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My Nails are Looking Rough

Often I get questioned about new “roughness” or “lines” that someone has noticed in their nails. Is there something wrong? Are they having a reaction to their nail polish or something worse? Vertical ridges that go the length of your nails are very common and in most cases are nothing to worry about. These small irregularities cause the nail to …

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Vasanti’s Brighten Up!

Exfoliation is an important part of your beauty routine, if your skin isn’t too sensitive to tolerate it. You remove dead skin cells to allow your freshest face to show. I found this scrub in my monthly Birchbox this spring. I haven’t tried zillions of scrubs, but I have had a few. This one blew me away. The micro-particles in this “enzymatic …

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Wedding Ring Rash

Find yourself scratching at your ring finger? It might be Wedding Ring Rash. (This isn’t a technical term, but it gets the point across.) Commonly it presents as red, scaly and sometimes itchy skin directly under the spot where your ring sits. “Am I allergic to my ring?”  Most often, the answer is no. Your skin is reacting to things …