DDF (Doctor’s Dermatologic Formula) and Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization have teamed up for women everywhere in a skincare-donation project this fall. Just last month DDF introduced its Cellular Cleansing Complex, an exfoliating cleanser that prepares skin for other DDF protecting and toning treatments. The formulation is a gentle cream base, colored the pale pink <... >

People are always hoping to uncover a prospect for skin perfection. It’s like searching for a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, and it rarely comes to fruition. However, the California gold rush was one example of “when there’s a will, there’s a way.” And Dr. Howard Sobel, a renowned skin specialist <... >

I am not one for bandwagons. That is why I hesitated to jump upon this one, but I could not take another summer of breakouts and melted makeup that only masks the problem. In the market for a solution, I tried Sonya Dakar’s acne mini-kit. Not only does this perfect trial size, travel companion hide <... >

Here comes the sun. And with it comes a lot of controversy. Is it really good or bad for you? Well, when it comes to your skin, it can be extremely harmful. Regardless of damaging your epidermis, causing wrinkles, sun spots and giving skin a leathery appearance, it’s also responsible for skin cancer, (malignant melanoma), <... >

Summer is the season of many wonderful things. Chances are you’ll want to get out and enjoy all it has to offer – while it lasts. Whether playing barefoot Frisbee in the park, or spending a day at the beach, your skin will be exposed this summer. Why not prepare for it with one of <... >

When you write articles about products and interview the people behind them, you expect them to use the opportunity to tell you everything. How they started, how they developed the line, etc…It’s their chance to “sell themselves” right? Not so with Susan Ciminelli. To say I went for a “facial” would completely minimize my entire <... >

I’ve always welcomed the winter months as an opportunity to hide my pale skin and excess weight under bulky wool sweaters and heavy coats. But upon the first sign of spring, it becomes a necessity to emerge from our overheated apartments as glowing, radiant, specimens of vitality and beauty. We must break out the white <... >

Hallelujah, a skincare line that respects the wisdom of your skin. Combining a holistic sensibility with sensuous floral and herbal ingredients, Dr. Hauschka Skincare simply and luxuriously cooperates with skin – rather than fixing, fighting, or using “anti-” methods. Whether troubled by a temporary condition (dryness, break-outs, sensitivity), or maintaining the skin’s natural state of <... >

I have sensitive skin. I feel like a wuss just saying it, but I’ll scream it out. I HAVE SENSITIVE SKIN, everybody. Now, with that said, I have found the perfect line of skin care for my poor epidermis. Sonya Dakar, the problem-skin specialist, started on a mission to cure problem skin over 32 years <... >

“Age defying,” “anti-aging,” “look youthful” – all promises of many night creams, peels, and facials. With products boasting ingredients from white tea, green tea, and ginkgo biloba (also known as Maidenhair Tree) to magnesium oxide crystals, Vitamin C crystals, and hydrogen peroxide, it’s difficult to figure out which ingredients actually combat the skin’s own axis <... >

As far as fashion goes, I love the winter – fishing out my favorite shawly, ballerina-wrap scarf from the back of the closet, replacing last year’s socks with even more snuggly ones, and in a word, boots. But as the season lumbers on, I have to admit the thrill of layering upon layering starts to <... >

“Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?” I’d say we all are, or rather, we each have the potential to be. Once upon a time, beauty seemed easy to achieve – preadolescence and acne, pre-college and packing on the freshman 15, and pre-menopause and prevailing signs of age (like wrinkles, age <... >

I was skeptical too. Who needs threading when there’s a perfectly capable eyebrow waxer conveniently located in the same place as my neighborhood manicurist? Besides, doesn’t the thought of twisting a piece of thread around one strand of hair and pulling it out from the root sound downright painful? So what if my eyes are <... >

As a girl, I always dreamed of having an Ugly Duckling makeover. My cou would transform into a long spell of smooth, luminescent alabaster. Of course, reality set in, and I began to experiment with haircuts (a shag works wonders) and necklines (no crewnecks, please) to make my tiki hut look like an ivory tower. <... >

When I was thirteen, the inevitable fate of adolescence came upon me. Mercifully, the hair trends of the late 1980′s saved me from being the victim of teenage ridicule. With no more than four strands of hair sprayed high into “the wall” above my head, I was left with a substantial set of dark brunette <... >

I fake it. I’m confessing once and for all that I don’t rely on blush or getaways to Miami to look healthy in the wintertime. A few years ago, I made the discovery that 20 minutes in a tanning bed on a gray day in February left me feeling and looking like I had spent <... >

There is no greater skeptic than me when it comes to a spa treatment; I’m a really tough sell. While I find it all very indulgent and luxurious, I generally tend to be a soap-and-water kind of girl. And my routine has always worked: When I was about 10, my grandmother, my mother, and I, <... >

“Microdermabrasion in a jar” sounds about as promising as “Lasik in an aerosol can”. I think of both as expensive procedures best confined to doctors’ offices. Microdermabrasion always seemed too costly for me to contemplate seriously, and even if I did decide to pursue it, how would I find a reputable dermatologist? Since I have <... >

Rescue me! Oh take me in your arms. Rescue me! I want your tender charms. Having that Aretha Franklin mantra stuck in my head for 3 days straight was a small price to pay for such an experience! The Rescue Beauty Lounge, located on the second floor of 34 Gansevoort Street in the Meatpacking district <... >

Do you ever dream of creating fabulous new products? Do you imagine what it would be like to have your own beauty line/store/company? Well, why not take some advice from someone who has already done it? Margot Wells is the creator and owner of Archive, a company known for its luxurious bath products and candles, <... >