Skin Care Articles

"Natural sunscreen" might be the most misleading phrase on a skincare shelf — because legally, it means almost nothing. We get asked about it constantly by our community, so here's the short version: mineral sunscreens use zinc oxide or titanium dioxide to physically block UV, chemical sunscreens use carbon-based filters that absorb it, and...

  If your skin starts breaking out the moment summer humidity hits, we want to reassure you of something: it's usually not your skin that's the problem — it's a routine built for the wrong season. We see it every year with our community across Canada. And the fix is almost always fewer products,...

I've taken enough long-haul flights to know exactly what my face will feel like four hours in: that combination of tight, dull, and slightly itchy. Not quite irritated, just unhappy, like the skin is registering a complaint it expects you to ignore. For years I overcomplicated my response: too many products, too much applied...

There's a specific skincare frustration that arrives every year when the humidity climbs. You've had a solid routine going. Your skin felt good through winter and spring. Then June or July hits and everything feels wrong, your moisturizer, which did exactly its job four months ago, now makes your face feel like you've spread...

We have all been in this situation. You put water on your face, use a cleanser and then rinse it off.. In just a few seconds your skin feels really tight. It is like it has shrunk. This tight feeling is not just annoying. Your skin is trying to tell you that something is...

Canada has a tough climate for taking care of your skin. The winters in the Prairies are very cold. The Pacific coast is really humid. The Atlantic coast has winds. In the summer you go from being with air conditioning to being outside with very strong sun rays. Your skin has to deal with...

We get a version of the same question from men starting a skincare routine for the first time: 'Is there a simple version of this that actually works?' Yes. It's four products. It takes four minutes in the morning and two minutes at night. And if you pick the right products and use them...