Mar 6, 2020
One of our biggest acne tips that we are constantly sharing on our blog and with our clients is to not pick at your skin or pop your pimples. We get it, it’s not easy to walk around with a whitehead on your skin. Best practice for pimple popping is to see an...
Feb 28, 2020
If you have ever looked up what may be causing your acne breakouts, chances are good that you may have come across a face map before. Face mapping is a three thousand year old practice that stems from Chinese medicine ayurveda teachings that states that the face is a...
Feb 26, 2020
What Is Vitamin C? Chances are high, if you’ve spent lots of time searching the internet for what products are necessities for your skin care routine – You have come across vitamin C. You start by asking, what even is vitamin C? Vitamin C is a powerful...
Feb 26, 2020
Acne is a complex skin condition, with many contributing factors and irritants. What may be causing someone’s acne is different from person to person, and can be influenced by their genetics, lifestyle choices, and even diet. Certain foods that we eat on a day to day...
Feb 25, 2020
We use our makeup brushes everyday, sometimes even twice a day. More often than not, we can not say the same for how often we are cleaning them. Cleaning your makeup brushes can seem like a daunting task but much like removing your makeup, it must be done. If you are...
Feb 21, 2020
Last week on the blog we wrote all about how parabens and silicones affect your skin. To continue our ingredient series, we’re going to be chatting about whether or not alcohols are bad when used in skincare products. Most products that you encounter will have alcohol...
Feb 4, 2020
In this day and age, we have an entire wealth of knowledge at our fingertips everyday. We are surrounded by new opinions, new facts, and new fictions every which way you turn, and ways to dispute them around every corner. In this Goop Era, with a constant stream of...
Jan 28, 2020
We know that you’ve seen the acne treatment that sweeped everyone’s bathroom shelf in the past decade, the little pink bottle of ointment that reads ‘Drying Lotion’. Along with this bottle of treatment, came the craze of just needing to ‘dry out’ your pimples, and...
Jan 21, 2020
In our skin clinic, once we get someone’s acne cleared we are often asked how to clear away any acne marks that have been left behind to remind us of what once was. Acne marks, otherwise known as post inflammatory erythema (PIE) are red or dark marks that occur...
Jan 14, 2020
If you’ve been on Instagram lately, you’ve probably seen the common lifestyle blogger wearing something that resembles a welding mask with lights around it, à la barbie meets tron. You’ve probably been both intrigued, and confused by this beauty trend, are we going to...
