Skin Care

All the latest in beauty skin care, new indie brands to follow, and the best tips for routines and application.

Global Goodies…Skin Care From Around the World

Women throughout the world are revered in different ways in various cultures for their beautiful features. While much of it is genetics, beautiful skin can be attributed to the use of centuries…

Honey, I Shrunk My Pores!

They said it couldn’t be done. Aw hell, I’ve got to admit it; even I told you it couldn’t be done. That is…you just can’t shrink your pores. Despite all the claims…

To Brown Skin, With Love

Hey, Brown Skin Divas, achieving flawless skin just got easier with the use of skin care products formulated for Women of Color. Now you can have beautiful skin in less time than…

Sensai – Skin Care Sensation from Kanebo

What is it about Japanese skin care that turns even the most yen pinching woman into a “Price is no object” devotee? Japan’s venerable cosmetic company, Kanebo, holds one of the answers.…

Frozen in Time: the Stem Cell Facial

Popping up everywhere throughout the country, MedSpas certainly seem to be the wave of the future, falling somewhere between a spa and a doctor or plastic surgeon. Founded in 2006, TriBeca MedSpa…

Bags Begone! Banish Dark Undereye Circles Forever

There are some areas on your face that defy cosmetic intervention. Like the evil Sauron in The Lord Of The Rings trilogy, they cannot be vanquished by anything less than an army…

Today’s Asian skincare trends may make you go pale

“And she was fayr as is the rose in May” – Geoffrey Chaucer, The Legend of Good Women, Cleopatra. When I came to Massachusetts to do my M.A. in Chaucerian Literature, two…