Monthly Archives: January 2017

As winter approaches, you begin to notice something else blowing in with the chilly breeze and the distinct, musky smell of decaying leaves. An unsettling realization of your own mortality? No, in this case, I am talking about the ubiquitous brown scarf around everybody’s neck – or as they like to call it, camel. I am talking, of course, about the Burberry scarf.

You may have seen some variations of it, be it dark grey and red, navy and black, or black and white. But even in its many sha...

Eczema is a lifelong struggle. To all of you out there with all variations of atopic dermatitis or chronic acne (to name but a few chronic skin issues), I feel you. It's frustrating when your skin simply won't cooperate when you're giving it so much attention and care. I can never rid myself of eczema; there's no real cure for it. However, I've learned to manage my flare-ups, from the small ones to the big, persistent ones. Smaller episodes clear up pretty easily with the right care, but there are times that the flare-up is particularly raging and simply won't go away.