Don’t Forget Your Sunscreen and Sundicators Cruising season is here! You’ve finally booked a cruise and can’t wait to get out there on the high seas. Who could blame you? Seven days of endless entertainment and mountains of free food will soon be coming your way. During the daylight hours you spend on that floating … Read more
The Proper Order of Skin Product Application Many women have a beauty routine they’re accustomed to when getting ready in the morning. You may or may not know this, but there’s a correct order to make-up application and skin care protection. We will show you How -to-use Sunscreen Correctly. Apply sunscreen after skin treatments and before … 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
As I sit here burned-out and tired from all the preparations involved with the upcoming New York Fashion Week, (NYFW) it’s occurred to me that I’m late for my dermatology follow-up. I survived a Beast, and in order to stay healthy I need to be proactive. So while I might be all over the place … 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
Hero: Samantha Channels of Got Sunblock? I first met my hero Samantha Channels in 2010 through social media. This extraordinarily beautiful woman, a lifelong Hawaiian, was much younger than me. And at the time we first became friends, she was taking care of her four children while having fought her way through years’ worth of struggles … Read more
We have more work to do overcoming obstacles that involve our health & safety. Obstacles: As summer winds down and we run around like crazy getting our kids ready for the new school year, I feel compelled to remind you that seasonal changes are no reason (or excuse) to drop your guard on sun protection. … Read more