Skin Cancer and Melanoma Detection Apps

We Put Them to the Test I say it all the time, the internet has its pros and cons. I tried a couple of the mole or skin cancer & melanoma detection app’s that are out there over the airwaves and here is what I came up with. It was uncomfortable from the very point of … Read more

Can Sunscreen Impact Our Environment?

Experts Weigh In A recently-released report indicates that the chemical Oxybenzone, which is used in a significant number of sunscreens worldwide, is putting the coral reefs of the world’s oceans in serious jeopardy. Now, unless important or integral to a post, we don’t generally bog down our blog with an excess of statistics or mostly … Read more

Halloween: Trick or Treatment?

Retinyl Palmitate and your sunscreen

Skin Protection Maintaining proper skin care is, of course, essential throughout all seasons. However, a change in routines and treatments when the leaves turn orange and the corn mazes whither will help keep your skin looking and feeling great once Old Man Autumn comes a-knockin’. Recently, Elle Magazine published a half-dozen tips to help get … Read more

Autumn Sports Sun Protection

Autumn Sports Sunscreen

As October rolls around in the east and north, the weather gets both colder and bolder. And the athletes among us Yankees start to shift some of our athletic activities indoors. However that doesn’t mean every outdoor sport gets mothballed for the season up here. We hearty folk will frolic outside till long after the … Read more

Cyber Influences Can Be Good and Bad

Cyberspace positive and negatives

Cyber Influences can be  really good or they can be really bad. One of the many reasons why I have a hard time with the power of social media is due to some of the nasty exchanges I’ve seen in both the Fashion/Beauty and Skin Cancer communities. Back in 2010 as social media grew, it … Read more

Facial Sun Care – Anti Aging Protection

woman outside wearing sunglasses

Sun Protection To Keep You Looking Younger Longer Everyone loves to feel a little sun shining upon their face but we’ve got to enjoy it responsibly! We will try and make that take easier by recommending a few of our favorite Facial sun care products from around the globe. Today, many sun care products that … Read more

Asian Influences In Skincare

young Asian woman

Beauty, Skincare and Sun Protection We’ve finally fallen in love with the Asian influences in skincare routines that have become all the rage in the U.S.; but better late than never! If you’re not already familiar with the beauty resulting from Asian skincare techniques, let me explain. Koreans, in particular, have a daily skincare regimen … Read more