How to Safely Lighten Your Sensitive Skin

Glowing Skin

If you have hypersensitive skin that seems to be irritated by even putting on your makeup too thickly, then lightening your skin probably seems out of the realms of possibilities. If you are incredibly sensitive to chemicals, almost all skin bleaching products on the market are packed full of them. The majority … Read more

How to Do a Makeup Patch Test for Using New Products

Allergy patch test

If you have sensitive skin then a switch to a new product is… A gamble, to say the least. Be envious of all those YouTube stars that can try a new cosmetic every week and have nothing happen to them, but definitely don’t try to emulate that. It will end badly. The … Read more

9 Essential Do’s and Don’ts of Sensitive Skin

do and dont of sensitive skin

Start with a vigorous scrubbing with a fragrance-filled, exfoliate-heavy bar soap, slather with astringent and maybe some rubbing alcohol for that deep-burning clean, add on heavy chemical SPF, then finish with a thick layer of synthetic cosmetics. If you haven’t already figured it out, the above is the perfect recipe to have … Read more

What Is Really in Your Cosmetics? – Jojoba Wax or Oil

Jojoba Wax or Oil

In this new segment, we are going to be taking a closer look at common ingredients that can be found in cosmetics. After all, you’d have to be very well read to understand chemical names and even with natural-sounding ingredients, you might not have any idea what they are. That latter is … Read more

What is Really in Your Cosmetics? – Dimethicone

Dimethicone

When it comes to cosmetics, the more chemical-sounding the name, the more questionable it makes the ingredient sound. Typically, perceiving dubiousness from chemical-sounding names is a spot on reaction, but is that the case is our latest ingredient under the looking glass, dimethicone? What is Dimethicone? Also known as polydimethylsilxane, dimethicone is … Read more

Why Do I Have Sensitive Skin?

Treating Scars

When you are suffering, the easiest question to ask is “Why Me?” This is applicable more than ever if you have sensitive skin. Why is trying a new cosmetic for you a gamble with your skin when you have a friend that switches cosmetics on a weekly basis just because they can? … Read more

What is Really in Your Cosmetics? – Carnauba Wax

Carnauba Wax

When it comes to waxes used in cosmetics, some have very obvious origins, like beeswax. Beeswax very obviously comes from bees. However, some waxes are a little more difficult to identify, especially when they use their scientific name instead of their common one. However, sometimes even their common names leave a little … Read more