Skincare Blog

Skin tags are small, fleshy, benign growth on the skin. It can appear anywhere on the skin or face. They can be either of the color of your complexion or slightly darker than that and can be as big as a large grape. They are usually very small and grows even slower never exceeding the size of half an inch. Skin tags are movable, soft and appear to be like a part of the skin attached to it by a stalk. Skin tags can be really irritating if they are on your face or at places noticeable. They can also...

A multivitamin is intended to supplement a persons diet with vitamins, dietary minerals, and other nutritional elements that they may be lacking. Multivitamins are available in tablets, capsules, pastilles, powders, liquids, and injectable formulations. If you recognize a greater need for a particular vitamin or mineral, and you get adequate amounts of the rest, it’s better to buy that product separately. There are many inexpensive formulations of vitamin C (ascorbic acid), iron (ferrous sulfate), and calcium. Remember to take coffee or tea at least 30 minutes after meals because these can decrease the availability of iron by up to 50 percent. Never take...

2020/2021 has been a unique time in history. The pandemic has taught us many lessons, one of which is that we do not have to leave home to be gainfully employed. A shocking 43% of the U.S. workforce are working from home. While the commute is awesome, the hours are good and daycare is free it can still be very challenging to maintain a life-work balance. This is especially true for those that are juggling their household duties with work duties, being a substitute teacher and a care giver to aging parents. If you are anything like me you feel like...

Millions of Americans apply personal care products every morning before heading to work or school. But these products don’t stick to our bodies permanently. Over the course of the day, compounds in deodorants, lotions, hair gels and perfumes evaporate from our skin and eventually make their way outdoors. Now there’s new evidence to suggest that these products are major sources of air pollution in urban areas.

Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker” brings to life part of a fascinating rags-to-riches tale I’ve been researching for the past 10 years. Walker, widely documented to have been America’s first self-made female millionaire, made her fortune building an Indianapolis-based beauty products company that served black women across the U.S. and overseas. Today it offers a product line through Sephora. Oscar-winner Octavia Spencer stars in the miniseries about the African American entrepreneur originally named Sarah Breedlove. Born shortly after emancipation in 1867 on a cotton plantation in Louisiana to a formerly enslaved family, she later adapted...