How to Treat Your Skin in Menopause

Hormonal changes affect our skin. It is blatantly apparent when we are teenagers. But menopause is no picnic either. It can bring about increased dryness, sensitivity, and, in some cases, even acne. Give your skin some comfort and tackle the changes head-on with some simple ..

How to use retinol in the summer?

The skincare community will hotly debate any number of topics. Do you need a moisturiser? Are eye creams effective? How many times per week should you exfoliate? But one ingredient we can all agree on is retinol. It is a powerful ingredient with numerous studies that prove i..

How to beat winter skin

Any season is better than summer. But the fact remains, wintertime can exceptionally harsh on the skin. How should you treat winter skin? What are some of the common mistakes we make, and how to fix them? Skincare routine Cold air, wind, central heating that dries the beje..

How to prevent skincare pilling

For many of us, doing our skincare routine is a happy place. A Zen moment to ourselves. A chance to take a breath and pamper our skin. Or it should be until you experience something called skincare pilling. Plenty of us have experienced it at least once. We do our skincare r..

How to know if you are overwashing your face

Cleansers give us joy! Simple as. Oils, balms, gels, the difference in textures, the scent, the ritual of washing off daily dirt and grime - cleansing your face can be awesome. Cleansing is the first and crucial step in keeping our skin healthy, bouncy, and plump. But someti..

How to Treat Post-Holiday Skin

Holidays can be a mixed bag. For some people, it can be a stressful period with the travel and fraught family reunions that would test the patience of a saint. For others, it is a magical time of the year what with Christmas decorations everywhere, parties, and never-ending ..

How to switch your skincare routine for autumn

The days are getting shorter and colder (thank heavens!), it is time to get cosy. It is also time to switch up your skincare routine to adjust to the change of season. What are some of the most common skin concerns during this transitional period? The change in temperature a..

C60 Fullerene - The new super star ingredient for your skincare routine

The beauty industry is constantly evolving, and new skincare products are hitting the market every day. One of the latest buzzwords in the world of skincare is C60 fullerene. This molecule has been dubbed as the "superstar of your skincare routine," with many people swearing..

Ingredient highlight - amino acids

Amino acids might not be on your skincare radar. However, due to their nature, they are critical for our skin health. What are amino acids, and how do they benefit the skin? Should you include them in your routine? What are amino acids? Considered the building blocks in ou..

Cosmetic Ingredients A-Z and Their Properties

We're passionate about the ingredients that make up your favorite skincare products. From A-Z, each ingredient has been carefully chosen for its unique benefits to the skin, ranging from hydrating and soothing properties to anti-aging and brightening effects. Whether it?s th..

Ingredient Highlight - Bisabolol

Bisabolol is an ingredient you might have heard of, or even come across on the inci list, but never really paid much attention to. The fact of the matter is, we might not talk about it to the same extent as we do about retinol or Alpha-Hydroxy acids. But it does have plenty ..

Ingredient Highlight - Emollients

Come wintertime, one category of ingredients that gets talked about a lot in the skincare community is emollients. It is easy to understand why. Due to cold weather and change in temperature, the majority of us deal with dry or dehydrated skin. It is not a life-threatening c..

Ingredient Highlight - Squalane

Want smooth, soft, well-hydrated skin? Give Squalane a try! Chances are a few of the products in your skincare stash contain Squalane. It is a popular ingredient, and for a good reason. It is super hydrating, but what is even more important, it is well tolerated by ALL skin ..

Ingredient Highligh - Humectants

Healthy skin needs to be hydrated properly. Yes, regardless of the skin type. Humectants are ingredients that work well for all skin types. Oily skin gets the hydration it needs, without any of the oiliness. Dry and dehydrated benefits too, for obvious reasons. What are hume..

Ingredient Highlight - Lipo-hydroxy acid

What is Lipo-hydroxy acid? Lipo-hydroxy acid is an ester of Salicylic acid. Where it differentiates from Salicylic acid is it has a higher molecular weight. Because of this, it slower to penetrate the skin and better tolerated. It is a lipophilic acid meaning it dissolves i..

Ingredient Highlight - Azelaic Acid

Ask any skincare nerd about their favourite ingredient and be prepared to listen about the virtues of retinol/vitamin C/AHAs and what a difference it made to their skin (we are guilty of that, too). But if you have blemish-prone sensitive skin or suffer from rosacea, it can ..

