Archive for August, 2009
Aug
31
Beauty Talk: What Retinoids Can Do For Your Skin
Retinoids, a form of Vitamin A, are used in more and more skin care products to address various skin issues. How do they work? Retinoids interact with retinoic acid receptors in skin cells. This way they can affect such processes as cell growth and turnover, synthesis of proteins including collagen and elastin etc. So what can retinoid do for your skin?Eliminate wrinkles: Up till now retionoids
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Aug
27
Beauty Find: The Face Trainer - Miracle Beauty Mask?
Think there is no way other than surgery and injections to fight wrinkles and sagging? Think again! I came across a mention of the FaceTrainer developed by no!no! in the last issue of Marie Claire. To me a stretchy mask that covers your head and face looked more like a torture device than a beauty gadget. It really caught my attention and I looked it up. So how does it work? Using patented
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Aug
26
Makeup Tip: Brighter, Bigger Eyes
Here are a couple easy tips on how to brighten up your eyes and make them look bigger. Apply concealer on the side of your nose by the inner corner of the eye to cover up darkness. Use concealer or highlighterlike YSL Touche Eclaton your dark circles as well but keep to the inner corner-mid eye area to avoid exaggerating of fine lines. This will illuminate the eye area.Apply highlighter or light
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Aug
20
Beauty Shopping: La Prairie Light Fantastic Cellular Concealing Brightening Eye Treatment
With a 2 month old baby my under eye circles are darker than usual. When I get a rare chance to go out, I spend most of my prep time camouflaging signs of sleep deprivation around the eyes… Naturally, concealers are crucial in my makeup routine these days! As I’ve mentioned in my previous post I had to restock on long-ago-expired YSL Touche Eclat… which admittedly is a genius product and
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Aug
16
Beauty Tip: Don’t Drink, Don’t Smoke, Stay Away From Sweets
No matter how often people talk about beauty being superficial, it is simply not true. Skin’s beauty is not just about the creams and makeup we layer on it, most of it comes from within. That’s why it is so important how well you take care of your body.Smoking is a well known enemy of skin. It destroys collagen and elastin, causes broken capillaries and oxygen deficiency in your skin. Did you
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Aug
11
Beauty Review: POND’S Wet Cleansing Towelettes
We all know that cleansing is one of the most crucial steps in skin care routine. If you don’t do it or do it wrong, your skin won’t get all the beneficial hydration and anti-aging ingredients from your moisturizer, your pores will be plugged and acne causing bacteria will be breading inside of them. I currently prefer the “water method” to cleanse my skin. But there are times in life when you
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Aug
10
Makeup Tip: Foundation Exaggerates your Fine Lines?
Instead of creating and even the tone of your skin, some foundation can actually emphasize fine lines by sinking the line creases, especially when you smile, speak or frown. To solve this problem, choose moisturizing and illuminating liquid foundations. There are also special anti-aging foundations available that help to smooth and firm skin. Such products contain silicones or special waxes that
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Aug
03
Beauty Talk: Stretch Marks - Treatment
If you already have stretch marks, the good news is they are treatable. The bad news is they do not disappear completely. Stretch marks need to be treated while they are still fresh and red in color. This means taking measures during first few weeks or months of their occurance. If stretch marks are not fresh, already turned white or silver, and if they went very deep into dermis, no treatment
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Aug
01
We Have a Winner for Dr.Perricone’s Advanced Face Firming Activator
I’m happy to announce a winner of http://skincarebeautyproduct.blogspot.com/2009/07/beauty-giveaway-win-advanced-face.html">our recent contest who will receive Dr.Perricone’s best-selling product - the Advanced Face Firming Activator. We had 150 participants eager to try this wonderful anti-aging treatment. The lucky winner was selected randomly.Congratulations to the author of the comment #49 -
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