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Skincare FAQs Spending time each day on a routine using  a small variety of quality products can make a huge difference.  Skincare is not complicated.  Below answers are provided to the most common questions about the care of  your skin. click her to to take skincare finder quiz Q: How can I avoid wrinkles? A: We all age and  wrinkles result  from that aging.  So wrinkles are going to happen, but they can be delayed or minimized.  Limit sun exposure and use sunscreen daily.  Also use skincare products with sun protection antioxidants and retinoids Q: How can I fix uneven skin tone? A:  Uneven skin tone can be caused by an uneven distribution of  pigment.  Sun exposure and hormonal changes also contribute to this issue.  Products that contain vitamin C can also even out your skin tone.  Sometimes dead skin cell are the problem.  Exfoliate once a day or every couple days. Q: How do I find my skin type? A: Usually skin is classified a few different

Skincare:  How to treat the 4 types of wrinkles Known by many names crow's feet, laugh lines creases, WRINKLES   Unless you have found a way to cheat father time wrinkles are in your future.  Wrinkles are a defining characteristic of  the natural aging process.  Superdrug surveyed 2000 women.  The beauty retailer found that by age 29 women are worried about aging.  There top concerns are wrinkles and sagging skin. Did you know that not all wrinkles are the same? As a matter of course most believed that there were two types of wrinkles. Dynamic Wrinkles -   Those lines that develop from facial movements, such as smiling. Static Wrinkles - Lines that form due to loss of elasticity and collagen, which causes the skin to eventually sag.   In 2006 researchers at the university hospital of Liege, Belgium published a study in the International Journal of Cosmetic Science. In this study they  identified four different categories of wrinkles. Th

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INGREDIENT SPOTLIGHT: HYALURONIC   ACID The Discovery and History of Hyaluronic Acid The discovery of hyaluronic acid dates back to 1934, when two researchers, Karl Meyer and John Palmer, isolated an unknown molecule from the vitreous body of a cow’s eyes (1). Further investigation revealed that the substance contained uronic acid and another sugar molecule. The researchers later named the substance hyaluronic acid, a term derived from a Greek word “hyalos”, meaning glass, plus uronic acid (1). Although the compound was isolated in acid form, it demonstrated salt-like characteristics when put under physiological conditions. The salt formed was called sodium hyaluronate, a neutralized form of hyaluronic acid. The chemical structure and use of hyaluronan remained unknown until in the 1950s when Karl Meyer and his colleagues first established its chemical structure (1). Surprisingly, Endre Balazs had first used this compound commercially as an egg-white substitute in a ba