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Professionally Treat Your Skin With Scientific Skincare

“I created the Scientific skincare line to combine the best ingredients with the most advanced science to help the skin look and feel its best at any age. My clinical experience has given me the ability to write about cosmeceuticals extensively. I am constantly seeking out new ingredients that improve the tone, texture and pigment of your skin, minimizing the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. When I recommend a skin care product to my patients it is only after extensive research into the science behind every ingredient, thus the name Scientific for this line of products.”

Kenneth Beer, MD

Scientific Skincare was not a brand I was familiar with until I recently was sent samples to try. After using the following products for about 4 weeks, I am pretty impressed with the line! Here are the products I tried with descriptions from the website:

pH Balancing Cleanser ($37.50 USD) — Cleanses the skin without stripping its natural moisture barrier. Glycolic Acid exfoliates while our 13 Botanical Extracts nourish the skin to help restore luminosity and leave the skin soft and supple. pH Balancing Cleanser helps to unclog pores and prepares the skin for additional products and treatments.

Lifting Serum ($118.00 USD) — Close your eyes and imagine that you need to look 10 years younger… for just a few hours. Lifting Serum helps grant your wish by reducing the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles around your eyes, lips and face.

Daily Hydrating Cream ($78.00 USD) — Developed by Dr. Beer and tested for all skin types, Daily Hydrating Cream helps to moisturize the skin with two of its key ingredients (Hyaluronic Acid and Squalane). With daily use, Retinol helps improve the tone, texture and pigment of your skin, minimizing the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.

What I think: I enjoy many things about these products. First they are fragrance-free, which shows that they don’t think adding unneeded extras is important. The cleanser suds up nicely and really cleans my skin without leaving it dry. The lifting serum instantly smooths out my skin and does make me look younger while cream hydrates so well. I have to be careful not to put too much serum on, or my face gets sticky. One and a half pumps seems to work the best.

In the month I have been using these product, my skin looks more even and is glowing! To learn more and to purchase, visit www.scientificskin.com.

Anastasia Beverly Hills Blue Lotus Spray

Los Angeles, CA (April 2010) – Anastasia Soare has been the Definitive Brow and Eye Expert for Hollywood’s elite for the past twenty years. Following the success of her cosmetics line, Anastasia Beverly Hills, Anastasia launched her first ever skincare collection nationwide in late December 2009! In expanding her skincare line for Spring and Summer 2010, Anastasia announces the launch of Blue Lotus Mist ($29.00 USD). This new product is the perfect fusion of hydrating water and a soothing serum that provides soothing relief for stressed skin.

Blue Lotus Mist contains flower extracts from South Africa that revives dull and tired complexions and provides skin with an instant burst of radiance. The Chinese symbol for life, the Blue Lotus has been preserving the beauty of Asian women for over 5,000 years. As an icon of purity and peace, this calming essence detoxifies with rich antioxidants. Blue Lotus Mist also contains Anastasia’s exclusive Balkan Botanical® Infusion, a blend of rare plant and herb extracts found only in the rich soil of Romania. This unique and exclusive blend has the power to soften, soothe and restore the skin’s natural radiance.

What I think: I like using this mist after cleansing my face and before applying serum and moisturizer twice a day. It is also nice as a mid-day pick-me-up. My skin is refreshed, moisturized and glowing after use.

To purchase visit www.anastasia.net. Enjoy!

Ole Henriksen Alter-Eco Challenge for Earth Day

On this Earth Day, skincare guru Ole Henriksen is asking customers to take recycling to the next level and come up with a creative way to reuse your Ole Henriksen product containers. Whether it is finding a new use for your jars and bottles, or turning them into a sculpture, all ideas are welcome.

There is no limit to the number of containers you can use to build your creation. To enter, submit a photo of your “Alter Eco” with a statement of 250 words or less at OleHenriksen.com, explaining how you repurposed your Ole Henriksen containers.

Participants and visitors to the Ole Henriksen website will be able to vote for their favorite entry.

There will be one grand prize winner who will receive a $150 online gift certificate to OleHenriksen.com plus a $100 online gift certificate to justgive.org to make a donation to a charity of their choice. There will be two runners-up winners who will each receive a $75 online gift certificate to www.OleHenriksen.com.

Contest begins on April 22nd and will run through May 22nd, 2010. Good luck!

Kerstin Florian Skincare

I love trying luxury skincare — it feels good to use quality products on my (slightly ☺) aging skin! A brand that’s new to me is Kerstin Florian. The website states,

“Kerstin Florian International (KFI) develops and manufactures a progressive range of European facial, body and bath products and treatments for the spa industry based on natural resources including thermal mineral water, mud, algae, herbal extracts and essential oils.”

