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October is Blindness Awareness Month and we are honored to be able to spotlight Chelsea Nguyen, a licensed cosmetologist and image consultant, who helps empower men and women who are visually impaired by teaching them non-visual hair, makeup and grooming techniques. In this inspiring episode she’ll share her tips and tricks, as well as talk about the some of the technology available to help the visually impaired identify colors and prevent wardrobe mishaps, and even shares ways that fully-sighted individuals can donate their time to help out. According to the CDC, approximately 12 million people 40 years and over in the United States have vision impairment, including 1 million who are blind, and an estimated 93 million adults in the United States are at high risk for serious vision loss.

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This podcast is not sponsored. All opinions are always 100% honest and my own. Links are affiliate links. If you click a link and buy something, I may receive a commission for the sale. It doesn't cost you anything extra and you are free to use the link or not as you choose. If you do use my links, I appreciate your support.

SHOW NOTES:

3:45 - How Chelsea Nguyen learned to teach the visually impaired

10:07 - the first step in application is identifying the facial features

10:47 - How to apply foundation

14:45 - Technology to help you identify color. Chelsea explains the Be My Eyes app and how to sign up to volunteer.

17:35 - A testimonial from a visually impaired woman who used Chelsea’s services

20:55 - How to apply eyeliner

24:12 - How to apply lipstick and identify different colors

26:40 - Hair tips

If you've noticed dark spots on your skin and you're looking to get rid of them, you need to be aware that all discoloration is not the same, and that you can actually make some discoloration worse if you treat it with the wrong modality.

We talk to renowned dermatologist, Dr. Dennis Gross, about the different causes of the hyperpigmentation – a broad term used to describe skin that has been discolored or darkened due to an array of factors, including sun damage, acne scarring or inflammation and melasma. In the fall, Dr. Dennis Gross always sees a spike in patients coming in to correct hyperpigmentation that either appeared or got worse over the summer. We talk about the best way to determine what kind of discoloration you have, and professional treatment options such as lasers and peels. He also details what to look for in products for at-home treatment.

For all treatment options, Dr. Gross recommends a three-prong approach: exfoliate dead pigmented calls, inhibit melanin transfer within middle layers of skin and prevent melanin production at the source. Finally, we'll discuss how to keep skin clear of dark patches once they are faded.

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This podcast is not sponsored. All opinions are always 100% honest and my own. Links are affiliate links. If you click a link and buy something, I may receive a commission for the sale. It doesn't cost you anything extra and you are free to use the link or not as you choose. If you do use my links, I appreciate your support.

Beauty isn’t ONLY Skin Deep. Happiness and peace are big contributors to beauty as you either radiate vibrant energy - or not. No amount of skin care products can hide fatigue, anxiety and fear. If we want to look our best - we have to feel our best. That means we have to incorporate our entire wellbeing in our self-care and beauty regime. It means looking at our anxiety, healing our traumas, learning how to release things in our life that are draining our energy and putting better boundaries in place (in relation to people, time, energy outputs and drama). We speak to metaphysician and self-development specialist, Dr. Sonia Killik (Mpsy.D) about her 4-point Renew system, the four quadrants of a persona life that need attention on our path to total wellbeing.

Show notes:

01:06 Current situation in South Africa

03:33 The trend towards remote coaching

05:25 The shift towards humanity in the corporate world

07:13 About Sonia Killik’s 4-point Renewal System: The 4 quadrants of a persons life that all need equal attention are physical, emotional, mental and spiritual.

13:37 Physical: ways to address the physiological discomfort caused by stress. When we go into “fight or flight mode” we literally shut down reasoning. Sonia shares two tips for practicing how to deal with physical stress.

22:24 Consciousness and your “authentic self”: when anxiety begins to creep up - how can we deal with the physical and emotional effects of stress?

27:54 Addressing the stress caused by the pandemic and our need to package it away.

32:39 Sonia talks about her new coaching program "Miserable to Marvelous."

36:50 Pirates, penguin, potatoes: an exercise to handle your runaway thoughts when you can’t sleep.

Sagging skin can prematurely age us, especially around the eyes. But out of necessity, one woman created a product that won't allow age or genetics to dictate how you look and feel. We talk to Contours RX founder and CEO, Britain Todd, about Lids By Design, her "push-up bra for the eyelids. These cosmetic strips were developed to temporarily uplift the appearance of eyelids, and are especially helpful for those who experience moderate hooding and desire the temporary look of a casual lift or moderate adjustment for asymmetrical eyes.

