Alcohol is commonly found in facial cleansers, toners, sunscreens, and many other beauty products. But they can irritate the skin, especially if you have dry, oily, or sensitive skin. The alcohol in beauty products removes water from the skin’s surface, leading to dryness and that uncomfortable tightening of the skin. While the tightening of the skin’s pores is only temporary, dryness can result in problem skin. With continued use o...

Food is such a unique part of our lives. Sure, it’s an essential fuel that our bodies need, but it’s come to mean a lot more to many people too. It can serve as a reason to gather with people we love or a little slice of joy in our day. Don’t tell me that the smell of certain dishes like a Thanksgiving turkey or your grandma’s legendary mac and cheese doesn’t bring up a flood of memories. As we all know, the food we eat also affects near...

For as much time as most of us spend on our facial skin (critiquing it, finding ways to make it look younger, investing time in it each day with our skincare routines), we all but ignore our skin everywhere else. That is, we ignore it until a problem pops up that we can’t overlook. For all too many of us, that problem is body acne.You’ve probably heard the term “bacne,” but truth be told, pimples can pop up anywhere on your body, and they’re neve...

There are certain aspects of skin care that seem complicated or confusing – what does a toner even do? Why are serums so special? What’s the purpose of a jade roller and how do you use it? Yet in this sometimes complex world of skincare, cleansing is one of the simplest and most straightforward things that we all know we can do to improve our skin. The concept is easy: we’re washing away particles and debris that can clog our pores and d...

It’s easy to consume a lot of dairy. We drink milk with our coffee, enjoy yogurt for breakfast, and where do we even start when it comes to cheese? Yet, it’s common knowledge that while dairy tastes delicious, it isn’t great for our skin. Whether our skin suffers from redness, eczema, and most commonly, acne, it seems that dairy has a lot to answer for. The current evidence that dairy plays a significant role in developing th...