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FACTS ABOUT TANNING

Don’t spray perfume or aftershave onto an area of skin that’s going to be exposed to sun as these products act as a photosensitiser. You...

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Why Light Touch Facials Work

Just as it will have taken years for our faces to gradually stiffen, so it will take time for the flexibility to be restored. With Facial E

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Micro Needling Boosts Collagen

Skin lacking in collagen and elastin shows wrinkles, sagging, less firmness and elasticity. With increased age and more loss of these fibre

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Preventative Ageing - Facials

We love facials - who doesn't? But if you're looking to slow down the ravages of time on your face, a facial needs to give results. If y...

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Preventative Ageing - SKIN

We can't hold back time, nor can we prevent the ageing process but we can slow down ageing of our skin. Some people seem to become soci...

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Sun Exposure or How to Stay Safe In the Sun

We are learning more about the damaging effects of UV light on the skin but in the UK it still doesn’t stop our enthusiasm for bronzing o...

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Does No-Cleanse Work for my Skin?

Every so often I try a skincare trend just to see what all the fuss is about and this year, I was interested in no cleansing. It’s a bit ...

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Why Teens Should Cleanse Their Skin

Just before my daughter turned 13 I took her through a lesson on how to look after your skin. Actually, I had to give her several as she w...

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Winter Skin Masks

Come winter weather we get two extreme opposites of temperature. Outside cold weather, wind adding to chill factor. Inside central heat...

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How to Treat Back Acne

Back acne, AKA Bacne is a major pain in the proverbials. It lives for the attention, a sore, red (or white) mass of spots that sprout in...

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The Joys of Safe Sun

When I was a teenager, I would sit out in the sun in the hope of curing my acne. It wasn’t until years later I was taught the hard lesso...

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Do I Need An SPF?

We're in May and we’ve reached that time of year when we start to think about sun protection. For those of us who need to top up our v...

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Environ Revival Masque - The Reviews!

This breakthrough product was the brainchild of Dr Des Fernandes, creator of Environ skin care. He wanted to make something that was pre...

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Dermal Rolling - Possible Reactions

Dermal rolling, micro needling or Roll-CIT, for was originally created by Dr Des Fernandes, the creator of Environ. The idea behind this...

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Top 10 Resolutions for Healthy Skin

1. Cleanse at the end of each day Some experts recommend you cleanse morning and evening but this depends on the condition of your skin a...

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Top Health Benefits of Oranges

In ancient China, Chinese women used to hold mandarins in their hands so they would be scented with the essential oils. Slowly cut into ...

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Benefits of Beauty Oils

Time was when I would pierce a vitamin E capsule, squeeze out the oil and apply to my face. Trying the catch the oozing oil resulted in ...

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Sugar & Ageing Skin

I've known for ages that sugar is bad for you. We learnt at school that sugar gives you an energy rush. But eat loads at one time, like...

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Environ's "Facelift In a Bottle"

“The story behind why we developed Revival Masque is that this was my first step in the mission I have to make a skin care product that w...

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Aqueous Cream Bad for Eczema

In a study by scientists from Bath University, it was found that a cream prescribed to treat eczema can actually make the condition worse...

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Bellessence

Doreen Chin Ling, Chinese Therapist