I have been testing the following products for about a month. The end result, my skin is clearer, glowing and I look pretty darn young! The products are:

Serum C+ Infusion ($85.00 USD) — Claims that it:, “Accelerates the elimination of photodamage, evens out skin tone, moisturizes the skin and prevents signs of premature aging. A powerful antioxidant and healing ingredient, Vitamin C also promotes collagen production to increase elasticity and smoothness of the skin.” Paraben-free, oil-free, natural fragrance.

I love this serum. It smells fresh and citrusy and you only need two pumps to cover your face and neck. Once I apply it, my face looks instantly smoother and brighter. I like to apply it in the morning, before my sunscreen moisturizer (below).

Oil-Free Daily Defense SPF 50 ($55.00 USD) — “This oil-free moisturizing lotion delivers lightweight hydration and water-resistant defense against sun damage. Broad spectrum, non-whitening sunscreen is combined with pure Vitamin C and Co-Enzyme Q10 to provide powerful daily facial protection in a sheer, matte finish.” Paraben-free, oil-free, fragrance-free.

This is a great sunscreen moisturizer because even though it is SPF 50, it doesn’t leave a white residue on my face. Being oil-free, it is very sheer and light. I like to apply it to my face, neck and hands. I only have to wait a minute or two for it to soak in and I can apply my makeup.

Caviar Age-Defense Creme ($145.00 USD) — “Counteract the visible signs of aging with this exquisite deeply nourishing creme that combines Caviar Extract, Rose Flower Oil, Co-enzyme A and Chinese firming botanical Chai Hu to firm, brighten, refine and energize the skin. Protein rich caviar and anti-aging antioxidants create an accelerated firming action that diminishes fine lines and wrinkles, creating noticeably smoother, supple and youthful looking skin.”

I have been using this cream at night, although it is light enough to use in the morning. It quickly soaks into the skin, leaving a subtle glow. I used to have dry patches on my face, but they are gone and I think this cream is really helping. The only thing I don’t love is the scent, it is strongly herbal, but is fine for evening.

Caviar Eye Creme ($127.50 USD) — “Protein-rich caviar deeply nourishes, moisturizes and regenerates the delicate skin around the eyes. Diminishes dark circles under eyes with Caffeine and Green Tea Extract. Creates immediate and visible firming and toning benefits. Minimizes the appearance of fine lines and puffiness, brightening the under eye area for instant radiance.”

This gentle eye cream is so nice for morning and evening. I always place eye cream under my eye and on the brow bone. This cream leaves my eyes looking lighter and awake!

Visit www.kerstinflorianusa.com to learn more and to purchase these fantastic products!

Korres Quercetin and Oak Age-Reversing Face Primer

When I first heard about face primers a few years ago, I was skeptical. It kind of seemed like an extra product I was piling on my face — you know after serums, moisturizers and an SPF. But now, I feel that a primer can be an important extra step to take, if you have the right one. A good primer will make your face look instantly smoother, plus keep your make-up looking fresh all day and lasting longer.

So I was excited to try the Korres Quercetin & Oak Age-reversing Face Primer ($33.00 1.01 oz). This primer is not only a skin-smoother, it is a anti-aging treatment. The website describes it as:

Powerful treatment and skin-perfecting face primer in one that instantly fills wrinkles and provides a very smooth and perfected skin surface, ensuring long-lasting make up application. Enriched with powerful antioxidant Quercetin and Oak extracts that improve skin cell functioning, repair fine lines and wrinkles and improve skin texture and elasticity. Hyaluronic acid forms a protective shield on the skin, providing immediate moisture and increasing skin elasticity while Barley extract instantly fills wrinkles and refines pores. Improves skin texture, thus providing a healthy glow to skin even without make-up. Silicone-free; does not clog the pores.
• 97% saw improved skin texture
• 88% saw significant increase in skin elasticity
• 84% saw visibly firmer, tighter skin
• 75% saw immediate lifting

What I think: My first reaction to the primer was that it seemed to go on more creamy like a moisturizer than slick like a silicone primer. But when I looked at myself after application, my skin tone was more even and my skin tone was smooth. Concealer and foundation glided on easily, and yes, my skin looked great all day long. As a forty-something woman, my skin is redder and my pores more noticable than when I was younger. This primer really helped even all of that out!

