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DRY SKIN TYPE

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This is the last post on Skin types, in the HEALTHY SKIN SERIES, we will be going into skin conditions next. But firstly, where is the Dry skin post. Hope you learn a thing a two.

Dry skin develops as a result of under-active sebaceous glands. Dry skin, while hereditary like oily skin, is also a result of aging, as all body activities slow down with, oil gland activity slows as…

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PRODUCTS PENETRATION

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Welcome to another post in my Healthy skin series. This post is all about how products penetrate through the skin. Hope you enjoy.

Product penetration ( ingredient delivery), is the movement of substances or chemicals through the skin, to a target site within the skin. Active ingredients need to be delivered to their target site for its efficacy, therefore delivery agents are to…

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TCM/AYURVEDIC VIEW ON FOOD FLAVORS, SEASONS, ​AND THEIR CORRESPONDING BENEFITS!

TCM/AYURVEDIC VIEW ON FOOD FLAVORS, SEASONS, ​AND THEIR CORRESPONDING BENEFITS!

Food has flavors for a reason. Once in the body, the six (6) flavors: sweet, sour, salty, pungent ( spicy),bitter and astringent, each have an affinity with a particular organ system. The general rules for the energy of food in Ayurvedic is that: If it grows in the air and sunshine, it is most likely Yang; if it grows in the earth and darkness, it is probably yin; if it is soft, wet and cool, it…