Christi’s Curious: Hi Beauty Brains! I was wondering if you could tell me about the product OC8 Oil Control Genius. It says it has “ACRYSORB micro-particles” (which sounds like a marketing gimick to me), and it absorbs only the excess oil on your skin. I’m just wondering if it really does absorb the excess oil [...]

Seven-Teen Says: I’m quite desperate for any advice on my current skin situation. I have fair skin, and it turns out to be quite sensitive as well. I had a few break outs, being 17 and all, so I got Retin-a from my doctor. I used it last week for 2 nights, and became quite [...]

Big Evie Is Feeling Droopy: Aside from surgical procedures, what’s the best way to lift eyelids that are just beginning to sag? I notice that my eyelids perk up after a nap, but I can’t sleep all of the time! The Right Brain Lifts Her Spirits: A saggy or droopy eyelid is also called ptosis [...]

Vic’s Talking About Toxins: There appear to be alot of inactive and a fair amount of even potentially hazardous or toxic chemicals in makeup. Now a days people want their makeup to be more biochemical active. From Germany comes a line of cosmetics called Dr Bauman whose claim to fame is no toxins. The claim [...]

Vic’s Talking About Toxins: There appear to be alot of inactive and a fair amount of even potentially hazardous or toxic chemicals in makeup. Now a days people want their makeup to be more biochemical active. From Germany comes a line of cosmetics called Dr Bauman whose claim to fame is no toxins. The claim [...]

Jenni’s Jumpy About Weird Hairs: I have 3 different hair aberrations that I don’t understand: 1. Crazy Hairs, as I call them. Out of nowhere, I’ll suddenly notice a very long (I’ve had up to 7 or 8 inches!), very fine hair on my chin, lower cheek, or neck. How does this happen? Is this [...]

Today’s question comes from Heather whose experiment with professional hair extensions turned into a nightmare: Heather writes: I got hair extensions out almost two years ago. I paid four thousand dollars for the kind that are put on individually with clips, which need to be put in and taken out with a tool that only [...]

Jeloel’s Asking About Acne: Which is better: washing oily face with washcloth or without? Many people say that a washcloth is a better exfoliator for oily skin… I don’t have very good results AT ALL with any face washes, even ProActive. I don’t use a washcloth, because in the past I saw no results. What [...]

Germaine Pie Is Puzzled By Her Pits: What causes darkened armpits and what can we do to get rid of them? They’re so embarrassing! The Right Brain Raises Her From the Pit of Despair: It’s not surprising that so many people have this problem – there are at least FIVE different reasons your pits could [...]