Beauty Wisdom

I regularly find myself explaining to friends and customers that not all skin care ingredients are good for your skin. And the response is often 'well, if ingredients are not good for skin, then why would skin care companies use them?' Well, let me tell you why: 1. Fragrance. Human beings use our sense of smell as a first response to test the safety and/or desirability of anything - living or not living. I see this all the time when I give a friend one of my products, the first thing they do is smell it. But fragrance is a...

You will see that our Purslane and Commelina Gentle Balancing Toner includes a claim that Purslane promotes the pro-aging enzyme Telomerase which protects the cells' DNA repair function. Really? So how, exactly does it do this? Telomeres are little caps at the very ends of chromosomes that protect the internal areas of chromosomes. Every cell in our bodies is constantly renewed every seven to ten years, some cells more frequently. So why then are we not exactly the same every seven to ten years? The problem is that with every replication of our DNA, some fragments of the genes that...

Remember when we were young and a little bit of sun gave our skin that beautiful glowy 'sun-kissed' look? As if that were a good thing? Little did we know that for some of us, underneath that lovely, even, healthy glow were the future seeds of uneven, pigmented skin that would grow worse and worse as we grew older. Uneven pigmentation and dark spots are a very visible sign of aging, and probably one of the easiest signs to treat. Dark spots, age spots, liver spots, melasma, pigmentation, hyper-pigmentation - there are various names for pigmentation and the root causes...

The Korean 7- Skin Method is a great approach to using Founder's Formula serums and oils. It is the ideal method for giving skin the best chance to soak up and benefit from the multiple phyto-actives found in our nutrient-rich Australian Botanicals. Here's how it works: Founder's Formula 7- Skin Method 1. In the mornings, do not cleanse, simply wipe face and neck with a re-usable cotton or bamboo pad soaked in Purslane and Commelina Gentle Balancing Toner. In the evenings, massage face and neck with Macadamia Omega 7 Cleansing Oil and rinse away with water. Pat dry excess water....

Have you ever wondered if marketing skin care to men is really only all about the packaging? I mean, most men start out by using their partner's or sister's skin care anyway. So are marketers really just re-packaging the exact same women's products to make them more appealing to men - or are men's skin care products truly different?  Let's start by considering the ways in which men's skin is actually quite different to women's: Wrinkles and Fine Lines. You may be surprised to learn that men actually develop wrinkles earlier in life and with a greater severity than do...

1. Oils and water don't mix. Oils dissolve oils. 2. Oils are not bad. Oils in skin are good. We don't want to strip oils when we cleanse our face. Using an oil cleanser does not strip the skin's natural healthy oils. 3. Oils are phyto-nutrient-intense. They are not isolated, synthesized chemicals produced in a vat. Using an oil-based cleanser is yet another opportunity to deliver incidental nutrition to the skin. 4. Cleansing with Macadamia Omega 7 Cleansing Oil feels calming and soothing when my skin feels dehydrated and parched, nourishing it with essential lipids including Omega 3, 6, 7...