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Is It Okay To Go To The Gym With Make-up? Here’s What Experts Say
Read More: Is It Okay To Go To The Gym With Make-up? Here’s What Experts SayLet’s be real: some days you show up to gym bare-faced and unbothered. Other days, there’s concealer, maybe mascara. Because honestly, why shouldn’t your face look tea while you’re feeling tea? Sooo, the question we are all thinking is: is wearing make-up to the gym actually okay? Short answer: yes. As long as you’re smart…
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Award-Winning Care, Every Day
Read More: Award-Winning Care, Every DayMeet Bodidoc’s award-winning Tissue Oil Lotion with Urea, specially formulated with skin-loving ingredients to moisturise and care for dry skin, leaving it feeling beautifully soft and smooth. Give Your Skin The Care It Deserves Healthy, beautiful-looking skin starts with consistent care. From dryness and changing seasons to stretch marks and uneven skin tone, your skin…
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Try This Dermatologist’s Skincare Routine To Hydrate Dry, Sensitive Skin
Read More: Try This Dermatologist’s Skincare Routine To Hydrate Dry, Sensitive SkinAs I write this story, South Africa is in the midst of a sudden, unseasonal onslaught of snow, ice and rainfall in parts of the country that are usually dry and warm. In other parts, where it should be icy and rainy, we’ve instead experienced weird warmth, beach-worthy heat or sudden icy winds. Experts warn…
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A Face Oil? For Acne? Yes! Derms Recommend These
Read More: A Face Oil? For Acne? Yes! Derms Recommend TheseI’ve spent more of my adult years dealing with acne breakouts than having clear skin. And as a long-term spot treatment user, I’ve learned that many of them leave something to be desired. Don’t get me wrong; there are plenty of great options that work like magic, sopping up oil and helping to shrink a painful blemish overnight. Those…
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A Photo Guide To 20 Types Of Skin Bumps You Might Find On Your Body
Read More: A Photo Guide To 20 Types Of Skin Bumps You Might Find On Your BodyLet’s be real: You’ve probably found yourself staying up late consulting Dr Google about that raised skin bump that suddenly popped up out of nowhere. Is it fungal acne? A cyst? Skin cancer? And even though most of the time you’re probably making a mountain out of a bug bite, so to speak, you still want to know what’s going…
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Real Radiance, Real Results
Read More: Real Radiance, Real ResultsHave you tried the A, B, C of glowing skin that’s more even-toned with dark marks caused by spots and UV radiation fading by the day? With the African Extracts Radiance range, you can trust clinically proven results and the real-life experience of women who struggle with skin confidence. It’s simple – three key ingredients!…
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The Risks of Tanning (And Yes, We Mean Sun Exposure Too)
Read More: The Risks of Tanning (And Yes, We Mean Sun Exposure Too)Whether you’re trying to tan or not, the South African sun has decided for you. It’s been hot – relentlessly so – and lately it feels like everyone’s getting a little sun-kissed by default. A quick coffee run, a lunch break, sitting in traffic… suddenly there are tan lines you definitely didn’t sign up for.…
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These 5 Surprising Make-up Habits Can Worsen Your Skin Health
Read More: These 5 Surprising Make-up Habits Can Worsen Your Skin HealthThere’s no better feeling than wearing make-up that makes you feel like your most confident and beautiful self. Except maybe one thing: Loving your skin without wearing any make-up in the first place. Let me be clear – there’s absolutely nothing wrong with rocking a full-beat. But if your make-up routine is working against you, even the most flawless…
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Confidence Starts With Comfortable, Healthy Skin
Read More: Confidence Starts With Comfortable, Healthy SkinWe all have insecurities, and for many, skin troubles make the list. E45’s lotions, face care and creams soothe, repair and support skin health, helping you look and feel your best. Skin Confidence Your skin is your body’s largest organ1, but some days it feels like your biggest critic. Understanding your skin is key to…
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Is Sunscreen Toxic? Experts – And Science – Weigh In On Viral Claims
Read More: Is Sunscreen Toxic? Experts – And Science – Weigh In On Viral ClaimsSunscreen, sunblock, SPF: the sun protection skincare has been hailed by derms as the holy grail in skincare for ages. The reason? The sun is a potent skin ager, creates wrinkles, damages skin, and increases hyperpigmentation. By rigorously applying sunscreen every day, experts teach, we prevent or mitigate these effects. Recently, though, social media has…
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Here Are The 7 Things Dermatologists Would Never Do
Read More: Here Are The 7 Things Dermatologists Would Never DoYour skin can always use a little extra TLC. After all, happy, healthy, glowing skin is not only very apparent to others, but it’s also your largest organ, and you should care for it as such. Of course, accurate and useful skincare tips and tricks are hard to come by. Check out any IG feed, bus station poster, or TV ads and you’ll see a…
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How Skincare Experts Tackle Hyperpigmentation – And What Really Works
