How Smoking Affects the Skin
Through scientific studies, evidence has been produced that suggests smoking and tobacco smoke exposure can affect the skin in various ways. . Premature ageing by degeneration in collagen and elastin fibres . Decreases capillary and arteriolar blood flow . Damages crucial connective tissue within the skin . Damages the skin’s fibroblasts (the cells in connective […]
Drink Warm Lemon Water in the Morning for a Year (and These 20 Things Happen)
Adding lemon to water not only quenches thirst better than any other beverage, but it also nourishes our body with vitamins, minerals and trace elements that we absolutely need. Lemon with water can be considered the best natural booster. When we wake up in the morning, our bodily tissues are dehydrated and are in need […]
Benefits of Himalayan Salt
By Tina Viney As much of my work requires that I spend countless hours on the computer it stands to reason that increased weight is an ongoing challenge. One of the areas of conventional weight-loss recommendations is that you minimise the intake of salt because of its tendency to retain fluid in the body. However, […]
46 Reasons to Drink More Water
Without water, nothing lives. Comparative shortage of water first suppresses and eventually kills some aspects of the body. Water is the main source of energy – It is the “cash flow” of the body. Water generates electrical and magnetic energy inside each of every cell of the body – it provides the power to live. […]
What You Need to Know About Probiotics and Prebiotics
People are a lot more conscious of what they eat these days. Gone are the days when you would buy something and just hope it was good for you. These days, information on everything is online, and it is so easily accessible. One of the things that you may have heard a lot about lately […]
6 Scary Ways Through Which Stress Affects Your Skin
You may have heard that stress is bad for you, but the gravity of that statement may not sink in until you take a closer look at how stress affects different parts of your body. Since the skin is the largest organ in your body, it might be helpful for you to start your journey […]
Is My Skin Reacting or Responding to My Skin Treatment?
It can sometimes be hard for an inexperienced person who is undergoing a new skin treatment to decide whether what is happening to their skin is a reaction (an undesirable effect) or a response (a positive outcome) of the skin treatment. Are you one of those people? Read on and discover how to decide whether […]
How Sugar Ages Your Skin
We’ve all heard of blood sugar. The blood glucose, or blood sugar, level is very important. If it drops below a certain point a person can lose consciousness, or fall into a coma, but high blood glucose is also harmful, as most people know from hearing about diabetes. What many people don’t realise is that […]
What no-one tells you about dry skin
When is dehydration not dehydration? Have you got dry skin? And do you call that ‘dehydrated’? Did you know that just because your skin feels dry—or looks dry—doesn’t mean that it’s dehydrated? People can have dry skin because of lipid dryness, or early elastin and collagen loss. Their skin is not dehydrated as such. True […]
Wollongong Shellharbour beauty business owner wins national small business award
Skin Correctives has been named national beauty service champion at the Australian Small Business Champion Awards. The win comes on the eve of this week’s Illawarra Women In Business Awards and Karen Meiring de Gonzalez said entering and winning Best New Business in 2012 had been a great stepping stone. More than 1000 people from around the nation watched Mrs […]
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