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November 12, 2008

Philosophy Holiday Gifts

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Philosophy Holiday Gifts.

Philosophy has gifts under $25 including great stocking stuffers, fragrance layering sets, luxurious skincare, and travel offerings for those jet-setters that just can’t keep still. Shop today and stock up so you won’t be left empty handed when given an unexpected gift!

Angel Cakes: angel food cake scented shimmering shower gel & lip shine $20

Gingerbread High Foaming Shampoo, Shower Gel and Bubble Bath $16


The Recipe Box: classic recipe inspired shower gels with matching recipe cards $18


Sugar Plum Fairy: magically sweet flavored lip shine $12

For more excellent holiday gift giving ideas, visit Philosophy.com.  Enjoy FREE ground shipping on orders over $50.

From: http://amominredhighheels.com

October 22, 2008

Bliss Triple Oxygen Instant Energizing Mask

Filed under: Beauty, Skincare — Tags: — admin @ 8:49 pm

Bliss Triple Oxygen Instant Energizing Mask. Want a shot of revitalization for your face?  Try Bliss Triple Oxygen™ Instant Energizing Mask. Shoot the product into your hand, gently massage onto clean face and enjoy the refreshing bubbles revitalize your skin. It’s a quick fix for dull skin and really feels good. It leaves my skin lightly pink and glowing. I especially like to use it directly on a breakout. It never hurts to have a non-drying product go to work on a nasty little pimple. I swear it helps it heal quicker.

What is Bliss Triple Oxygen™ Instant Energizing Mask?
“A flash-action mask that delivers a shot of oxygen and detoxifiers, a dose of a powerhouse form of Vitamin C, a smattering of anti-free radicals and a moisture fix to instantly spiff up your skin when you find it looking a little ‘low’ life.”

Try it. You’ll like it.

From: http://amominredhighheels.com/

October 15, 2008

Clinique Superdefense Will Protect Your Skin’s Beauty

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Clinique Superdefense Will Protect Your Skin’s Beauty.

Clinique Superdefense Will Protect Your Skin BeautyInterested in skin care natural products? Don’t trust the cosmetic brands you’re using? If so, then welcome to our beauty blog, because here you’ll find what you are looking for, quality skin care products made with natural ingredients.

Clinique Laboratories has launched a new anti-aging skin care cream. This moisturizer natural product, called New Superdefense SPF25 Age Defense Moisturizer, helps to reduce negative effects of stress on the skin.

As Clinique’s researches show, there are two types of stresses on the skin - external and internal. As for external stresses, they are the usual suspects, like sun, air pollution, cold. These conditions may of course be reasons for skin’s premature aging. But it seems that internal stresses have the same negative effects on the skin. According to Clinique’s studies, when the body is under stress, it produces stress hormones, which cause a loss of the immune function of the skin, so that it can rapidly acquire visible signs of aging.

The new moisturizer, made with natural products, will reestablish your skin’s beauty. As 24-7 press release reports, it uses new patent skin care technology to defend the skin against emotional and psychological stress. This is Red Microalgea Extract, a sea extract which neutralizes stress’ effects: wrinkles, lines, unbalanced tone.

The New Superdefense SPF25 Age Defense Moisturizer also contains a sun protection formula and antioxidants against external aggressors such as pollution, cold etc. In addition to this, with Clinique’s unique Immune Protection Formula, your skin beauty won’t be threatened by a premature aging. With three formulas, the new anti-aging cream is conceived for every type of skin.

Like all of Clinique’s natural skin care products, this one also is 100% fragrance free and allergy tested. Tom Mammone, the executive director of the skincare company Clinique, decided to update Superdefense cream and incorporate science acquisitions into it. “We’re working on an anti-ageing product which activates longevity genes,” said Dr Tom to Daily Record.

Dear ladies! Get lasting skin beauty and prolong your youth. New chances are now offered to you via skin care natural products, which will protect your skin with the help of nature and science.

From: http://www.beauty-blogs.com/

October 10, 2008

How to Relieve Eye Puffiness

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Beauty Talk: How to Relieve Eye Puffiness -– Looking for the most effective ways!

Recently I have been testing various ways to relieve eye puffiness. You must have come across all of these recommendations listed below. I was looking for the most effective, convenient and fastest.

Here is what I tested:

  • Applying cold eye gel mask
  • Applying masks from cucumber or potatoe slices
  • Applying a ready-made cloth mask (Estee Lauder’s Anti-Stress)
  • Applying cotton balls/pads or cloth soaked in cold milk over eyelids.
  • Applying freshly brewed and cooled tea bags
  • Sleeping on 2 pillows with my head raisedTest 1: Cold gel maskI know cold is supposed to be very effective at relieving swelling but I was not so impressed with the effect. First of all, it is a trial for my patience to spend 10-15 minutes lying with the mask on my face when I have so many things to do. Second of all, I did not see much effect after application. Swelling did subside a bit but not so noticeably.I also saw some recommendations of applying cubes of ice to reduce swelling, so I decided to put the mask into a freezer. Upon application, my eyeballs felt frozen in just 5 seconds. It hurt! I think it can be dangerous to put very cold/frozen masks on your eyes for a long period - as you can get a worse health problem than just puffy eyes.

    Test 2: Eye mask Anti-Stress from Estee Lauder (cooled in freezer)

    Estee Lauder’s Anti-Stress Mask is amazing in its ability to moisturize the thin skin around eyes. However, just cold masks did not take away the puffiness. When combined with cold gel mask, it did show result! It took though about 20 minutes wearing the mask and 2-3 short-term application of a very cold gel mask over the Anti-Stress mask.


