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Basic Beauty Care For All
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items Taking the time to care for ourselves should no longer be considered an indulgence, or even a luxury. It's a necessity — now more than ever.
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Different Skin Types
Oily Skin Management
Skin Pigmentation
Korean Skincare
Acid in Skincare
Start With a Clean Face
Different Skin Types
Each has unique characteristics, and knowing them can help you take better care of your skin
Each has unique characteristics, and knowing them can help you take better care of your skin. Normal skin is just that—normal. It’s easy to take care of and is a lot less problematic than other skin types. Dry skin frequently lacks moisture. You'll n...
What Are the Different Skin Types?
Your skin type will depend largely on how well your natural skin barrier is functioning, especially when it comes to moisture and water content. If your skin barrier is not working properly, it may not produce enough lipids or retain enough water in ...
Skin Types: Normal, Dry, Oily, Combination, Sensitive and Others
Oily Skin Management
Sebum keeps your skin lubricated and protects it against excess moisture, but can leave you with a greasy complexion and increase your risk of pimples and acne breakouts if there's too much of it.
Oily skin occurs when sebaceous glands in your skin produce too much of a waxy, oily substance known as sebum. Sebum keeps your skin lubricated and protects it against excess moisture, but can leave you with a greasy complexion and increase your risk...
How to Manage Oily Skin
Skin Pigmentation
Skin pigment disorders, injuries, and other changes in your body can cause your skin to lighten, darken, or change in color. You might notice changes in your skin tone in multiple areas on the surface of your skin or only in certain patches of skin.
Skin pigment disorders, injuries, and other changes in your body can cause your skin to lighten, darken, or change in color. You might notice changes in your skin tone in multiple areas on the surface of your skin or only in certain patches of skin.
What You Need to Know About Skin Pigmentation
The face is one of the most common areas in which hyperpigmentation occurs. The specific location depends on the type of hyperpigmentation.
Demystifying hyperpigmentation
You may be able to treat hyperpigmentation with over-the-counter (OTC) skin acids and retinoids. A dermatologist can also perform procedures that may help reduce its appearance.
Hyperpigmentation Treatment: Acids, Peels, Lasers, and More
Korean Skincare
Korean women are known to have very soft skin in general; however, many Korean women desire more translucent and porcelain-like glass skin.
K-beauty's skincare products are famous for not only rejuvenating the skin and solving troubled skin issues, but also its affordable pricing relative to Western skincare.
TikTok is flooded with people swearing Korean skincare fixed their acne. 2 dermatologists weigh in on why it actually works
It's no secret that more and more consumers are becoming aware of Korean makeup and skincare brands, and many have tried them - and then are hooked.
Why Korean Beauty & Skin Care Is So Popular?
The term “glass skin” is commonly used in the Korean beauty world to refer to a smooth, clear, and intensely hydrated complexion that appears transparent.
Korean Skin Care Routine: All the Steps From A to Z
Acid in Skincare
Knowing exactly what acids are in your products and how they work can help you find the right mix of anti-agers to build the routine that delivers the results you’re after.
The idea that there’s acid in your skin-care products may sound scary. In reality, they’re game-changers in the quest to achieve smooth, even-toned, and radiant skin. These acids may be alpha hydroxy acids or AHAs (like glycolic or lactic), beta hydr...
Using Acids in Skin Care: A Complete Guide
Start With a Clean Face
The daily buildup of dirt, sweat, oil and everything else can block pores, so a regular cleansing routine helps keep it under control. Skin conditions like acne can also benefit from regular, gentle cleansing. It keeps your skin balanced, and most im...
If you completely stopped washing your face your pores would become clogged resulting in the development of serious acne. The skin could also experience a combination of severe redness, dryness and irritation from insufficient hydration. Finally your...
Skin Cleansing 101
The daily buildup of dirt, sweat, oil and everything else can block pores, so a regular cleansing routine helps keep it under control. Skin conditions like acne can also benefit from regular, gentle cleansing. It keeps your skin balanced, and most im...
