The Horrifying Truth About Skin, Stress, and Anxiety
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The Horrifying Truth About Skin, Stress, and Anxiety

Stress is part of life. You can’t avoid it completely, but you can manage it’s effects. Believe it or not, stress is actually a healthy human response. It’s part of an important physiological feedback loop that helps us make decisions. It’s not that stress is bad for our bodies. Having stress in our lives is…

Advanced Glycation End Products (AGEs)—It’s aging you quicker!
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Advanced Glycation End Products (AGEs)—It’s aging you quicker!

Glycation: how sugar affects your skin …and aging While it’s a somewhat complicated process, glycation’s pretty simple to explain. It’s a sugar molecule bonding with a protein molecule, impairing the latter’s function and structure. Glycation can happen inside or outside the body (called endogenous and exogenous, respectively) but you end up with similar effects either…

Skin Care Cream Not Working? It’s Not Your Fault.
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Skin Care Cream Not Working? It’s Not Your Fault.

You don’t have “problem skin”. Please don’t let skin care companies (even honest ones like us) make you feel like you do.   We’ve all been disappointed when the latest, greatest, and usually most expensive skin care cream doesn’t deliver on its phenomenal promises. And you may have heard about “angel dusting”, the practice of…