I just finished watching the Rock Of Love reunion show on VH1 and noticed some of the girls looked much better than on the show - specifically Heather. Here she is in a “before” picture on the left and an “after” picture on the right. Remember my rant about Anchorwoman getting cancelled because the star was [...]

Melasma, also known as pregnancy mask, or hyperpigmentation, is an extremely common issue for women. An increased level of the hormone estrogen, either caused by pregnancy, a change in hormone levels, or birth control pills, can cause dark patches on the face. Melasma and sun spots are sometimes hard to tell apart, but Melasma generally [...]

I constantly hear about Vitamin D nowadays, and it seems like the vitamin du jour to talk about on the news, and in books and magazines. Remember several years ago when Vitamin E was all the rage? In the August 2007 issue of Elle magazine, I was fascinated by an article about Vitamin D, since [...]

I am not an expert when it comes to waxing since I’ve only had my eyebrows waxed! I don’t like pain, and I don’t like the fact that hair always comes back after waxing, so that’s why I haven’t embraced waxing. I kind of skipped the whole waxing thing, and jumped into laser hair removal, [...]

If you play with fire you may get your face burned! From the September 2007 issue of Glamour, I learned that you can buy Accutane, also known as isotretinoin, online without a prescription! Yikes! Accutane is a very powerful drug that works wonders on clearing up cystic acne, and other forms of severe acne. It [...]

I’m so used to seeing beauty/skin care products with super expensive price tags, that I sometimes forget that few people would actually pay $100 for a jar of moisturizer. The most I ever paid for a skin care item was about $100 for something by Dr. Perricone. It was a total waste of money, because [...]

Prevage MD
When I worked at the Medical Spa, we sold Prevage MD, the 1% Idebenone cream that is made by Allergan, the makers of Botox. This normally retails for about $150 (although we were selling it for $100 for some reason), so I was excited that we had a tester to use since I was [...]

If you grew up in the 80s, you may remember Zinka, the colored zinc oxide sunblock that lifeguards wore on their nose, and trendy teenagers wore on their faces. I loved Zinka cause it smelled like coconuts and I had this hot pink lip balm I used to wear to the beach. I can’t say I was bold [...]

The UV Index is the measurement of the ultraviolet rays that are hitting the Earth, and it’s a guide to let you know the sun’s intensity on a particular day. If you go to the EPA Sunwise site, you can enter in your zip code or city, and it will give you your city’s reading. [...]

I heard about these “silly” skin care wrinkle preventors  several years ago called Frownies. They are essentially thick pieces of paper with an old-school stamp-like adhesive. You wet them, and then stick them on your face in areas you get muscle-causing wrinkles. In the picture, you can see the woman has them in between her [...]