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How To Reduce The Appearance of Hyperpigmentation
Hyperpigmentation is a common skin condition that affects people of all skin types and ethnicities. Characterized by the darkening of patches of skin due to an overproduction of melanin, there are several factors that can cause it to occur. While there is no surefire way to prevent hyperpigmentation, there are several steps you can take to minimize your risk and reduce its appearance.
The best percentage of vitamin C for skin
Vitamin C is a powerful antioxidant that can help brighten dull skin, boost collagen production to reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, and protect the skin from free radicals, making it an essential addition to any skincare routine. However, it can also cause irritation and sensitivity, especially at higher concentrations. Discover the best percentage of vitamin C to use on skin.
Skin Lacking Elasticity? You Could be Missing this One Ingredient
Sebaceous glands within the skin produce sebum, a mixture of lipids that contribute towards the skin's barrier function and moisture retention. Oleic acid is one of these fatty acids that naturally depletes from skin with age, making it more vulnerable to dryness and sagging with a loss of elasticity. Find out how your skin can benefit from this one ingredient and the best sources of oleic acid.
How to Increase Collagen in Your Skin. Here's What You Should Know
Collagen in your skin starts to break down at around the age of 25, which can result in signs of ageing such as wrinkles, fine lines and sagging, so it's important to maintain healthy collagen levels. But do collagen skincare products actually work?
Why You Should Care For Your Skin Post-Sun (Even if you don't have a burn)
When it comes to spending the day in the sun, after-care is so important — even if you don’t have a burn.
5 Ways To Make Your Travel Skincare More Sustainable
It’s no secret that travel has a major impact on the environment, from air travel, to what we use, and the waste that we leave behind. However, there are a number of steps we can take to minimise the carbon footprint our beauty has, starting with what we take with us.
Is Refillable Packaging The Path To Sustainability In Beauty?
While reusable and refillable models are the gold standards, small businesses face challenges around physical and behavioural limitations of customers to achieve circularity. Join us as we delve deeper into this topic, sharing some of the limitations small business have despite the best intentions to be truly circular.
Valuing Science in Green Beauty: Why we’re proud to be CosmEthically Active
We are proud to be CosmEthically Active certified! We're one of only 12 brands globally to achieve this science driven, formulation efficacy and compatibility lead certification. Read more about our journey and why it's such an important step in leading our industry into an era of green tech focused formulations.
How to Shop for Cruelty-Free and Vegan Beauty
Vegan living continues to rise – and it's not just our fridges and kitchen cupboards getting an ...
Esthetician Approved: 5 Ways to Master Sensitive, Sensitized Skin
What is the difference between sensitive and sensitized skin? First off, sensitive skin is a skin type, generally you’re born with it, it’s part of your genetics, sometimes it can be hormone related. Sensitized is a skin condition so it’s temporary. It can come and go so you might notice skin is red and flushed one day
A CHECK IN ON MENTAL HEALTH. HEAR FROM THE LUXE TEAM.
The last year has taken its toll on all of us in different ways. And in the backdrop there's been an unhealthy hustle culture that's been growing, defining our successes by how hard we push ourselves and 'soldier on' through tough times. Here's what team LUXE had to say when asked 'What was the hardest thing about the last year?' and 'What have you done to make sure your own needs were met?
The Power of a Collective: Moving the Beauty Industry Towards Circularity
Through collective action across the industry, we CAN create meaningful, robust changes in the beauty industry leading to less waste in the landfill and more sustainable packaging moving forward. We need everyone in the industry - from consumers to brands, to packaging suppliers, and distributors to make a significant change.
SUN DAMAGED SKIN: EMBRACING THE CHANGES THAT COME WITH AGE
My goal was to not just get back to that place where I felt every day confidence and happiness with my skin, but also embrace the changes that come with age.
ADULT ACNE: AN ACCEPTANCE JOURNEY
I didn’t understand what I was doing wrong. I had been off gluten, dairy and refined sugars for a few years; I wasn’t drinking alcohol; my diet was extremely balanced and my physical activity quite regular. I was trying it all with no results, and my self-esteem was plummeting. My flawless skin was my hallmark and there were days where I was struggling recognising myself in the mirror.
How to Repair Sun Damaged Skin Naturally
The sun is a symbol of strength, power and life—but too much of it is also the biggest factor aga...
How Climate Change Impacts Our Botanicals and the Communities That Benefit From Their Harvest
Learn about how climate change is affecting our global botanicals, Marula, Camu Camu Berry and Kigelia africana in Kenya, Malawi and Brazil and the communities that depend on their harvest.
5 of the Most Common Beauty Industry Buzzwords and What They All Mean
You deserve to have beauty products that are clean, safe, non-toxic and green—but what if we told...
