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Different Types of Alcohol in Skin Care

Not all alcohol is created equal. There’s the alcohol behind the bar, the alcohol in hand sanitizer, and the alcohol in your skin care. So is using a toner with alcohol in it the same as rubbing vo...

What pH Means for Your Skin

When you hear pH you might hark back to middle school science class, and dipping those little litmus test strips into bleach and lemon juice and watching them turn blue or red to determine whether...

Why You Should Be Wearing Sunscreen Indoors

Many still struggle to add sunscreen into their skin care routine in general. Some just can’t be convinced that even if it’s cloudy out, or you're not going to the beach or on a hike, you still nee...

Benefits of Soybean Oil in Skin and Hair Care

Soybeans have been an essential crop for thousands of years, and those little legumes remain a common food group for many, but soybeans stretch beyond just their dietary function. If you’ve ever pi...

Benefits of Emu Oil

The word on the beauty street is oil. No, not the kind siphoned from the ground to produce gasoline and not the kind that builds up in your T-zone and clogs your pores. We’re talking beauty oils th...

6 Tips to Keep Hands Healthy While Washing them So Often

Every year we have to navigate through cold, flu, and allergy season. It seems like there’s never a time where we don’t have to actively avoid catching and spreading illnesses. The viruses and bact...

10 Common Myths About Acne

All kinds of misinformation is spread about acne throughout the internet, mainstream media, and word of mouth. Whether it be far fetched home remedies, bogus causes, or false science, it’s hard to ...

Dental Benefits of Xylitol

If you’ve ever been curious enough to read the ingredients on a pack of sugar-free gum, you may have seen “xylitol” listed. Not only will Xylitol score you big points in a game of Scrabble, but it ...

7 Ways to Improve Oral Hygiene During Quarantine

As we settle into the new normal of being stuck at home day in and day out, lots of us have taken to cleaning up our skin and hair care regimens so that once we are allowed back into the world, we ...

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