Health – Page 15 – Forty, Flirty & Fabulous

REN Keep Young And Beautiful SH2C Serum

REN Keep Young And Beautiful SH2C Serum ($75.00 USD) is youth in a bottle! This light and lovely serum is gentle enough to use twice a day, but has really made a difference in the clarity of my skin.

So what exactly is this miracle product? The REN website states that its, “an advanced bio active serum formulated to keep skin looking smoother, firmer, younger and more radiant.”

Results:

Reduces and prevents the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles
Skin looks plumper, firmer, lifted
Gives skin a healthy, glowing radiance
Corrects and evens skin tone
Keeps skin looking younger for longer

Bio Active Ingredients:

Hexapeptides from yeast stimulate skin renewal and synthesis of skin firming proteins
Native peptides act as a safe alternative to Botox to smooth expression lines, also encouraging natural collagen filling of fine lines
Glycosaminoglycans from corn provide lasting hydration, whilst hyaluronic acid increases moisture levels to plump up the skin
Sirtuin increases the longevity of skin cells to promote natural repair of sun damaged skin, whilst vitamin C corrects skin tone, illuminates and brightens the complexion

How to use:

Apply onto clean skin, follow with moisturizer. Use morning and night.An advanced bio active serum formulated to keep skin looking smoother, firmer, younger and more radiant.

Visit www.renskincare.com to learn more and to purchase this fantastic serum!

Be Good To Your Hair With Ted Gibson Salon Products

Want to try a lovely luxury brand of hair care? Try Ted Gibson products. Ted Gibson is deeply rooted in the belief that beauty is individual. The website states,

“Our mission is to create a line of luxury products that are effective and simple to use. By combining the most modern technology with the highest quality ingredients available, we are creating a regiment of products for everyone, which will inspire people to recognize their individualized beauty.

Our philosophy is to provide the finest, most technologically advanced products to people enabling them to recognize their beauty and to turn frustration into freedom.”

I recently tried this luxury hair care brand. The following are some of my favorite products:

daily cleanse® shampoo is formulated with five different cleansers to achieve professional results. Ted Gibson’s trademark Wild Orchid extract, combined with silk proteins, biobotanical extracts and bioflavonoids work together to make hair color sparkle. Silicone polymers saturate the hair fibers and add strength, stamina and dimension. This cleanser creates a rich, lustrous lather that not only lifts away soils, deposits, build-up, environmental contaminants and excess sebum to leave hair and scalp clean, but it also creates manageability and helps to achieve a gorgeous shine.

daily nourish® contains 9 different conditioning agents that saturate the hair shaft, strengthen the hair’s inner cortex and increase elasticity, manageability and ease of wet and dry combing and styling. Ted’s signature Wild Orchid extract tones and conditions the scalp, preventing moisture loss. The feel of the hair after using this conditioner is what it’s all about soft and healthy is an understatement.

tame it shine lotion® tame and calm fly aways, add shine and texture to all hair types. Inspired by the secrets of red wine, our merlot complex creates luscious body, bold movement and intense shine to your hair.

What I think: I think this collection works together well to give a great everyday cleansing and conditioning. The conditioner is not a deep one, so if you have very dry hair, a deep conditioner is needed. I also really enjoy the tame it lotion. It works well to further condition my hair.

Visit www.tedgibsonsalon.com to learn more. Enjoy!

Get Beautiful Skin In Time For The Holidays With Peter Thomas Roth

Want smooth and clear skin for the upcoming holidays? Start using one of these fab Peter Thomas Roth products now, and your skin will look more radiant in a couple of months!

Peter Thomas Roth Clini-Matte™: “This multi-tasking moisturizer works at the cellular level to eliminate excess oil, minimize the appearance of pores and control shine, all while protecting the skin from UVA/UVB rays with an SPF20. Designed for normal, combination and oily skin types, this sheer lotion instantly delivers a smooth, long-lasting, matte complexion. With regular use, Clini-Matte™ also helps to regulate skin’s oil levels so the skin becomes more balanced.”

What I think: Fantastic! I love that this is basically three products in one — moisturizer, sunscreen and a primer. It instantly smooths out my skin by eliminating shine and also minimizes the appearance of my pores.

