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Are These Comedogenic Ingredients Causing Your Acne?
If you’re experiencing persistent breakouts, have you considered looking at the ingredients in your makeup and skin care products?

Christine Preston
4 min read


You Can Do It ... If You Want To Badly Enough (Or Have To)
Years ago, I went through a health challenge, and it required me visiting several doctors to figure out what was going on. Luckily, it ...

Dr. Carol Morgan
4 min read


5 Steps To Creating A Self-Care Ritual
We all know the all-too-familiar saying, "You can't pour from an empty cup". It's true. Have you tried it? It's impossible, so why do we ...

Ariel Colhoun
4 min read


The Importance Of Relaxation
It seems these days we are always on the go. We’ve got to go to work, the grocery store, get the kids, take them to practice, go to ...

Pretty In Pink Spa
2 min read


3 Key Questions for Business Owners to Consider As A Result of Covid-19
With the sudden onset of uncertainty due to the Covid-19 global pandemic, maybe one of the lessons that we are learning is that some ...

Clean Beauty Reset
4 min read


How What You Eat Affects Your Skin: Foods to Eat and Foods to Avoid
It seems natural to think about how what we put ON our skin can help clear it up, reduce redness, and promote a healthy glow. What we ...

Pretty In Pink Spa
2 min read


4 Ways Stress Affects Your Look
Stress, by definition, is your body’s way of responding to any type of demand placed upon it. When we feel stressed by something going ...

Pretty In Pink Spa
2 min read


Feeling My Age
I often hear other Generation Xers say things like, “I feel like a twenty year old in a forty-five year old body.” Or, “I feel like a kid...

Lisa Thornbury
3 min read


Hair Care Tips For The Chilly Seasons
We’ve talked a lot about transitioning our skincare over as the weather changes, but we often forget another key aspect of ourselves in ...

Pretty In Pink Spa
2 min read


How to Use Your Bed: Use it for these three things and these three things only
I recently started rotating through a Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital; not unusual for many clinical psychology residents. The vets ...

Christina Pierpaoli Parker
4 min read


The Timeless Project: "Age Should Never Stop You From Being Who You Are"
We love the new concept, The Timeless Project created by Nethmie Hetti. The Timeless Project is a beautiful view of the lives of 10 women...

Ariel Colhoun
2 min read


6 Ways To Heal Your Gut For Healthier Looking Skin
Our skin is our largest organ. Think about that for a moment…out of every single organ we have, skin comes out on top as the largest.

Pretty In Pink Spa
3 min read


Outer Beauty vs. Inner Beauty: We Have it Backwards
If you ask most people what they find beautiful about a person, many of them will probably begin to describe someone’s physical ...

Dr. Carol Morgan
4 min read


New York City Offers Funding, Credit and Free Programs for Women Entrepreneurs. Here's a Rundown.
Women-owned businesses are on the rise. They make up 39 percent of the 28 million small businesses in the U.S., contribute $1.6 trillion ...

Gregg Bishop
3 min read


12 Assumptions People Often Wrongly Made About Their Life
So you think you know how the world works, huh? Sure, we all do. We all like to think that we have it figured out. But do you really?

Dr. Carol Morgan
4 min read


Growth Mindset: The Must Have for Great Leaders
There isn’t really a clear antonym for Growth Mindset: Status quo mindset? Default mindset? Staying in your comfort zone?

Debra Kunz
4 min read


Nutrition & You: New Genetic Test Targets Nutrition Just For You
Mako Medical Laboratories is launching a new genetic test targeted for nutrition under the new brand MakoDNA after three years of research,

Vivian Xu
3 min read


Breast Implant Patient Informed Consent Checklist and Black Box Warnings
This black box warning was developed by the Breast Implant Working Group, which consists of Dr. Diana Zuckerman (National Center for ...

Clean Beauty Reset
2 min read


When To Get A Mammogram
According to The Center for Diagnostic Imaging, "Mammograms save lives" by assisting women identify cancerous and non-cancerous lumps ...

Clean Beauty Reset
3 min read


P!nk: Letter To Self
Letter to self; Dear Me, you’re getting older.I see lines.Especially when you smile.Your nose is getting bigger..You look(and feel) ..."

Clean Beauty Reset
3 min read


A Beginner's Guide to Natural & Organic Salves
If you are looking for something more natural and organic for your beauty routine, salves are definitely the way to go. Botanical salves ...

Vivian Xu
2 min read
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