From the category archives:

Face and skin

Trying out skincare for the future

July 19, 2010

It pays to be brave!
I love Elemis products, and when they offered me a Complexion Analysis I jumped at the chance  – then half way to Oxford Street realised that maybe I didn’t really want to know what I had done to my skin during all the years!
I was booked into one of their new [...]

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New face cleanser is organic, and approved by Soil Association

May 10, 2010

A new Face Cleanser has appeared on the block – and is making waves.
Organic Face Cleanser that is approved by the Soil Association, suitable for vetarians and compatible with homeopathin treatment – it sounded to be too good to be true.
So feeling really mean,  I tried it out the new Inlight Organic Face Cleanser on [...]

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Facials should be on prescription for cancer survivors!

April 8, 2010

When your face glows – it makes you feel good
One day scientists will be able to measure the good a facial actually does for us.
In the meantime, when I interview patients, I am beginning to realise that those who go off for a facial or body massage about once a month, seem somehow better [...]

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Gwyneth Paltrow’s facial comes to Britain

April 6, 2010

Gwyneth Paltrow  Wikipedia

FACIALS ARE GOOD FOR YOU
iS Clinical is an excellent skincare range that was developed for cancer patients at Washington Cancer Center. Now they have produced products to use for salon facials, under the brand name Fire and Ice.

Buzz in recent beauty columns has highlighted this new kid on [...]

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Follow celebrities and make your face look good in winter time

November 23, 2009

Image via Wikipedia

Surviving cancer makes one more aware of others who are less fortunate, and cancer patients are in the
fore-front of helping others.
Skincare companies add to this by putting profits into schemes, such as Sienzia who have set up Made for Life (see under Events for their pampering days), the Estée Lauder company (who have [...]

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Five best lip treatments to keep winter at bay

November 21, 2009

Somehow, I don’t think he needs lip balm   Wikipedia

IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR – AGAIN
If your lips seem permanently cracking up, being on medicinal drugs will make them worse.  Still, just imagine what it’s like to be an Arctic explorer;  these macho men (and women) take out the ‘lippy’ every ten minutes, so we [...]

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What you can do when winter, medical drugs, central heating etc. ruin your skin

November 8, 2009

You DON’T have to put up with horrid rashes and flaky skin    Wikipedia

HOW TO AVOID TIRED ‘DRUGGIE’ SKIN
Winter is here, and everyone’s skin suffers.  When we are indoors, heating dries it out.  Ourdoors, wind, rain and cold has the same effect.  This is particularly bad for those of us with dry skin, and if [...]

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Restoring your Face, Hero Products, Cosmetics -

June 5, 2009

If your face feels like this – read on
‘Brillo pad’ skin arrived on my face within days of starting Tamoxifen. This was nasty dry skin that made my face rough, sore, red and wrinkly. Just when I needed when I wanted to look good and show the world I had recovered!
Then one morning I [...]

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