Face, Chest, and Neck Skincare: Can I use the Same Products?
The face, chest and neck skincare is more different than you might think. The main difference is that the face has many more oil glands than either the neck or...
Drugstore repair products – what’s good, what’s not.
Great question! Drugstores tend to have nice, inexpensive cleansers like Cerave or Cetaphil and decent moisturizers. For moisturizers, try the bland CeraVe, Cetaphil, or Vanicream creams or lotions. These are...
Good ages to start skin care products to prevent aging
Preventing aging skin with good products and sunscreen is a relatively new concept in this country. Must have been our Puritan ancestors for whom self care was some sort of...
Skincare 101: a guide to skincare routine essentials!
I love your questions! Consumers are having a difficult time sorting out which skincare products are worth it, and what claims can be trusted. To answer your easy question: you...
What sun protection should I be using for my kids?
Glad you asked this sun protection question! I don’t know about you all, but I found this parenting challenge with my 3 kids to be very different depending on their...
Is Sunscreen Dangerous? A Dermatologist Weighs In on the Recent Troubling Study
It’s becoming more and more difficult to figure out what to believe about anything – even something as basic as sunscreen. This is partly because companies, and some individuals, have...
Travel skin care essentials – what you should bring when you’re on the go
Such a great question! Some people like to travel with only a carry on. I have friends that do this, butI can never seem to pack that efficiently for a...
Which sun skin care products do I really need when I travel to sunny places…
All of you ask such great questions! Thank you for that…..it really helps me also because it makes me more pragmatic :). Here’s what sun skin care products I take when...
Good ways to protect your children from the sun!
I love that you’re trying to work with her and educate her on this. She’ll thank you later!! 🙂 My daughter wouldn’t always listen to me so I had her...
Warning about “bleaching” creams for melasma, pigment after acne, and other pigment problems.
I really wanted to emphasize this to all of you because I’m hearing problems with “bleaching” creams so frequently. Most of the skin bleaching creams that are sold in drugstores,...
