Dry skin care the South African way
What is dry skin? Dry skin can occur almost anywhere on your body and face, including heels and elbows. Initial symptoms of dry skin may include the skin feeling tight and rough; however, it may also become scaly, chapped and itchy as dryness worsens. In extreme cases...
An Interview with Yvette Van Dyk
What was the inspiration behind starting the Epizone Baby and Kids range?
Both Epizone E and Epizone A are safe to use on babies and young children, as they both contain no harsh ingredients that could irritate sensitive baby skin.
A healthy lifestyle for a healthy you
Healthy diet, regular sleep, daily activity, and a moderate approach to life’s stressful moments will all lead you in the right direction to a healthy lifestyle. Pursuing a healthy lifestyle offers instant gratification as well, and increases your chances for…
What’s best for your skin
Caring for your skin by keeping it in top shape is crucial for your overall health and well-being. Although you might not think of it this way, your skin is an organ, in fact, it’s the largest organ in your body, and is your body’s first line of defense against intruders…
Beat the winter blues – A daily winter skin care routine
With cooler weather is just around the corner, this means that your skin is in for a change. By making some minor changes to your daily skin care routine - will help you maintain your youthful appearance. The first thing to note is that indoor heating...
Caring for your skin as you enter winter
During winter your skin's protective barrier cracks, drying it out and making it less able to repair itself. Exposure to the cold, harsh weather, outdoors and adjusting to the heated indoor temperatures puts your skin in different extremities, thus drying out your...
Top 10 tips for healthy hydrated skin
The weather, harsh soaps and cleansers, your nutrition, amount of sleep, exercising, stress and smoking can all affect the condition of your skin. Genetics and imbalance of hormones can cause the skin to be either too oily or dry. The condition and appearance...
Eczema and your skin
Eczema or atopic dermatitis is a skin condition characterised by inflammation and redness, it causes constant itching, is found among all age groups. It is important to remember that atopic dermatitis is an itch that, when scratched, erupts into the rash that is...
You only get one skin!
The skin is our largest organ and plays a very important role as our first level of defense against a host of environmental aggressors. Your skin is the most visible part of your body and is the first thing that you see when looking at yourself and what anyone else...
Protecting your skin in summer
While we all love summer and spending time outdoors, we need to understand that UV rays has a very bad effect on our skins. Healthy skin is the reflection of overall health condition of an individual. Summer is the time when our skin needs more protection. Taking care...