Price: $48 available in September 2010 at www.peterthomasroth.com and Sephora

Peter Thomas Roth Retinol Fusion AM Moisturizer SPF30: This oil-free and fragrance-free moisturizer uses a 1.5% time release retinol solution to gradually deliver the ingredient over an eight hour period as well as SPF30 to protect the skin from UVA/UVB rays. This encourages the skin’s renewal process while minimizing irritation. With regular use, Retinol Fusion AM Moisturizer SPF30 is clinically proven to deliver a 48% improvement in skin smoothness, 35% improvement in skin tone and 30% reduction in the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. The result is a complexion that is refreshed, restored and brighter.

What I think: Immediately after the first use of this moisturizer, my skin looked clear and smooth. I had a little bit of irritation when I used it everyday, so I started applying it every other day to get use to it. I now apply it once a day and my skin looks fantastic! I have never used retinol for skin before and I really love the clarity that it has given my skin.

Price: $78 available in September 2010 at www.peterthomasroth.com and Sephora

Peter Thomas Roth Instant FIRMx: Temporarily tighten your skin and rewind the clock – instantly with the new Instant FIRMx. This revolutionary rinse-off formula means that the white residue is rinsed away, while active firming agents remain behind to instantly tighten, firm and smooth the appearance of fine lines, deep wrinkles and pores to look years younger all day long. Instantly look younger while minimizing crow’s feet, under eye bags, nose-to-mouth lines, forehead creases, etc.

What I think: How cool is this product? So cool! This does what it says by instantly firming and smoothing the face. This is great for everyday, but especially good for special occasions or photos. I also think that the price is extremely reasonable for the quality and “wow” results this product gives!

Price: $48, available in September 2010 exclusively at www.qvc.com

Make Your Eyes Look Their Best With IT Cosmetics

IT Cosmetics, the magically transformative beauty product company, has recently released two fantastic products to make your eyes look younger and more beautiful. They are (with descriptions from the website:

Bye Bye Lid Lines ($24.00 USD) is an anti-aging and crease-proof eye shadow primer that gives you the power to finally say “bye bye” to pesky eye shadow creasing and hello to maximum pigment payoff! Bye Bye Lid Lines offers a universal translucent finish that blends perfectly and invisibly into eyelids of every skin tone. The truly innovative formula contains high concentrations of Vitamins A, C, E & K – proven to help reduce discoloration while warding off free-radicals throughout the day. Plus the hydrolyzed collagen works to help smooth out the look of fine lines and wrinkles. This creates the perfect plumped canvas before you even begin to apply your eye shadow!

• Green tea extract helps to target puffiness
• Vitamin K helps to target discoloration
• Acai and grapeseed oil help to provide ultimate anti-aging benefits
• Paraben-free
• Fragrance-free
• Oil-free
• Non-comedogenic
• Hypo-allergenic

What I think: I believe eye primers are essential to keeping eye makeup fresh all day. This primer is amazing. Once applied, lines are smoothed and wrinkles seem to fade away. You get an even canvas to play with. The texture is silky, but it dries so that you can apply your shadow over it. My eye shadow stayed on for hours and looked great!

Brow Power™ Universal Eyebrow Pencil with Brow Enhancing Technology ($24.00 USD) transforms and adjusts to all brow hair colors. The oval shaped tip creates the most natural looking, believable brow and is perfect for both thin and thick brows. The long-wear formula is waterproof & smudge-resistant. It Cosmetics Exclusive Brow Enhancing Complex uses a patent-pending blend of cutting-edge ingredients to target the look of brow hair loss, and helps restore your brow hair follicles – promoting the look of healthy hair growth and health.

• Contains Brow Enhancing Saw Palmetto, Nettle Extract, Horsetail Extract, Green Tea Extract, Grapeseed Extract
• Paraben-free, Non-comedogenic, Hypo-allergenic
• Waterproof, Sweatproof and Smudge-Resistant
• Universal shade adjusts to all skin tones and hair colors

What I think: I sometimes forget about my brows. They are so dark that they are almost black and they have a pretty good shape to them. But they are getting thinner as I age. So a nice pencil that matches my color and is easy to apply really gives my brows (and whole face) a polished look. This pencil works on my dark brows when I press down firmly on them with it, but would also work on lighter brows with a softer touch. The spooly on the other end helps blend in and brush out unruly brows. I really recommend this product!

