Author: Alex Karas

Every beauty aficionado knows that looking after your skin does not have to cost the earth. With the burgeoning internet it has never been easier to find good deals on skin care products. Whether it is via sites like lovelula.com or the Debenhams Blue Cross Sale – there has never been so much choice at your fingertips. Modern beauty buyers are much more savvy today. They know that they do not have...

Men looking after their skin is no longer a secret. Johnny Depp does it and so does Leonardo D’Caprio. Rod Stewart once admitted to being devoted to Olay’s Classic Moisturizing Lotion. Time it was when products geared towards men were mostly functional at best. But times have changed. Men always looked after their skin but only in the last two decades has grooming products specifically...

As a knowledgable cosmetics consultant for Elizabeth Arden once told me, “Prevention is better than cure”. Skin is the largest organ of our body and deserves our tender loving care. If you put junk food into your body you will eventually become ill. If you do not take care of your skin with the right products it will not function to its optimim. Skin care is not a luxury but as essential as brushi...

The same care and attention we lavish on our facial skin should be applied to our bodies. But too often we neglect body skin. Hidden under layers of clothing it is easy to forget that our bodies need tender loving care. Dermatologists believe our body products should be catered to our skin type, just like the products we use on our face. We should choose products specially designed for our skin ne...

“Cleanse, tone, moisturise” is a mantra that generations are familiar with. But there is a new mantra on the block: “sun protection, sun protection, sun protection”. With the depletion of the ozone layer, outside aggressors like pollution and stress of modern life – our skin has plenty to contend with. So the need to nourish and protect the skin is of paramount importance to preserve and maintain ...