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Essential Products in Your Skin Care Routine

With twelve-step skincare routines taking over the social media sphere, it can be easy to fall into the trap of buying dozens of new products in an attempt to achieve your desired clear, glowy skin...

Is Your Toothpaste Damaging Your Health?

When you walk into the toothpaste aisle to grab the last thing on your grocery list, what option do you reach for? Do you buy the cheapest option, one with aesthetically pleasing packaging, or one ...

TikTok Skin Care Trends to Avoid

If you’re a skin care enthusiast that’s made your way on to TikTok, Instagram Reels, or Youtube Shorts, you’ve probably seen the influx of skin care tips and hacks, and maybe even some response vid...

Balsam of Peru Allergy Facts

Breakouts and rashes, itching and burning, dryness and blisters. Just some of the pains that come with an allergic reaction to cosmetic products. Finding out what is causing your allergic reaction ...

Pros and Cons of Common Plant Ingredients in Skin Care

Somewhere down the line, people began fearing ingredients in their cosmetics. It became a common rule of thumb to not use a product if you can’t identify all of the ingredients on the label. This h...

Alternatives for Mint Toothpaste

Reach for your toothpaste, mouthwash, or a pack of gum and you’ll most likely get a waft of mint. For years minty flavors like spearmint, peppermint, menthol, winter fresh, and sweet mint have domi...

How to Care for Your Baby’s Sensitive Skin

As you get older and the wrinkles start to set in, you may start to long for “baby soft” skin, but babies’ skin isn’t always as flawless as it’s made out to be. In fact, a lot of the time, it’s far...

14 Common Myths About Sunscreen

Sunscreen has come a long way since its early days when it was thick, washed off easily, and only had an SPF of 2. Now there’s hundreds of sunscreen options on the market with SPF values ranging fr...

Is Charcoal Toothpaste Worth It, or Just a Fad?

Nowadays charcoal is one of the latest fad ingredients in personal care products. Activated charcoal skin care products promise to clear out the pores and rid skin of excess oil, “impurities,” and ...

All About the Skin Microbiome

We’ve been clinging to anti-bacterial hand soaps, sanitizers, and cleaning supplies for the past year, and bacteria has gotten a bit of a bad rep. Bacteria has, in a way, become synonymous with ill...