Visit www.itcosmetics.com to learn more and to purchase these great products! You can also visit www.qvc.com. Enjoy!

Pur Minerals Perfect Fit Eye Shadow Trio

It’s always fun to try new eye shadow colors — eye shadows are such a fun way to switch up your look!

Pur Minerals has created beautiful eye shadow trios in very wearable, but fun, color combinations. The two I have tried with descriptions from the website are:

Goddess Perfect Fit Eye Shadow Trio ($21.00). “Touch the heavens this season with a simply divine eye palette that will lift your spirits and take your look to new heights. Featuring a trio of pür-ly enchanting shades in vanilla cream, dusty garnet and rich umber, our Goddess Eye Trio will instantly brighten any occasion.”

Canyon Glow Perfect Fit Eye Shadow Trio ($21.00). “Create a naturally captivating eye look inspired by this season’s sultry earthen metallic palette. Featuring three perfectly complementary hues, in pink quartz, copper clay and satin brown, our Canyon Glow Eye Trio is your key to a simply smoldering, straight-from-the-runway stare.”

What I Think: These shadows are so silky and well-pigmented. They glide across the eyes and are so pretty on. I love how in both kits the shades are individually beautiful but complimentary when worn together. Lovely!

These kits also come in:

Desert Sky — antique pearl, burnt rose and cinnamon shimmer

Halo — shimmery pink, misty taupe and mossy green

Visit www.purminerals.com to learn more and to purchase these fab shadows. Enjoy!

New Lip Balms From Burt’s Bees

With cold weather on the way, it’s time to go lip balm shopping. Burt’s Bees has recently added two new balms to their 100% natural and affordable line. They are:

Nourishing Lip Balm with Mango Butter ($3.00 USD)

Hydrate and soften lips naturally with this nourishing 100% natural lip balm. Specially formulated with mango butter, this replenishing balm soothes, moisturizes and protects to reveal smooth, healthy lips. Lips will love its lush, fruity flavor and the soft, moisturized feeling it leaves behind.

Rejuvenating Lip Balm with Açaí Berry ($3.00 USD)

Leave lips feeling renewed, moisturized and healthy with this 100% natural lip balm. Superfruit, açaí berry, provides free radical fighting antioxidants and vitamins A, C, D and E, as well as healthy Omega oils, giving your lips a rejuvenating experience with a rich, sweet flavor. We call that one super balm!

What I think: I like both of these balms, they are both very moisturizing and taste great. I think my favorite is the Mango Butter balm because it makes my lips so soft and tastes fantastic!

You can find Burt’s bees at most mass market retailers and can learn more at www.burtsbees.com. Enjoy!

Sephora’s BeautyTalk — A New Interactive Beauty Page

Sephora, once again, is expanding the boundaries of the online world and providing a new interactive beauty “space” for anyone to use. We (you awesome readers and myself) have been invited to preview BeautyTalk – a new online community where the beauty obsessed can get advice, give advice and join the conversation about all things beauty before it officially launches to the public.

Soon to be accessible through Sephora.com and Sephora’s Facebook page, BeautyTalk serves as the ultimate interactive beauty destination for Sephora clients, offering a discussion board, video tutorials from the Sephora PRO Beauty Team, the option to set up a personal profile, and gain access to favorite celebrities’ personal beauty tips. Users can also share their beauty hauls and confessions in the BeautyLounge and even have the chance for their best advice or comments to be broadcast to the entire community through the “Beauty Talk Spotlight.”

Please click the below link to see the beta launch of BeautyTalk where Sephora is providing yet another unique and customizable experience. Enjoy!

http://www.sephora.com/beautyadvice/?om_mmc=oth-fb-beautytalk

Fab Beauty Products For Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Want to support Breast Cancer Awareness Month and look gorgeous at the same time? Here are some lovely beauty products that make you feel as good as you look when you purchase them!

Celebrity makeup artist and NYC “Brow King”, Ramy, a cancer survivor himself, is showing his support with charitable contributions from the Shiksa Face Gloss – a vibrant, pink shade that delivers perfect and portable flawless color for eyes, cheeks and lips!

