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Scientific Skin is a brand that makes scientific sense!

Karen — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:21:00 GMT

Has anyone tried Scientific Skin? Because I just purchased two products from Spalook.com after reading some excellent reviews along with some intriguing information about the brand and these two specific products.

Scientific Skin was developed by a world renowned dermatologist (Dr. Beer) and is very target specific in terms of indications and skin layers treated.

I ordered Scientific Skin White Bamboo Exfoliator which is a clay type scrub. It warms up with contact and resurfaces the outer layers setting up the skin for excellent absorption of further treatments depending on specific needs.

I also ordered Scientific Skin Brightening Serum which sounds like the ideal treatment to follow the primed skin from the use of the White Bamboo Exfoliator. The serum was formulated with special botanicals from the Swiss Alps and minimizes hyper-pigmentation and brightens the skin. One reviewer said she had tried “tons” of brightening serums, creams and gels in the past to help brighten her brown spots and prior acne marks and that Dr. Beer’s Brightening Serum is “truly amazing!”

I can’t wait to share my results after I start using it! I have a feeling it will be all I expected and more!

CosMedix Corrects!

Karen — Wed, 05 May 2010 06:36:00 GMT

After yesterday’s CosMedix article I got so many great responses about this brand that I thought I ought to tell you all about an incredible kit from this phenomenal company.

CosMedix Correct Kit is a retinol based regimen that is mega skin brightening and a complete skin correction program. It comes with an amazing cleanser called Benefit Clean that calms and protects the skin. It also has Affirm which is an antioxidant serum that dramatically reduces free radical damage. Additionally, it includes Define which is a vitamin A resurfacing treatment. And lastly an outstanding hydrator called Hydrate+ which not only moisturizes but also protects with an spf 17.

CosMedix is extraordinary!!

Eye do Believe in CosMedix! Brilliant Brand!!

Karen — Mon, 03 May 2010 22:07:00 GMT

I am so seriously sold on a new brand I stumbled onto recently called CosMedix. I think I’m impressed because of the obvious science it bases its formulas on. It’s very clinical in that it takes into consideration pharmacology and chemistry, yet is plant based and earth friendly and free of artificial colors and preservatives. The line is considered “chirally correct.” In a nutshell, this means its ingredients (or molecules within the ingredients) are a perfect fit for positive interaction within the skin.

Today I thought I’d share with you a couple of amazing CosMedix products. They are absolutely outstanding!

CoxMedix Eye Believe is an incredible serum that replenishes damaged and thinning eye area skin. It’s hydrating, collagen building, protecting and fights further free radical damage. I love this product! Eye do believe!!!

Secondly, I’m crazy for CosMedix Define. It’s a gentle blend of acids and retinol. It’s an excellent exfoliator, rebuilder, fibroblast stimulator and acne reducer. CosMedix Define definitely defines therapeutic skin care treatment!

The Beauty Ingredients Snob...Part 4! Vitamin A and Argireline for Anti-Aging!

Karen — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 01:45:00 GMT

Today I’ll start with the letter A. It seems like a good place to start! A is for apple…but I maintain it’s for Anti-Aging!

In my opinion, if you want your skin to look younger you need key ingredients. Both of which start with the letter A!

Vitamin “A” is the first and “Argireline” is the second. Vitamin A or retinol is great for long term anti-aging benefits while argireline is for those of us who want to look great asap! A great combo in my opinion because while you’re waiting for that retinol to work over time you’re looking great in the interim because of the quicker effects of the argireline.

Vitamin A or retinoid derivatives work by generating new cells from deep within our skin. Argireline, which is a peptide chain of amino acids works by relaxing the muscles within our face to lessen the pronounced look of wrinkles from frown lines and crows feet.

My favorite retinol products in the past have always been virtually retinol only. Meaning a separate container that was retinol exclusively. It made sense to me because retinol is best used at night and so I just used it along with my other night treatments at bedtime. Additionally, I felt that it must be a stronger form if it were in its own container. However, since then I’ve discovered ZO Skin Health Ommerse Overnight Recovery Cream. ZO Skin Health gets an A+ for this amazing product. During precious sleep your skin gets a chance to get amazingly healthy by getting hydrated and repaired. The retinol reduces fine lines and wrinkles while the ceramides nourish the skin.

My argireline pick is one of my favorite skincare products on the market today. However, it’s also the most expensive. You’ll have to dig deep for this precious blend but you’ll be glad you did. Euoko offers Euoko Y-30 Intense Lift Concentrate. This product works both immediately as well as in the long term. It is anti-aging skin care at its finest. Expect to see dramatic results with pore size, expression lines, cell turnover, wrinkles and texture. This product is phenomenal. Another A+!

Moor mud please!! Black for Dramatic Beauty! The Beauty Ingredients Snob...part 3!

