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Easy Grooming and skincare hacks EVERY man needs to know....

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It’s Movember! Mo-vember - what is it all about? It  is an annual event involving the growing of moustaches during the month of November to raise awareness of men's health issues, such as prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and men's suicide. So in honour of the males in our lives here are some "must-knows".....  As a skincare consultant, I find that guys are looking for personal care tips and really want to look their very best too, it’s not just the ladies. Read on for my best “handsome” tips for men, from the manliest of men, to metro and everything in between!   By the time you are done reading this, you should have all the info you need to look your very best….. Washing your face First off let’s talk about the basics. Washing your face. Washing your face is ESSENTIAL . Ideally you should be washing your face twice a day.  Morning and night - ps allowing the shampoo to run down your face in the shower does NOT count as one of these times! When you are

TOP 5 SKINCARE TRAVEL TIPS

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Skincare travel tips  Top 5 "MUST-KNOWS" Travelling can be really hard on your skin.  Changes in temperature and humidity can wreack havoc on even the best skin!  Let’s face it you want to be looking your best ALL the time but when on vacation you will likely be photographed a LOT, so you want to be selfie ready! Read on for my top tips on how to maintain the best skin while on vacation!! Travel Sizes Absolutely do not, I repeat DO NOT switch up your skincare just because you are travelling. Often people will choose to buy new skincare because it comes travel sizes.  There are numerous reasons why this is a BAD idea. A lot of skincare regimens are most effective when used consistently. Especially when we are talking about acne  products. By switching for a trip you can undo months of hard work and send your skin in to a downward spiral! Start collecting samples of your favourite products or reaching out to your skincare consultant/company and reques

Millenial Skin Solutions

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Millenial Skin Solutions Let’s talk millenial skin. Millenials in their 20s and early 30s may not be seeing the signs of aging just yet, but it is of the utmost importance that they begin to take care of their skin, even BEFORE they need it.  If you are a millennial read on.... by the time you are done with this blog post I will have given you S OLUTIONS to problems that you didn’t even know you had! The impact that this could have on your skin could be truly life changing. Your future self will thank me!!! The reality is that all skin is aging, all the time .  Do you know that at age 30, you begin to lose 1% of collagen production per year??   You start to notice your skin changing......texture becomes dull and tougher, wrinkles and fine lines start to appear, little dry patches show up, brown spots emerge,  and lets not even mention what happens to the eyes and neck areas.   This is because volume, collagen and elasticity loss starts to occur. And hormones can act up too

Get Pore-fect Skin

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PORES, BLACKHEADS, WHITEHEADS, OH MY….. Let’s talk everything pores, let’s figure out why they can cause blackheads and whiteheads and let’s figure out SOLUTIONS to your PORE issues. Did you know you have 10K (yes 10,000) pores on your face alone. This is 10K opportunities for blackheads and 10K chances to get clogged and lead to the forbidden, hateful ACNE.  Let’s analyze this a little closer: WHAT IS A CLOGGED PORE? A build-up of excess oil combined with debris and dead skin cells deep within the pore. This can lead to visible congestion, stretching and enlarging of pores.  WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? Often flat and enlarged at the surface with slight discolouration.  WHAT IS A BLACKHEAD? A clogged pore that forms a plug at the skin’s surface.  WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? Once exposed to air, the plug oxidizes and turns black. Stubborn blackheads appear dark, hardened and raised at the surface.  Now let’s help find you a solution!!! Enter the latest tech

Winter Skin Solutions - My top 5 tips

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Winter Skin solutions  Not only should you change your wardrobe for winter but you need to change your skincare routine too! As we get set to enter into a cold Canadian winter I want to share with you my winter skincare solutions, so you don’t get dry, dull and itchy this season!! Being a Canadian girl the transition to winter used to wreak havoc on my skin, but since putting the following strategies in to practice, my skin doesn’t suffer through winter fury anymore!! Keep reading for my top 5 winter skin care solutions to keep your skin soft, glowing and gorgeous even in the harshest cold. 1. Hydration Skin often becomes “dehydrated” during the cold winter months. Therefore you need a hydrating product. What many people may not realize is that although the terms are mistakenly used interchangeably, moisturizing and hydrating are not exactly the same thing. Hydration refers to the water content within cells - water within cells leaves them plump/juicy like a GRAPE