Summer takes its toll on skin. UV exposure, windburn, and air conditioning deplete moisture reserves, accelerate free radical damage, and lead to development of fine lines and wrinkles. The solution? Facial beauty serums. Facial serums are rapidly absorbed oil- or water-based intensive treatments geared to restoring skin to its optimal state and to addressing specific … Continue reading
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Men Need Special Care!
Male skin differs from female skin. Men have 24% thicker skin Men have oilier skin Men have more delicate skin Men’s skin has smaller sebaceous glands Men tend to grow more facial hair Up until the age of 30, male skin remains firmer and is better able to withstand environmental damage. However, after 30, male … Continue reading
5 Ways Working Out Benefits Your Skin
Regular exercise is one of the keys to healthy, beautiful skin. Here’s why: 1. Exercise purifies. Perspiration flushes away substances that can clog pores and cause breakouts. 2. Exercise tones your muscles. The stronger and more defined your muscles are, the more support your skin has, and the more firm and elastic it appears. 3. … Continue reading
6 Tips on How to Properly Cleanse Your Skin
Thorough cleansing is the foundation of a good skin care program. Every day dirt, free radicals, exfoliated skin cells, and other debris collect on your skin’s surface. If these pollutants are not removed, they settle into pores, causing blemishes. The build-up on the skin also interferes with proper absorption of skin care treatments such as … Continue reading
Practice Safe Sun!
Summer is here. Time for fun-in-the-sun! Unfortunately, too much sun can actually damage skin by causing discoloration, dehydration, wrinkles, and even skin cancer. Use of sunscreen is vital to skin health and beauty. Sunscreens protect the skin against damage by absorbing and/or reflecting UVA and UVB rays. Merely slathering sunscreen on is not enough. It … Continue reading
4 Hot Tips for Summer Hand Care
Summer is really hard on hands. They are exposed to UV radiation, abrasion from sand, and salty or chlorinated water. Even seemingly harmless activities such as gardening take their toll – according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission emergency rooms treat more than 400,000 gardening-related accidents each year. After your face, hands are the part … Continue reading
Demystifying Moisturizers: 3 key components and how they work
Moisturizers are key to maintaining healthy, youthful skin. They keep skin hydrated and supple, improve skin tone and texture, protect the skin against environmental damage, and encourage normal shedding of epidermal scales to make the skin appear smoother. There are hundreds of moisturizers on the market – all claiming to have miraculous properties. Basically, a … Continue reading
5 Essential Elements for Anti-Acne Care
Since 85% of American teenagers have blemished skin — and 20% of American adults — it’s important to understand how blemishes develop and learn about five very important elements for anti-acne skin care. How blemishes develop. 1. Normally, oil (sebum) is transported up the follicle and out, carrying shed skin cells. 2. Sometimes the dead … Continue reading
5 Steps to Skin that Stays Lovelier Longer
As skin ages, its elasticity weakens, causing wrinkles and other signs of aging to appear. Cell renewal slows, collagen production slowly decreases, and dead skin cells slough less efficiently. Our skin is at the mercy of the many forces we exert on it: sun, harsh weather, and our own bad habits. Luckily we can take steps … Continue reading
Annemarie Börlind Honors World Fair Trade Day
In honor of World Fair Trade Day, May 12th this year, we are featuring some of the projects Börlind supports to foster economic growth and sustainability in Third World nations. Responsibility and sustainability have always been central to the Borlind philosophy. Annemarie Börlind is committed to obtaining natural raw materials from socio-ecological projects that follow … Continue reading
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