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What Makes a Great Lip Balm?
We use lip balm as a barrier to protect our lips from the effects of wind, sun or dry indoor air and even dehydration. Most will do a good enough job as such, but what makes a great lip balm? Many lip balms but don’t offer much in the way of moisturizing lips. This is usually because the main ingredient is petroleum, petroleum-based, mineral oil or ‘petrolatum‘ to dress it up. While it does act as a barrier, you’ll be ingesting tiny amounts of the product when eating or drinking. So, for me, this ingredient is definitely off any list for lip balm. Ingredients There are so many other natural…
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What does dry brushing do for skin?
I see a lot of claims for dry brushing, some are pretty far out there: eliminates cellulite, detoxifies the body, speeds up lymphatic drainage. But what is hype and what, if anything, does dry brushing actually do for skin? The premise of dry brushing is to use a firm-bristle brush in light, sweeping strokes all over your body. I don’t know about you but I can’t get past the visual of a stiff, boar bristle brush that leaves sweeping red marks all over the body. A bit too strong for me. Why then does the brush have to be firm bristle? Why can’t it be a medium-bristle or a medium-soft…
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What is good skin care?
Skin care needs change as we age; what is good skin care at 20 is no longer a good idea at 30 and so on. When I was in my 20s I had oily skin and hair. I could not go one day without -or so I thought- without washing my hair. I’d do a face mask twice a week and in between I would use rubbing alcohol on a cotton ball and liberally swab all over the T-zone. Did my oily skin improve? Of course not, it was just dry with more acne. Decades later, I know that regime was probably among the worst I could have chosen. I…
