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What is the Allergy-Acne Connection?  If you have environmental allergies or even food sensitivities, they could provide clues to your persistent breakouts.  Sensitivity in one area can contribute to sensitivity in another area. As part of my online skincare coaching service, Eval by Email ® Online Skincare Consultation, vital information about your skin’s history is gathered along with full names of all the products you use from head to toe.   One section that may surprise you is dedicated to listing your allergies -- anything related to food, environment, cosmetics and even medication.   Why do I need such details about everything  topical or ingested?   Is there a connection between allergies and acne breakouts? A few clients have even submitted Yelp! reviews mentioning the difference in their skin after assessing their allergies and adjusting their skincare product usage accordingly. Melissa P. from Wisconsin: I had been struggling with ...

Working on my Adult Acne Online Coaching  program, helping people adjust their home routines to clear their breakout issues, coming across some kind of DIY facial oil, mask or cleansing oil is an almost daily occurrence.  Between Pinterest, beauty blogs and Facebook, the skincare consumer is bombarded with all sorts of advice on how best to deal with acne in general, but particularly on how to save money and health by making your own products right in your own kitchen.  I can’t blame anyone for trying these things.  Who can possibly object to saving money and guarding their health? There are three problems with the logic here. Depending on the ingredients, ounce for ounce you may not actually be saving that much money.   Take, let’s say, an oil cleanser containing coconut oil, jojoba oil and argan oil.   You could easily spend $20 to make a 4oz bottle of oil cleanser, and that’s just with these three oils alone - add up to $5 more for the essential oils oft...

As the winter weather transitions into spring, chances are that while wearing jeans, yoga pants, leggings, etc., you may find yourself perspiring just a little more than usual, most likely in an on-and-off kind of way.   Since I began performing waxing services 18 years ago, I have noticed that the frequency and severity of ingrown hairs along the bikini line and butt breakouts seem to increase during changes in weather, particularly from colder to warmer months. Now, there are changes in weather other times of the year, why is spring so special?    I believe the season of spring can be worse for ingrown hair and butt breakout problems because, at least here in the Midwest, temperature and humidity changes can feature differences between one day and the next more wildly than the rest of the year. But even in other parts of the country, as it gradually gets warmer, winter clothing still being worn can cause issues just as easily. So what does this have to do with bikini li...