You may have noticed the trending skincare ingredient salicylic acid hitting the beauty limelight. The super-ingredient is best known for its exfoliating and bacteria-fighting qualities and is used to combat stubborn acne lesions and blackheads. Salicylic acid is one of acne’s top enemies. Apply it to your skin the second you see a zit forming, and most mornings you’ll see a pimple that’s dried up and a whole lot less noticeable. I...

Who doesn’t love fall? It’s a season of coziness and warm sweaters but without the harsh cold of winter. We get the joy of multiple holidays but those holidays aren’t as rough on the budget as Christmas and Hanukkah. It’s basically the best of all worlds, except for one pesky thing: dry skin. The moment the temps start to drop in the fall, it seems like every drop of moisture in my skin packs its bags and jumps ship to spend the cool mon...

Where do we start with the dreaded blackheads? While the appearance of blackheads is usually subtle, it’s never pleasant to see a scattering of them across your nose. Plus, it seems that every time you try to squeeze a blackhead away, there are dozens more to remove. As satisfying as it may be to pop blackheads, it isn’t an effective way to keep them at bay in the long run. As most of us know, blackheads always seem to find a way to rear the...

We’ve all been there. You can’t bring yourself to throw out that half-used and expensive face serum you bought a few years ago. Or maybe you have an old moisturizer sitting on your shelf that you can’t seem to toss. But hanging onto skincare products that have outlived their prime is doing no favors for your skin. In some circumstances, using old products can even aggravate it. The problem is that most people aren’t sure when their product...

When you think of green tea, you probably think, “Oh yeah, that’s that drink healthy people pretend is just like coffee.” While there isn’t a soul in the world who could make me give up my precious coffee, I’ve been finding out more and more that green tea has more applications than I thought. And, even better, you don’t even have to drink the tea to take advantage of its mystical powers. Green tea is actually a powerful ingredient in many...