Daily Question: What are the Best Brightening Ingredients in Skin Care?

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*u*, a photo by sam_samantha on Flickr. Dear Nicki, Thank you for sharing these great cosmetics. What do you think are the best skin-brightening ingredients in skin care products? -Chelsea Dear Chelsea, Brightening the skin means addressing all kinds of potential problems: hyperpigmentation, melasma, dark age spots, dullness, and general discolorations. Provided that someone is otherwise healthy, some ingredients that will brighten the skin include: 1. Hydroquinone What hydroquinone is used for: Since 1982, hydroquinone has been... read more

FutureDerm.com Asks, You Answer Giveaway (Day 6)!

Today’s question: How often do you buy beauty products? Let us know and you’ll be entered to win a full-size set of John Frieda Frizz-Ease products, including John Frieda Frizz-Ease Smooth Start Repairing Shampoo & Conditioner and the Frizz-Ease Original Strength Serum! One question will be asked per day until August 31, 2011.  On August 31, 2011 at noon EST, the winner will be chosen from random number generation of all entries received.  Good luck – can’t wait to hear what you have to... read more

What Does Gwyneth Paltrow Use on Her Skin?

Recently some FutureDerm.com readers requested that I review Gwyneth Paltrow’s beauty secrets.  Paltrow, an Oscar winner at 25, singer-actress by 28, and now wife-mother-cookbook writer-blogger-singer-actress at 38 continues to astound us with her talent, ambition, and beauty.  She is still one of America’s most admired celebrities, and she regularly shares her beauty secrets on her blog, Goop.  Some of these secrets include: Clarisonic Opal Cleansing System ($185 retail) Paltrow reports the Clarisonic Opal Cleansing System as... read more