With hundreds of new products, ingredients, trends, and ad campaigns every year, it can be difficult to sort fact from fiction in skin care products. We need expert information to understand how best to care for our skin, and to know what products are best for our needs. Dermatologists spend years studying, healing, and repairing…
Category: Beauty Tips
Best Treatments for Aging Skin on Face
As we age, our skin naturally changes, often in unexpected ways. Thankfully, beauty standards are evolving. After all, no one should be expected to look like a 20-year-old forever. We are gaining a better appreciation for natural beauty of any age. However, aging skin often has the unwanted effect of making us look tired, sad,…
3 Best Treatments for Rejuvenating Aging Skin on Your Face
Whether you’re dealing with skin damage from sun exposure or acne, or you simply want to have a more rested, youthful face to show the world, there are ways to refresh and renew your skin. Over time, the layers of the skin become thin and more prone to damage. Skin also becomes less quick to…
What Should I Have in My Makeup Bag?
There are certain must-haves that every woman needs to keep in her makeup bag (or makeup bags!). Do you have all the absolute essentials? Give your makeup bag a spring clean and check out our 2020 Makeup Bag Essentials list. Whether you’ve got a small makeup bag, or need a huge makeup bag for your…
Best Toiletry Bag for Carry On
A toiletry bag should always be kept on hand during any journey. After all, how else are you going to keep all your cosmetics on hand and ready in case of an emergency? Good skincare requires constant attention and this means that your products need to be accessible. We’ll be taking a look at what…
5 Best Makeup Brands for Sensitive Skin in 2022
There are many cosmetic companies that put a hypoallergenic label on their products, but anyone with sensitive skin knows better than to look for just that label. The proof is in the formula. Check out our picks of 5 best makeup brands for sensitive skin. Sensitive Skin and Makeup Reading the ingredients lists is paramount…
Best Under $20 Skin Care Products Sold by Dermatologists
Beauty and skin care products saturate the market. But as you wade through all your options, you may wonder which ones are the best. Why not check out the ones trusted by dermatologists first? Check out these suggestions for the best affordable recommendations by dermatologists. Best under $20 skin care products sold by Dermatologists Dermatologists…
What is Causing My Acne? & Other Breakout Questions
Acne breakouts can happen to anyone at any time. Although you may notice more breakouts during adolescence, it’s not uncommon to have acne as an adult. Also, contrary to popular belief, acne is not an indicator of your hygiene habits or diet, not directly anyway. Keep reading to find out what is causing your acne…
Top 5 Organic Skin Care Lines
These days, it seems everyone is concerned about living healthy. Not only are we conscious about what we put in our bodies, we also look at what we apply on it. Keep reading to discover the top 5 organic skin care lines for professional or home use. The organic beauty industry is a thriving business.…
Top 10 Skincare Products to Use This Winter
Winter! It’s a time for westerly winds and bracing weather, for woolly jumpers and warming firesides. It’s also a time for taking extra special care of yourself. The colder months are often the signal for dry, flaky skin, increased irritation and chapped lips that feel like they’re about to fall off. But fear not! These…
TLC For Scar and Acne Marks
If we let them, old scar and acne marks can sometimes make us a bit self-conscious, particularly if they’re located somewhere quite visible. Most of us have them and they’re one of those things that other people probably hardly notice, seeing just our natural beauty. In an ideal world, we would give our little skin…
Caring For Your Hair – Healthy Hair Care Tips
Most of us have a hair care routine. We spend ages finding the right shampoo, conditioner and deep conditioning treatment that suits our hair type, leaves it lovely and clean and luscious and shiny. But did you know a post wash routine is important too, and makes a huge difference to how your hair feels…
How To Smell Amazing Every Day
Apparently there’s a strategy to smelling great and it’s all about layering and making sure you choose the right notes as all smells aren’t created equally! Layering Scents Layering is about using fragranced shower gels, body lotions and oils, perfume, hair oil and hand cream – anything that you add to your face, hair or…
Drugstore Acne Solutions
Acne can plague all ages. It can be triggered by all sorts of things, such as food and hormones. Frustrating and sometimes painful, there’s a myriad of products out there that promise a solution. Although everyone’s skin reacts differently, we’ve listed our favorite drugstore acne solutions here. Drugstore Acne Solutions Cleanser The Aveeno Clear Complexion…
Confidence Boosting Beauty Tips For Women With Cancer
Cancer and its treatment can make a difference to how you feel on the inside and the outside. Many sufferers comment that they don’t recognize the reflection looking back at them in the mirror. Hair, skin, complexion, nails, eyelash and eyebrow changes can all alter the person you see looking back at you. We’ve just…
Nail Polish Trends For Summer
Nail polish is an awesome way to express yourself and your style: it’s inexpensive and easy to update. We love painted nails, and we’re always on the lookout for the latest trends in nail colors and textures. Whether you’re a false nail or natural kinda girl, here are the latest nail trends to look out…
Easter Holiday Makeup
There’s freshness in the air, wildflowers in the fields and candy in the shops. Easter marks the beginning of spring and new life, so why not see the new season in style? However you choose to celebrate Easter, it’s a great time of year to inject some freshness into your life – and your look.…
Best New Hair Products
Every year, new and exciting hair care products enter the market. 2018 marks another new wave of enticing serums, shampoos, masques, and mousses. We believe that every day should be a good hair day – that’s why we’ve compiled a list of the best new hair products on the market in 2018. Look and feel…
Hairstyles That Suit Your Face Shape
The first step to finding the perfect new haircut is to decide what face shape you have. Knowing if that perfect new cut you saw on your favourite movie star is going to suit you is an important, but easy step if you know which one of the six face shapes you have. The best…
Foods To Keep You Looking Young
They say you are what you eat, and beauty experts and nutritionists agree that taking care of your skin from the inside is just as important as taking care of it from the outside. There’s only so much you can do with lotions and potions, your skin also needs to be given all the right…
Be a Natural Beauty: Organic and Natural Beauty Products
Beauty has become fairly high tech these days, with very complex compounds, scientific sounding names and price tags to match! There are some amazing products out there, but understandably some of us want to keep things natural and chemical free. There’s also a growing trend for synthetic fragrance, paraben and sodium laurel sulphate free lotions…
Skincare Beauty Routine for Winter
We are all about beauty products. So when it comes to having glowing and hydrated skin this winter, it’s important for us to know which products work best for any skin type. Our skincare beauty routine should change with the seasons. Now that fall is in full swing and winter is just around the corner,…
Top 10 Skincare Products for Winter
With summer over and the temperature definitely dropping, it’s time to think about changing your skincare. With less humidity in the air our skin becomes affected leaving it dehydrated, sensitive and often dull and dry looking. Banish those winter-skin blues with Ellis James Design’s tried and tested top ten skincare products that will not only…
Adult Acne – The Causes and Treatments
Adult acne is a tricky one and there are all sorts of reasons why as grown-ups we still have to deal with this embarrassing issue. It could just be down to the fact that you had oily skin as a teen and it has continued into your adult years, you could have an underlying health…
The Beauty Trends to Know for Fall/Winter 2017
Summer has come and gone, but here at Ellis James Designs we are already looking to the bright side – for a new season of gorgeous hair and makeup trends are on the horizon. Popping up on the F/W 2017 runways, we saw so many different beauty trends take center stage. From shimmery eyeliners and…