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Dry Lips: What Causes Them and How to Treat Them
The causes of dry lips are abundant: dry weather, air conditioners, smoking, products that dry out skin (especially acne products or over-used anti-aging products), aging (the more we age, the more easily our skin becomes dehydrated), etc. No matter the reason for dry lips, the challenge is that they have a very thin layer of skin covering them and their barrier function (the thing that keeps skin healthy and hydrated) is easily compromised so they lose moisture very easily. When looking for products that can help bring life back to dehydrated lips, choose products that contain ingredients like: hyaluronic acid (ultra-hydrating because it can hold 1000x it’s weight in water),…
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How to Spot Treat a Breakout
It happens to the best of us. You wake up one morning to find a huge zit for the whole world to see right in the middle of your forehead, on the tip of your nose, or in my case right now (which is exactly why I’m writing this post): on your chin. I don’t break out as often as I used to when I was younger, but once in a while a big one sprouts up and must be handled. There are several ways to deal with a breakout, and usually I just let it run its course. Although for some reason this one is bothering me. 3 REASONS…