Category Archives: skin care

Is Homemade Sunscreen For You? – Part I: Sunburn and UVB Protection

Published: June 19, 2009

Update: Common Sense Sun Care and Homemade Sunscreens – Now Available! Click here to purchase and automatically download the PDF. $18. A slight delay in launching the sunscreen report to answer an important question. I’m sure you are wondering… How do you know your homemade sunscreen is effective if there are no testing and you […]

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Sunscreen eReport Update

Published: June 13, 2009

I’m working hard to complete my in-depth report on sunscreen. Lots of good stuff including recipes and sun care tips. And, it will cost much less than you’d spend on sunscreen this year. So, I won’t be posting much here until I finish, hopefully before the end of this month! There I said it. Now […]

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Sew Your Own UV Protective Clothing and Rash Guard

Published: May 26, 2009

Your first line of sun protection should not be sunscreen. It should be protective clothing. In recent years, we have seen an explosion of expensive high UPF rated sunwear. If you have minimum sewing skills, you can easily make your own rash guard. Rash guard UV protective shirts are simply regular t-shirts or activewear clothing […]

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Emulsifying Wax vs Stearic Acid

Published: May 22, 2009

Emulsifying wax and stearic acid are very common emulsifying agents in hydrating moisturizers. In my experience, you can use e-wax without stearic acid but not the other way around. Even when you add other emulsifying and thickening agents like xanthan gum, it is difficult to achieve the emulsion you get with emulsifying wax. Substituting a […]

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Zinc Oxide Sunscreen and Diaper Rash Ointment

Published: May 12, 2009

Another common question from the perceptive readers… So what’s the difference between a zinc oxide based sunscreen and diaper rash ointment? Not much! Just marketed differently. The main difference is in the base. Diaper rash ointments have little to no water content and sunscreen base usually has water listed as the first ingredient. If it’s […]

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Coming Soon – Must Read Sunscreen Report

Published: May 8, 2009

Okay, I’ve received a ton of questions, both online and offline regarding sun protection. I thought I’d let you in on my latest project: my e-report on the cheapest and safest sunscreen. Yes, you can find the basics if you dig through my old posts. But in this upcoming report, I will answer all your […]

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Simple Oatmeal Facial Cleanser

Published: April 19, 2009

Oat grains have so many wonderful qualities that make them ideal as a daily facial cleanser. Used in the form of flour, they cleanse your face without the drying effects associated with soap. As with any flour, oatmeal flour absorbs oils readily along with other impurities. It also acts as a gentle exfoliator leaving your […]

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Basic Night Cream – Protective

Published: April 1, 2009

Facial night creams are meant to repair your skin from daily wear (makeup, environment, etc) and restore its elasticity. As such, they are ultra-rich with oils. As with all my creams and lotions, night creams fall into two categories: protective or moisturizing.

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My New Favorite Lotion-Making Tool

Published: March 23, 2009

Over the holidays, I received a salad dressing mixer and ever since then, I’ve been finding all kinds of other uses for it, especially lotion making. It is more powerful than the mini-blender (and also uses twice as much battery power). I still use the mini-blender to whip up my thinner lotions such as my […]

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Finding and Creating that Perfect Lotion for Your Skin Condition

Published: February 11, 2009

First off, I’m not a dermatologist. But I have visited plenty of them in my youth and now again, for my daughter’s eczema. Not much has changed. The dermatologist usually sends me home with a ton of samples of topical ointments and creams or sells me a product “to try”. I got the same advice […]

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