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The great thing about all natural skin care is that it’s not just about using natural beauty products—it’s also about nourishing your skin from the inside. Project Wellness serves as a natural skin care blog that can help you decipher which products to use and how to feed your skin internally. We’ll continue to fill the blog with natural skin care tips, from cleansing rituals to hydration to the latest and greatest product ingredients. In one easy spot, you’ll find information about natural skin care that draws from clinical research and the expertise of our estheticians, including information about natural sun protection and natural makeup looks that are perfect for every woman.

Balance Your Skin With Oils from Nature

June 3, 2011
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Balance Your Skin With Oils from Nature

For most of us with oily, sensitive or acne-prone skin, oil has long been a no-no in our skin care regimens. Turns out that school of thought may have been wrong. Natural oils can actually help maintain our skin’s all-important moisture balance, and keep us from drying out or feeling too oily. “Your skin’s...

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Own sun care products lauded by Real Simple

May 10, 2011
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Own sun care products lauded by Real Simple

Discover Own Bio-Activating Skincare, now in Pharmaca stores! Real Simple magazine just lauded the Own Active Block Ball for its great protection, safe ingredients and innovate application method. Discover Own’s other sun and skincare products at Pharmaca or online here.

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Reserve your mini makeovers and facials now for Spa Day!

May 2, 2011
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Reserve your mini makeovers and facials now for Spa Day!

It’s everyone’s favorite time of the year at Pharmaca–our Spa Day events start this week! While customers can always get skin care and makeup advice at Pharmaca, Spa Day events focus specifically on new products and trends in the health and beauty category. “Right now, with the summer months coming, is an especially good...

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New hope for naturally repelling bugs

April 19, 2011
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New hope for naturally repelling bugs

A recent story on NPR profiled a new project being conducted by the CDC to find a natural, non-toxic bug repellant. The good news: Scientists are honing in on a chemical called nootkatone, basically a natural essential oil found in the Alaska yellow cedar trees and citrus fruit like grapefruit. Nootkatone apparently smells citrusy,...

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Reading your product labels

March 30, 2011
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Reading your product labels

We were intrigued by a recent email from the Environmental Working Group about how to read labels on personal care products. Unfortunately they list out all the big offenders to stay away from (parabens, triclosan, fragrance), but don’t tell you what to actually look for when you’re buying those personal care products. At Pharmaca,...

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Help for those with dry, sensitive skin

March 10, 2011
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Help for those with dry, sensitive skin

Here in Boulder, Colo., where Pharmaca has its headquarters, we revel in the mixed blessing of dry air. While it’s great to live without the humidity during the warm summers, at about this point in the season the dry air can lead to cracked, rough skin. That’s why a recent study in the journal...

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The shelflife of your cosmetics

February 24, 2011
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The shelflife of your cosmetics

We just found this fascinating article on Mother Nature Network that talks about how long you should keep everything from mascara to blush brushes. A few especially interesting points: Never keep mascara more than 6 months. (It’s a haven for bacteria.) Sharpen eye and lip pencils once a week to keep bacteria from building...

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Compact for Safe Cosmetics closing down

February 14, 2011
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You may have heard that the Compact for Safe Cosmetics, the coalition of skin care companies who have pledged to remove hazardous ingredients in their products, is being closed to new signers. The goal of the Compact, developed by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, was to improve the safety of cosmetics and skin care...

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Saving your winter skin

February 3, 2011
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Saving your winter skin

With the chill of winter comes a tendency for our skin to get a little, well, flaky. We talked with Pam Martinie, esthetician and assistant manager at Pharmaca’s Seattle-Wallingford store about battling the dry skin blues. Step 1: Hydrate We all know water is vital to keeping skin hydrated, but here’s a special tip...

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5 Skin Care Ingredients You Need Now

May 15, 2010
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5 Skin Care Ingredients You Need Now

You may know that peptides are pretty popular in skin care right now, but do you know why? What about alpha hydroxy acids? To get the scoop on the science of beautiful skin, we spoke with Ben Fuchs, pharmacist, formulator and founder of Sanitas Skincare. “If you get stranded on a desert island and...

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