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Can I Use Retinoids In Summer?

There's no reason why you should stop using retinoids in summer - as long as you protect your skin from the sun!

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How To Layer Your Retinoid With Your Other Skincare Products

Just because you have now upgraded to prescription-strength retinoids such as Tretinoin to deal with your primary skin concerns, doesn’t mean you need to ditch your entire arsenal of favourite skincare products. A retinoid can be used at the same time as most of your other over-the-beauty-counter lotions and potions.

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Prescription Retinoids vs High Street Products

Before you splash out on expensive anti-ageing products, learn more about the difference between high-street products and prescription-strength retinoids...

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How To Avoid Sun-Damaged Skin

It is well known that the sun has numerous beneficial effects on our skin and overall health. These include improvements to our mood and well-being, the production of Vitamin D, as well as the regulation of our internal ‘body clock.’

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Your Treatment Guide To Acne

To get the most benefit from your acne treatment there are a number of steps that are important to follow. In this treatment guide to acne we look at how to use topical treatments, skincare steps, what to expect and more.

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Your Official Guide To Oily Skin

Oily skin is known as 'seborrhea' and is caused by excess skin oil - or 'sebum'. You'll probably be surprised to hear that newborn babies produce a lot of sebum but this quickly decreases, until it reappears with a vengeance at puberty. Learn more about oily skin in this useful guide.