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Drugstore Scores! Garnier Skin Renew Overnight Regenerating Cream

PPasha — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:20:54 +0000

Up until now I haven’t been terribly concerned about skincare in regard to wrinkles and fine lines. While I’m still young, I’ve started noticing that my eye area has gotten a bit more dry and fine lines are becoming more apparent. I think I can see the beginning of the dreaded crow’s feet – yikes! On a whim, I picked up Garnier Skin Renew Overnight Regenerating Cream ($10). It’s my first night cream, and I am absolutely smitten.

Don’t you love when you try a product for the first time, perhaps by chance, and you wonder how you ever lived without it? This night cream was like that for me! It’s designed to “Bring fresh new skin to the surface for reduced fine lines and ultra-smooth texture.” I’ve been using this for a month now, and I can absolutely say that it has made a positive, most importantly a noticeable, difference in my skin. My skin is smoother, more clear, and I have noticed considerably less redness. The redness reduction was both a surprise and a blessing! I also love that it’s super gentle and moisturizing, but it’s never greasy or sticky.

Ready to snag your own? Garnier products are available at most drugstores and mass merchandisers. Check out www.garnierusa.com for more info!

By Jessie Stocker

Drugstore Scores! Garnier Nutritioniste Nutri-Pure Detoxifying Wet Cleansing Towelettes

PPasha — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 14:15:05 +0000

As you may remember, I am a total fan-girl when it comes to cleansing wipes for taking off makeup. You can’t beat the convenience of pre-moistened wipe – there’s no mess, no hassle, and it’s perfect for traveling. My most recent love? Garnier Nutritioniste Nutri-Pure Detoxifying Wet Cleansing Towelettes ($5, 25ct.).

I must admit, I’m a little snobby about my makeup wipes, and I expect a lot out of them. I don’t mind rinsing my face afterward but I hate a greasy, oily residue. I want my face to feel cleaner, not icky! I expect the wipes to be able to take off most, ideally all, of my face makeup. Plus, a bargain is always appreciated. Garnier Nutritioniste Nutri-Pure Detoxifying Wet Cleansing Towelettes, despite having a terribly long name, are absolutely fabulous! They easily and quickly take off all makeup, and leave my face feeling refreshed without being a greasy mess. They have a basic package that’s easy to store, and the sticky closure label actually stays closed – no worry of dried out, wasted wipes.

Ready to snag your own? Garnier products are available at most drugstores and mass merchandisers. Check out www.garnierusa.com for more info!

by Jessie Stocker

Your Quarter-Life Crisis Averted: Orlane Anagenese 25+

PPasha — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:14:29 +0000

When I first heard of the term “quarter-life crisis,” I was already past the age to have one. Though I don’t feel that I missed out – there’ll be many more crisis in my future, I’m sure – I completely see the need for the term and why more and more people relate to it. By the time you reach 25, you’re no longer a kid but not fully an adult yet; you have responsibilities but house, marriage, kids are not yet part of introductory questions. It’s a bit of a limbo, isn’t it?

The same is true of your skin. It’s no longer as youthful as it used to be: your hormone levels are dropping and cell regeneration is dimishing. And yet, these changes are not visible on your skin – these are taking place deep down. In other words, your body is aging.

So, shouldn’t your skin care address these issues? You don’t have deep set wrinkles nor has your skin lost elasticity, so those are out. You have also left acne and breaking out behind (hopefully), so those are out also. What’s left? Well, until a while ago, sadly, the answer was nothing. But thanks to Orlane’s Anagenese 25+, your quarter-life crisis, as far as your skin is concerned, has been averted.

Formulated to encourage the proliferation of fibroblasts, increase the production of collagen and hyaluronic acid, and stimulate microcirculation – in other words, prolong your skin youthfulness – Anagenese 25+ is a simple yet super effective program containing 3 products that care for every aspect of your skin’s needs:

First Time-Fighting Care ($100):

This is your AM and PM cream. Luscious and creamy, and jam-packed with vitamins A and E, hyaluric acid, bio-marine complex, hibiscus seed extract, and pro cellular growth factors, this cream hydrates, protects, and encourages elasticity.

