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Retinoic Acid Explained

Retinoic Acid Explained

Trans-Retinoic Acid, Retinoic Acid, Vitamin A, Pro-vitamin A and Retinol are all common buzz words in the cosmetic skin care industry, here we take...

A to Z of Acids

Acids help to dissolve the chemical bonds between skin cells on the surface of your skin, breaking them apart allowing the skin cells to come away ...

Why Tannic Acid is important for skincare

Tannins are found commonly in the bark of trees, wood, leaves, buds, stems, fruits, seeds and roots. In all of these plant structures, tannins help...

Behind The Ingredient: Persea Gratissima

AVOCADO oil, is a vitamin-rich, luxurious oil that profoundly nourishes the skin and replenishes it's delicate barrier.

5 Amazing Seed Oils

Research shows that oils penetrate into the stratum corner and filter down the top two to three cellular layers.

WHY YOU SHOULD BE USING FACE OILS

It is a misconception that an oil will make skin oily, skin is lipid based and loves oils, all skin benefit from including facial oils into a beaut...

Sea Buckthorn - Ingredients explained

The Sea Buckthorn berry also has as much vitamin E as wheat germ, three times more vitamin A than carrots, and four times more superoxide dismutase...

Essential Fatty Acids explained

Your skin is protected by important compounds known as lipids, they work like bricks and mortar, inter-cellular cement that fill gaps between the s...

The Unique Pomegranate offers some rare Compounds

Recent studies have shown that pomegranate actually contains three times the total antioxidant potency of green tea or red wine, making it a powerf...

Why you should be adding Vitamin B to your skincare routine

A study by Bisset et al, presented at the Annual Meeting of Dermatology in 2003, demonstrated that a topical form of vitamin B was shown to dramati...

Skin Photo-toxicity & Citrus Oils

Essential oils are highly concentrated plant extracts that offer rapid correction, regeneration and balance with little or no side effects. Sometim...

Titanium dioxide + Why Certified Organic Matters

Exposure to nanoparticles of titanium dioxide and other additives has previously been shown to interfere with the immune system and cause cell damage.

Gender, whats yours and why do we care?

Socially-prescribed - Gender roles, do not resonate with everyone, even those who vary only slightly from the norm can become targets of disapproval.