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The art of traveling R-I-G-H-T
Travels are one of the most cherished and privileged journeys; it’s eye opening, allows you to live out cultures you otherwise just read off a book or our phones; forge friendships and create gastronomical memories that last a lifetime. On the flip side, it also disrupts one’s body functions and takes a toll on your skin. Be it time zones, climatic change, air travel (unnatural pressurized environment leaves skin extra dehydrated) and even the hotel air conditioning / heating systems (they can be unknowingly brutal!) - are all factors that wreak havoc to skin.Over the years, I’ve grown to understand...
My ideal 3-pillar approach to ageing gracefully
Aging is one of those inevitable processes in life - you can't stop it but with medical innovation and technology, you can definitely slow it down. Freia believes in an integrated, holistic approach to manage aging, built solidly on 3 pillars, to give that best mileage. Aesthetic Treatments - we are so blessed to live in a time where this is readily available to us and what used to be "under-the-knife" procedures can now give the same results as a 30 minute non or minimally invasive treatment done by medical practitioners. Whether it is sagging skin (Ulthera, Threadlifts) or skin resurfacing /...
Youth is wasted on the young.. but it need not be..
If you observe the skin of children, you hardly see any pigmentation or freckles - they can be out in the sun for hours on and even without much sun protection, they can just appear "flushed" but hardly develop any spots or freckles. Contrast this with an adult's skin under the same conditions and more likely than not, they will almost definitely develop pigmentation and sun spots. Good sun protection discipline should always start early - from the time an infant is 6 months old. The absence of spots on a 15 year old's face without adequate protection does not...
Everything you wanted to know about Quintessential Serums
They come in identical rainbow colors - each one corrects one main particular concern and may have another one or two "by-indications". At a potency of 80% worth of active ingredients, think of these serums as "medicine" for your skin, possessing the prescriptive ability to correct and heal skin. You can also mix them so everyone's cocktail blend is very much your own. Which makes perfect sense - the skin is the largest organ of your body and is inherently complex to treat. Managed poorly, the state of one's skin can erode self confidence and make one look older than...
Which P50 is right for me?
Biologique Recherche is all about Skin Instants - which begs the question, is there only one P50 variant that is right for me? I would say generally no as skin undergoes changes every day. There are probably 2 or even 3 variants suitable for you. Absolutely no shame having your favorite variants on your vanity top - use it to treat different skin instants. 1. Lotion P50 - the closest in formulation to the original P50 1970 variant, which because of the controversial ingredient "Phenol", is only available in the U.S. The concern with Phenol is its corrosive nature; and...