Moisturizers in a jar don’t really deteriorate the same way that antioxidants do when exposed to air. It’s fine to buy a moisturizer in a jar and use it up within 3-6 months. After more than six months or so,...
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It’s surprisingly difficult to tell sometimes, isn’t it? First, you have to give a new product 60-90 days, unless it irritates you. Change only one product at a time. Make sure the difference you’re seeing isn’t just seasonal or...
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I live in Seattle, where the summers are quite sunny. So I need to change my regimen from skincare products for the rainier, cloudier fall and winter to a more sunny and outdoor spring and summer. Summer skin care introduces...
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Home use lasers are manufactured to be safe enough that people won’t be constantly burning themselves or causing pigment problems with them. The manufacturers make them to be used by potentially thousands of people. This also means that anti-aging home-use...
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Father’s Day is coming up. With many men, it is a major challenge just to get them to moisturize or wear sunscreen. Here are the products on SkinTour that men generally like! A sunscreen they can apply without getting...
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The main criteria for great skincare marketing is that it makes the product sound scientific and cool. Plus the skin care companies want to sell a product that probably won’t hurt you, and they want one that’s cheap to manufacture –...
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Sadly, most of the drug store sunscreens just can’t cut it. For example, Neutrogena Healthy Defense Sunscreen – SPF 30 – despite it’s name contains extremely limited UVA coverage: at a piddly zinc 2% and the chemical blockers have limited activity in...
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Skin Cancer Awareness! Skin cancer is a very real issue, and we recommend that everyone learn the ABCDE rule, which outlines the warning signs of melanoma: A – is for Asymmetry: One half of the mole does not match...
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Two products that are absolutely proven to make a visible as well as microscopic difference in skin by reversing sun damage (and skin cancer risks): 1 – A potent UVA blocking (they all block UVB) sunscreen like the Elta MD UV Daily or UV...
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These are being offered a number of places, including salons with no medical training or back-up so buyer beware! This is my opinion, particularly after the “dermarollers” caused so many problems and pretty much fizzled. Dermapens are the latest attempt by...
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