Taking the guesswork out of skincare
It always happens at the worst of times. Like Christmas dinner. Or a holiday party. I’d been prepping for it for weeks and, that very morning, disaster strikes. A pimple as big as a house is comfortably sitting on my chin. Typical! There’s nothing like an unwanted zit to ruin the party mood, is there? […]
For me, clay masks are a seasonal thing. I use them a lot in summer when my skin stubbornly insists on pumping out more oil than it needs (so annoying!). The last thing I wanna do is deal with pimples, so I soak up all that excess with a clay mask before it can do any […]
Even rocks know by now that my skin has become dry, parched, and flaky since I moved to London. I complained about it so much! But, what you may not know is that I sometimes still get the occasional breakout. Because, you know, bad things never come alone… To deal with my crazy skin I […]
I’m a minimalist. When it comes to skincare, I truly think that less is more. Like, why pay twice for the same moisturizer just because one jar is labelled “face” and the other “eye”? Insane. I thought serums were like that. Super lightweight moisturizers. Why bother? Then, I gave them a go and was blown […]
There’s danger lurking in every skincare bottle. Hidden deep beneath glossy marketing claims and polished labels lurk an untold number of comedogenic ingredients that threaten to turn your carefully cared face into acne battleground. Or at least if you listen to any of numerous comedogenicity experts out there. As with many other things, commonly accepted […]
Does toothpaste help pimples? It’s a legit question. When I was 15, I read in a magazine (hey, we didn’t have the internet back then!) that putting toothpaste on pimples would get rid of them. I know, it sounds crazy. But if you were a young and clueless teenager desperate to get the attention of […]