First Time_Fighting Care Eye Contour ($85):

With a healthy dose of while lily and hibiscus extract, this gel-cream helps reduce dark circles, hydrate and protect eye area, boost cellular grown, and encourage cell renewal.

Morning Recovery Concetrate First Time-Fighting Serum ($100):

Designed to be applied only once a day, this morning serum tones, revitalizes, and activates surface microcirculation, making your skin more luminous and even.

I know this program doesn’t come cheap, but just think about it – by staving off wrinkles and keep your skin youthful, you’ll save mucho money later on.

Orlane Anagenese 25+ is available at select department stores.

Beauty Chant: La Mer Treatment Powder Foundation

PPasha — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:54:00 +0000

Can you really trust a skin care company to make make up that actually works? I mean, if a company’s niche is developing mind-blowing facial creams and lotions, can they really transfer all of that knowledge to foundations? In the case of La Mer, the answer is YES, THEY CAN!

For a long time now La Mer has been making women more beautiful one jar of Creme de la Mer at a time. Now, they have taken all of this beauty-making know-how and applied it to the creation of a powder foundation that is every bit as fantastic as their creme.

With The Treatment Powder Foundation, La Mer continues to show women that a little can do a lot when it comes to your face. This formula is packed with good-for-you ingredients that help hydrate the skin, keeping it supple and youthful. Gemstones, including tourmaline and malachite, do all the work here, capturing light and erasing imperfections to reveal a flawless complexion. But perhaps the best thing about this formula is the fact that it is perfect for layering. Today, for example, I work up feeling like I needed a bit more coverage than I normally do (could it be my late drive from PA yesterday? ). So I just applied one layer all over my face and added a second one to the areas that could use a little more loving: eyes, nose, forehead. The result? A gorgeous complexion (if I may say so myself!) that looks natural – not cakey! – and radiant.

And did I mention that it has SPF 15? Gets better and better…

A bit pricey? Yes, these babies retail for $95 but are truly worth it. They will last a while, so go ahead and splurge!

Now, if La Mer could only come up with a concealer they just might win my…. But wait a minute! They have! Stay tuned!

Cover FX Week: Finish the Job Right with Cover FX’s Setting FX

PPasha — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:51:00 +0000

After this entire week of praising Cover FX’s primers and foundations, it’s only appropriate that we finish our first -ever!- week dedicated to one brand with Cover FX’s own finishing touch, Cover FX’s Setting FX, a translucent setting powder.

However, like all things Cover FX, this could not simply be a setting powder. The natural minerals here help nourish and protect your skin while setting both cream and liquid foundations to lock-in colour, extending the wear of your look by making it last all day. The micronized Mica also plays a role here: it gives your skin a silky feel while acting as a optical diffuser, reflecting light and softening the appearance of all of your imperfections. It’s 100% translucent and will complement any of the 30+ shades of foundations they make – pretty incredible, ey?!

Cover FX Week: Be Flawless with Cover FX’s Conceal FX Camouflage Concealer

PPasha — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:22:00 +0000

Come September, the world will look very different. Why? There will be no more dark circles under our eyes, thanks to Cover FX, a.k.a. the foundation authority. And we know that this is no easy task, but these folks know a thing or two about covering and hiding imperfections. Lee Graff, Cover FX co-creator/president and a camouflage specialist, has spend years teaching patients how to use makeup to cover scars, acne, rosacea and other imperfections. And now this wonderful company is bringing coverage to where we need it most: our eyes!

Conceal FX Camouflage Concealer is an instant, flaw-erasing concealer cream that has a super lightweight velvety finish. Use it to cover under-eye dark circles, redness, dark spots, sun damage, blemishes, tattoos, birthmarks, fatigue, and anything else you don’t want the world to see.

But Conceal FX does more than just hide those things your don’t want others to see? Its formula is packed with ceramides plus, comfort complex, multi-peptide complex and vitamins F.A.C.E. that help get rid of wrinkles, rejuvenate the skin, and firm it as well.

