Beauty Deals Multiply on Discount Sites

Beauty Deals Multiply on Discount Sites

By TATIANA BONCOMPAGNI JASMINE CHESS had long wanted to try eyelash extensions, but the high cost had kept them off her beauty shopping list. Then Ms. Chess, 25, saw an offer to buy the service at a reduced rate ($225 instead of the usual $450) on Gilt City, an online...
Healthy Skin Care Education in 3 Easy Steps

Healthy Skin Care Education in 3 Easy Steps

Most people are self conscious about their skin. Everyone wants their skin to look young and healthy, and will go to many lengths to protect our skin from anything in the environment that could harm it. Our skin is the largest organ in, or on, our body. It performs...
Indoor Tanning Beds: How Safe Are They?

Indoor Tanning Beds: How Safe Are They?

A tanning bed is a cosmetic device that emits ultraviolet radiation such as UVA and also UVB to generate artificial tanning. Historically, medical devices that emit UVA were developed and adopted for modern indoor tanning. Since UVA (Ultraviolet A of the sun) has less...
Skin Care Anti-Aging Guide

Skin Care Anti-Aging Guide

Why is it that the skin of a newborn baby can conjure up feelings of envy in many of us? Simply because, as we age, our skin loses that satiny-smooth feeling it once had. Our environment, our age, what we eat, and the amount of sleep we get all play a part in the look...

How Skin Changes With Age

With aging, skin also changes. The changes in skin are both intrinsic and extrinsic. Intrinsic changes are those that appear with aging of body. Extrinsic changes are those that occur because of external factors such as sun, smoking, gravity and bad skin care. We...