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National beauty brands are always raising the bar when it comes to incorporating unique and exotic ingredients, and it’s important to know exactly what these quirky ingredients do for us… Check out the hot new beauty ingredients for 2012! 1. Monk’s Pepper Berry Called “the ancient elixir of happiness” – in ancient Greece, monks used to [...]
Miracle Skin Transformer Body SPF20 may be my new favorite skin-care and makeup product rolled into one! Sheer coverage that adds a lovely glow… and yet does NOT ‘enhance’ wrinkles the way so many products can… as a fair skinned lass with a ruddy complexion Miracle Skin Transformer also helped to even my skin tone… LOVE [...]
Naturopathica Beech Tree and Ginseng Daily Moisturizer is one of my absolute favorite finds for combating winter skin! Non-greasy… lightweight and yet penetrating… and a small-dab-will-do-ya! This nourishing moisturizer blends antioxidant rich Beech Tree and Goji Berry with a firming complex of Ginseng to help protect skin from free radicals. FOR SKIN TYPE: Normal to [...]
Did you know that an estimated 4lbs of toxic chemicals are absorbed into our bodies each year through the products we lather on? Our skin is the largest organ we have, and at less than one inch thick, it’s incredibly permeable. So all those lotions, washes, masks, cosmetics – the things that make us feel beautiful [...]
The Gorilla Perfumers, Mark and Simon Constantine, are back and they’ve brought some new creations with them. The father and son team, whose goal is to create exquisite perfumes as an antidote to boring, mass-market scents, are introducing nine new fragrances available exclusively online at lushusa.com now! Here are a few of the fourteen fragrances launching: Love ($39.95 30 ml/$15.95 10 ml/$12.95 [...]
Looking to winterize your skin? Consider these five ingredients to look for in your skin care products… 1. DNA Repair Enzymes Active DNA Repair Enzymes support the proliferation of fresh, young skin cells and encourage the recognition and elimination of DNA damage as it delivers protective antioxidants to moisturize skin during the recovery process. These self-correcting enzymes [...]
Quercetin & Oak 3 Step Prep Collection available at Sephora.com A collection of Quercetin & Oak products that prep skin for long-lasting makeup and crease-proof eye shadow and concealer. What it does: This set features products that refresh and prepare the skin for flawless makeup application in three easy steps. Step 1: Prep the skin [...]
L’OCCITANE Launches New Immortelle Products Offering a Precious Nectar with a Powerful Anti-aging… Immortelle Precious Cream ($56): A rich, smooth day cream enhanced with precious Immortelle Cell Extracts, Immortelle Essential Oil and antioxidant Vitamin E to correct deep wrinkles and restructure skin for improved firmness and a visibly younger looking complexion. Immortelle Precious Night Cream [...]
EmerginC Vitamin C Serum… One of the most stable, high concentration vitamin C serums available for all skin types. Ise morning or night to fights free-radical damage. Antioxidant, key co-factor in the production of collagen, improves skin tone and texture, calming, fights sun damage, improves pigmentation problems. EmerginC Vitamin C Serum available online at emerginc.com
September is National Honey Month! Here are a few everyday Honey-Based Essentials to consider stocking up on… Maty’s All Natural Cough Syrup: Maty’s cough syrup combines real antioxidant rich buckwheat honey with natural grapefruit seed extract, cinnamon and apple cider vinegar to offer an all-natural cough syrup with no harmful side effects. The cough syrup [...]