    Test 3: Cotton pads soaked in milk

    I read many times that makeup artists resort to cold milk when they need to sooth irritated skin or swelling. This mask really worked! I had to make 2 applications though. First, with the eyes shut and pads over leads, then I folded them in the center soaked again, put into fridge for 3 minutes and applied just under my eye. After 5 minutes I could see the effect!
    Then I decided to make these masks a bit colder and put them for 1 minute into freezer. After all of this trouble my puffiness was almost completely gone.

    Test 4: High Pillow

    In the morning I did see that due to high pillow my eyes were less puffy – or was it just a good day for me!? I applied gel mask for a few minutes and then followed up with my cream. I have to say, I was very impressed by the effect of sleeping with a more raised head and started sleeping only on a high pillow after that.


    Test 5: Cucumber mask

    Cucumber and potato contain natural astringents. It means that upon topical application they tend “to shrink or constrict body tissues”. Cucumber masks did show results. I cut thin slices and applied over the leads. After 2 applications the swelling subsided but I could feel the skin getting very tight as if “shrinking”. So I am wondering if using astrigent containing masks could be not so good for the thin skin as it dries it out or causes a slight stress.

    Test 6: Potato mask

    Potato masks worked as well as cucumbers. Could see results after application of thin slices 2 times for 3-5 minutes. But I experienced the same feeling of tightness.


    Test 7: Cooled tea bags

    I tried 2 types of tea: black tea and chamomile. Though, again, I was not very impressed, I have to mention that chamomile tea seemed more effective to me than the black tea.

    Conclusioon:

  • High pillow prevents much of the swelling. It can be hard to get used to sleeping on a high pillow but it is worth the trouble.
  • Cold relieves the swelling but cold compress used alone is not so effective. Use it in combination with a mask (moisturizing or anti-inflammatory)
  • Pads soaked in milk applied to eyelids are very effective at relieving swelling and don’t cause the filling of tightness or dryness.So now what I do upon waking up, if I see any swelling, I apply pads soaked in milk 1 or 2 times and then either apply a moisturizing mask if I feel the skin really needs it or apply my usual moisturizing cream. You can apply your moisturizer with circular anticlockwise movements (without stretching the skin!), finish up with light padding using your ring finger (which is supposed to be the weakest one!). Such light massage will also help to relieve the swelling.
  • From: http://skincarebeautyproduct.blogspot.com/

    September 10, 2008

    Neutrogena Grapefruit Line

    Filed under: Beauty, Skincare — Tags: — admin @ 9:23 am

    Neutrogena Grapefruit Line. Someone from the heavens, perhaps a very cool angel transferred my wishes all the way to the Johnson and JohnsonLabs ( of course, I’m merely kidding! ) and look what they’ve come up with - pink grapefruit variants of three of their skin care products!

    Didn’t I tell you that pink grapefruit’s just about the best-smelling fruit on earth? It is, it is, it is! *jumps in glee*

    Take a look on what Neutrogena came up with!

    Neutrogena Oil-Free Acne Wash Pink Grapefruit Facial Cleanser , $5.99

    Neutrogena Oil-Free Acne Wash Pink Grapefruit Foaming Scrub – $5.99and my favorite,

    Neutrogena Body Clear® Body Wash Pink Grapefruit – $6.99For those Neutrogena loyalists who love the skin care, the first two products would deliver just about the results of their MicroClear technology, that quickly penetrates into the pores to effectively, yet gently treat and prevent bothersome breakouts. The only value added is the refreshing scent of pink grapefruit. I like the Body Clear Body Wash most because I’m such a sucker for body wash that have pink grapefruit scents - I’ve been collecting them! Aside from being a body wash, it can also get rid of backne ( acne at the back ) , which I am most grateful for.

    Well, any takers, and pink grapefruit lovers who are rejoicing over there?

    From: http://www.beautynomics.com/

    August 1, 2008

    Proactiv Acne Treatment Review

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    Proactiv Acne Treatment Review. I had very bad acne and was in my early 20s. I tried several over the counter acne creams, and lotions and nothing seemed to work. I have very oily skin. I started seeing Proactive advertised everywhere and had a friend that had tried and she said for her it worked great. I decided to give it a try. I had no noticeable changes until after the second week. It did work exactly as advertised. Until… I stopped using it as regularly. I figured the Proactive would keep its effects so I stopped using it every day. The pimples and blemishes did return without every day use. I am now slowly stopping using it to see if and when the effects will become permanent. I have also started to use more moisturizer which seems to help the effects last longer without using the Proactive as much. I would highly recommend Proactive for problem skin that does not react to any other form of treatment. It did work for me and I will keep using it if I need to.

    Side Effects:
    None

    Cost:
    49.99

    Recommend:
    Yes

    From: http://www.skincarecompany.net

    July 23, 2008

    Non-Invasive Plastic Surgery & Aging….

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    Non-Invasive Plastic Surgery & Aging. Hello dolls…As we speak I am getting ready to leave for the train station bound for NYC.  This afternoon,  I am interviewing a top physician in NYC to get answers on the topic of “non-invasive plastic surgery techniques and aging”  I want to know what the top procedures are, how women prepare for them, how does the doctor know when to say “NO” to to much or too many etc etc.
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    I know you all know that I think I could benefit from a good shot of Botox right between the eyes but how do YOU feel about your face?  Would you do one of the new trendy procedures aimed at reducing lines and wrinkles?If you leave me some questions in the comments section, I will try and incorporate them into the interview.

    From: http://www.themakeupgirl.typepad.com/

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