The Journal

How to get a glowing, deeply hydrated skin?

If you feel that you're already drinking more water than recommended but still experience a dehydrated skin, read further. Your skin is your largest organ and it contains up to 65% water. It needs hydration to function which helps to keep your skin cells healthy, promoting a youthful complexion. We hydrate our skin in two ways; from the inside (water consumption and food) and from the outside (cosmetic products, humidity in the air and water). A basic formula to know how much you need to drink is 0,03 x your body weight (30 ml x 1 kg) = amount of...

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Key Ingredient: Centella Asiatica

Centella Asiatica, also known as Gotu Kola or Tiger Grass, is extremely popular in Asia. And for a very good reason, the skin benefits are numerous and it’s an ingredient for total skin recovery.   Tiger grass grows in swampy areas with a tropical climate, and has been used for hundreds of years as a medicinal plant. It’s said that tigers used to roll in the grass to heal their wounds and elephants who ate them lived longer. This ingredient has been used as an effective anti-ageing agent, mainly due to enhancement of type I collagen, whose amount in skin...

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Zero Waste Beauty

Overconsuming of the planet’s recources together with the amount of waste produced is having a harmful impact. More and more companies see this and find strategies to eliminate waste across their supply chains to minimize their footprint.  What is zero waste beauty? The future of the beauty industry involves a greater focus on sustainability for packaging and for the resource and processing of ingredients.  Zero waste means that we aim to send no waste at all to a landfill, an incinerator or into our oceans. The need for zero waste is necessary to help prevent pollution and to minimize the...

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Rosacea

Facts you need to know   What is Rosacea? Pronounced: roe-zay-she-uh, it’s a common, often chronic inflammatory skin condition that mainly affects the face.  The skin of your face look like you’re blushing and you might have visible blood vessels, combined with small pus-filled bumps. To know if you have rosacea, consult a dermatologist who can diagnose your skin. What are the symptoms? Symptoms can come and go, but the most common symptoms are; Blushing on the face Broken blood vessels might show through the skin, which can thicken and swell up  Larger pores Swollen red bumps that looks a...

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