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Sunny days, balmy nights.  Tennis, swimming, hiking.  Beach bonfires, all night roof-top parties.  What’s not to love about summer? Well....maybe those summertime skin flare-up’s. More than any other season, activities and exposures in hot weather can make your skin go tilt, showing up on your complexion as blotches, blemishes, dry patches, dullness, slackening. What to do? Reach for a cocktail! Time Bomb’s Complexion Cocktails are a whole new genre of skin care: modern tonics that instantly target complexion troubles due to fatigue, toxins or dehydration. Unlike traditional alcohol-based toners that can strip essential moisture or irritate skin, Complexion Cocktails saturate...

Craving the feel of warm, pulsing sun on a balmy beach?  Here are some harsh realities about  so-called “safe tanning” and helpful hints to curb your tan-lust .  (Your future skin says “thank you.”) 1. Cruise around any retirement community in Florida and you’ll see lots of good reasons to forgo basking on a beach. (Remember Magda from the movie Something About Mary?) The tough, leathery look of skin that’s been chronically over-exposed in pursuit of the ultimate deepest, darkest tan is NEVER pretty. 2. Don’t diss or deny your dermatologists advice or ignore the loud, clear warnings issued by the...

This summer when you’re out traveling and on the go remember to take care of your complexion in the changing climates. Weather can change from place to place and each change can have an effect on your complexion. Time Bomb Cocktails can address those changes climate to better prepare complexion. Here are some apps to help you stay ahead of the weather curve to keep your complexion fresh and healthy. When your skin is exposed to low humidity the moisture on the surface evaporates into the air leading to dry skin. That’s when you counteract those wintry conditions to bring...

As another candy-riffic holiday roles around, handfuls of jelly beans and chunks of chocolate bunny might make you feel like a kid again. But the sad truth is that these super-sugary snacks will make you look much older, much faster. According to Dr. Joe Cincotta, PhD (organic chemistry) and our product development guru, “There is a natural process that goes on within everyone’s body called glycation, where sugar in your bloodstream attaches to proteins to form harmful new molecules called AGEs (Advanced Glycation End-products).  As AGEs accumulate in your bloodstream they react with and damage other proteins in your body,...