This primer is one of the best I have tried, and I highly recommend it! Visit www.korresusa.com to learn more and to purchase this fab primer!

A Bevy of Cool Products From Soap and Glory

Do you love Target as much as I do? Then you have seen the retro cool Soap & Glory skincare, bath and body and makeup products there. These creatively packaged beauty items are the brain child of Marcia, the genius who founded the Bliss spa and beauty product lines.

I love so many of these products that it was hard for me to narrow it down to my usual 3 to review. So I have a couple in each category: skincare, makeup and bath and body.

Make Yourself Youthful Super Rejuvenating Face Serum ($19.99) — This is an interesting serum as it is more of a light cream than the usual liquid that make up most serums. It has a light citrusy scent that I love and soaks in so quickly. According to user trial reports, this product gives re-energized, smoother, healthier, firmer and younger looking skin.I use this before moisturizer on my face, neck and (don’t forget) the back of my hands. Soft and glowy skin is the result.

I follow the serum with the Catch a Wrinkle in Time Age Avoiding Day Moisturiser ($15.99 USD). This makes my skin GLOW! The anti-aging complex “blends natural sun filters, high performance hydrators and clinically proven collagen stimulating tri-peptides, to smooth away wrinkles, rejuvenate, firm and protect your skin”, states the website. I love that after I use it my skin is soft and glowy and ready for makeup, since its sinks right in and doesn’t leave a greasy residue. The only thing I wish this had it is an SPF.

Eye Maintenence Moisturizing Eye Gel ($12.99 USD) — The first thing I noticed about this eye gel is that it smells (and almost feels) like lemon merengue. It claims to instantly firm and depuff (keep it cool in the fridge) the eye area. The website claims that , “by deploying our exclusive SWIFTLIFT™ technology, it reduces visible wrinkles almost immediately and fights fine lines long-term too.” Cool,

Sexy Mother Pucker XL Extreme-Plump Collagen Lip Shine ($10.99 USD) — I think I am a masochist because I love this tingly, prickly lip plumper! I apply it and notice how great my lips look with the shimmery, shiny gloss. Then the tingles start and my lips plump up! It contains these ingredients: Lipswell™: natural plant oil infusion, Superfill®: Nanovectors and Visivolume™: immediate effect lip filler. I don’t know what all of that means, but I do know that I really love this gloss!

Arch De Triumph Shaping And Highlighting Brow Crayon ($9.99 USD) — My favorite part of this product is the highlighter it is soft and blendable and I love to apply it in my inner corner of my eye, under my brows and especially used as a liner on the inside of my lower lid. It makes me look AWAKE! The brow pencil is nice, too, but a little hard at first. I warm it on my skin to get it soft enough to work.

The Daily Smoothe Dry Skin Formula Body Butter ($14.99) — This skin-softening body butter is perfect for my dry, winter skin. It contains Rosehip Seed Oil and Cocoa Butter to soothe. It is scented with Mist You Madly’s™ notes of Bergamot, Blackcurrant, Magnolia, Freesia, Vanilla and Musk. It smells soft and fabulous!

Clean, Girls Skin Softening Creamy Body Wash ($9.99 USD) is also scented with Mist You Madly. It is pearly and very moisturizing. It works great for shaving, too.

You can learn more about these products at www.soapandglory.com and purchase them at Target in the United States.

Got Something to Conceal? Try These New Products from the CoverGirl Simply Ageless line!

Looking for products that will make your eye area look flawless. Look to CoverGirl! The CoverGirl Simply Ageless line has done it again with two new products infused with Olay Regenerist Serum, The Simply Ageless Concealer and the Simply Ageless Corrector ($10.99 USD each). Alone, they cover wonderfully, but together…fabulous, smooth and dewy skin is yours for the buying!

To make your eyes look perfect no matter what you’re age, start with the Simply Ageless Corrector. This product contains specially blended pigments that can cover even extreme dark circles. It comes in one shade that works for everyone and has a soft, creamy texture that make it easy to blend. I dab it underneath my eyes to cover and on my upper eyelids as an eyeshadow base. I also use it for red areas on my chin and around my nose as it is very effective.

I use the Simply Ageless Concealer over the Corrector for a flawless finish. This has more of a cream to liquid formula and it covers imperfections, conceals under-eye circles and visibly brightens skin. Available in four colors: Very Light, Light, Light/Medium, Medium/Dark.

I highly recommend these products. This is probably my favorite concealer now! Visit www.covergirl.com to learn more about these products. They are also available in drugstores around the country.

