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Skin First Aid

Beauty Mistakes That Cause Your Dry Skin Underneath all the glitz and glam of the holiday season often looms the threat of dry, flaky, itchy skin. It is like a little secret we are all concealing.   We called on experts to give us the scoop on the practices to keep dry
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D-I-Why?

Don’t Make Your Own Sunscreen Concerns about chemicals have led do-it-yourselfers to make everything from laundry detergent and soap to deodorant and toothpaste at home using natural ingredients.   As summer begins, the DIY crowd is also whipping up batches of homemade
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Woman in a brown winter jacket standing at the cornery of a snow-covered road. (Photo: Joseph Pearson/Unsplash)

Winter Skin Blahs

How to Repair Your Dry Winter Skin Every year it amazes my how quickly my skin goes from fine to super dry winter skin. I am dry, cracked and in pain. If I bump my hand on something, I am sure to be bleeding. I asked skincare experts from estheticians to dermatologists for their
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