORPTION

Sarah Wilkinson - 01 Aug, 2016

Yes apparently according to The Vitamin D Council wearing sunscreen inhibits your production of Vitamin D. You see, not only does sunscreen prevent those nasty UVB rays from burning our skin, it also prevents our body from making Vitamin D. BUT the good news is, you only need to expose your skin to the

Pigmentation

SHOULD I USE A BRIGHTENING SERUM

Sarah Wilkinson - 15 Jul, 2016

Lets face it is hard to stay out of the sun on a day to day basis. All this exposure over the years leads to sun spots/age spots, basically discoloration of the skin. Over time from UV damage our pigment cells or melanocytes can start to overproduce melanin (skin pigment) and form clusters of melanin