Read More: How Skincare Experts Tackle Hyperpigmentation – And What Really WorksHyperpigmentation is a prevalent skin concern, especially in South Africa, due to sun exposure (which exacerbates the visibility) and melanin-rich skin types (which are more prone). However, advancements in skincare have provided targeted solutions backed by scientific research and proven results. Today, hyperpigmentation treatment in South Africa has never been more affordable and accessible, with…
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What To Do When Body Acne Strikes + The Best Products To Use
Read More: What To Do When Body Acne Strikes + The Best Products To UseIf you’re prone to breakouts, you’ll be all too familiar with the all-consuming, unpleasant thoughts that often come with an angry red spot. After all, nothing saps your confidence quite like waking up with a new pimple on your face – especially on an important day. But breakouts aren’t just reserved for your face, they…
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6 Ways To Soothe That REALLY Painful Sunburn
Read More: 6 Ways To Soothe That REALLY Painful SunburnItching to give your pasty skin a little colour? Here’s what goes on when you step outside without protection… and what to do if you feel the burn. You slip into your bikini Your skin is the colour it is because of melanin, pigment molecules produced by melanocyte cells in the basal layer of the…
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The Exact Steps – And Products – To Banish Dull, Dry Winter Skin
Read More: The Exact Steps – And Products – To Banish Dull, Dry Winter SkinDull, dry winter skin is a truly unfortunate offshoot from the season of cosiness, frothy lattes and rainy evenings by the fire. It’s even worse when dry air saps moisture from eczema-prone skin, making things more sensitive. But come warmer months, there’s a frantic rush to exfoliate and slather your bod in body butter so…
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This New Synergy Peel Might Be A Total Game-Changer For Even, Plump Skin
Read More: This New Synergy Peel Might Be A Total Game-Changer For Even, Plump SkinIn the quest for great skin, we’ve stocked our bathrooms with racks of toners, serums, moisturisers and elixirs. Still, in-office treatments like chemical peels work even harder to reveal new, fresh skin that’s healthy. We tried the new Lamelle Synergy Peel – here’s what to know. What is the Lamelle Synergy Peel? The Synergy Peel…
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This Is What Causes Hyperpigmentation – And The Treatments You Need
Read More: This Is What Causes Hyperpigmentation – And The Treatments You NeedSuffering with hyperpigmentation? Join the club. It’s incredibly common, so much so that many of your friends may be fretting about the same issue. But what causes hyperpigmentation? And what’s the best way to treat it? Thankfully, science has come a looooong way and now, solutions abound. We’ve got the hyperpigmentation causes you might not…
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How To Heal Cracked Heels In 4 Steps, According To Doctors
Read More: How To Heal Cracked Heels In 4 Steps, According To DoctorsChilly winter temps and dry indoor air aren’t just bad news for your skin (causing itchy, irritated dry patches) or nails (hello, brittleness), it’s also open season for heel cracking—and you shouldn’t wait until your spring or summer pedicure to roll around to do something about it. And if you want to take those dry, cracked feet into…
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How To Change Up Your Skin Routine For More Hydrated Skin This Winter
Read More: How To Change Up Your Skin Routine For More Hydrated Skin This WinterDryness, flakiness, dehydration, and redness coupled with colder nights and a familiar nip in the morning air. There’s no need to check your weather app — winter is here. And, just as you switch over your wardrobe from sundresses to scarves, now’s also the time to tweak your skincare routine so as to keep it…
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9 Quick Health Tests You Can Do At Home Yourself
Read More: 9 Quick Health Tests You Can Do At Home YourselfThese quick health tests, which you can do at home, take minutes (in some cases, seconds) and can reveal a number of things that need attention. Hop onto it. Why Your Should Be Doing Your Own Health Checks At Home Reality check: At your last doctor’s visit, how long did it take? 15 minutes? Maybe…
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Here’s Why It’s Time To Add Algae To Your Skincare Routine. Plus, The Algae Skincare Products You’ll Need
Read More: Here’s Why It’s Time To Add Algae To Your Skincare Routine. Plus, The Algae Skincare Products You’ll NeedLet’s hear it for natural beauty extracts, which are having their profound moment in the sun. There exists an array of nature-based skincare products, all using extracts from fauna. Think: rose water, Africa’s own bakuchiol, aloe vera, argan oil and bentonite clay. And now, something from the sea this way comes: algae skincare is standing…
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9 Great Hand Creams That’ll Prevent Dry, Cracked Hands
Read More: 9 Great Hand Creams That’ll Prevent Dry, Cracked HandsWith cooler temps comes the all-important practice of washing your hands regularly. It wards off diseases like colds and flu, for sure. But with frequent handwashing comes a new problem: dry, cracked and itchy hands. Enter: hand creams that restore moisture. How often should you wash your hands? Per the CDC, you should wash your…
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How Your Skin Changes During Pregnancy, Per Experts
