While skin care is probably not the foremost thing on your mind at this time of year, it is important during the long winter months to think about your skin care routine and to make appropriate changes if necessary. Along with glistening snowflakes, skiing, and sledding, winter also brings the driest weather of the year. This lack of moisture can quickly be translated to your skin and cause everything from flaking skin to cracked lips.

21 May, 2008 | Read more | Sophia Granville |

While skin care is probably not the foremost thing on your mind at this time of year, it is important during the long winter months to think about your skin care routine and to make appropriate changes if necessary. Along with glistening snowflakes, skiing, and sledding, winter also brings the driest weather of the year. This lack of moisture can quickly be translated to your skin and cause everything from flaking skin to cracked lips.

21 May, 2008 | Read more | Sophia Granville |

Just like everyone has a different personality, everyone’s skin type has different features and needs. Fortunately, it is possible to categorize skin type into a small number of categories, which makes it easier to figure out the best treatment regimen for both normal maintenance and relieving problems. You can think of your skin type as the way that your skin looks and feels and is created by both the environment and your genetics.

14 May, 2008 | Read more | Sophia Granville |

Your skin is a part of your body that you probably take for granted as just being there. If you stop to think about it though, your skin does a wide variety of things and does them all extremely well. It has often been said that the skin is the largest organ of the human body, but that's only part of the importance if it. Your skin is also the first line of defense against a number of different things that can threaten your health, including but not limited to infection, pollution, and radiation. Its ability to sweat also makes the skin vital to internal temperature regulation.

07 May, 2008 | Read more | Sophia Granville |