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Hormonal Imbalance: Signs, Causes and What Really Helps

Hormones! We hear about them constantly, especially when discussing weight gain, fatigue, menopause, poor sleep, mood swings and even hair loss. But before we start talking about hormonal imbalance...

ZO Skin Health: What to Buy and How to Start

ZO Skin Health generates more questions in my inbox than almost any other brand we carry at Boutique Skin Envie. The reason is simple: the catalogue is organized around targeted clinical protocols,...

RF Microneedling: What It Is and What It Does for Skin

Microneedling has been around long enough that most people have a rough idea of what it involves, and that familiarity is exactly why the radiofrequency version confuses them. It looks like the sam...

Salicylic Acid Cleansers: How to Pick One and Pair It With Retinol

Salicylic acid in a cleanser is one of the few skincare decisions that is genuinely low risk, and it is also the one people ask us the most anxious questions about. Nearly all of those questions co...

Do Hyaluronic Acid Supplements Work?

The Short Answer Yes, but with realistic expectations. Oral hyaluronic acid (HA) supplements can improve skin hydration and elasticity over time, but they won’t deliver the dramatic, instant lift o...

Glycolic Acid Toner: How to Use One Without Overdoing It

A glycolic toner is one of the easiest things to add to a routine and one of the easiest to get wrong, and the mistake is almost always the same. People buy one, love what it does in the first coup...

Best Skincare for Oily Skin: The Routine That Works

Oily skin is the one we get asked about very often, and it is also the one people are hardest on. The instinct is to scrub, strip and blot it into submission, and I understand the logic... your fac...

Does Whey Protein Cause Acne?

This is a question I hear quite often, especially from people who are exercising, trying to build muscle, and suddenly noticing that their skin is breaking out. They start looking at everything the...

K18 Hair Mask Review

The K18 hair mask is one of the most talked-about hair products we carry at Boutique Skin Envie, and it raises a lot of fair questions. It's a small bottle, it isn't “inexpensive”, and it asks you ...

Ocular Rosacea: When Rosacea Affects the Eyes

Rosacea is something I see quite often in my practice. Most people are familiar with the redness, flushing and sensitivity that can appear on the face, particularly around the cheeks and nose. But ...

Fungal Acne... What to do?

When someone comes into my practice with breakouts, one of the first things I want to understand is what is actually causing them. Not every breakout is regular acne, and one condition that is ofte...

SkinCeuticals in Canada: What to Buy and Why It Costs So Much

If you've ever looked for a vitamin C serum, you've probably come across SkinCeuticals and done what most of us do: look at the price and wonder what could possibly be in that little bottle. It's a...

Let’s Take a Look at Labels

One of the first things I teach my clients when we start cleaning up their diet is to read the label. We are surrounded by packaged foods, and many of us have become so accustomed to grabbing somet...