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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Dermesse and the Vitamin C Miracle for Your Skin

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Dermesse and the Vitamin C Miracle for Your Skin



Our culture is obsessed with youth and judging solely on the ads I am bombarded with daily, your 20's is the best time of your life. These ads seemingly suggest once you hit 30 you might as well jump off of a bridge.  "It's all downhill from here!", they scream. As a person who has just entered my 30's *coughs* I beg to differ.  Yes, I had a funky good time in my 20's, however, I am much more comfortable in my skin now.  I know what I want, I know what I don't want, and really I could care less what other people think.  In your 30's you feel more vivacious and confident (at least I do).  I, personally, am enjoying the heck out of thirty. 

With that said, I don't want to look 30. (Smile.)  Actually looking 30 isn't such a bad thing, just take a look a these beauties in all age ranges I blogged about here.  Yet, I want to look my best at any age!  Enter the wonderful folks at Dermesse and their Vitamin C Serum!  I was recently asked to review the Vitamin C Serum (10%) and I salivated at the opportunity.



From the Dermesse website: "Dermesse offers prescription strength and non-prescription strength skin care products online. Previously Dermesse was only available through your local dermatologist's office or plastic surgeon's office. Dermesse has changed all that by partnering with PCM Skin Care, LLC to distribute its products on the internet by facilitating an online medical consultation whenever necessary.

Simply order the products you want by going to www.dermesse.com, and completing the online medical assessment. If we require any additional information, we will contact you. Otherwise expect your order to be delivered to you within 48 hours."  How awesome is that?!  Prescription strength skincare to your door!

Back to the serum!  (Sorry. I write like I speak and I am giddy about this product)  If you don't know Vitamin C is critical for your body and plays an important role in maintaining healthy, resilient skin.  From everyone's beloved doctor, Dr. Oz : "While young skin is full of vitamin C, aging skin naturally loses this nutrient over time. Other factors like exposure to UV light, pollutants and cigarette smoke compound the decline of vitamin C, contributing to signs of aging. The good news is that you can fight back by replenishing your skin’s vitamin C levels to help to combat and even reverse time’s effect on your face.




Wrinkles
One of the most powerful functions of vitamin C is its role in the production of collagen, a protein that gives your skin its elasticity. As you age, collagen breaks down and wrinkles begin to form. Stabilizing your skin’s levels of vitamin C can help to counteract wrinkle formation by increasing collagen production.
Age Spots
When it comes to treating age spots, you don’t need chemical peels and lasers – it turns out that vitamin C can have almost the same results! Age spots are essentially sun damage, and vitamin C is a powerful antioxidant, shown to reduce the number of sunburned cells as well as reverse age-related damage to skin. While it’s not a replacement for sunscreen, vitamin C protects against and may repair UV damage like discoloration and fine lines.
Your Anti-Aging Rx
Taking vitamin C through a supplement or food is beneficial to your health, but to specifically target signs of aging on your face, topical vitamin C is best. In fact, applying vitamin C to the skin can be 20 times more effective than taking it orally. Topical vitamin C is sold in a wide range of products from serum to lotions. Look for products that contain between 3% and 10% of vitamin C and include the active ingredient ascorbic acid or L-ascorbic acid. Pay extra attention to the packaging – all antioxidants, including vitamin C, are vulnerable to deterioration in the presence of air and light. Unless the product is in an airtight and opaque package, don’t buy it!http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/drop-decade-your-face

