Keep It Simple Skin Care
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  Some of you are very busy, and one of my friends calls herself a tomboy.  "Your regimen is too complicated," she says. How pared down can we make your skin care? Assuming fairly normal skin, not too dry and...
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Friends and Their Acne
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What do you do when a friend, female or male, has horrid acne but seems unaware or unconcerned? Do you say something? Mind your own business? Me, I’ve even given out my card to a young kid bagging groceries in...
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Skin Guilt
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I think we women really have a “Catch 22” thing going.  Because if we don’t take care of ourselves, then we’re branded “slobs,” and if we do take care of ourselves, we’re branded “vain.” New Years resolution idea – NO...
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Holiday Small Miracles
Small miracles. We were at a holiday party with friends last week, and there must have been at least 10 children there between the ages of 1 and 14. Near the end of the party, one of the fathers asked...
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Your Skin as an Organ
Skin is our largest organ and reflects our general health just the way our heart does, for example. So the healthier we are, the better our skin will look from the inside. Lots of filtered (not bottled) water, 6-8 foods...
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Your Budget and Products
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Let’s say you’re really feeling the budget pinch right now but don’t want to let your skin go entirely. Here’s a good plan from the drugstore, unless you have acne: Cetaphil gentle cleansing lotion morning and night, ­­ Olay Total...
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Water and Your Skin
Rethinking Water.  Okay – so we all thought we were doing the right thing for our skin drinking bottled water in plastic water bottles for years to stay hydrated. Me included. It’s still right on the water.  But wrong on the plastic...
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