Bexi's Blog

  • Women’s History, Beauty, & Autoimmune Disease

    March is Women’s History month, “commemorating and encouraging the study, observance and celebration of the vital role of women in American history...
  • Inflammation: What It Is & What You Can Do About It

    Your immune system is a complex network of organs, cells, and proteins.  It protects your body by recognizing and removing harmful and foreign stim...
  • Buck The Beauty “Ideal”; It’s Toxic, And It’s A Lie.

    Autoimmune disease occurs when the immune cells which are supposed to protect you, attack you, instead.  Autoimmune disease affects more women than...
  • How To Build Positive Relationships With Health Care Givers

    You are the CEO of your health.  Your relationships with the people who care for your health, especially your doctors, are an important component o...
  • What You Can Do About Dry, Itchy Skin

    Winter is almost here.  Even if you normally don’t have dry skin, your skin may be drier in the winter.  Cold winter air and large differences betw...
  • Dis oughta know me, uhhh?!?

    Dysautonomia, pronounced dis’-oughta-know’-me-uh, means dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system.  Your autonomic nervous system controls everyt...
  • I Have Sjogren's.

    Huh?   Sjogren’s (SHOW-grins) affects 3 to 4 million Americans, 90% of whom are women, most of whom remain undiagnosed or misdiagnosed.  Sjogren’s...
  • The Dirt On “Clean Beauty"

    “Clean beauty” may be all the rage, but what exactly is it?  It’s just another marketing ploy.  Skincare marketing may appear to have changed, but,...
  • Clean Beauty: As Safe As The Wild West

    Your skin is your largest organ and it is dynamic, responsive, and multifunctional.It makes up 16% of your body mass; 24 pounds of skin, if you wei...
  • Marketing Misinformation, Misbranding, Misbehavior, and Mischief

    The skincare industry is worth big money, an estimated $171.7 billion globally and $21 billion in the US. (Statista)  Skincare companies spend roug...
  • Who Is Responsible For Substantiating The Safety Of Cosmetics? You Are.

    "People don't realize there is effectively no regulation of cosmetics."Representative Frank Pallone Jr., Democrat of New Jersey “Companies and indi...
  • Anti-aging, Peptides, and Health

    Aging is an inevitable, natural biological process.  We appreciate aging in art, food, wine and liquor, cars, buildings, and even nature, but few o...