What is St. Ives? When I ask clients during skin care consultations what their routine is like, I often hear “well, I use the St. Ives Apricot Scrub and…” and they continue to tell me how their friend’s sisters Instagram follower recommended it to them …
We’re One!!! *insert cheers emoji* Today marks the 1 year anniversary of my brainchild, Cave of Beauty. I still can’t believe it’s been an entire year of blogging, but at the same time, it feels like its been FOREVER. I’ve experienced many ups and …
You’re new to makeup and there are tens of thousands of products to try. They all claim the same or similar results, yet have incredibly different price tags. You watch reviews on Youtube where they do a “natural, no makeup look” while using 20+ products, which …
Hey, guys! I know, I know…I’ve been away for a while. If I were to explain the series of unfortunate events that has been my life the past few weeks, this would be a novella. To sum it all up, I am currently recovering from …
What is Vitamin A Vitamin A consists of retinols and retinoic acids. What Does it Do? Vitamin A promotes cell turnover, unclogs pores, get’s rid of acne, smoothes fine lines, and treats photoaging.
What Is Vitamin E? Vitamin E, also known as tocopherol in skin care, is a lipid soluble antioxidant naturally found in the skin’s dermis and epidermis. It accumulates in our sebaceous glands over time and surfaces on our stratum corneum through sebum production. An …
What is Curology? First of all, if you would have told me 5 years ago that the skin care industry would evolve to the point of getting virtual skin prescriptions sent to you based on your very specific concerns, I would have told …
What is Vitamin C? Vitamin C is an antioxidant naturally found in our skin’s dermis and epidermis layer. Higher quantities of it are found in the epidermis. As we age, the percentage of vitamin C found in our skin begins to decrease. This results …
I have exciting news guys!!! For the next 5 weeks, I am going to be posting short posts about specific vitamins that are great for your skin and explaining their benefits. Each post is going to contain a mini quiz at the beginning to …
What is a Toner? In the beauty world, there are certain steps in skin care routines that are almost mandatory, toning is one of them. I would even go as far as saying a routine is incomplete sans toning. But, that varies based on …