How to Adapt Your Skincare Routine in the Summer

Most of us switch out our wardrobes at the beginning of each season. Makes sense, right? There is no need for cashmere sweaters when it's boiling outside. Same applies to our skincare. As the weather hots up, it is only normal to switch up our routines. It would be a waste (..

Using an acid treatment has made my skin dry and crinkly. What should I do?

Q. I have been applying mandelic acid 15% every other day for a week. I have noticed my skin has gone kind of crinkly and dry but moisturiser doesn't seem to help. What should I do? A. Don't worry, this is a common problem for people using treatment strength alpha hydroxy a..

Weird and Terrible Beauty Treatments

Leeches, blood masks, crocodile dung and fire treatments...this list may sound like part of a bizarre Halloween ritual, but in fact they are all weird and terrible beauty treatments... 1) Leech Therapy This treatment looks more like a scene from a horror movie than fro..

Vintage Beauty Tips That Still Work

Times may have moved on and technology may have advanced, but sometimes grandma simply knows best. We have researched vintage beauty advice from the early 20th century and collected together tips that remain both true and thrifty. [caption id="attachment_2451" align="..

Sunscreen Recommendations

Sunscreen is a must in any skincare routine. That is if you want to avoid looking like an old leather handbag. Also, do we need to remind you about skin cancer? Sunscreens of the old were a goopy, thick, greasy mess. Luckily, it is easier than ever to find an elegantly formu..

Heat-Induced Sensitivity - How to Ease the Symptoms

Sensitive skin is a blanket term most of us use without much thought, but it is not a diagnosis per se. It signifies various things to different people. For some it might represent breakouts, others might experience extreme dryness. Or it could be a reaction to an ingredient..

Why You Need A Serum in Your Skincare Routine

Serum - miracle in a bottle. Or at least that is what skincare brands would like you to believe. Serums are big in the skincare industry and they are not going away. Shopping for a serum can be a bewildering experience even if you are not a skincare noob. Majority promise mi..

Korean Skincare 101 and 5 Game-Changing Products

Over the last couple of years beauty outlets have been obsessed with Korean skincare. 10-step routine, glass skin, cloudless skin, unusual ingredients, anti-polluaging - it is easy to get distracted. But (in our opinion) at its core the Korean approach to skincare is far si..

How Exfoliation Benefits the Skin

The skin is composed of several layers and regenerates new skin cells in the bottom layer. By the time they reach the top layer of the skin, these plump healthy skin cells have become flat, pigmented and full of hardened protein. These dead cells are continually being shed, ..

How to Care for Very Dry Skin

Every skin type has its challenges. If you have oily skin, you might struggle with oiliness throughout the day. If you have dry skin, your skin might feel tight and uncomfortable by midday. However, one thing most of us share is that our skin tends to go a bit haywire when ..

Autumn is Here - Time to Undo Summer Skin Damage

Autumn is finally here, HURRAY! Pardon our enthusiasm, but we just cannot with summer. The heat, the sweat, the bug bites, all of it does our head in. Apart from taking a walk in the cool, crisp weather, autumn is the ideal time to undo any damage that might have occurred du..

What to Look for in an Eye Cream

An eye cream is not a necessity. The fact of the matter is you can easily apply your serum and moisturiser to your under eye area and be done with it. However, the skin underneath our eyes is thin. It gets even thinner as we age. Combine that with any number of lifestyle fac..

Skin Irritation & Anti-Irritants

By Vispi Kanga Cosmetics and skin care products are part of most people's daily grooming habits. Intact or uninjured skin is an excellent barrier to most substances found in cosmetics and skin care products. If skin is over dry or injured, disruptions in the stratum corne..

How To Put Together A Skincare Routine

Have you popped into any high street beauty store lately? Needless to say if you are new to skincare and when faced with so many products, putting together a routine can be daunting at first. Cleanser? Do you want foam, gel, balm or (a personal favourite) gel-to-oil? Moistur..

Sunscreen 101

If you grew up in the 80s, you might remember how cavalier most of us were about sunscreen application. We had no qualms about using opened sunscreen from the previous summer, anything over SPF15 was considered fancy, and reapplication was unheard of. Today we know differen..

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