Event Information
Comfortable in Your Own Skin - Series

Join us for a 6 week series that helps address the skin care needs of cancer survivors. Each week will focus on a different topic. Register for one or all.

Oct 10, 6-8:30pm

Ditch & Switch

  • Discussion around chemicals in our daily personal products. 

  • Address all the myths around what is safe and what is not.

  • Understanding ingredient labels on products

  • Introduction of the Environmental Working Group website and app Skin Deep ® to identify level of toxicity in products


Oct 17, 6-8:30pm

Make Up

  • Tips for covering up scars, blemishes, skin discoloration

  • How to draw on new eyebrows

  • Color-matching techniques

  • Personalized hands-on demo using a variety of products from Beauty Counter, Savvy Minerals, and Beauty Alibi

 

Oct 24, 6-8:30pm

Response to Treatments

  • Discussion around skin-related side effects to radiation and chemotherapy

  • Q&A about OTC ointments and lotions

  • Home remedies, natural ingredients (essential oils, etc)

  

Nov 7, 6-8:30pm

Hair & Scalp

  • Chemical free options for scalp and hair care

  • Henna Demo

  • Wig care/info on resources

  • Scarf tying lesson

 

Nov 14, 6-8:30pm

Men Only

  • Safe ingredients for shaving creams, soaps, deodorants, etc

 

Nov 21,  6-8:30pm

Kids

  • Knowing what ingredients are in children’s products

  • Healthy options for bath and body

  • Myths and facts