How to Prevent Your Face Mask From Causing Acne
If you’re experiencing “maskne”—which refers to breakouts around your mouth, nose, cheeks and chin directly caused by wearing a face mask—you’re not alone, especially since it’s something that can happen to anyone, not just to those with oily or acne-prone skin. But what exactly causes mask-ne? And what can you do about it? Here’s what you need to know as well as how to prevent it.
The True Powers of Camu Camu
Camu is considered a superfruit and has the highest vitamin C content of any food in the world, more than both oranges and acai. The fruit has a deep, dramatic color that ranges from red to almost black when ripe.
Its high vitamin C content makes the fruit an excellent remedy for many health conditions, as vitamin C supports immunity, wound healing and regenerates antioxidants in the body, to name just a few of its benefits.
The True Powers of Kigelia
People who have irritated or sensitive skin can particularly benefit from Kigelia’s calming and restorative properties. It is potent enough to fight bacteria and acne, yet gentle enough to calm and rejuvenate skin.
The True Powers of Marula Oil
The precious oil from the kernel of the Marula fruit is well known among the Maasai women. A tribe that settled in the Rift Valley in the 17th century, the Maasai discovered that Marula oil was a healer for everything from stretch marks and scars to burns. It is a powerful moisturizer that soaks deep into the skin and is considered one of the best oils for aging skin.
How to Make Your Own Natural, Alcohol based, Home Made Sanitizer
With hand sanitizer flying off the shelves, there have been a number of DIY recipes, many of which do not contain proven ingredients to kill viruses. Please remember, there is no substitute for alcohol for effectively killing germs. As a natural skincare brand known for our transformative botanicals rooted...
The Power of Thankfulness (and Why It’s Healthy for You)
With the holidays coming up, it’s natural to think of all that there is to be grateful for in life. Yet sometimes, it feels like we only stop to acknowledge our blessings one day out of the year – on Thanksgiving – despite the fact there are reasons all around us to be thankful all year long.
Survival Skincare For The Holidays
The most festive time of the year can also be the most stressful—but your skin can glow brilliantly as the lights on your tree or the candles on your mantle. Between buying gifts and traveling, make sure your complexion stays alive and invigorated with these three simple skincare rituals.
Essential Oils for Hyperpigmentation
At one point or another, most of us will experience hyperpigmentation—a common occurrence in whic...
How to Choose the Best Organic Face Scrub
If exfoliation isn’t already a significant part of your skincare routine, it’s time to add it STAT. Why? Exfoliation has a ton of benefits that can improve skin texture, restore radiance and luminosity and help solve some of the most common skin issues—and the results are visible both immediately and over the long term.
Before you start exfoliating in earnest, there are some things that would be helpful to know—and we’ll break them down in this.
Before you start exfoliating in earnest, there are some things that would be helpful to know—and we’ll break them down in this.
Retinoid vs. Retinol: The Major Differences and Why It Matters
Ask a dermatologist what skincare ingredient they recommend for vibrant skin and chances are they will tell you to get on retinol. Considered a gold-standard ingredient by many experts, retinol has been well researched and offers truly transformational results. Why is retinol so highly lauded? What are its benefits for skin and health? And is there a difference between retinoids and retinol?
What Is the Safest Sunscreen for Your Face?
Rain or shine, indoors or outdoors, on the beach or on the mountaintops. Wherever you are or whatever Mother Nature brings you, sunscreen is essential for radiant, healthy-looking skin.
The Ultimate Question: Is Natural Skin Care Really Better?
Whether it’s a way to detox your skin or make more impactful choices as a consumer, switching t...
Face Massage Benefits: Do Jade Rollers and Gua Sha Really Work?
You’ve heard of the benefits of body massage, but is massage good for your face? There are different ways to practice daily facial massage that have the potential to improve the appearance of your skin. So what exactly does science say about the efficacy of these methods?
Face Oils for Aging Skin
Although wrinkles and fine lines are signs of wisdom, life and beauty, their inevitability does not mean they can’t manifest gradually, softly and gracefully. Here we discuss some of the best oils for wrinkles and aging skin.
What Is the Best Natural Acne Treatment?
What helps get rid of acne? Are natural products better? Discover some old faithfuls and a botanical that's proving to be a superior fighter of blemish prone skin.
Natural Vitamin C For Skin: The Benefits of Camu Camu
Camu camu, a small yet mighty Amazonian berry, is unlike any other fruit used for skin care. It boasts 30 times more vitamin C than an orange (the poster child of vitamin C). This is a big deal. Here’s the lowdown on everything you need to know about this extraordinary do-it-all fruit.
What you can do to think green and reduce waste
Back in 1990 Earth Day went global.[1] Over 100 countries decided the earth was worth celebrating...
The best natural skincare for each skin type
These days, there are thousands of skincare products available and trendy natural ingredients pop...
How to buy natural skincare?
Health-conscious people tell you “you are what you eat.” The skin-conscious among us say “you are...