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If your skincare routine is more complicated than a fishtail French braid (or takes even one tenth of the tie to complete), you’re definitely overdoing it and may even be doing more harm than good. According to Dr. Heather Rogers, a board-certified dermatologist, you only need five products to effectively prevent damage, increase cell turnover and slow the aging process. She breaks down the only 5 items you need in a skincare routine, and shares her favorite products. We say it’s great advice for our faces and our finances.

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SHOW NOTES:

00:53 - Oregon is burning

03:02 - In search of HEPA filters

04:21 - The state of the beauty industry right now due to COVID-19

06:11 - We don’t need to maintain the excessive beauty routines we did pre-covid.

06:53 - A scary fact on genital-hair removal

08:34 - Introducing Dr. Heather Rogers

10:00 - the origin of today’s skincare marketing

12:50 - Essential #1: Sunscreen. But not all sunscreen’s are created equal – Dr. Rogers shares her favorites.

25:33 - Essential #2: Antioxidant Serum

32:35: Essentail #3: Moisturizer

36:01: Essential #4: Face Wash

36:20: Essential 5: A Treatment Product

This podcast is not sponsored. All opinions are always 100% honest and my own. Links are affiliate links. If you click a link and buy something, I receive a commission for the sale. It doesn't cost you anything extra and you are free to use the link or not as you choose. If you do use my links, I appreciate your support.

If you’ve started to notice changes in your skin or even mood, there’s a chance your hormones are to blame.

While there is no specialized field specifically dedicated to ”hormonal dermatology”, Dr. Zenovia has taken a keen interest in the area. We talk to the board-certified dermatologist about everything from how to identify hormonal acne to the relationship between estrogen and collagen. She also felt that there has always been a market white space in products that effectively address internal issues topically, and so she created a line centered around hormonal dermatology. Dr. Zenovia Skincare has two collections, one for anti-aging and one for acne, and launched this month on the dermatologists website and will be available next month on Sephora.

When we think of plastic surgery, there can be immediate connotations, positive or negative, that come to our minds: our favorite celebrities, our guilty-pleasure reality TV shows, or even our friends and families who have had procedures. There tends to be an air of negativity around plastic surgery: assumptions about people’s motivations, and judgments about before and after transformations, can make plastic surgery feel like a taboo topic. We talk to Dr. Chloe Carmichael about how plastic surgery can be a way for someone to increase their self-confidence and empower a person to choose how they want to present themself to the world because they have a clear sense of self, and they know exactly how they want to look.

Not so fun fact: we spend over 1/2 our lives in front of screens and that endless screen time could trigger more than FOMO - it could be be aging you. But one company, Goodhabit, is pioneering the movement in defending your skin against artificial blue light and modern day skin stressors. According to Jeniece Trizzino, the VP of product Development, spending one hour in front of our computers is the same as spending 15 minutes in the sun - UNPROTECTED She says that all of our digital screens (meaning your laptop, TV, tablet, phone) and even our Ring Light (eek!) emit blue light. While UVA and UVB rays impact the first and second layers of skin, blue light actually penetrates at a deeper level and causes oxidative stress, increasing the risk of dullness, discoloration, and fine lines. We get to the bottom of why Blue Light needs to be on your radar, and Jeniece shares her tips for protecting against the damaging rays of blue light when you can’t unplug.

The beauty industry takes in almost 50 billion dollars a year, and that’s in the U.S. alone. With promises of more youthful, firmer and brighter skin, it’s no wonder we flock to buy the latest products and seek out the buzziest new ingredients. But according the Dr. Heather Rogers, you may have been duped – and she’s not afraid to tell you why. We’ll talk about why using multiple products can actual be harmful, and why expensive doesn’t always equal results. She’ll also share the best way to get rid of sunspots, how to lessen the appearance of scars, and the skincare regimen and ingredients to get proven results.

A team of stem-cell scientists may have discovered the molecule to help not only prevent but also reverse inflammation in our cells that leads to aging. Drs. Ben Van Handel PhD and Amir Nobakht MD, MBA met in the stem cell biology labs at USC. Their orthopedic research was focused on reducing "inflammaging" (inflammation + aging) and increasing the functionality of stem cells in our joints, thereby re-growing cartilage. This mission led them to develop HX-1, a molecule that shields stem cells from stressors that fuel the aging process. Once they realized these same technologies could apply to the skin, Heraux was born. We talk to the founders about what HX-1 does to the skin, and why it lives up to the price tag.