The Stratum Corneum is the outer most part of our skin, made up of approximately 20 layers of dead, but not inactive, cells.  Unfortunately, it is this tissue that has been so misunderstood until now and has therefore been very mistreated. I recently found a quote I thought summed it all up: “No tissue of such critical importance for survival[...]

We are all well aware of the need to protect our skin from the sun.  Unfortunately, with the development of sun blocks with an SPF of 30 and higher, we have developed a false sense of security, thinking that a good layering of sun block will enable us to get out and enjoy the sunshine with no consequences. The fact of the matter is that SPF chemica[...]

For some reason, the skin is the only thing that we feel happy to vigorously exfoliate.  We would never think it was a good idea to erode our hair or our nails as we would instinctively know that it would weaken and damage them.  But most ‘skincare’ brands encourage us to do just that to our skin! The Stratum Corneum is the most outer layer of[...]

Most of us are familiar with the fact that our skin replaces itself every month.  Skin cells take approximately four weeks (depending on our age as this slows with time) to make the journey from the lowest layer of our epidermis to the surface of our skin where they eventually slough off. On their travels our skin cells pass through four different[...]