Inflammaging: the new buzz word in skin health and aging

What is inflammaging? Have you heard of inflammaging before?  Inflammaging means chronic, low-grade (long-term, minor) inflammation that is associated with age-related changes in body tissues.  In...

Hydrolyzed Fish Collagen 101

We often get questions about the hydrolyzed fish collagen in our products, and what makes it superior.  But first, what is hydrolyzed collagen? Hydrolyzed simply means the collagen has been broken...

Creating Healthy Skin Habits

According to research done at University College London, it takes 66 days (approximately 2 months) to form a new habit. Habits are important to provide consistency and stability in our daily lives...

Four Reasons to take Omega-3 Fatty Acids for Skin Health

Our name, Bend Beauty, comes from the idea that we are bending and shifting the ways people traditionally think about skincare and beauty. While topical products are important, we know it’s what y...

Beauty at Any Age

Our purpose at Bend is to help people create a beautiful life. This means something different to everyone but to us it means living authentically, and a touch magically. We believe in the connecti...

The Liver-Skin Axis and Your Skin Climate

There’s a connection between your liver and your skin’s health. The final chapter in our Skin Climate series is all about the liver-skin axis. The liver’s main job is to filter blood coming from t...

The Gut-Skin Axis and your Skin Climate

Let’s recap, shall we? In case you missed it, over the past month or so, we’ve been exploring the concept of Skin Climate through a series of blog posts. Now that we’ve established what Skin Clima...

Research and Development at Bend Beauty

Bend Beauty products are built on a foundation of research. We frequently talk about the science behind our products, because it’s one of the most important aspects of our company. We are constant...

What is Free Radical Stress?

An essential component of the Bend Beauty Skin Climate story is free radical stress. Understanding how this occurs and contributes to poor Skin Climate will allow us to dive deeper into this conce...

What is Chronic Inflammation and How do we Fight it?

Welcome to the second instalment of our Skin Climate Series. If you’ve ever been sick and had a fever, you’ve experienced acute inflammation, which is the body’s initial response to an injury or i...