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Life After Acne: Is It a Thing?
Taking care of your skin isn’t a temporary deal. Like most good habits, these should stick with you for life. That being said, your routine will and should probably change as you get older and your body changes. What are problem areas for you now will get better, but what issues you didn’t have before may replace them. This is a completely normal cycle. So, while it may sound like a lot of work to take care of your skin, it will always be worth the work. Keeping your skin barrier strong and healthy benefits more than just your physical appearance. Skin can be dry, flaky, tight, sensitive, inflamed, etc.…
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Treating the Surface: Skincare for Acne
We’ve talked about treating ourselves from the inside out with what we’re putting into our bodies, but what can we do from the surface? Whether we’re treating a problem area that’s already there or we’re trying to prevent another breakout, there’s a product for just about anything. Before we get into what money can buy though, let’s go over what we can do right now to prevent another breakout. As we know now acne can be caused by outside sources such as dirt, oil, etc. An important thing then is to make sure you’re not rubbing your face all over dirty surfaces. You may be thinking “why would I be…
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Getting to Know the Basics
When it comes to treating our bodies, the solutions we find are often unique to each individual person. Meaning, what works for your friend may not work for you and vise versa. A big part of what makes skincare routines so unique to the individual are the variations in skin textures. Skin textures can be narrowed down to five types: Normal Sensitive Dry Oily Combination Normal is neither oily nor dry. This skin has a regular texture than doesn’t need a lot of attention. It’s still important to keep up a good skincare routine, but there’s nothing special that needs to be treated. Also known as irritated skin, sensitive skin…
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Acne: Deeper Than a Blemish
Discoloration, bumpy texture, dry, oily, uneven…there’s not one aspect of acne that makes it easy to cover up. Yet, all we want to do when we see an imperfection is try to make it unnoticeable. It’s hard to feel confident in yourself when you can both see and feel where your skin isn’t at its best. If you can’t cover the “flaw,” then your only option is to hide it, right? So you isolate yourself. You decline invitations to go out, cancel plans last minute, lock yourself in the safety of your room… I get it. I’ve been there. I didn’t go anywhere without a full face of makeup on…
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What is Your Acne Telling You?
It’s a Friday night after a long week of classes/work. All you want to do is go out with your friends, have a few (or many) drinks, and just have fun. You want to look good too because, let’s face it, you’ve spent the past five days waking up hitting the snooze button a few too many times, leaving you with only enough time to shower and grab yourself a granola bar for the road. It’s safe to say that tonight you probably want to do a little more than a quick rinse and a power snack. And you do. You’re in your favorite top, your hair is washed and…