With the purchase of every Shiksa Face Gloss you too can look beautiful for a cause and reflect Ramy’s mantra of “minimum makeup, maximum impact” with 25% of proceeds during the month of October going directly to the “Young Survival Coalition” – the premier international organization dedicated to the critical issues unique to young women and breast cancer. Price: $18.50, availability: www.Ramy.com

To commemorate their commitment to the fight against Breast Cancer, Tweezerman introduces the new 2010 limited edition Slant® Tweezer – Precision in Pink. A cotton candy-pink background, adorned with the iconic BCA pink ribbon logo, is spangled with little flashy silver specks design. One dollar from the sale of each limited edition Precision in Pink will go to CancerCare as well as other Breast Cancer Awareness charities throughout the country.Price: $20, availability: www.Tweezerman.com

Shine doesn’t stand a chance against boscia Rose Blotting Linens! Perfectly formulated to blot away excess oil, unwanted shine and perspiration without disturbing makeup, these conveniently sized linens are also infused with rose essence to soothe skin and uplift the psyche. What’s more— boscia donates 10% of sales of Rose Blotting Linens to the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation (www.dslrf.org) to support breast cancer research.
Price: $10, availability: www.Sephora.com

Yves Rocher Vanille Noire Eau de Parfum

Vanille Noire Eau de Parfum ($58.00 USD 1.7 fl. oz.) — The description from the website is:

Surrender to the temptation of scented skin, infused with a rare sensuality. Between freshness and sensuality, transparency and depth, Vanille Noire gently reveals its woody character on contact with your skin. This creation is based on the three most attractive qualities of vanilla, which unveil a treasure trove of nuances and subtleties on your skin. Olfactory family: Vanilla, woody, fresh:

– the sensual, leathery notes of Vanilla Bourbon Absolute,

– sweet and floral Tahitian Vanilla Absolute,

– Ugandan Vanilla Absolute with its spicy, woody character.

Vanille Noire Perfumed Body Lotion ($28.00 USD 6.7 fl.oz): This silky, perfumed lotion moisturizes your skin and envelops you in the sophisticated, sensual fragrance of Vanille Noire Eau de parfum. This creation is based on the three most attractive qualities of vanilla, which unveil a treasure trove of nuances and subtleties on your skin. The Plus: A gentle, moisturizing formula, enriched with Shea butter.

What I think: I love this deep, vanilla scent. It is not too sweet, which is a plus, and it is sultry enough for the cold weather seasons. This collection also includes a very fragrant shower gel and an affordable roll-on perfume ($9.00 USD).

Visit www.yvesrocherusa.com to learn more and to purchase these.

GoodSkin Labs Exten-10 Instant Youth Boosting Moisturizer SPF 15

Want a great anti-aging skin cream with an SPF that is affordable, too? Get out of the drugstores and big department store makeup counters. EXTEN-10™ Instant Youth Boosting Moisturizer SPF 15 (regular $39.50 USD).

The Claim is: Younger looking skin. Right now! The scientists at GoodSkin Labs know modern life is stressful, hard on skin. Poor diet, insufficient sleep, pollution, the sun – they add up, and show up, on your face. So they developed Exten-10 to help restore skin’s youthful appearance. Helping it visibly renew, repair and defend itself like it used to. Exten-10 unlocks skin’s natural regenerative potential with three new youth-prompting discoveries:

1. HA Brightening Blend. An advanced combination of skin’s ultimate hydrator, hyaluronic acid, with brightening technology instantly and measurably helps restore youthful vibrancy to dull, aging skin.

2. Sirtuin Power Complex. Supports skin’s natural stimulation of proteins, boosting its ability to reduce the look of lines and wrinkles with impressive results. Also helps skin resist daily, aging stresses to prevent future damage.

3. Triple Sunscreen Technology. Of course, the scientists at GoodSkin Labs didn’t forget about the #1 cause of aging: sun exposure. Exten-10 includes a unique broad spectrum SPF 15 complex to keep skin protected from UVA/UVB damage all day long.

What I think: This is an effective day cream. It absorbs quickly for a cream with SPF (which is very important for day) and I was able to apply my makeup right afterwards. I have noticed that my skin looks brighter and clearer. I have been using this for a few weeks and am going to continue it to see if it helps with my wrinkles. I am lucky to only have a few on my forehead, but would love them to go away!

Visit www.kohls.com to learn more. Enjoy! //