Does our skin always absorb what we put on it?

Have you heard that “fact” that says what you put on your skin gets absorbed into your bloodstream within 26 seconds? I heard it for years, and I would knowingly use toxic shave cream and body wash and frantically rinse it off before my 26 second in-my-head countdown went off! Now that I’m more educated […]

You need to try the Beautycounter Overnight Resurfacing Peel!

… AKA MAGIC SKINCARE POTION I’ve been bottling up my excitement for over a month about Beautycounter’s new at-home Overnight Resurfacing Peel! FIRST: Let’s clear up a few misconceptions about the name of this new magical spot and line-busting treatment! #1 It does NOT peel your skin. The word “peel” here means that it is […]

How to Avoid Heavy Metals in Your Makeup

  For this month’s safer skincare post, I’ll be chatting about the problems and pervasiveness of heavy metals in your makeup and how you can avoid them! Be sure to scroll all the way to the bottom of this post for my April Beautycounter gift!   WHAT ARE HEAVY METALS & WHY DO THEY MATTER? […]

Non-Toxic Sunscreen for Your Family

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Here’s my list of non-toxic sunscreen that works, and why you’ll want to toss that conventional Coppertone after reading this article.   For almost 3 decades, I slathered coconut-scented drugstore sunscreen all over my body for a good part of the year. When you grow up in Florida and spend as much time outside as […]