Category Archives: Skin Care

The Ordinary Niacinamide 10% and Zinc 1%

This is one of my favourite acne treatments and it’s made my skin look so good, but I can’t believe I haven’t written about it.  Take a look at the bottle: it’s almost done, and that’s because I use this … Continue reading

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Life Hack: Tinted Sunscreen

This is a life hack of the best kind: it uses products that you probably already have in your beauty drawer.  Sometimes when I want to wear foundation but I also need to use a ton of sunscreen because that’s … Continue reading

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The Ordinary Rose Hip Seed Oil

For those times when you’ve completely overdone it and your skin needs some TLC, there are oils that you should have on hand and lately I’ve been trying The Ordinary 100% Organic Rose Hip Seed Oil.  It is $9.90 (just … Continue reading

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Favourite Peel: Beautycounter Overnight Resurfacing Peel

I made a video on IGTV a while ago talking about some of the peels that I had tried, and the Beautycounter Overnight Resurfacing Peel was one of them.  My beef with the peel was that Beautycounter wouldn’t list the … Continue reading

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Avene XeraCalm A.D.

Are you a lotion user?  A daily moisturizer?  I know I am.  Between myself and my kids, I go through a lot of lotion, and so I like getting it in as big of a bottle as possible, which why … Continue reading

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Probiotics in Skincare and Strivectin’s Blue Rescue Clay Renewal Mask

Guys!  I had the chance to interview some skincare experts a few months ago (more on that later) and they said that the latest trend in skincare is probiotics in our skincare.  Is it a hype or is it useful?  … Continue reading

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The Inkey List Vitamin C

Vitamin C is one of my favourite skincare ingredients because it’s proven to brighten skin and really is an antioxidant which means that it protects skin from environmental aging. Previously, a great Vitamin C serum or cream would cost tons … Continue reading

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The Ordinary’s New Squalane Cleanser

The Ordinary is known for their affordable skincare products, but they hadn’t launched a cleanser, which is weird, because a crucial aspect of taking care of your skin is cleaning it thoroughly every night. Their Squalane oil is so well … Continue reading

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CeraVe Renewing SA Collection

If you have KP on your arms, or rough bumpy skin on any part of your body, then you need to know about CeraVe’s SA line which actually works to exfoliate skin. I love skincare based on science, and there’s … Continue reading

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Bio-Oil Gel

Guys, I know you’re supposed to bury the lead, but I’m just going to tell you that the new Bio-Oil Gel is pretty amazing.  It’s superior in its moisturizing abilities to the regular Bio-Oil, and if your skin needs some … Continue reading

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