Luckily, Dermesse's Vitamin C Serum is packaged just right!  When I was asked to review the serum, I was super excited.  Probably a week prior to receiving the serum, I was staring at myself in the mirror like I do, from time to time, and there it was.  "What is this?!"  I said to no one in particular.  Slight lines across my forehead and around my mouth!  What in the world?!  First off, I have extremely oily skin.  EXTREMELY!  While I suffered in my teens, the benefit of sweating olive oil is, I am not supposed to wrinkle.  AT.  ALL.  But lo and behold here they are, here to betray my age.  I still get ID'ed at the bar, and now these evil little wrinkles are threatening to give me away! 
Forgive the language but it's so true
In my state of panic, I had flashbacks of one of my relatives who never smiled or made any expression, for that matter.  My limited vocabulary can not properly explain the way she held her face.  She...just...held her face...in a certain way.  Relaxed and emotionless.  I always wondered why she kept her face like that and one day my mother let me in on the secret.  She didn't want to get laugh lines.  In my youth I laughed at the notion hysterically, now I am practicing that same face religiously.  Needless to say when the Dermesse Vitamin C Serum arrived, it couldn't have come quick enough.
I have been using it twice a day.  First thing in the morning after I wash my face and at night before bed.  Amazingly enough the frown lines are gone.  I mean absolutely gone and the laugh lines are less pronounced.  The results are terrific!  However, what I have really been loving about Dermesse's Vitamin C Serum is how it fades discoloration. 
In the Dr. Oz article he spoke of Vitamin C fading age spots, however, it fades scars and evens out skin tone.  Dark marks and acne scars that I have been battling for years are now fading!  Lately I haven't been as terrified to step out the house without foundation!  Yes my friends, it is that good.  My skin looks more youthful, my skin tone is evening out, and the wrinkles that threatened the much appreciated ritual of getting ID'ed at the bar, are fading in memory and off of my face!
Seriously, you need to try Dermesse's Vitamin C Serum.  I promise you will thank me for it!  Visit Dermesse for the Vitamin C Serum and check out their line of skin care products here at www.dermesse.com

Happy Beautiful Skin!
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Friday, August 30, 2013

Product Review and Giveaway!: Valia Essential Travel Kit

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Well, hello!  Before I even get started, have you entered the last product giveaway?  If not, immediately click here (or copy this url http://www.iheartretailtherapy.com/2013/08/product-review-and-giveaway-bee-naturals.html and paste in your browser).  It ends September 2nd and you have 9 different ways to enter and you can do all 9 for a better chance to win! No worries, I'll wait.  Go ahead.  I'll wait right here until you return.

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Product Review and Giveaway!:  Valia Essential Travel Kit


Recently I was asked to review Valia's Essential Travel Kit.  As soon as I received the package, I knew this wasn't going to be an ordinary product...and I was right.

Even the shipping packaging was luxurious!


Here is Valia's Mission (from http://www.valiaskincare.com):


"Valia celebrates every person’s individual beauty and is focused on creating products that follow the principals of the Japanese holistic and ritualistic lifestyle. Unlocking the secrets of the East, Valia believes that every person has the potential for beautiful and luminous skin at any age.

Adopting a old traditional remedies, we can preserve ourselves better and have more radiant skin. Our products are carefully crafted using time tested effective ingredients.
Valia believes enduring beauty occurs when the skin is allowed to blossom into its full potential. Like the rituals of the Japanese tea ceremony created centuries ago, a tradition seen as both indulgent and graceful. It is a lifelong commitment to create skin that glows from the inside out.
It is our commitment to you to unlock your potential for beautiful skin by revealing the wisdoms of the East, combined with the finest, natural ingredients and backed by scientifically studied remedies."
Just browsing Valia's web site is like a 10 minute zen meditation. Basically "Valia is a 3-step beauty system that cleanses, hydrates and nurtures from the inside out, unveiling skin that is more radiant and youthful." (From Valia's web site

I tried to take a zen like picture.
As you see it didn't work out too
well.
Included in the Valia Essential Travel Kit were:
  • Valia Cleansing Milk that is  a gentle cleanser that refines, enriches, and clarifies. For normal to dry skin. 
  • Valia Purifying Wash is a gently exfoliating cleanser that deeply purifies, balances and refines. For all skin types.
  • Valia Yuzu Hydrating Creme is a lightweight crème that replenishes and restores moisture, while improving elasticity. For all skin types.
For this review, every morning I started with the Purifying Wash and followed up with the Yuzu Hydrating Creme. (I repeated in the evening) 

The Purifying Wash has a pleasant clean smell and is extremely gentle.  After washing my face feels clean without feeling like it sucked all of the moisture out of my skin (when you hit 30 this is extremely important).  This wash is so good, I have already decided to make it a part of my daily routine.  Yes, it has replaced my go to Clinique skin care regimen...These products are that good.  After only a few days of use my skin looked brighter (not so dull) and my pores look smaller.

