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Positive Ageing Part 1 : What’s ageing your skin?
Is ageing skin inevitable? Unless you’re Cher, then it kind of is. So, if you expect your skin is going to age, have you ever wondered why? Or why it is that some of us seem to age better than others? What is their secret? Is how you age just good luck and good genes? More so, […]
Positive Ageing Series Part 2 : What does your skin need to be ageless?
Luminous skin is youthful. And achievable. At any age! So it’s a question often pondered. What does your skin need to be ageless? Can the skin be ageless? Last week we looked at how and why our skin ages. We also discussed the idea of making a few small changes to shift our beliefs from […]
Positive Ageing Part 3 : Makeup Ageing Your Skin?
The modern makeup dilemma. Is makeup ageing your skin? The more you try to cover imperfections, the more imperfect your skin can look. The skin can take on a dull, dry and dehydrated appearance. So far in our Positive Ageing Series, we’ve talked about how the skin ages and how we can adapt our skincare […]
Positive Ageing Part 4 : Another kind of beauty.
Another kind of beauty? Positive ageing may seem an odd concept. After all, you may think it’s inevitable? But you can make choices to age positively. If there was a magic silver bullet to slow down the visible signs appearing on your face, I’d be the first to tell you. I know, some might say, […]
Retinol for your skin: Bringing your A game.
What is retinol? Retinol is the alcohol form of retinoic acid (vitamin A). Vitamin A is an essential nutrient in the body; however, since the middle of the 20th century, vitamin A derivatives such as retinol have proven to assist in various skin conditions such as acne, pigmentation and the visible signs of ageing. Why […]
Learning to love my laugh lines?
Making peace with my laugh lines. At the tender age of 25, I noticed my first wrinkles of expression, tiny creases around my mouth that seemed to appear without warning. Not really wrinkles, no, just little laugh lines. I’ve been trying to love my “laugh lines” with varying degrees of success ever since. Many years later […]
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What Marilyn can teach us about loving ourselves?
I love Marilyn Monroe. I always have, vulnerable, radiantly beautiful and intelligent. She craved love, and yet it eluded her, but despite this, there is something Marilyn can indeed say to us about love. Let me share with you an idea for a love story. I was transfixed. The young woman whose voice channelled across […]
Waking up to the reality of collagen loss.
Ah, yes, collagen. I’ve got you under my skin, so deep in my heart, you’re really a part of me… I’d tried so, not to give in, I said to myself this affair never will go so well… Thank you, Cole Porter; I’ll take the affair from here. And, what a love affair it’s been, […]
Skincare mistakes making your acne worse.
We’ve all had them: acne, breakouts and blemished skin. At least once in our lives, most of us have experienced an acne breakout that crushed our confidence. And although there are countless claims and myths surrounding acne, every case is different. For instance, some studies claim chocolate is a culprit for acne. And while that might […]
Sleep: The blessed oblivion we all need.
One of the world’s most famous insomniacs. If Marilyn Monroe were alive today, she’d be the first to tell you, beauty sleep is important. She knew better than anyone the restorative power of sleep even though, sadly, it eluded her for a great deal of her adult life. When I was much younger, burning the […]