Ingredient Review: Squalane vs Squalene

Ingredient Review: Squalane vs Squalene

Bay shark du du du du, baby shark du du du du du......... I've been sick as all get up during the holidays. It's currently sleeting and freezing rain and just gross. So I've been catching up on my beauty community tea. Kuckian cosmetics....... oh honey. It's absolutely ridiculous. So many videos and so much [...]

Dermaplaning: the T

Dermaplaning is the newer skincare regiment that has gone bananas. Let's go through the steps and see what's up with dermaplaning. Basically, your skin is cleaned and removed of all makeup. It's deep cleaned to get it as clean as physically possible. A secondary compound typically make of AHA is applied to the face in [...]

International Skin Care Philosophy: Japan 🇯🇵

In part I of our interntional skincare philosophy we looked at Korean Beauty Philosophy. This part II of our multi part system covering beauty philosophies from different countries.  Today's post is going to Japan, land of the geisha a very secretive imperial family and some of the fairest skin in the world. The ideal of [...]

Announcement: We’re ADDING HAIR CARE!

Announcement: We’re ADDING HAIR CARE!

  It seems odd to consider writing something about hair, it is beauty and a simple hairstyle can make or break a look.  But it isn't skin and it's managed and handled very differently from your face.  But with today's era of flat irons, blow dryers, bleach, pastel hair color, etc.... (everything damaging) your hair [...]

THE Moisture Barrier

THE Moisture Barrier

The omnipresent moisture barrier.  When you’re a baby that moisture barrier is insane.  It’s almost perfect.  The skin is soft and supple.  It’s why we have the saying ‘softer than a babies bum’ and we always seem to be trying to achieve that again.  That’s the one point in our life that most people have [...]