What Time of Day Should You Avoid the Sun?

avoid the sun during peak times

The sun’s harmful UV rays are ever-present. They never take a vacation, nor do they head south for the winter. They’re there on cloudy and overcast days. They’re there in the winter, and they reflect off of snow onto people to cause sun skin damage. However, they’re even more potent during the sun’s peak times … Read more

Sunscreen for All Skin Types

sunscreen for all skin types and tones

In a perfect world, at some point you may be sitting there thinking to yourself, I know Sunscreen is important, and it should be worn whenever I’m outside. But does one size fit all, so to speak? What type is best suited for me? If that sounds like you, fortunately cosmeticsmag.com has posted a few … Read more

Black Salve: Skin Cancer “Home Remedy”

Black salve remedy to cure skin cancer

I must say, I winced just reading the words “skin cancer” and “home remedy” strung together in its title. Skin cancer, and Melanoma, are completely incomparable to a bout with, say, Poison Ivy; to which your great-grandmother may have once applied some melted tree bark/green tea leaf concoction that’d been passed down to her in … Read more

Summer Skincare Tips

Summer Skincare

As a reminder to those of you whose Christmas lights are still up, summer is less than a month away. It’s hard to believe that another year is almost halfway through, when it seems like a few strains of Auld Lang Syne are still stuck in our heads. What that means, to point out the … Read more

Can Your Hairstyle Prevent Skin Cancer?

May is Melanoma Awareness Month, and all throughout May we’ll bring you blog posts that focus on a specific result from, or contributor to, sun skin damage. Today, we’ll be focusing on how your Hairstyle can actually be a defense against skin cancer. When the topic of conversation turns to the quality of Canadian singer … Read more

Don’t Fry Day 2016

May is Melanoma Awareness Month. And just as it’s kicked off every year with Melanoma Monday, it begins its wind down with Don’t Fry Day. Don’t Fry Day is celebrated annually on the fourth Friday of May, and in 2016 it falls on May 27th. As you know, that’s today; so of course it’s no … Read more

Wrinkle Relief in the Form of a “Second Skin”

May is Melanoma Awareness Month, and all throughout May we’ll be bringing you blog posts that focus on a specific result from, or contributor to, sun skin damage. Today we’ll be focusing on the very real potential for wrinkle relief. The wheels of science never stop turning, and it’s a great thing for mankind that … Read more