Hydroquinone: Your New Sunspot Correcting Best Friend

If you've ever checked out the ingredients of some of your anti-aging products, you may have noticed hydroquinone. This lovely little ingredient packs a powerful punch against any aging concerns you may have with your facial skin.

Hydroquinone is one of the superstar ingredients for correcting hyperpigmentation issues such as sunspots or mottled skin. It works by blocking the melanin-triggering enzymes in skin to keep changes in coloration at bay.

To use hydroquinone-infused spot treatment products, put it directly on the spot. This delivers the maximum benefits to your targeted area, and you won't waste...

Sunscreen - It's a Bright Idea

If you were told about a new miracle product that has been proven time and time again to keep your skin looking up to 24% more youthful than if you didn't use this product?  Would you scoff and say that kind of product couldn't possibly exist?

We're happy to report that you would be wrong!  In fact, this miracle anti-aging product is something that you probably already have handy.  Do you have a guess?  If you said "sunscreen," you are correct!

Sun damage, also called photo damage, is the numero uno culprit of aging skin...

Smoke It Out: an Eye Makeup Tutorial

Our professional makeup artist Kara joins us to share one of her favorite makeup looks and how to accomplish it!

"Smoky eye makeup (often referred to as 'the little black dress of makeup') elevates your evening look to something truly dramatic and sultry!

"First of all, I want to start by saying that 'smoky eye' is a technique, and there are many different ways to do it... and there are many different colors you can use to achieve it! If you are going for drama, you would probably want to smoke it out on the...

Hey Honey, How Are You?

Honey has played an important part of skin care and beauty routines for centuries.  Nefertiti, whose name meant "the beauty has come," regularly incorporated honey into her skin care regimens, and that's talking about almost 3500 years ago!  Let's talk about what makes honey such an awesome skin care ingredient - either in products or on its own.
 
As a natural antibacterial, using honey in acne-fighting products is a great choice.  Because of the broad range of bacteria that honey can kill, it has long been used to treat blemishes and other small wounds like scrapes...

Up and Coming in Skin Care: Marula Oil

Using oil as a facial treatment, regardless of skin type, has been going strong for centuries - but not very long at all in the United States.  Grapeseed oil has been one of the most popular choices, but there's a new oil in town: Marula.

Marula oil comes from the tree of the same name found in southern parts of Africa and Madagascar.  This tree and its fruits gained notoriety after the 1974 film "Animals are Beautiful People" which depicted monkeys, elephants, and warthogs consuming fallen, fermented marula fruit and becoming intoxicated.  Rumors of drunken animals in...