Belle De Jour Angel Eyes by Kenzo

Let’s face it: as we age our eyes are one of the first places to show it. Our lids get droopy, crepey and then there are those dreaded crows feet. Yuck! But luckily, there are many eye lotus and creams to help lessen the wrinkly eye burden that we all must eventually face. My favorite new eye creme is Belle De Jour Angel Eyes ($70.00 USD). It claims to repair and revive skin around the eye contour. The key ingredient, white lotus reduces the stress-inducing hormone cortisol and protects skin from free radicals. All in all, Angel Eyes claims to “enhance the natural beauty of the eyes by restoring natural balance to the skin. The eye contour is left smoothed and regenerated, erasing dark circles and bags beneath the eyes.”

Wow, really? Wow indeed. I LOVE this eye cream. First, there’s the wonderful ritual of application. I place a pump of the eye cream on the tip of the included brush and dab it under on my eyes and on my upper lid. I then flip over the brush and gently sweep the cream outwards until it is blended in. Right away, I see a difference. My eyes look more awake and well rested. I don’t have many line, but my upper lids are getting a little crepey and my lids are drooping a bit. Sweeping the cream up and out opens my eyes right up. I have been using it morning and night and I really see a difference.

You can learn more and purchase this fantastic cream at www.kenzousa.com. Enjoy!

Anastasia Illumin8 Eye Shadow Palette

Anastasia Soare is an eye brow genius who has lately been branching out to skincare as well as cosmetics. She has recently launched Anastasia’s Illumin8 Eye Shadow Palette ($40.00 USD) makeup and anti-aging skincare in one great compact!

This palette is clinically tested to lift the appearance of skin, hydrate and refresh the sensitive skin of your eyelids with Youthful Synergy Complex. This essential complex is created from vitamins A, B, C, E and F, as well as naturally rich Brown Algae, Sea Whip and Macadamia. Featuring Anastasia’s exclusive antioxidant-rich Balkan Botanical™ Infusion of rare plant and herbal extracts, these powders have added power to soothe and soften. It is also paraben and fragrance free.

The shadows in the palette contain diamond core powder to diffuse light, minimizing the appearance of pores and wrinkles and make the eyelids luminous. There are 8 subtle colors in the palette ranging from bronzes, pinks and purples. It also contains a Mini Professional Brush with a broad end for sweeping shadows across the lid and on the brow bone and a tapered end for the crease and lining the lids.

The clinicals studies for this product showed reduced lines and wrinkles after an hour of wear. After 4 weeks 100% of women reported an improvement in overall eye beauty.

What I think: These shadows are soft and pretty, but not extremely pigmented. They are appropriate for daytime and the office. I do notice that my eyelids look smoother when I am wearing the shadow, but if I don’t apply an eye base or concealer, they wear off very quickly. I recommend this for the way it makes the eyes look.

Visit www.anastasia.net to purchase and to learn more about the palette.

Kérastase Age Premium Collection

Kérastase Paris, a leader in luxury haircare, has recently launched the Age Premium Collection. This collection includes internal and external regimens designed to address the unique needs of mature hair and scalp.

Of course skin, eyes and bones aren’t the only parts of our bodies affected by aging — our hair and scalp gets ravaged by time, too. Hair grows in repeated cycles of various phases, anagen (growth); catagen (regressing); and telogen (resting). As we age, the life cycle of the hair gradually tends to become deregulated and the amount of hair in the growth phase decreases. In addition, the production of the substance of the hair is disrupted, while micro-circulation slows down depriving the bulb of its nutrients. The hair loses density and becomes fragile, dull and porous.

This line includes oral nutrients as well as hair products. I was able to test the two products below — a shampoo and a hair masque.

Age Premium Bain Substantif ( $34.00 USD)

Gently cleanses hair with enriched anti-oxidant ingredients
Hair is left looking rejuvenated with body and suppleness

Age Premium Masque Substantif ($60.00 USD)

Features Hyaluronic acid, an innovative ingredient in haircare, which is widely used in skincare due to its exceptional hydrating properties
Hair is deeply nourished and recovers suppleness
Scalp feels soothed and rebalanced, and the feeling of tightness dissipates

I really love how my hair looks while using these products! I have noticed my hair is visibly thicker, softer and my dark brown color seems richer. My hair is dramatically better looking! I know I am a bit younger than the target audience — women 50+ and/or experiencing menopause — but I do think my fine, dull hair is in better condition since using the Age Premium Collection/

I highly recommend this line– it is worth the price! Visit www.kerastase-usa.com to learn more and to purchase these wonderful products.