If you are new to serums and branching out your skin care beyond Cleanser + SPF & DONE! (which honestly for daytime has been all I wear some days), Vitamin C is one of the least expensive, highest impact products you can purchase. A close second might be niacinamide (that is if it works for [...]
Author: live4skincare
I love skin care. I don't think I can express how much I love the comforting feeling of a face wash cleaning the skin at the end of the day. It's all part of the after-work routine of taking the work clothes off and putting on lounge pants.
Besides loving skin care and the routine, I'm also a scientist. I have two Masters degrees in Epidemiology and a PhD in Plant Pathology. Many of the compounds we use on a regular basis on our face come from plants. Glycerin, for example, salycylic acid originally came from a plant origin. Some of these compounds I've studied and love how we're going back to a more 'natural' skincare routine.
They say you need a PhD to read labels, that's what I'm here to do for you. Not only can I read them I'll breakdown the science behind your favorite skincare products using scientific studies, not othr people's blog posts.
27-week Pregnancy Update!!! Repost
We're about to cross another milestone! Here's an update as we near the end of the second trimester of this pregnancy!
My Miscarriage Journey
Last December we announced we were pregnant with our first pregnancy. We were excited, scared, and I was sick as a dog all winter break. We weren't trying to get pregnant yet but we also weren't preventing anything. If it happened awesome, if not we wanted to get through the holidays. So to my Surprise [...]
Just a Little Chat
Life is starting up, colleges are heading back to a fall semester full of a lot of unknowns, but in my area life feels like it's trying really hard to get back to our pre-pandemic lifestyles. I work at the same university that recently made headlines because of fighting before school even started and shoulder [...]
Guaranteed Tips to Get the Most From Retinol
Retinol or treninoin (prescription only) are derivatives of Vitamin A thus making them antioxidants, very powerful antioxidants to be specific. Treninoin (Retin-A) is only available as a prescription. Most over the counter retinol products use retinol, retinyl proprionate, retinyl acetate, retinyl lineolate, and retinaldehyde. This class of skincare products are amazingly popular. Everyone from tweenagers [...]
What Are ‘Dry’ and ‘Wet’ Body Oils
If you're confused by this term, don't worry so was I when I first heard it. Oils are definitely not dry? So how can they possibly be termed 'dry'? And what are wet oils? How do I use them? https://www.instagram.com/p/BuXQGctnBwe/ Dry body oils are those that are absorbed into the skin almost immediately leave almost [...]
A Tall Girl’s Fashion Rant
During this coronavirus quarantine I've been watching a load of Youtube videos. People doing day to day activities, even if it were last year's videos, are so calming. Watching people go about their normal activities makes me feel like 'normal' life exists around me. Home improvements and the latest fashion finds online just gives me [...]
How Is Everyone Doing?
Is everyone doing okay? How are you doing? How have you been sleeping? How long have you been in self quarantine? What are the quarantine rules where you're from? I seems like every state in the US has something different going on. I wish we'd just go into full lockdown in the US for 3 [...]
Hair Products you shouldn’t be buying from a name brand
Name brand products can offer some amazing quality, the problem is that you pay for it as well. Every name brand will not only sell you their add-ons like hair clips, sectioning clips, brushes, etc. Those you products that cost pennies to make and offer HUGE profits for a company. I'll be featuring products available [...]
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https://www.instagram.com/p/B-ZtUZ5pGNS/?igshid=qzwyl4rec9lq I think we all know that my sorry self would end up feet over my head, face planted along the stairs and headed to the ER 1 minute after I finally come to.