Everything You Need To Know About Cleansing
A dermatologist shares tips for how to wash your face and why how you do it is so important.
How to Properly Wash Your Face
Never Sleep With Your Makeup On
It clogs your pores, inflames your skin, makes it dull, and creates more wrinkles.
Sleeping in makeup is a bad idea. It clogs your pores, inflames your skin, makes it dull, and creates more wrinkles.
The Importance of Removing Makeup Before Bed for Healthy Skin
Never Skip The Sunscreen
UVA is everywhere – everywhere that there is ambient light, in the shade, in buildings, during the winter and cooler months.
Dr. Hamdan Abdullah, a board-certified dermatologist, says, “It is important to wear sunscreen even at home as windows and other materials can allow UV rays to penetrate indoors. Moreover, if you work near windows or spend time outdoors, you may stil...
Why is sunscreen important even at home?
Brief exposure to UVA and UVB rays probably won’t cause noticeable skin damage, but over time these rays can damage skin cells and age your skin prematurely.
Sunscreen Dos and Don’ts
Studies show that regular daily use of SPF 15 sunscreen, when used as directed, can reduce your risk of developing squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) by about 40 percent, and lower your melanoma risk by 50 percent.
How it Works for You.
The standard theory suggests choosing an SPF based on how long it takes you to burn…but depending on your skin type, you might not burn, or at least not easily. Even the “healthy”-looking tan that starts to develop is still skin damage—which signific...
Which SPF do I need?
Sun protection factor (SPF) measures how much solar energy is required to cause a sunburn when you’re wearing sunscreen compared with unprotected skin. A sunscreen with an SPF of 30, when used as directed, prevents 97% of UVB raysTrusted Source from ...
Every Sunscreen Question You Have, Answered
Primer Before Makeup
Primers help to prepare the skin, allowing for better and longer-lasting makeup application
A good primer can also help to even out your skin tone, absorb oil to assist with a matte finish, smooth out imperfections, and can even provide protection from sun damage. Read More: glam.com/1339769/beauty-expert-makeup-primer-need-explained
Primer is essential to a flawless face
How to Curl Your Lashes
Inexpensive and portable with powerful impact, eyelash curlers are one of the easiest ways to brighten your eyes and bring drama to your lashes.
For unheated eyelash curlers, start by holding the curler like a pair of scissors and opening it completely. Keep your eyes open and bring the tool towards your upper lashes. Place your lashes in between the top and padded base, stopping as close to ...
How To Use an Eyelash Curler
Take the lash curler and rest it as close to the base of your lash line as you can get without pinching skin. From there, clamp down and keep it clamped for at least 20 seconds. Curling your lashes prior to applying mascara is key, as curling after c...
How to Get Your Lashes to Hold a Curl
Mascara
Want long, lush lashes? Don't ever sleep in your mascara. Mascara makes your lashes stiff, leaving them more likely to break while you're tossing and turning.
How much do you really know about this makeup staple?
9 Things You Didn't Know About Mascara
Here are some signs you need to replace your mascara: If it becomes clumpy, if it appears flaky and dry, if you notice a change in its color, if you notice it has a funky or rancid smell, if you recently had an eye infection (continuing to use it can...
7 Common Mascara Dos and Don't s
Press a pad soaked in remover against the eyes. In many cases, it takes a bit of time for makeup remover to set in and work. "It's important for the solvents to dissolve the polymers and pigments and break down the mascara," says Caglia. "This is key...
How to Remove Stubborn Mascara
Don’t “pump” the mascara wand when you use it because that forces air into the tube, which prematurely dries the product making it, as you say, clumpy.
Don’t pump the mascara
You’ve probably seen others push their wand in and out of the tube with the goal of picking up more product, but makeup artists say this’ll put your mascara on the fast track to expiration. “Pumping your mascara wand pushes air in and dries up formul...
Mistakes That Cause Unnecessary Clumping | “Pumping” The Wand
Most women find the process of taking off mascara incredibly annoying. No matter how much you rub or wipe, the black stuff just keeps coming off.
How to Remove Stubborn Mascara