Because Conceal FX is made with rick colorants, light-diffusing mineral pigments, you only need a little bit to hide a lot. And the fact that it comes in 6 shades makes finding just the right one a little easier.

Cover FX Week: Achieve Nirvana with Cover FX Briteprep Foundation Primer

PPasha — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:54:00 +0000

I have to admit it: I fought it for a long time. The idea of adding yet another step in my morning routine was just something that did not interest me. I have enough to do with washing, and toning, and serum-ming, and moisturizing. And all of this before beginning to put on makeup. I though: I use foundation – good foundation. Isn’t that enough? And the answer, my friends, is “no.”
Primers are as important as any other step in your makeup routine – perhaps even a little more important. Why? A good primer:

gets your skin ready for foundation;
diminishes the appearance of large pores
smooths fine lines and wrinkles
evens out skin texture
helps makeup stay on skin longer
makes your foundation last longer

And these are just some of the benefits of using primers. And though it does add another small step to our routines, this one is worth it. And now that the folks at Cover FX came with a primer that brightens the skin, improves makeup performance, and has a SPF of 50, we have even more reasons!

Briteprep FX Brightening Foundation Primer and Photo Aging Defense combines super advanced primer technology with cutting edge skincare ingredients to brighten the skin, while renewing it and protecting it from UV exposure. With BioActive BearBerry Extract and ODA White (key ingredients in long-term improvement in skin tone, texture, and pigmentation), this primer helps lighten dark spots, minimize brown spots, and bring a radiance to your skin that you didn’t even know you had.

I have been guilty of wearing Briteprep alone, as though it were foundation. It just makes my skin so luminous and glowy!

Beauty Chant: Live it Up with Gel de La Mer

PPasha — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:05:00 +0000

In a sense, I do bring terrible news. You know how we all -sometimes- convince ourselves that there’s really no difference between those pricey brands we can’t afford and the less pricey ones we can? How we tell ourselves that we are just helping them – the pricey ones- pay for advertisement and for hiring expensive models to be their spokesperson, but that, in truth, our [fill in brand name] is just as good if not better? Well, this is not always true. It’s definitely not true when it comes to La Mer.

We all have, at some point or another, heard about the magical powers of Creme de la Mer and its long list of endorsement by drop-dead gorgeous celebrities. We are never quite sure of what exactly about this creme is so magical (is it the ‘miracle broth’ – their super secret sea kelp juice? the lime tea – their super powerful antioxidant?) but we cannot deny that it works. After just a few applications, the skin becomes softer, firmer, virtually creaseless, with aging lines, wrinkles, and pores noticeably disappearing.

And now La Mer has introduced the tropical cousin of its signature creme – Gel de la Mer, a cool, lightweight hydrating gel that, while delivering the same benefits as the Creme, is lighter and better suited for the hot summer months. Created according to the same magical standards as the Creme, this gel is soft, soothing, and cooling – a perfect combination for those times when the Creme is just a tad too rich for you skin.

The luxurious experience starts as soon as you open the jar: the light scent of the gel hits you first, just enough to stimulate your senses but subtle and not overpowering. The texture is simply magnificent! Like a gel – though not at all heavy and sticky, – this moisturizer adheres to the skin quickly and is just as quickly absorbed, leaving your skin dewy and glowy. After 1 week of using this gel twice a day, I notice such a difference in tone, texture, and overall appearance: the redness around the nose and eyes is gone – completely gone; the little lines around the eyes that insist on making themselves known are barely there; and the luminosity that I exude at any given point has made me put my illuminating foundations away for a while.

So girls, pinch your pennies – this one is worth its weight in gold!

Beauty Chant: Kahina – Giving Beauty Gives More than Just Beauty

PPasha — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:10:00 +0000

What were you doing when you were 12 years old? Running around town with your BFFs? Heading to the nearest Dairy Queen for a must-have Blizzard? Or were you, like Katherine L’Heureux, founder of Kahina – Giving Beauty, searching for the perfect skin care regiment?