Karen — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 21:42:00 GMT

Today we step away from the academic side of the Beauty Ingredients Snob series to talk about straight up beauty. Today is all about beauty, drama and more beauty! Well I suppose that’s not entirely true because I suppose the ingredients in these products play an important role as well. If they didn’t, we wouldn’t get the dramatic results we get with them.

We all know our little black dress is an important a piece of our wardrobe…but there are also beauty products revolving around black that are just as crucial. When we pull out our little black dress…we want to be stunning…this holds true for some of the black beauty and skin care products I’m going to share with you today.

Black tea is amazing for fighting free radicals, anti-aging, and eye puffiness. My favorite anti-oxidant duo is by Juara products. Juara All Things Sweet Black Tea Set contains a moisturizer and eye creme that are brilliant!

Black pepper is a one way ticket to stimulating circulation and is used in many cellulite reduction products. Thalgo Aromaceane Slender is a primo example!

Black orchid and black violet are often scents and notes used in perfumery. Lovely fragrance! For instance check out Calvin Klein Euphoria Eau de Parfum for a great example!

Black currant protects skin and is also hydrating. My favorite black currant product is the aptly named Ole Henriksen Black Currant Complexion Oil.

Black moor mud has so many amazing therapeutic benefits that it would take a whole article (or three) on itself alone to even give it its due justice. Suffice it to say…it works! Just for the sake of letting you know how amazing it is I will sum it up in two words. Repairs Skin! My favorite moor mud product is by Kerstin Florian. You will be simply and categorically sold when you try it. Kerstin Florian Thermal Mineral Moor Mud Mask is by far one of the best mineral masks on the planet. Buy this black product! Wear your black dress! And hit the town tonight!

The Beauty Ingredients Snob! Part One!

Karen — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 22:09:00 GMT

One of the main reasons I consider myself an expert in skincare is because I always want to know the “x” factor. I want to know why products work. And simply put the “x” factor is the active ingredient(s) within the product themselves.

Think of back in the day when women simply lathered a thick coating of cold cream on their face. It does indeed make your face feel softer and more hydrated but could it possibly repair or nourish? Not likely. The only way in my opinion to facilitate a physiological action would be to shrink the molecules of the active ingredients or add a delivery system to get those ingredients to the deeper cells in the skin. This is where collagen production takes place. Additionally, the superficial layers must be exfoliated and again ingredients play a key role in that action as well.

I will be doing a whole series on ingredients over the next few days or however long it takes to convey the importance of these complex pieces of the skincare and beauty regimen puzzle.

Today I’d just like you to take a look at the many verbs in the word “ingredients” below. These verbs are potentially what you can reasonably expect when you choose products with the correct ingredients for your specific indications and needs.

Improves and illuminates
Nourishes
Gives a lift and protects
Repairs, refines, relieves, reveals and resurfaces
Exfoliates, enhances and evens out color
Detoxifies and diminishes
Invigorates and increases circulation
Enhances and encourages
Nurses redness, blemishes and other skin conditions
Tightens and tones
Softens, stimulates and strengthens

Next time…we’re going to take a look at my favorite skincare ingredients!

MD Skincare Offers More Than Tax Credits and Refunds on This April 15th...They offer gorgeous skin!

Karen — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:54:00 GMT

I think one of the best ways for making a regimen more effective is to swap out a couple of steps. Choosing a wiser more effective product to replace a mediocre one is not only a no-brainer, but can kill two (or more) birds with one stone.

One of the best things to swap out in my opinion is the toner (or balancing and prepping the skin for following regimen products) step. I replace the mundane cotton ball and toner with a mighty pair of pads! They not only tackle this particular (balancing and prepping) step but they do much more! They’re pre-soaked (convenient), they exfoliate (chemically), the textured pads themselves exfoliate (mechanically), they minimize pore size, instantly firm up the skin by stimulating collagen production, brighten and even out skin tone, clear up blemishes and calm redness…And that’s just the first pad in this quick two-pad process. The second pad neutralizes the action and this step is one of the reasons MD Skincare’s Alpha Beta Daily Face Peel is so effective, professional and multi-tasking.

Almost any professional treatment that significantly changes molecular makeup or cellular processes has a second step that either neutralizes or stops the action. Think of a permanent wave…after the hairdresser has changed the structure of the hair, he or she needs to stop the action and restore the cuticle shaft to its original state in order to keep damage at a minimum as well as finish off the process with a beautiful outcome.

My face feels clean, toned, and looks younger, hydrated and refreshed all within the two minutes I take by swapping out this one step of my regimen.

You can’t go wrong with any of the many MD Skincare products as they’re all incredible, but I have to say you will definitely go right with swapping out your toner step for MD Skincare Alpha Beta Daily Face Peel!

Perfection Pads for Acne to Anti-Aging via Zo Skin Health, MD SkinCare, Somme Institut and PTR!

Karen — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 21:49:00 GMT

I realized the other day that for as long as I can remember I’ve thought that in general teens and young adults with oily skin grow up to have gorgeous (younger looking) skin because the extra oil has kept their skin lubricated. However, it hit me that perhaps that’s not the principal or only reason…but rather that it’s how they aggressively took care of it instead.

