Even though I’ve been vigilant about sunscreen and staying out of the sun lately, I am developing sun spots! For the past few years I have had no tan whatsoever on my face, thanks to wearing a good sunscreen daily, and staying out of the sun for the most part. I’ve done everything “right” but am [...]

If you haven’t noticed yet, I am a skeptic/realist when it comes to the expectations I have for skin care products and procedures. I sort of expect a product or treatment to not do what it claims it will do, and in the rare instance it lives up to its hype, I get excited. The [...]

I have a confession to make…Even though I started my blog a few months ago, I’ve been researching skin care for years. However, I’ve been self-centered in my research and in the past have only looked for information about what pertains to me. So I’ve focused on skin care for light skin, spending most of my [...]

Skin cancer screening
Skin cancer is so common nowadays, and it’s important to get regular screenings for it because if you do have a cancerous mole, early detection is key to possibly saving your life! There are many types of skin cancer – Basal Cell, Squamous Cell, and Melanoma are the most common, with Melanoma being the [...]

For the last year, I’ve been noticing my eyebrows seem different than before – they seem skimpier. The edges of my eyebrows are pretty much gone (the edges by my outer eye), and I have been noticing some areas of my eyebrows that seem really thin – like there’s just not enough hair growing there. [...]

At the Medical Spa I worked at, the Herbal Green Peel was one of the most popular treatments we offered. We touted it as an all natural skin peel, and we mostly marketed it to clients with darker skin types that had hyperpigmentation problems, but who were not a candidate for Photo Facials due to their [...]

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 body waxing. I kind of skipped the whole waxing thing, and jumped into laser hair [...]