Category Archives: General Info
Feel Good Food
Many dietary consultants say that MSG is a neurotic food enhancer that makes you eat more than you should. Then why is it found in most foodstuff people consider as comfort food. That bag of chips, pack of salted nuts and many others, they are all made to taste a tad better with the help [...]
Beyond the pale?
One of Bollywood’s biggest film stars is being criticised by Asian campaigners for promoting a skin-lightening cream – a product that is now on the shelves of British shops. The 40-second advertisement from India starts like so many others promoting razors or hair dye – but it’s an ad with a very big difference. There’s [...]
Black or White, Good or Bad
Skin whitening products have grown in demand as the response for uneven pigmentation such as age spots, freckles, dark underarms, knees, elbows, acne scars or inner thighs. Here are a few factors for a whiter skin. Look for a sunscreen that blocks both UVA and UVB rays, because not all sunscreen have both. Avoid overexposure [...]
The Secret behind Skin Whitening
Skin whitening products have grown in demand as the response for uneven pigmentation such as age spots, freckles, dark underarms, knees, elbows, acne scars or inner thighs. Here are a few factors for a whiter skin. Look for a sunscreen that blocks both UVA and UVB rays, because not all sunscreen have both. Avoid overexposure [...]
Over the Counter Products
Some skin whitening products can be bought over the counter without a prescription from a doctor; some are injected for a much faster result, while others are just home-made. Aside from that, manufacturer’s release almost every month a new product that lightens your skin, from lotions, soaps, to facial scrubs, to those taken orally. If [...]
Choose the Right Whitening Soap
Today is the age where we have various ways of making ourselves whiter. Our skin normally solicits its color from hereditary traits and apparently some people want to improve on it. For most, it is important, particularly the women. But just make sure you do not overdo it. Excess whitening of your skin may make [...]
Papaya Helps Whiten your Skin
Fruits have been known to provide needed results. Apparently we have already discussed about calamansi, a citrus, to help in whitening certain portions of they body. Papaya is another one and normally you will notice it among products today. From soap to lotions, just check out the ingredients. This fruit is present. In fact some [...]
Kojic and Azelaic Acid
Kojic acid is actually a by-product of the fermentation of rice in the making of the Japanese wine sake and has been found to have a profound ability to inhibit the production of melanin in the skin. The use of the pure chemical is quite debated due to the fact that it can be a [...]
Glutathione – Does it Really Work ???
People have jumped onto the glutathione bandwagon ever since it was introduced as the best skin whitening product yet. As it turns out, glutathione is actually a molecule that is present in each and every cell which made it very attractive to researchers being naturally available, which raises another question, does it really work. Opinion [...]
Whitening with Benefits
Skin whitening has become popular with people who want to gain a fairer complexion. Skin whitening products prevents darkening of the skin through absorption of the UV radiation from the sun. It also lessens melanin production. Melanin is the pigment found in the skin which determines a person’s skin color. One way of whitening the [...]