Pregnancy skincare: what is the best routine for you and your baby?
From pigmentation to breakouts and dryness, pregnancy skincare can be a minefield - we decode what s best for you and your unborn
24 May 2021 • 5:00pm
A Princess, Duchess, Two Little Mix s, one supermodel and millions of ordinary women across the country, are currently expecting. Indeed, if the pandemic has an upside it could well be the recent baby boom.
From Google to Goop, there s plenty of advice about how to take care of your body internally when pregnant; what to eat (and not eat) how to exercise, and what supplements to take - yet, there s less clarity about how to care for one s skin, which is, after all, your body s largest organ.
Paying the Price for Sun Damage
I’ve failed to practice what I preached about limiting sun exposure, but a new report has prompted me to reform.
Credit.Gracia Lam
May 24, 2021, 10:45 a.m. ET
Pick your favorite cliché: Do as I say, not as I do; an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure; better safe than sorry; forewarned is forearmed.
Mea culpa. All the above relate to my failure to follow the well-established health advice about sun exposure that I’ve offered repeatedly to my readers: Routinely protect your skin from the cancer-causing and aging effects of the sun’s ultraviolet rays.
How to supercharge your skin so it s glowing by the morning
It’s what we all want: to be greeted in the mirror each day with a bright, clear complexion
So you’re looking to supercharge your skincare regime with some new products, and give your evening routine a shake-up. Where to start? It’s a good question.
I was having a chat with a friend recently, who was firing out all sorts of questions around ingredients, and percentages of said ingredients. ‘You need a chemistry degree to work some of this out!’ she remarked. It’s something I hear time and time again. There has been such a move over the past few years to focus on ‘active ingredients’ that sometimes it’s difficult to know what is right for your skin – and what isn’t.
Best-friend founders Marie Kouadio Amouzame and Alice Lin Glover share the story behind their brand Eadem, and the self-care practices that got them through 2020.
How effective is it? What SPF is best? Is it safe to wear every day?
Credit.By Maggie Shannon
While most experts agree that you should use sunscreen year-round to prevent damage from the sun, harmful ultraviolet rays are strongest during late spring and early summer. We’ve partnered with health reporters from Wirecutter, The New York Times site that reviews and recommends products (and publishes annual ratings of sunscreens for the face and body), to answer some of the most common questions readers have about sunscreen, including how safe and effective it is, how to use it properly, and how to pick the right one for you.