Think about how you or anyone you knew who had oily skin constantly used products to soak up the excess oil and to keep blemishes at bay. So perhaps it’s that One, they got a head start on diligently caring for their skin and even more on point might be that it’s the ingredients they used in those products. How many of us have seen "Stridex-type" pads in a teens medicine cabinet or used those kinds of preparations ourselves? Well those pads are often made with glycolic acids such as alpha and beta hydroxy acids. These acids are very effective in sebum control and acne but they are also used for anti-aging and dry skin issues.

Check out the list below for some of the best glycolic ‘multi-tasking’ pads on the market today:

Peter Thomas Roth offers PTR Max Complexion Correction Pads. These pads promote healthy cell turnover which results in an amazing anti-aging appearance of the skin. They are two sided. One for cleansing and the other for pore refining and exfoliation.

From Zo Skin Health check out Zo Skin Health Offects TE-Pads Acne Pore Treatment. Developed by famed dermatologist Zein Obagi MD you can count on an effective outcome. Obagi products are perfect for those who want more of a prescription strength effective one-two punch. Having said that they should be used following proper professional guidance.

MD SkinCare offer’s one of my all time favorite pads. MD SkinCare Alpha Daily Face Peel 2 Steps Packettes are a convenient way to add exfoliating pads to your daily regimen. They exfoliate pore clogging dead cells, retexturize dry skin and slow down and treat the processes that evoke aging skin. They also calm the skin with botanical extracts.

Lastly Somme Institut kicks butt with the incredible Transport pads. Supreme exfoliation results in an amazing delivery system with the added vitamins within the product. This technology results in an amazing reduction of sun damage, reducing the appearance of lines, treats and prevents acne, and improves discoloration, tone and texture.

Anti-Aging Regimens for Generations X and Y!

Karen — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 04:04:00 GMT

What can younger men and women do to prevent aging skin? Of course we’re aware of the obvious such as, don’t smoke or stop if you do; drink plenty of water; eat well, cleanse and moisturize twice daily and use sunscreen. But what products out there are formulated specifically for women and men in their 20’s and 30’s that want to focus on a great regimen for a clear, gorgeous complexion but also help with anti-aging issues? Below is a list of remarkable kits that are ideal for this particular scenario. These regimens will help you attain and maintain beautiful skin that is replenished, nourished and protected.

Peter Thomas Roth Age Defense Kit
Kit Includes:
• Anti-Aging Cleansing Gel, 2 oz
• Max All Day Moisture Defense Cream SPF30, .5 oz
• Un-Wrinkle, .1 oz
• Mega Rich Intensive Anti-Aging Cellular Crème, .76 oz
• Mega Rich Intensive Anti-Aging Cellular Eye Crème, .28 oz
• Cosmetic Bag

SkinCeuticals Skin System II Defend
Kit Includes:
• Serum 15 AOX, 1oz
• Hydrating B5 Gel, 1oz
• Daily Sun Defense SPF 20, 3oz
• Foaming Cleanser, 5oz
• Skin System Bag

Juice Beauty Age Defying Solutions Kit
Kit Includes:
• Green Apple Cleansing Gel, 4oz
• Green Apple Peel, 0.5oz
• Green Apple Antioxidant Serum, 0.25oz
• Green Apple Antioxidant Moisturizer, 0.5oz
• Green Apple SPF 15 Moisturizer, 0.5oz

Say Bye-Bye to Body Acne with Murad, MD Formulations and Glytone Body Sprays!

Karen — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:11:00 GMT

Everyone is always writing about acne treatments for the face but rarely does anyone concentrate on specific treatments for the body (including me). But today I thought I’d share with you three great products specifically formulated for the treatment of body acne.

Acne sprays are great because they are quick and easy to use and also reach places that you normally can’t reach when applying topical gels or creams.

The incredible Murad brand offers Murad Clarifying Body Spray within its Murad Acne line. This spray will control body breakouts with antibacterial properties that penetrate pores and clear away blemishes while preventing new ones from forming.

Amazing MD Formulations products have been a forefront in superb skincare treatments. Within the MD Formulations brand you will find MD Formulations Vit-A-Plus Body Clearing Complex Spray. It effectively treats and prevents body breakouts and inflammation resulting from excess sebum mixed with dead skin cells and bacteria. The quick drying spray contains acne attacking beta and alpha hydroxy acids and retinol along with rosemary which offers up soothing and relaxing antibacterial benefits to the skin.

Glytone is one of my favorite glycolic acid brands. It’s extremely effective and very affordable. Within Glytone products line you will find Glytone Back Acne Spray. It’s a 2% salicylic acid blend that both treats and prevents blemishes. It dries quickly, is fragrance and colorant free and will indeed promote your skin’s clarity. No More Back-ne!