It’s summertime! What’s that mean for parents and kids? Well, it probably means more time outdoors and the typical child loves to be outside whenever the sun is shining, sometimes even when it isn’t. Here are a few sun safety tips you should probably tell or at least teach your child.
1 Don’t use old bottles of sunscreen. Believe it or not that old bottle from last year is bad for you, it no longer contains everything in it needed to protect your skin. In a way it is more like putting lotion on now.
2 Apply Sunscreen. I …read more

I have this skin condition called Melasma or Pregnancy Mask. It’s a condition that often develops during pregnancy or while taking birth control and it brings hyper-pigmentation to the skin, generally causing brown splotchiness. Some dermatologists say it’s caused by sun damage.
I wrote this cool little article on melasma last year called Can a Leopard Change Her Spots? That article has transformed into something I never expected – becoming a board where women from all over the world can share what they know about melasma with 500 comments. The ladies report on which products work to fade the melasma or …read more

Holy Pregnancy Mask Batman! Even with an SPF 50 sunscreen, plus the SPF 30 moisturizer I wear I look like a freaking spotted leopard. Or maybe like Kat Von D from Miami Ink, only my spots do not have intention and beauty behind them.
I usually don’t consider myself at all vain. I think I’m attractive and I have a positive self esteem about my looks. I’m one of the few women I know who would not choose plastic surgery because I don’t particularly hate anything about myself. My boobs have held up nicely, I don’t have terrible stretch marks, I’m just fine with …read more

It’s a holiday weekend and for lots of folks it’s the first weekend we’ll spend frolicking in the sun at the lake or beach.
 I’m recommending a great sunscreen for the whole family. I loath lotion sunscreen – it’s just icky and I’ve got to wipe it all over my self and two kids. Grossimer. Last year I tried one that said it was spray on, but it just sprayed globs of lotion that you had to try to spread around.
This year I’ve found Coppertone Continuous Spray No Rub Sunscreen, it’s really nice. It just mists all over and you never …read more