Warmer weather, who could ask for more? Around here we love the heat, well maybe just spring time, it is Texas after all! While you should ALWAYS use sunscreen throughout the year, the spring is when we really start to notice the need for all over coverage. The FDA’s new sunscreen guidelines go a long [...]
Do You Burn Easily?
I feel pretty blessed but I rarely get sunburn.:) About the only time I have was because I drank 1 too many margaritas on my vacation in Cancun, Mexico and passed-out on the beach! However, for my fair friends out there who burn easily, recently studies suggest that you may need more Vitamin D. According [...]
Healthy Winter Skin
These are the busy months. Work is much more hectic. You need to finish your holiday shopping. You need to get ready for the entire family to come over. When are you going to get the time to yourself? As much joy as this season may bring, winter can be very harsh on a person, [...]
Put some bacteria in my sunscreen, please!
Hope y’all had a great weekend – back to work here on this lovely, fall Monday. That’s right it feels like fall has trickled down to Texas :) Even though the heat of the summer is slowly giving way to cool fall nights, sunscreen is essential all year round. In the natural body care industry [...]
Skin Care Foundation gets tough on sunscreen
The US Skin Cancer Foundation has updated its Seal of Recommendation for sunscreens, bringing a more stringent industry standard. The Foundation introduced the seal over 30 years ago and since that time not much has changed in their requirements. The seal, which has become a recognized symbol in most households, is used on over 800 [...]
Mother Nature’s sunscreen – English ivy nanoparticles
Another bonus point for nanoparticles and Mother Nature – new research says naturally occurring nanoparticles from the English ivy plant can act as UV filters and protect the skin from sun exposure. The researchers found that particles in the aerial roots of the plant can absorb and scatter light. The only difference between the nanoparticles [...]
Tea-rific new skin cancer treatment is in the works
New research out this week has found a fast, cheap and effective treatment for non-melanoma skin cancer – tea tree oil. If you haven’t used tea tree oil on insect bites you are missing out on a great, cheap and natural miracle worker. But now the commonly used oil has been found to shrink non-melanoma [...]
Sun kissed = sun fried
I have touched on the fundamentals of skin protection in a variety of posts about the rise and dangers of skin cancer. But did you know that while the risk of skin cancer to your scalp from overexposure is extremely rare, damage to your hair and its follicles are not. Unprotected hair can fry in [...]
Sunscreen – safe or toxic????
It seems like every month there is a new study about why this product or that process by which the product was manufactured is not really beneficial to our beauty routine. How are we supposed to know what is fact and what is exaggeration? Case in point, today’s new study release…… The new, annual study [...]
Titanium dioxide shines in sunscreen market
In 2009, Europe changed the guidelines regarding SPF in sunscreens. This new UVA protection was challenging to achieve with all natural ingredients and all-natural beauty companies were having a hard time implementing these new rules: Products should contain protection against all dangerous UV (including UVA &UVB) radiation; The indication of the efficacy of sunscreen products [...]
