Homemade, custom lip balms are put to the test

CONCORD, N.H. — After a long, multi-blizzard winter, homemade lip balm is just the thing to get spring off to a smoother start. Searching for tutorials online, I came across a wide variety of recipes involving about half a dozen ingredients mixed and ... ( read original story ...)

Kiss the Vaseline goodbye: five great lip balms

Lip balm is a product that I am never without, but I have a slight love-hate relationship with it. It soothes the most sensitive part of the face during the freeze and fluctuation of winter and through the aggression of summer sun, but it is quite easy to ... ( read original story ...)

How to Remove Dead Skin from Your Face

Your skin undergoes a natural turnover cycle every 30 days or so. When this happens, the upper layer of your skin (epidermis) sheds, revealing new skin from the middle layer of your skin (dermis). However, the cell turnover cycle isn’t always so clear-cut. ( read original story ...)

Q&A: Have skincare questions? Meet your answer

Maritza Ramirez, an esthetician at the North Loop’s Haus Salon and proprietor of all things glowy, found her spot in the skincare world in a bit of a roundabout way. That’s not to say she hasn’t always cared about skin. At 19 years old, Ramirez was ... ( read original story ...)