Skin Health

Want healthy, glowing skin? Give it a rest! Just like you give your brain a break on the weekends and let your aching muscles rest after the gym, it’s important to give your skin the day off every once in a while. Why your skin deserves a day off If you think about it, modern-day life can be quite the ordeal for our skin. Here’s just a few of the...

Searching for a brand-new beauty product that’ll unclog your pores and leave your skin feeling softer, cleaner, and free from blemishes? Salicylic acid could be the one. If putting acid on your face sounds a little scary, don’t worry! Salicylic acid is actually a type...

Many of us have heard of acne, but did you know that there are different forms of it? Broadly speaking, acne falls into two different categories – inflammatory and non-inflammatory. And within these two categories, there are then sub-groups of acne (more on these sub-groups...

You’ve heard about acne, but what about maskne? For what is a new and emerging issue, maskne is actually something that happens to be on a lot of people’s minds. (At the time of writing this article, there were 983,00 Google search results for maskne)....

Let’s face it, warts aren’t the prettiest of things. So if you’ve got one (or two, three or more…) of them, then you’re most probably keen to get rid. ASAP. The good news is, as much as warts can easily spread, from your fingers to...

We’re all prone to getting warts. Interestingly, younger people are more likely to get them than adults. It’s estimated that 1 in 3 children and teenagers have warts compared to 3 to 5% of adults. Younger people are potentially more susceptible to getting warts because...

Your scalp probably isn’t high on your list of beauty priorities. It’s hidden away beneath the hair, and we only seem to pay it any notice when it’s acting up. However, there’s no such thing as a healthy head of hair without a healthy scalp....

Scalp care may not be much fun – but neither is an itchy, oily head. We present a simple user’s guide to the scalp. Why look after your scalp? Dry scalp? Flaky scalp? Slow hair growth? It might be time to get serious about scalp...

Has your skin gotten a little itchy recently and you’re not sure why? The odd itch and scratch here and there isn’t something we tend to think too much about. But when you’ve got an itch that just won’t go away or if you’ve got...

Oil. On your face. Surely not (especially if your natural skin balance happens to be on the oilier end of the spectrum). But here’s the thing, incorporating face oils into skincare regimes has been a bit of a big deal for a while now. We...

Most of us are familiar with the concept of getting a caffeine fix to wake us up in the morning, but what about using it to pep up our skin too? Sound a bit odd? Well, if your mind’s now conjuring up images of people...

Have you or somebody you know developed a rash on their arm, back or face, or another part of their body, and are wondering what it could be? You may have found yourself wondering if it’s psoriasis…or maybe it could be eczema? Both psoriasis and...