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Scrap Your Bottled Moisturizer: Make Your Own Skin Creams

By on January 24, 2008 in TECHNIQUES

Moisturizer is that magic elixir that metrosexuals, black folk like me, and everyone with very dry skin considers essential. It keeps the skin supple, comfy, glowing, and young-looking. But over-the-counter lotions and creams also sometimes contains mineral-based oils which clog the pores, and unpronounceable ingredients our bodies don’t understand. For years, I’ve used a variety [...]

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Know Your Limit: Even Natural Remedies Can Backfire

By on January 17, 2008 in HEALTH PRODUCTS

Colloidal Silver Turned this Man’s Skin Blue, and He’s Still Using it? One of my own favorite natural remedies for infection, colloidal silver is reportedly responsible for turning Paul Karason’s skin blue. He’s been living with this ‘irreversible’ condition, known as argyria for over a decade and has never sought professional help for it. According [...]

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Itchy Winter Skin? Here’s How to Soothe it

By on December 18, 2007 in CONDITIONS

Even before winter comes around in full swing, my skin begins to show telltale signs of the cold weather to come by becoming dry, itchy and rough as alligator-skin. I’ve been known to wake up bleeding from scratching so ferociously in the night that I have to make sure my nails are kept extra-short during [...]

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Do Your Cosmetics Contain Parabens? Here’s what You Need to Know

By on December 13, 2007 in CHEMICALS

If you’re a beauty and cosmetic product fanatic like I am, you’ve surely run into at least a few products that boast a “paraben-free” status — the ones that don’t (otherwise known as the majority of cosmetics on the market) generally do include parabens in their ingredient list. So, what exactly are parabens, and should [...]

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