My favorite skin care brands that I’ve used (or still use) personally are typically ones that I used professionally in the past. This is usually because I was thoroughly trained via classes and seminars put on by the brands themselves, attended aesthetic conferences with workshops, or simply taught by...

I was so excited a few years back when Prevage was coming out. I’d heard all about the new cutting edge science with regards to the active ingredient “idebenone.” However, when it finally hit the market and I bought some I soon found out I was allergic (or at least sensitive) to it. So I gave the brand...

I don’t know about you guys but I think my foremost dreaded and worst skin aging issues are my jowls and my sagging eyelids. Injectible fillers and Botox work, but unfortunately I don’t like those options for a number of reasons. However, the good news for those of us who don’t opt for the cosmetic surgeon...

I’ve been noticing many comment and forum exchanges within the blog about ingredients. Especially one’s for beauty and skin care that people aren’t used to hearing about or have never heard about. I thought it would be great fun and a fabulous resource for us all if we started an “ingredients” thread...

With all the latest chat on our blog and other beauty networks lately about retinoids, vitamin A, carrot seed oil and the like, I decided to tell you about one of my top notch retinol skin care picks. Peter Thomas Roth offers a potent retinol serum which contains 1.5% retinol and 1% vitamin C + E. Peter...

I sure love SkinCare-News.com . Has anyone read that web magazine lately? I’ve mentioned it and/or linked it a time or two over the last couple of years because it’s been a great resource for research…but I don’t think I’ve ever written specifically about what a great magazine it is. SkinCare-News is...

After writing about great summer travel sets the last couple of days it occurred to me that one of my favorite pre-summer beauty treatments is teeth whitening. There's nothing quite like flashing a big bright and white set of teeth to give you an amazing beautiful smile. And a smile like that looks...

More great deals! The other day I wrote about great inexpensive products that are comparable to expensive ones. Then once I got started on it I realized how many I wanted to share with you and knew it would take more than one article. So today I’m excited about sharing a few more! SkinCeuticals Advanced...

Get vibrant gorgeous skin with the Vivite System . Vivite is a new glycolic acid line from Allergan the makers of MD Forte and Botox. Just imagine the strength and notability of an MD Forte Regimen but with the added boost of the best antioxidants available on the skin care market today! Vivite System...

After yesterday’s CosMedix article I got so many great responses about this brand that I thought I ought to tell you all about an incredible kit from this phenomenal company. CosMedix Correct Kit is a retinol based regimen that is mega skin brightening and a complete skin correction program. It comes...