Cryotherapy has been around for some time, but what you may not know is that the full-body cooling treatment also does wonders for the face. Ask facialists and beauty experts alike and they'll tell you: Cold therapy doesn't just relieve muscle pain.
Like acne, hyperpigmentation is a common skin affliction without a straightforward solution. In short, it's a condition by which patches of skin become darker in color than the normal surrounding skin and, once again like acne, it can have various causes. Some of the most common include melasma, sun spots and age spots.
In previous economic downturns, we've seen "the lipstick effect" play out. If you're unfamiliar, it's the idea — accompanied by concrete numbers — that women still want to get dolled up and treat themselves with this small, luxury item — despite the fact that other product categories experience a sales slump.
Makeup artists get to test out a wide variety of the latest beauty launches. (It's one of the many perks of the job.) As such, it takes something truly spectacular for a beauty product to earn their seals of approval.
It seems like just about everyone is making banana bread these days. In fact, the Instagram hashtag #bananabread has more than 1.4 million posts. It makes sense: This classic comfort food is easy to make, tastes delicious, and lets you utilize produce that's gone bad, minimizing food waste.
Evening out your skin tone can be challenging, especially for those of us who are prone to redness. The first thing that's important to understand is that not all facial redness has the same root cause. "Some people will just be flushers and blushers, while others can have bonafide rosacea or even hives," says cosmetic dermatologist, Dr. Kenneth Mark.
While F-Factor founder Tanya Zuckerbrot, MS, RD may be a health expert first and foremost, her nearly 115,000 Instagram followers are devoted to her feed for more than just fiber-rich recipes. People turn to Zuckerbrot for everything from fashion advice (like the $29 silk Amazon pajamas she raved about quickly sold out in nearly every color), to charitable inspiration (she regularly donates time, F-Factor food products and money to a long list of charities) and, of course, given her wrinkle-free complexion, people love her beauty tips.
Don't touch your face. It's advice dermatologists, estheticians and skin-care savvy parents have doled out for generations. But if you still haven't taken it to heart, now's the time. "We normally do this about 300 times a day, and it can cause the spread of viral illness," says Dr. Melanie Palm, a San Diego area dermatologist.
It sounds terrifying because the word "needle" is in the name, but microneedling can be an effective method of skin cell rejuvenation, according to many studies.
Look, we're all for loving the skin we're in... but all things told, we'd also like the option to keep said skin looking supple and soft for as long as possible.
We don't want to make light of our current situation, or focus on the wrong priorities... but look: We're starting to get to that point in quarantine where our lash extensions are pretty much gone. Unfortunately, it looks like we're not going to be able to get them refilled anytime soon — and again, not to be frivolous, but we really, really miss them.
If there's just one skin care product you apply every single day, it ought to be sunscreen. The lotion-y stuff — recommended by every single dermatologist you'll ever meet — protects your delicate skin from the sun's powerful UVA and UVB rays. That translates into fewer painful sunburns and slows down the aging clock... but more importantly it protects you from developing skin cancer, which currently affects one in every five Americans. With expert insight, we're breaking down the sunscreen basics, so you can shield yourself!
When you're looking for something new to try at home to improve or shake up your skin care routine, you likely ask your friends for advice. While we're sure they have excellent taste, an even better opinion to ask for is a dermatologist's.
Acne is never fun. And it's — if possible — even worse when you're an adult.
Finding a great serum, however, can help pretty much every skin type — even those prone to acne, according to Dr. Craig Kraffert and Today.com. Kraffert says acne prone skin can benefit from concentrated hydration. He also adds that it's important to make your serum selection carefully.
Our daily routines are full of practices that keep us healthy, happy, and fit. What many people don't realize is that applying sunscreen — much like brushing your teeth, or drinking your morning coffee — is an important everyday habit, too.
Even though she's an actress by trade, my mom's never cared much about skin care or beauty. But you know what she does care about? Free stuff. And ever since I started working in beauty, she's taken a much more marked interest in whatever products she can mooch off of me.
If you're always keeping an eye out for the latest in beauty trends and fads, then you'll be excited to know there's yet another great beauty trend out there for you to try... situational cleansing.
So, here's the deal: Your pores aren't actually "huge" — they're just clogged up with gunk and need to be, well, unclogged. You basically need a giant plunger for your face.
You wouldn't wear a turtleneck in the dead of summer's heat — and in the same way your skin will be more comfortable wearing a lightweight moisturizer versus a heavy balm or cream.
Countless beauty product launches take place every day, week, and month. Some fade away without much attention and some get a burst of excitement that fades away. And every once in a while, some have the power to become the impetus for a completely new skin care category that transforms regimens across the globe. "Cream skin" is exactly that, and we're doing a deep dive today.