Chapped lips are a nuisance—and they can get so bad that it becomes painful to eat (one of my favorite activities!). I was recently reading a book where this was the case for a little girl who couldn’t stop using Lip Smacker lip gloss and licking it off her lips. Licking your lips only makes them more dry, sadly…so it became a vicious cycle for her. Another character in the book recommended using Vaseline, which makes me respect this author more. She knows where the good stuff is…

Store-brand dupes of drugstore mainstays never fail to intrigue me. Why not get the same thing for less moolah? But oftentimes, the items they’re duplicating aren’t exorbitantly expensive in the first place. So the question is: Is it worth splurging just a little more to get the name brand, or should you save a little bit of money and go with the dupe? I don’t have a definitive answer for you. The quality of store-brand dupes can vary, and name brands are under pressure to…

I’ve been curious about CBD oil and its potential benefits for skincare for some time now. However, since CBD is such a new ingredient, it’s hard to confirm if you’re getting a pure, quality product that’s going to be THC-free. I knew that if I was going to try out a CBD skincare product, it would need to come from a company that would be transparent about its CBD sourcing process and the amount of CBD included in the products. Joy Organics is a family-oriented business…