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So much of life comes down to luck. We all have our crosses to bear, as some would say, and that’s as true for your skin as it is for everything else in life. Everyone has their own challenges when it comes to their skin, whether it’s dryness, aging, redness, or, yes, acne. Or heck, maybe it’s an unfortunate combination of several of them. If you happen to have acne-prone skin, finding the skin care routine that works best for your skin is the...

You’re flipping through your favorite magazine (or, more likely, their site) and seeing all these celebrities and models with silk-smooth skin that looks like it was poured into a mold. Not a pore in sight. Then you look in the mirror at your own skin and it’s looking more like a dimple-filled orange peel because all you see are pores, pores, pores. In all honestly, those model pictures have been retouched and airbrushed like crazy, b...

It seems like our world is obsessed with typing and labeling – do you have a type A or type B personality? What’s your Myers-Briggs type? What clique would you belong to in a high school cafeteria? Sometimes these categorizations can be helpful and sometimes they’re reductive and overly simplified. But there are some “types” out there that actually have practical applications, and one of them is your skin type. Knowing your skin type can help...

Pores are the great vanishing skin feature. For most of us, when we look in the mirror, there are at least a few areas that catch our eyes because all we can see are those big pores staring back at us and making our skin look like a strawberry. But you rarely notice other people’s pores and when you see people’s pictures online or magazine photos of models, or even when you see some people with expert makeup skills in person, you woul...

In many industries, the best brands are the ones you’ve heard about and revered for years. Everyone knows the top fashion designers and furniture brands that make the most long-lasting products, so in general, if you see a product from a brand you’ve never heard of, you assume it’s lower quality. The skin care world is different. The most well-known household names are usually drug store brands. People don’t generally talk...