What could otherwise be understood as a simple precocious drive has instead turned out into philanthropy. When Ms. L’Heureux finally found the perfection she sought for 30 years – a perfection that came in the form of Argan Oil, – she decided to not only launch her line of organic skin care but to also donate 25% of her profits to the women who help create her products. Argan oil is only found in the Argan region in Morocco and by law, can only be harvested by the Berber women who live there – women whose livelihood is extracted from the argan tree.

Huh… a beauty regiment that not only makes you beautiful and more youthful (’cause it must be said: argan oil?! where have you been all of my life? with your vitamin E, essential fatty acids and antioxidants? with your natural rejuvenating and antibacterial attributes?) but also makes you feel good about helping others in need… Can you say GENIUS?

Though the entire line lists argan oil as one of the ingredients, Kahina Argan Oil is 100% pure Argan Oil and can be used in so many ways and for so many things that I’m baffled. Light and non-greasy, this oil is quickly absorbed by the skin and immediately gives you a radiant glow. After using it for a few days, I began to notice that my skin was more even-toned, the lines around my eyes much much less noticeable, and the redness around nose completely gone. I also used it on my heels and knees, to help lock in moisture and hydrate the skin, and within days, both heels and knees looked and felt moist and supple.

The line also includes a Facial Cleanser, a Serum, and a Facial Lotion – all free of parabens, synthetics, sulfates, petroleum, GMOs, animal byproducts, artificial colors or fragrances.

Summer’s Ripening Breath: Korres Suncare

PPasha — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:40:00 +0000

Everyone who knows me knows that I cannot get enough Korres. Started in Athens, Greece, as a homeopathic pharmacy, this company has now taken the world by storm with their emphasis on eco-friendly and natural products . Their suncare line is a case in point. Parabens, sulfates, synthetic dyes, petro-chemicals, phthalates, GMO, and triclosam free, these products will keep you protected and glowing during the hot days ahead.

Watermelon Sunscreen Face Cream SPF 30 and SPF 20 – With super SPF protection, this face cream is great for those beach filled days or for simply trotting around the city. Water resistant and enriched with natural plant extracts, keeps your face protected against UVA, UVB, and IR. The watermelon extract helps repair the immune system of the skin while the shea butter keeps it hydrated. Ideal for sensitive and fair complexions, this cream is so rich in hydrating and antioxidants ingredients that you can easily use it instead of your regular moisturizer during the summer months (I am!).

Sweet Orange Sunscreen Face and Body Milk SPF 25 and SPF 15 – Just the right product for those who want broad-spectrum sun protection (UVA-UVB-IR) AND a little color during the summer months. Formulated for both face and body (and we know what that means: no ugly breakout due to oily sunscreen!), this formula is beaming with Active Aloe – to help support the immune system of the skin and reduce the ever so visible signs of ageing – and Orange extract – to help accelerate tanning and reinforce natural cell protection. Protection and a tan! What a wonderful world!

Watermelon Sunscreen Stick SPF 30 – Imagine all the ingredients of the Watermelon Sunscreen Face Cream with the added benefit of a stick. Super easy to carry, this is great for those areas that require constant application of sunscreen (lips, nose, around the eyes). But there’s more! The formula adds a natural, iridescent touch to the skin that functions a little bit like a highlighter. Not at all greasy, this stick is also great for children, who don’t seem to mind the application as much as they do regular creams.

Walnut & Coconut Suntan Oil SPF 10 and SPF 4 – For the conscientious tanner, this vegetable-based suntan oil offer a deep and uniform tan that last and last and last (I’m still enjoying mine a couple of weeks after vacation). With walnut and sesame seed oils (these protect you while tanning) and carrot oil (to enhance the tanning process and prevent premature ageing of the skin), this oil helps keep your skin soft and hydrated. The smell is absolutely delicious, and the best part is that all the natural ingredients (corn, jojoba, chamomile, and coconut) prevents peeling, so you keep your tan even longer.

To get the maximum protection apply to the face and neck at least 30 minutes before going out.

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