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Frenemies: The Sun and the Environment

Early in life, our skin is firm and radiant. Exposure to the environment and sun cause free radicals to form in the skin. These two frenemies are everywhere, even on cold cloudy days, wreaking havoc on our skin and bringing out a whole slew of issues along with internal inflammation in the body.

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Stories of Success…With Danné Montague-King

Danné Montague-King's passion for science education led him to discover novel ingredient technologies, patent revolutionary protocols and pioneer the combination of esthetic practices and procedures found only in the doctor’s office to pave the way to the modern day medical spa.

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Shrubby St. John's Wort Boosts More than Your Mood

Any ethnobotanist will tell you St. John's Wort is well-known to keep some forms of depression in check. It also may lift your spirits knowing skin can benefit from its berries, as a recent study explains.

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Do Solvents Impact Skin?

Can solvents from skin creams, lotions or other topical applications affect molecules in the skin? Researchers from Lund University in Sweden investigate.

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Skin Pigments Attract The Opposite Sex

Research has shown that carotenoids play a big role in attraction. These pigments make potential mates "appear" healthier, but the researchers emphasize that more carotenoids doesn't actually mean that the individuals are healthier.

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FDA Says Eureka to Eucrisa

Doctors and spa professionals are hopeful as the FDA approved the first of what could be many skin treatments. Based on a couple of test trials, the FDA approved a treatment for eczema in patients ages 2 or older.

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Scrub Swap

Although we have become attached to microbeads in our products, have no fear, there are many effective alternatives.

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Infrared Protection: Hype or Hope?

These days there’s a lot of hype about infrared (IR) protection for the skin. Should we be concerned about IR, and if so, what can be done about it?

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Allergen in German Chamomile Found to Form with Age

In effort to identify allergens in German chamomile, researchers isolated three compounds and tested their potential reactivity. While initially they proved to be weakly reactive, as one compound aged, it became unstable and more reactive.

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Reflections: Lighten Your Load

It’s the beginning of the year, and in my mind, the perfect time to solve the pesky skin condition that is hyperpigmentation.

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The ABCs of Glycation, Skin Redness and Acne at Face & Body Midwest

Every esthetician needs to know a little something about skin science to be successful. And the standing-room-only crowd in the science session during Face & Body Midwest validated this fact. Glycation, redness and acne were just a few areas that engaged attendees.

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Stories of Success…with Lydia Sarfati

One of those pioneers was a young woman from Legnica, Poland, who immigrated to the U.S. in 1970 with dreams of beauty that began much earlier...in her mother’s kitchen.

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Jar Deconstructed: Mountain Innovation

Extremophiles are organisms that thrive under the worst conditions on Earth. Interestingly, the term extremophile comes from the Latin extremus, meaning “extreme,” and Greek philiā, meaning “love.”

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Skin Inc.’s Face & Body Midwest Jump-starts 2017

Skin Inc.'s Face & Body Midwest 2017 welcomed an energetic crowd of over 3,072 spa professionals and industry suppliers, all who were eager to have a jump start this year on their education, product knowledge and business insight.

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Eating Mushrooms Could Counteract Advanced Glycation End Products

There's a fungus among us, and it may be more welcomed than ever before if new research out of Japan is corroborated. A preliminary study has shown that consuming mushrooms may decrease the production of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) in skin.

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Chemistry Connection on Skin Inc. LIVE! Stage at Face & Body Midwest

With over 20,000 ingredients being used and promoted in the skin care industry, it can be difficult to keep track of what certain ingredients do and which ones are beneficial for the skin. Find out more during the ingredient science presentations on the Skin Inc. LIVE! stage @ Face & Body, Jan. 22-23, 2017.

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A Poison to Poise Age

Scientists from Geneva discovered a small protein found in a spider's venom holds anti-aging properties. In a goal to achieve clinical beauty, the team created a campaign to raise enough money and create a cosmetics range.

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Ingredient Insight: Plant Oils

Plant oils have risen in the skin care ranks, not only as ingredients in treatment products but also as their own product category for massage or skin treatment.