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Ditch all of your beauty products and swap them out with a simple bottle of honey and watch your natural glow peek through. With the often dizzying array of beauty products on the market, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed with the choices and may also lead you to wonder if any of them truly do any good. Fortunately, more and more people are deciding to skip manufactured beauty products altogether and instead opt for all-natural products for their beauty regimens.

The weather outside may be unsightly, but your skin doesn't have to be. How to banish dry skin and give your winter skin care regimen a boost. For many people, the cold clear days of winter bring more than just a rosy glow to the cheeks. They also bring uncomfortable dryness to the skin of the face, hands, and feet. For some people, the problem is worse than just a general tight, dry feeling: They get skin so dry it results in flaking, cracking, even eczema (in which the skin becomes inflamed). "As soon as you turn the heat on indoors, the skin starts to dry out," Bonnie LaPlante, an esthetician with the Canyon Ranch resort in Lenox, Mass., tells WebMD. "It doesn't matter if you heat your home using oil, wood, or electricity. The skin gets dry." Sound familiar? Read on to get WebMD's top 10 tips for boosting your winter skin care regimen, so that your skin stays moist and healthy through the winter months.

The use of ferulic acid for skin health is common, and it can yield some seriously impressive results. You actually may already get ferulic acid in your diet and not even know it, but have you ever used it topically? If you look at some ferulic acid before and after pictures, you may want to consider a ferulic acid serum as a top choice in your anti-aging efforts.

Picking and Popping The Derm: Heidi Waldorf, M.D., Director of Laser And Cosmetic Dermatology, Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York City It was Jerry Seinfeld who gave dermatologists the "Pimple Popper M.D." moniker. The truth is, Mr. Seinfeld, we express, drain, and extract, but, we never,  ever  pop. The difference lies in the details of semantics and technique. Squeezing a blemish (often with bacteria-laden fingertips), creates a lot of inflammation in the skin, sometimes leaving behind scars and discoloration. If a zit is too big to bear, try to see your dermatologist for an injection of cortisone, or put on a bit of benzoyl peroxide to bring that baby down. Chronic breakouts should be managed with medical regimen tailored specifically to your type of skin and acne. Pickers, Waldorf and I urge you, find your zen zone. Do not take that anxiety out on the skin (more on this later).

I do not know about you, but I grew up in a house with a medicine cabinet filled with creams and supplements, each with the same claims: to reverse the signs of aging, moisturize, reduce wrinkles, and tone the skin. Whether topical or oral, these creams and supplements are still all over the shelves today and the market for anti aging is growing as our population continues to grow older.