Fact vs. Fiction: Using Multiple Skincare Ingredients Together Creates Better Results
FICTION. Mixology may be a fun way to find your signature cocktail, but combining too many different skincare products is not likely to produce the results you’re after. Plus, if you’re not careful, product mixing can actually aggravate, rather than improve, your...
Wedding Day Skincare Countdown
The hair, the makeup, the dress…your skin? That’s right, whether you’re the bride-to-be, a bridesmaid or a VIP guest, you want your skin to be as smooth and flawless as the wedding. But how do you get your complexion to say “I do” for the big day too? Achieving a...
Get The Most Out of Your Sunscreen: What You Need To Know
Our modern-day “love affair” with the suntan began nearly a century ago as a status symbol of leisure, wealth and beauty. But today, with so much knowledge of the sun’s power to harm and prematurely age skin, we’re turning to safer, sunless alternatives, and embracing...
Can you overwash your face?
Dr. Kathy Fields: Overwashing your face can disrupt the skin’s delicate moisture barrier, leading to dryness and irritation. Skin may even produce more oil in an attempt to make up for lost moisture, creating a cycle of oil production and additional skin concerns....
Can Facial Exercises Help Your Skin??
Keep in mind that you cannot tone and build facial muscles like other body muscles. While there are fads concerning facial exercise and facial calisthenics, pleasing effects (if there are any) are only temporary. In fact, over time, facial exercise can actually make...
Cue The Lasers: New Non-invasive Methods to Detect Skin Cancer
When it comes to moles and the risk of melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer, what you don’t know could hurt you—or worse. Early detection of melanoma, before it penetrates the skin’s deep layers, is crucial and can mean the difference between life and death....
Did You Know? The History of Tanning…
Did you know? In the millennia preceding the industrial revolution, pallor was popular within the upper classes, hinting at a noble life of leisure spent indoors. Dark skin was associated with poverty, hard physical work, serfdom and toiling in fields all day. Using...
Sugar & Salt is all you need…
No #Microbeads !? No problem! Our innovative, forward-thinking Drs. Rodan + Fields created our Enhancements MicroDermabrasion Paste with NO MICROBEADS - just a combo of sugar and salt to knock the dead skin off! Our Enhancements MicroDermabrasion Paste is a true...
Fact or Fiction? Some People Are Born With Freckles
FICTION. No one is born with freckles—they’re all the result of sun damage. Freckles come from ultraviolet radiation reacting with melanocytes and causing them to become enlarged and overactive. Over time, this increased melanocyte activity causes the formation of...
Do I Need to Change My Exfoliation Routine With The Change in Seasons?
You may find your skin needs extra attention and moisture during the harsh winter months or in dry climates. Follow the tips below to help promote cell turnover and keep your skin moisturized: Exfoliate to prepare the skin. Proper exfoliation removes the dulling dry...