Your Skin Needs You To Stop Stressing
Make stress management a priority. Like, now. Set an alarm to meditate for 10-20 minutes a day. And schedule a facial to zone out for an hour. And keep a gratitude journal. And do yoga. And turn your phone off on the weekend. That’s “and,” not “or,” by the way. Your skin, body, and mind […]
Your Hair Care Can Help (Or Hurt!) Your Skin
Let your hair care help, not hurt, you. Believe it or not, your hair care matters to your skin. Comedogens in shampoos, conditioners and styling products can trickle down onto skin, clogging pores and causing acne. Allergens can cause acne, too: while they don’t clog pores the way comedogens, do, they can irritate pores, causing […]
Watch My Nickel Allergy Happen
Allergies can come and go. Don’t obsess about the chances, but don’t be surprised if you suddenly find yourself allergic to something you’ve used your whole life.
Do You Know It “Oil?”
What do you really know about our cult-fave, ultra-popular, organic, first-cold-pressed virgin coconut oil? Up to 4: Number of coconuts needed to make one large bottle of Know-It-Oil. Other oils that use heat or chemical processing need less coconuts to make a liter. We use traditional methods in a slow, manual, minimal process to maintain the […]
Renewable Energy
What we’re loving: powerful, defined eyes against a soft, sunlit radiance.
Smooth Operator
The smoothest move you’ll ever make for parched skin.
Take A Walk On The Mild Side: Skin-Friendly Laundry!
If you’ve got sensitive, acne-prone or hyperpigmented skin, it’s amazing the amount of things that can work against you. Skin care and makeup, of course, but also some fabrics, clothing material, and…LAUNDRY DETERGENT!
Get The Right Diagnosis
An accurate diagnosis is gold. And it’s not as simple as it might seem. Dermatology has one of the broadest ranges of possible diagnoses in medicine. What looks like acne could be keratosis pilaris (a condition of dry skin). And there are different types of acne and acne-like conditions the may require different treatments — pityrosporum […]
Your Skin Needs Sleep
How to get healthier skin in 30 days? Sleep more. Get 7 to 8 hours of sleep every night. Less than that is pro-inflammatory which worsens inflammatory skin conditions like acne, eczema, rosacea, psoriasis…and can even hasten aging! Adequate sleep also helps you stress less (which lessens inflammation) and eat more nutritionally (less inflammation…seeing a […]