For many years skincare has been the sole preserve of the ladies. After all, men don’t need it, do they? As I came downstairs to breakfast the other day, my wife stroked my cheek lovingly. ‘Your skin is so soft!’ she said almost wonderingly. ‘I really don’t know how you manage it!’ Now my wife…
Of the many skin colors of different races, Japanese skin is singular. It possesses an age defying beauty that makes it appear healthy and firm. So what is the difference between western and Japanese skincare? Why does their skin stay youthful longer? The first difference between the cultures is diet. Japanese eat healthier foods that…
Are you still pulling your hair out over not being able to find the best natural skincare products? It truly is hard to find any product that is on the market that can even come close to being called scientific system skincare. Why does it seem as though everything that you by simply has junk…
The Crash Everything changed suddenly in 1929 when the stock market crashed. Many of the rich became poor overnight and many of the poor became destitute. While shocks were felt across the Western world, America got the brunt of the Depression. Tent and shack cities rose up in urban centers, bread lines stretched for blocks…
As an industry that is consistently gaining more attention from both men and woman alike, and always growing with more and more brands and products being released throughout the years, choosing the skin care or beauty treatment that is best suited to one’s personal skin-type can become quite confusing and actually in many cases can…
Smile Like the Mona Lisa While medieval feudalism continued throughout most of Europe, the thirteenth century saw a cultural rebirth take place in Italy. Aptly named the Renaissance, French for “rebirth,” this period saw culture blossom in a way it had not since the time of the Roman Empire. In fact, the Renaissance started as…
A Northern Renaissance It took nearly one hundred years for the Italian Renaissance to catch up with the British Isles, but when it did, the results were spectacular. Under the rule of Queen Elizabeth I, England began a quest of expansion that saw the creation of new colonies throughout the world. Large portions of India,…
The Face of the Industrial Revolution When imagining the people who lived during the Industrial Revolution, it is easy to picture the characters from a Charles Dickens novel. It is easy to imagine cities filled with soot-faced Oliver Twists and David Copperfields. In some respects, this picture is accurate. The first half of the nineteenth…
In this day and age, most of us are increasingly aware of how important it is to eat organic and as natural as possible. Unfortunately, we often fail to apply this rule to the outside of our body. Our skin is the largest organ in our system; it absorbs toxins and/or nutrients via whatever products…
If you’re thinking about doing your own face cleaning, then you should consider all the factors that could make your face and skin break out or irritate. Your pores are like very large air passages that contain sebum and dead skin cells which should remain unaltered. If you wash your face on a daily basis,…
