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
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
Protect Your Private Parts While Exposed To The Sun We are committed to bringing you a continual stream of anecdotes and information that in some way helps protect you and yours from skin cancer and Melanoma. However, every once in a while we have a cross-referential opportunity that we’re happy to bring you. In other … Read more
Sun protection is a year round subject It’s that time of year again; Autumn has returned! For many in the southern and western United States, aside from the imported or store-bought visual icons of the season, it’s pretty much business as usual weather-wise. But here in N.E. and other parts of the north, northeast and … Read more
Skin Trauma: Photosensitivity / Phototoxicity There are myriad ways that UV exposure from sunlight can negatively impact your skin and health. Several have already been mentioned in previous blog posts, and today I want to talk about one we haven’t discussed yet: photosensitivity and skin trauma. Photosensitivity is an allergic reaction to sunlight which, as its name … Read more
Melanoma Changed My Life Forever As I re-entered the world of fashion and beauty I had a renewed sense-of-self. And more importantly, of others. It’s not that I was selfish or ambivalent before my ordeal with Cancer; I never was. But I returned to my vocation humbled in many ways; my eyes had been opened … Read more
We Can’t Be Good At EVERYTHING – But, We Have a Lot Of Special Talents We are not the best at updating our website or social media and admit to not being good at EVERYTHING. Being a non-profit, we rely on volunteers that bring experience to the table to keep us on the forefront of … Read more