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Galentine’s Day 2021: Treat Your Bridal Party AND Yourself with our Top Gift Picks
Celebrate your bridal party this Galentine's Day with our ultimate skincare and jewelry gift guide!
It is never too early to start prepping for your big day. Unpause your wedding planning by gifting you (and your bridal party) a healthy, glowing complexion that shines (almost) as bright as you do.
Special gift guide for brides, featuring luxury jewelry and skincare
There's always an occasion that requires the perfect gift—find one with our bride-to-be approved gift guide!
Between the holidays and weddings (including your own), thoughts about all of the gifts you need to buy are likely running through your mind. This time of year is already stressful, making being a bride-to-be prepping for your big day that much harder. We are sharing one bride-to-be's advice on selecting and buying the perfect gifts with our ultimate gift guide. Discover Devon's top picks for powerful skincare—choices that can be used on the big day (or every day).
Beautiful brides by Dermafirm: healthy glowing skin
Every bride wants to look and feel her best on her wedding day!
Leaders and experts in skincare and beauty are working to make the world a better place by empowering, evolving, and embracing, all brides and their loved ones to experience, value, and share the impact of nature's ingredients and true craftsmanship at an affordable price.
Industry Updates: Deadly Cosmetics, A Plastic Pollution Solution, and Two Sides of Tech
After finding traces of asbestos (a deadly human carcinogen for which there is no safe level of exposure) in talc-based cosmetics products, the Environmental Working Group has issued a new warning advocating for consumers to check the ingredient list before purchasing. While testing products such as soaps, loose and pressed powders, aerosol sprays, and other cosmetic liquids last year, EWG found this deadly ingredient in more than 2,000 personal care items.
Did You Know? #8
Did You Know?
- Top earners in STEM fields make as much money as most celebrities.
- Clean beauty ingredients are often listed in Latin.
- The very first VCR was the size of a piano
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Dermafirm Recommends: Exfoliation Free From Harm
Looking for an exfoliant free from harmful chemicals? Our Vitamin C Peeling Gel is a hypoallergenic micro-scrub that gently removes dead skin cells to clarify and smooth out uneven skin.
Scientists of Color: Leading the Charge for Digital Education
As a co-founder of Tanoshi, Love works to bring fun, yet affordable, technology to school districts that have been seemingly “left behind” in the transition to the digital sphere during the pandemic. By developing easy to use, fun, and affordable technology Love is seeking to bridge the educational gaps that have formed in the United States for all school-aged children.
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Discussion with Dr. Christin Glorioso, Founder at Real Science
This month, we are featuring Dr. Christin Glorioso, MD PhD and computational neuroscientist who studies Alzheimer's disease and aging. Dr. Glorioso wears many hats, as she has also founded a few science advocacy organizations such as the non-profit Academics for the Future of Science (AFS) and her newest organization, Real Science, as well as guest teaches medical ethics courses at Boston University. “I’ve found the marriage of my interest in policy and real world problems with science and medicine,” Glorioso explains.
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Industry Updates: Toxic Cosmetics, Biotechnology Based Hope, Stylists Taking a Stand, and the Discovery of a New Organ
California is the first state to ban 24 toxic ingredients from cosmetic and personal care products. The Toxic-Free Cosmetics Act was signed into law in late September, marking history for California as the United State’s first state-level ban of the 24 harmful ingredients. The ingredient list includes mercury, which was found in 25 percent of skin-lightening creams sold in California. All of the ingredients on the list have been linked to very serious health conditions, including “cancer, birth defects, damage to the reproductive system, organ system toxicity, and endocrine disruption.”
Did You Know #7
Did You Know?
- 90% of how skin ages is in our control, with sun exposure being the main cause.
- SPFs are the leading anti-aging product as a result.
- At the right temperature pressure, water can boil and freeze at the same time.
Dermafirm Recommends: Top Products Featuring Astaxanthin
This holiday season, we recommend investing in products that feature astaxanthin. During winter months, dry air strips skin of its moisture, increasing the appearance of aging skin in turn.
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Robert's Insights: Astaxanthin - The New Best Skincare Ingredient Out There
Like me, it might’ve taken you a couple tries to say that, but its functions aren’t as complicated as the word itself is to say. Astaxanthin is a type of carotenoid which make up the orangish pigmentation in shrimp, lobster, salmon, and other marine life. When we apply astaxanthin to our skin, the carotenoid acts as an antioxidant in our bodies, protecting our cells from oxidation(decay). Astaxanthin’s strength as an antioxidant has coined its name, “king of carotenoids” as its efficiency in protecting cells from oxidation exceeds the average antioxidant mineral or vitamin.
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