More Than Skin Deep: Why nutrition should be considered part of your skincare routine?

Did you know our skin is a two-sided organ? Our skin is Influenced by both external and internal factors. While many preach the benefits of topical skincare products as the best way to keep your skin healthy and youthful, this is only half the answer. Traditional products such as skin cleansers, exfoliants, serums, and moisturizers, are a one-sided approach to holistic skincare.

Understanding Aging

What happens to our faces during the aging process?

As we age, our faces and our skin undergo a number of changes. By understanding these changes, we can get a better sense of what we can control, what we can’t, and what we, at Violet Hour Skin, can improve and what we simply cannot. In our next blog, we’ll be discussing the Pro Aging Movement and how understanding these changes can help us to continue to love our faces and accept the changes that will happen over time.

Do you know your ABC's?

You’ve probably heard about all of the lovely products out there with various vitamins in them but do you know what they’re doing and why you really need them? In this week’s blog, we’re doing a deep dive on vitamins as actives in skincare.

Back to Basics

What do we mean when we say back to basics? When it comes to your skincare, let’s think about the very basic parts of your ritual - cleansing, moisturizing & protecting - from a Corneotherapeutic reproach. It all comes down to your barrier defense systems when working towards healthy skin.

Why Ingredients Matter?

Now that you have a better understanding of your skin’s first three lines of barrier defense I’m going to try to explain as simply as possible why we avoid certain ingredients from a Corneotherapeutic approach to skinCARE.

What is Corneotherapy?

As a certifiable skin nerd, I spend most of my time learning about skin. It’s an amazing part of our bodies and a microcosm of functions and activity. It’s the organ that we see every day, shows our emotions, is a window to our health, alerts us to dangers we touch or ingest, protects us from the environment, and keeps our insides inside!