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Understanding Phytoestrogens & Hormonal Aging

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Understanding Phytoestrogens & Hormonal Aging

Stories recounted about overnight changes to the skin seemed more of an exaggeration than factual.  Knowing a fair bit about skin morpholophy, I thought it more likely that the newly discovered crease had just previously escaped detection. As a rule, both skin improvements and deterioration occur gradually. When my own estrogen levels dipped, my skin altered rapidly – more sagging, dryness, dullness, inflammation, and wrinkles.  Anyone experiencing hormonal aging like myself, phytoestrogens help to breathe new life into aging skin.   What are Phytoestrogens? Derived from the reproductive parts of plants, phytoestrogens mimic the estrogen hormone, albeit to a lesser...

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Pretty Little Likes in a Bottle

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Pretty Little Likes in a Bottle

  Michelle and I have been friends for more than 14 years, spending many a lunch hour and Saturday afternoon at the local makeup counter evaluating the potential of the latest skincare. Drawn by the promises to soothe, treat, tighten, brighten, glow, and well make us our morning coffee, if we believed everything promised with the launch of a new product. More often than not, I bought the marketing hype, leaving happily with my pastel bag of dreams in hand. When Michelle developed her own skincare line and asked me for feedback, I was more than willing. As the first and...

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