Skin Care Articles

If you've got reactive skin, this frustration probably feels familiar. You buy a moisturizer labeled "calming" or "for sensitive skin," put it on hoping for the best, and within a few hours your face is stinging, red, or dotted with tiny bumps. So the bottle gets shoved to the back of the cabinet, and...

Every year, right around the time the temperature drops, we hear a version of the same complaint. Your retinol was working fine through September - smoother texture, fewer fine lines, that healthy glow. Then November shows up, and suddenly the same product turns your face tight, red, and flaky. Instead of a glow, you're...

Canada has some of the best natural, cruelty-free and organic skincare brands, which focus on clean ingredients, effective formulations, and sustainability. Whether you’re skincare obsessed or just someone who likes to keep it simple, these homegrown best natural Canadian skincare brands are worth a look.  Here are seven local Canadian beauty and skincare brands...

"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, not...

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...