Green Options

If you, like many, are beginning to see the signs of aging on your skin but still want products gentle enough for sensitive skin, Organic Apoteke may be just what you have been looking for.

Organic Apoteke Rejuvenating line is specifically designed for sensitive and mature skin.  Made with Organic Rose oil, antioxidants and vitamins, these products combine the perfect ingredients for tending to delicate skin while helping to diminish signs of aging.  The brand also touts a blush-inducing nutrient complex said to leave your skin aglow.  Of course, I had to try it.

 The cleanser was mild and gentle and left my skin feeling, well… cleansed, and the toner was light and not at all harsh.  But I must admit I was skeptical of the moisturizer.  It was a different consistency than most moisturizers for sensitive skin and didn’t seem like it could possibly be very hydrating.  Well, my doubt was (thankfully) proved wrong when my skin was left soft and supple, yet definitely not greasy, and remained so all night.  The best part of all; my skin had a nice glow to it, which is not unusual after cleansing and moisturizing, but what is unusual — the glow was still there in the morning!   Something we all want, especially this time of year.

A newly discovered material called ‘black silicon’ is between 100 and 500 times more sensitive to light than conventional silicon, and could be used to revolutionize solar energy generation.

The material was discovered when a team of Harvard University scientists shone an ultra-powerful laser (briefly producing the same amount of energy as the sun falling on the entire surface of the Earth) on a silicon wafer, before adding sulphur hexafluoride. The result was a silicon wafer that looked black to the naked eye, but when examined under an electron microscope turned out to be covered with a massive amount of ultra-tiny spikes.