The skin on your face is delicate. When you wipe excess water away, you’re tugging at the skin. The likelihood for wrinkles and wear and tear increases and you’re removing all the moisture your skin needs prior to product application. You should be just patting your face dry with a clean towel. Now using a clean towel is THE KEY. Using the same towel as you use on your body can spread bacteria and lead to more break outs. Trying using a new towel daily. We know it sounds li

Sunscreens are designed to stay “fresh” for three years and the expiration date on the bottle is reliable. It does depend on where the sunscreen has been sitting since last summer, though. If you find a bottle in car, toss it. The active ingredients in sunscreen can break down in the heat. And if your sunscreen doesn’t have an expiration date, you probably shouldn’t take the chance that it’s still good. But what’s most important is that you are USING the sunscreen. You n

As you age, fine lines and wrinkles begin to form. Sorry, but it’s the truth and on top of that, your skin also loses its smoothness and elasticity. Skincare and drug companies have worked feverishly to develop products that will reverse these signs of aging. These products contain derivatives of vitamin A. The two popular forms are retinol and Retin-A (which is a brand name for tretinoin). These retinoids are often believed to be interchangeable, but there are some very