Advice by Concern Blog

Shower Habits for Healthy Skin

Showering is second nature for most of us. Whether you drag yourself out of bed in the morning to wake up your senses, or use it to decompress after a long day, most of us shower daily or almost da...

Benefits of Kaolin Clay for the Skin

Picture a face mask. No, not the personal protective equipment kind that gives you maskne. We’re talking about the skin care product that comes in a bottle or a jar. You might picture a paper sheet...

Skinimalism: Why You Should Use Fewer Skin Care Products

Lots of us have been scaling back our skincare shelves lately, since our faces aren’t out and about all that often nowadays, and the blurry webcams of Zoom calls will hide any imperfection. But for...

Is Phenoxyethanol Bad for You and Your Skin?

With “clean beauty” being all the rage lately, you’ve most likely seen a laundry list or two of skin care ingredients to avoid. We even have our own here on the Cleure blog. While there are ingredi...

Guide to Face Scrubs: Best and Worst Ingredients in Physical Exfoliants

Our skin is repeatedly dying and rejuvenating like some kind of zombie. But it can't always do this zombification on it's own, and sometimes it needs a little help from outside sources — mainly our...

New Year’s Skin Care Resolutions

  As we start the New Year, or any time of the year, it's always a great time to set some skin care goals for yourself. Make a resolution to take better care of your skin in the coming year. Here’...

What Does the SPF Number Mean?

Any skin care advice that does not include applying sunscreen every day, is not advice you should trust. Study after study has found that sunscreen is a critical element in protecting against sunbu...

Advice for Chapped Lips in the Winter

This winter is a little different than winter's past. We’re all doing our best to stay healthy and keep those around us healthy more so than usual. This calls for constantly wearing a face mask whi...

The Best Foods and Nutrients for Healthy Skin

We all want healthy, clear skin. Our skin is our largest organ, one of the first things people will see when we interact with them, and it’s a big indicator of other aspects of our health. So if yo...

How Often Should You Replace Your Toothbrush?

Good oral hygiene habits don’t come instinctively. Toothbrushing didn’t become a commonplace habit until the 1700s, so we (and our noses) are lucky to be living in a time where most people brush tw...