Category Archives: Lip Care

Do the RITES thing – Start Skincare Young

Let’s tackle some FAQs and put the spotlight on starting skincare young.

Travelling Tips for Teens

Wanderlust: the wish to travel far away and to many different places. When I was 16, I visited an aunt in Tanzania. Needless to say, I was bitten by the travel-bug there and then. Learning about the culture and history of a place by physically being there made me feel alive. Travelling changed the way…

Hey Ellen

RITES has been lucky enough to collaborate with an illustrator! Hey__Ellen’s illustrations are vibrant, honest and undeniably unique. She tackles social issues in a light-hearted and easy-to-relate way, engaging in what we might think as taboo. Her mission with us is to #NormaliseAcne through her work, helping teens accept that blemishes, pimples, scarring and ‘imperfect’…

Will my skin get worse before it gets better?

It is far too easy to browse the internet for the latest beauty fads on how to get clear skin… from making your own DIY products at home to researching some bizarre ingredients that you can’t even pronounce; it can be overwhelming, and in some cases, ineffective! There is no miracle treatment for problematic skin,…

Preparing your Skin for your Matric Dance – For the Guys

7 tips for flawless skin: Okay, gents, your matric dance is coming up. Picture this; you’ve got the suit, the shoes, the car, the date, and a variety of unwelcome visitors that have taken residence on your face. Yup, it’s happened to all of us. Yes, we all get embarrassed about it and yes, we…

Preparing your Skin for your Matric Dance

7 tips for flawless skin: Okay, so you’ve spent months preparing for your Big Day. Your matric dance is coming up and you finally get to celebrate! What does this mean – other than the stress of finding a dress or suit, a date… it means that there will be TONS of photographs – and…

The RITE way!

Spots are okay and there definitely is a time and place for medical solutions – but I would love to see kids looking at other solutions first – lifestyle, diet, exercise, hygiene & good thoughts. I assume you saw a gap in the market for a locally developed tween/teen skincare brand? Available teen skincare seems…

Why not to use soap on your skin

Did you know that restoring the pH of your skin will help resolve at least half your skin problems? And that one way to throw your pH out of balance is to use soap on your face? To understand why soap is bad for the skin we need to have a quick look at the…