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I remember the first time I thought I looked old. It was the morning and the kids were being their regular raucous selves. I was enjoying a few minutes of privacy in the bathroom when I looked in the mirror and saw an old man staring back at me. I had let my beard grow out and the rusty red was replaced with patches of gray. My eyes just looked tired. There were fine lines and wrinkles earned from years of squinting because I always forget m...

Aging is one of those hot topics that everyone has opinions and old wives’ tales about. People look at it as a puzzle that must have a solution out there somewhere, and that all they need to do is to crack the code. Sorry to take the wind out of your sails, but aging isn’t exactly the mystery that so many people think it is. At least, skin aging isn’t. The medical industry actually knows quite a bit about how skin aging happens and, by ext...

Not to get too deep and existential, but when you think about it, so many of our day-to-day decisions come down to short-term benefits vs. long-term benefits. Do you want to taste a delicious cupcake now or have a lower risk for health problems in a few years? Should you enjoy some relaxation now with a Netflix session or should you clean your house so you can enjoy the cleanliness tomorrow? When it comes to makeup, most of us wonder if we...

When you want to look younger, chances are that your attention goes to one place: your face. I’m guilty of it too. I’ll spend all kinds of time and money refreshing my face and loving my look, and then I’ll catch sight of the backs of my hands and say, “How did I get my grandma’s hands?” Our hands actually age more quickly than most areas of the body, and for multiple reasons. First, the skin on the hands is far thinner than the skin on most...

Most of us know that a warming cup of green tea is good for our bodies and mind. But did you know that that green tea can benefit the skin too, leaving it looking brighter, healthier, and more glowing? The main reason green tea is great for us is that it’s packed full of antioxidants and phytonutrients. The tea consists of the leaves from the evergreen shrub Camellia Sinensis, otherwise known as the ‘tea shrub.’ One of the powerful antioxi...