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A skin for all seasons: keeping your glow on during the party season.
Can you safeguard your skin during the party season? Too much alcohol, too much food, too much stress, too much sugar, too much sun. Just too much of everything. Whether you live south of the equator or yours is a chilly white Christmas with too much time in front of the fire. All will take […]
Menopause: Don’t get mad, get even!
Every year in October, Menopause Awareness Month is declared as a way to highlight the needs of women, improve medical care, dispel myths and misinformation and break down the stigma associated with it. If you’ve already reached menopause or going through it, you’re well and truly acquainted with the numerous symptoms that can beset you […]
Micro Needling: Collagen Induction Therapy
The best thing you can do for your skin in the early years of your life is to wear sunscreen. Second, find a worthy skincare routine, remain loyal and consistent, and you will reap the rewards over time. Thirdly? Micro needling, both medical grade, carried out in a skin clinic to induce collagen production and […]
Finding self acceptance and silencing your raging inner critic
My raging inner critic. I was recently reminded of how things are, not how we perceive them. Ten years ago, a round of professional photographs taken by my sister pulled into sharp focus (in my opinion) my facial ageing. My struggle for self-acceptance roared into view, and my inner critic was on fire. My sister […]
The truth about dry skin. Part Two (Body)
Arggghhh!! Dry, itchy skin. If you’ve been struggling with dry skin for a while, then you’ve probably read your fair share of articles offering solutions. Some work and many don’t. Then comes winter. In despair, you add more moisturiser. You’re hoping for relief. It helps a little, but you lament, how can you solve your […]
The truth about your dry, parched, irritated skin. Part One.
Dry, parched, irritated skin. What’s going on? In my part of the world, winter is definitely coming! Which can mean dry, parched, irritated skin. Sometimes, it’s even flakey with irritation. Why is that? Of course, it’s obvious. Right? Sitting in front of the fire, long hot showers, over-heated offices and constant exposure to the extremes […]
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Vitamin C: Boosting Collagen Creation Post-Laser Rejuvenation
Finally, the day has come, and you’ve decided to take the leap to rejuvenate your ageing skin and invest in a non-invasive aesthetic treatment. Your hopes are high; you’ve done your homework, and it’s come down to three devices recommended for the task at hand; more youthful skin. Of course, in your search for an […]
Retinyl Palmitate and Retinol: The Double Act for Skin Health.
Despite a life of wearing sunscreen, you may get to a time when you discover sun protection alone is not enough, and it’s certainly not foolproof. Sure, it’s helped enormously, and you’re glad you committed all those years ago. But even so, signs of dehydration, lines, wrinkles, hyperpigmentation, and changes in skin texture and tone, […]
Niacinamide: The not so ordinary skincare ingredient
The not-so-new but very hot-right-now skincare ingredient! A few years back, I wrote an article about niacinamide—an ingredient on the cusp of widespread fame and fortune. At the time, my article went viral. It may have been how you first found The Beauty Issue and me. It was 2015, which doesn’t seem so long ago, […]
The Power of Intense Pulsed Light for Broken Capillaries
We work, play, enjoy the sun, we party, sometimes a lot, other times not so much; stress, career, relationships, family life, hormonal fluctuations, any number of medical issues; life throws us curve balls. Or, it just gets so busy we forget about self-care. Who am I kidding, self-care? I know, who’s got time for that? […]