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In the past year, Google searches for vegan skincare have nearly doubled.  Choosing skincare that aligns to their lifestyle choices makes sense for the 6% of the US population that identify themselves as vegan. A bit harder to explain is the growing appeal of vegan skincare among devoted meat and cheese lovers.  The answer lies in the benefits of vegan skincare. What is Vegan Skincare? Vegan skincare contains zero animal sourced products.  This includes any animal byproducts, like: Beeswax Collagen Honey Lanolin Propolis Royal Jelly Silk Peptides Snail Filtrate Regardless of dietary preferences, you can still reap the skin benefits. ...

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...

  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...

  There was a time when posting a photo of myself without makeup would have been MORTIFYING.  That was long before I learned the benefits of skin care.  Healthy skin provides a superior canvas for the art of makeup, something that I have loved since childhood.  No surprise, my obsession with cosmetics and skincare led me down the path towards my becoming an esthetician. Dry, mottled, flakey skin is no one's friend.  It also requires more makeup and finesse applying it.   My dear sweet friends under thirty, you probably can't appreciate this yet, but you will, trust me.  I neglected...