Beauty Advice: 5 Anti-Aging Skin Ingredients That Work

The right combination of anti-aging skincare ingredients can help reduce the signs of aging. From retinoids to peptides, each ingredient plays a key role in helping restore the youthfulness of your skin.

Ask the Health Expert – Save Our Supplements

The liberal party has just passed legislation namely Bill C- 47, the Liberal Budget Implement Bill. This is an “omnibus bill”, meaning it hides very unpleasant and unpopular clauses.

Ask the Health Expert: pH Balance & Voltage

The term pH stands for “potential of hydrogen” which is a measure of the concentration of hydrogen ions in a solution. It is a measurement of acidity and alkalinity on a scale of 0 to 14 with zero being extremely acidic and fourteen being extremely alkaline and seven is neutral when there is complete balance between acid and alkaline. Our blood needs to be between 7.365 and 7.4 as it needs to be alkaline to nourish our bodies and allow for healthy new cell to form

Ask the Beauty Expert: Making Sense of Medical Esthetic Treatments

Medical spas are a great way to improve your appearance and confidence. There are so many options, how do you know which one is right for you? You may find a medical esthetics spa (medi-spa) that promises crazy results that cannot be achieved. Treatments are also an investment so you want to ensure you’re making the right decision for you.

Ask the Health Expert: Breaking the Grip of Long Covid

Stress occurs when the sympathetic nervous system overpowers the parasympathetic nervous system keeping the body in a prolonged state of “fight or flight” which revs up the body. This response is designed for short term survival and not for prolonged stress or up regulation which is directly related to many chronic diseases as well as “Covid 19” [Portzionato 2020].

Ask the Beauty Expert: Taking Care of Those Often Neglected Body Parts

We put time into looking our best. We pay attention to our hair colour, apply creams and sunscreens to our faces, stay out of the sun, eat healthy and exercise. However, we need to consider that if we only focus on our face and neglect our hands, neck and chest, we can actually look older than our years.

Ask the Health Expert: Thymus & Adaptive Immunity

These days it is obvious that the strength and health of our immune system is of primary importance. When our immune system is suppressed or not functioning properly, we are less able to defend ourselves against the onslaught of infections, pathogens, viruses, bacteria, and toxins that assail us every day.

Ask the Beauty Expert: Mistakes to Avoid with Skin Care

In the world of skin care there is no lack of advice as to what you MUST do.  Quite often this is disguised within advertising. Between recommendations for the latest trendy product and suggestions from family and friends, there is a long list of what needs to be done to achieve flawless skin. 

You Never Finish Learning

The true beauty of education, however runs deeper – because although education means you’re investing in yourself (to invest in your clients), it also means that you’re never entirely on your own. Whether you’re pursuing further degree programs, utilizing online tutorials or working with a larger company, you are creating a network of resources that you can refer back to whenever you need.

Ask the Health Expert: Frequencies & The Body

In human studies when a participant listened to the “miracle note” or the “love” frequency, {528Hz} frequency levels of cortisol significantly decreased! The energy of the earth vibrates at this same frequency.

It is believed the body is in harmony when vibrating at 65-75Hz. We are actually generating electromagnetic energy even when still.

Ask the Beauty Expert: Common Skin Problems And How To Address Them

There are many skin care experts out there who can assess your skin and make recommendations. It is always economical and time efficient to talk to a professional for their advice instead of going to various counters with pretty labels and making a guess.

The first Salon Suite in Ontario … it’s the SUITEst in town!

SUITE SIX Beauty Supply & Salon Suite Rentals is the premier destination for beauty supply and industry needs in Dufferin County. Located in the heart of Orangeville’s historic downtown core at 172 Broadway, they are open to both the public and to beauty professionals, and they have quickly earned their reputation for being an innovative, industry leading member of the local business community.

Ask the Health Expert: Oxidative Stress

Oxidative Stress is caused by the imbalance of free radicals and antioxidants when the body is unable to produce enough glutathione and other endogenous antioxidants to cope with raised levels of free radicals due to stress toxins and pollutants.

Ask the Health Expert: Apples for Health!

In the gut apple pectin has been shown in studies to be an effective anti-diarrhea agent and as a water-soluble fibre it has the gel forming effect. It is considered a prebiotic promoting the growth of normal intestinal flora, but it also inhibits the growth of harmful bacteria which often cause diarrhea in the first place, such as Salmonella, Shigella, Enterobacter and Citrobacter.

Ask the Beauty Expert: 3 Basics for Skin Care

Keeping a budget in mind when choosing skin care can be a dauting task.  We are bombarded with miracle creams on social media, magazines and TV that do not help to clear up the questions … where do I start? What is going to WORK!?