Your skin’s moisture barrier is crucial to the health and appearance of your skin. The problem is, the barrier is very sensitive, and when it’s harmed, you feel and see the consequences. One of t...
With skincare fads everywhere, it’s difficult to find natural, safe ingredients that work. Many products promise to improve your skin, but they don’t deliver and sometimes even make it worse. Blue...
You can think of the biofilm as a sticky coating around a toffee apple. Unless you can get beyond that sticky toffee, that big juicy apple is impervious to your attempts to eat it. Unfortunately, ...
Psoriasis is a skin condition characterised by an abnormally hastened turnover of skin cells that produces rough, scaly patches of thickened skin. Due to this, understanding the skin's lipid barri...
Retinol pretty much does it all. Improves skin texture, eases the symptoms of acne, speeds up cell renewal, reduces the visible signs of ageing, and reduces blotchy pigmentation. Unfortunately tho...
The lipid layer is a permeable barrier and can become disrupted when excessively exposed to the environment. If you have dry skin, you'll know how difficult it can be to keep the skin soft, supple ...
There's no need to overdo it when exfoliating at home. In fact, over-exfoliation can adversely affect your skin and lead to skin conditions such as sensitivity, flakiness, moisture loss, and a gene...
Ageing is a natural and unavoidable part of life, but if you observe some common signs of premature ageing of the skin on your face, arms, legs and hands you can take steps to slow down the process...
You don't want to use harsh chemicals, but you also don't want acne… It is such a topic of discussion these days as we all seek more natural alternatives to skincare products. It can be very dishea...