Read More: How Your Skin Changes During Pregnancy, Per ExpertsSkin changes during pregnancy might have you thinking about stretch marks, but things go way beyond that. “The hormonal changes a woman goes through during the various stages of pregnancy may disrupt the skin’s delicate balance, resulting in anything from dehydration to breakouts and hyperpigmentation,” explains Dr Judey Pretorius, a biomedical scientist. When pregnant, your…
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How To Actually Transition Your Skincare From Summer To Autumn
Read More: How To Actually Transition Your Skincare From Summer To AutumnAah, autumn. That time of the year when everything gets just a bit cosier, from your coffee order to layering on warm layers. The same thing applies to your skincare. When thinking of how to transition your skincare from summer to autumn, Dr Alek Nikolic, specialist in aesthetic medicine and owner of SkinMiles, says to…
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IPL Treatments: How Lasers Actually Work To Boost Your Skin
Read More: IPL Treatments: How Lasers Actually Work To Boost Your SkinYou’ve thought about it, but never actually took the plunge to book an IPL treatment. After all, could it really be that revolutionary? Turns out, it totally can be. IPL treatments have elevated in success, from people mainly using it to remove hair. But it can do much more than that. Intense Pulsed Light, or…
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The 5 Acne-Fighting Hero Ingredients To Look For
Read More: The 5 Acne-Fighting Hero Ingredients To Look ForAcne’s kind of like your periods: you’ll always have it, even though you’d prefer it if it just didn’t exist. Luckily, huge advances in science means we have way more than charcoal masks to draw out impurities and nix whiteheads. So we’ve decided to round up a few ace acne-fighting ingredients so you’re better prepared…
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Sensitive vs Sensitised Skin And The Products That’ll Help Soothe And Repair
Read More: Sensitive vs Sensitised Skin And The Products That’ll Help Soothe And RepairSeeing red? Feeling itchy? If this is you, you’ve probably poured over ingredients on the beauty aisle. But unfortunately still not sure what to do about the irritation on your skin. All you know is that you want the sting to go away. It’s either you have sensitive or sensitised skin. While both look and…
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Skin And Workouts: 6 Gross Things That Happen To Your Skin While Exercising
Read More: Skin And Workouts: 6 Gross Things That Happen To Your Skin While ExercisingExercise is great for your bod (duh), but making certain mistakes can cause you to break out, develop a rash, or worse. Here are the most common ways your skin and workouts can clash – and how to nix those problems for good. 1. Skin Infections Caused By Dirty Gym Equipment With so many people using…
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Skincare Experts Explain How To Safely Use Actives On Black Skin
Read More: Skincare Experts Explain How To Safely Use Actives On Black SkinWith easier access to salon-grade skincare and a multitude of experts and advisors at our fingertips, curating a personalised skincare routine has never been so easy. That said, with so much information about AHAs, BHAs and everything in between finding exactly what works best for your skin’s health can sometimes feel overwhelming – especially if you have melanin-rich…
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Everything You Need To Know About Heat Rash (And How To Prevent It)
Read More: Everything You Need To Know About Heat Rash (And How To Prevent It)Got itchiness, prickling sensations or red bumps on your body? You might have this skin condition. But don’t fret. We’ve got the low-down on this particularly prickly problem and how you can prevent it this summer. What Exactly Is A Heat Rash? There are many types of skin rashes, which can be concerning, uncomfortable, or…
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“I Swapped My Regular Skincare Routine For A More Natural One — And The Results Were Surprising”
Read More: “I Swapped My Regular Skincare Routine For A More Natural One — And The Results Were Surprising”I’ve always been pretty OCD when it comes to my skincare regime. The moment I hit puberty I jumped on that cleanse-tone-moisturise train and basically never looked back. Hell, I loved cosmetics so much that I spent the better part of my 20s working as a beauty journalist, and my job only reinforced my mad…
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Here’s How To Pick A Retinol For Your Skincare Routine
Read More: Here’s How To Pick A Retinol For Your Skincare RoutineWhichever way you slice it, retinol has become to skincare what sunscreen is to summer: an absolute essential. Along with our active serums, night creams and masks, using a retinol is all the rage – with dermatologists giving it their seal of approval. But how to pick a retinol, the right ‘kind’ and the right…
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“I Tried GFITs: The New Treatment Rivalling The Vampire Facial”
Read More: “I Tried GFITs: The New Treatment Rivalling The Vampire Facial”GFITs – sounds like a new gym but is actually a revolutionary new skin treatment so good that people are abandoning their surgical treatments in favour of this facial. I, the ever-ready guinea pig, decided to check it out and see what the hype is all about. I went to Dr Amy Knoetze, Director AQ…
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How to Get Rid of Whiteheads: Your 7 Step Guide to Nixing the Nuisances
Read More: How to Get Rid of Whiteheads: Your 7 Step Guide to Nixing the NuisancesI think we can all agree that, when it comes to acne, whiteheads really take the spotlight for being the… The post How to Get Rid of Whiteheads: Your 7 Step Guide to Nixing the Nuisances appeared first on Women’s Health.
