How can something that makes you look and feel so healthy ... be so bad for you? There is no such thing as a “safe tan”  Facts taken from the Skin Cancer foundation: Cancer... Read more >>

Even though we all know basic ingredients to prevent a sunburn—use sunscreen and avoid sitting at the pool between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.—many of us will still end up pink as a pig this summer. Adding to… Read more >>

If you’re planning to wear any post-Memorial Day white this year, allow me to suggest a self-tanner:   1. BEST FOR FACE: Dr. Dennis Gross Alpha Beta Glow Pads ($18 for ten)... Read more >>

We all know that staying out of the sun is the best way to maintain healthy youthful-looking skin, but I know I don’t want to start the summer off all pasty and white when it’s time to... Read more >>

“I’ve always had strong and long nails, until now. They keep breaking and have become very fragile. I would like to know if anybody has any advice about what products will really... Read more >>

Last weekend I was in Bend, Oregon for a girl’s getaway with my friends Chris and Nancy. At the end of the trip, and on our way to the airport to drop Nancy off, we suddenly realized we... Read more >>

Ah, spring has sprung! And like every year with the melting of the snow means the shedding of those winter clothes. But before you bare it all doll, I want to give you the skinny on that skin of... Read more >>

In three weeks, I am (god willing) going to be closer to the equator than I have ever been. I am a fair person. No, not fairy princess “fair,” but pale-skinned. Because of this, I thought... Read more >>

Let’s get straight to the point. I’m beginning to think I have some sort of complex with being naked … buck naked. Take yesterday for example. I was looking a little pasty, and... Read more >>

When my pale-skinned, Anglo-Irish father was a kid, his parents would lovingly scoot him out of the house and into the blazing California sun with the order to, “Go out and get a good, healthy... Read more >>