The Yuzu Hydrating Creme is by far my favorite.  Like I mentioned earlier, my skin is a perpetual oil slick.  It makes no difference what the temperature is outside, I am always shiny.  For my skin type, I do use moisturizers, however, they can not be too heavy, nor greasy.  If I violate this rule my skin will pay for the violation for months!  Clogged pores, breakouts, and all types of unpleasantness plastered all over my face.  However, Valia's hydrating creme has a wonderful consistency (not too thin, not too thick); absolutely perfect for my oily skin.  A little bit goes a long way and the results are fantastic.  The creme doesn't feel greasy and seemingly your skin absorbs it immediately.  It also goes well under foundation, liquid and mineral.

I can honestly say my skin looks more vibrant and youthful.  My large pores are not so noticeable and I haven't had any new break outs or blemishes.  I review a lot of products but this one by far is one of my favorites!

Now I have to try the supplement, Bloom.

"The revolutionizing anti-aging and fat metabolizing supplement.Infused with herbal extracts like Sea Bucktorn, Holy Basil, Reishi Mushroom and Mangosteen, this supplement works to boost immune functioning and support daily bodily function.


Omega 7 rich, Bloom is perfect for people desiring beautiful skin. Xanthoids, rare in nature, gives Bloom its immune boosting and cell protecting characteristics.
Beneficial for people experiencing bloat after eating certain foods and for those looking to reduce belly fat, Bloom encourages better fat metabolization which helps people naturally control and combat weight."
Finally have beautiful skin AND melt some of this baby fat?!  I am so there!  To get your own Valia products (and I recommend you do so right now.  Yes right now.) visit www.valiaskincare.com

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Monday, October 1, 2012

Olivia Mae Beauty

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Olivia Mae Beauty


Olivia Mae Cosmetics is a leading anti aging cosmetics and skin care company.  They offer a wide range of anti aging products and kits to minimize and reduce wrinkles, improve complexion and skin tone, as well as firm and tighten loose skin.

From their website



"It’s important to understand that skin ages in two distinct ways. First, your genetic make-up causes certain aging processes to trigger at certain times in your life. Second, your skin is impacted by environmental influences. These influences can be from the sun, smoking, stress, lack of sleep and even lack of exercise. These factors can break down the collagen in your skin, causing skin to sag and droop, forcing lines and wrinkles to appear, and causing uneven skin tone. Skin science points out that even dead skin cells can cause tiny lines and wrinkles to appear.

Working with chemists and dermatologists, the founders of Olivia Mae Beauty set out to develop a proven skincare package that would promote healthy, radiant skin. Using advanced technology.  Our health and beauty products are designed to slow down the natural appearance of aging and repair surface damage from the environment.

Our products are made using the finest ingredients available and a tested formula that promotes youthful skin that looks and feels softer and firmer. The skincare line includes an anti-aging exfoliating cleanser, an instant facelift formula with peptides, and a moisturizer. The product has a mild, rejuvenating fragrance. Your skin will feel soft and supple, never greasy or oily when using the Olivia Mae Beauty line.

We value our customers and strive to provide the highest quality products to help you maintain a youthful appearance. We have worked hard to provide these exceptional products at very reasonable prices that will work with almost any budget. At last you have products to help you maintain or regain your youthful skin tone. Using Olivia Mae Beauty products gives you a healthy, youthful skin tone with fewer signs of aging." - 


Olivia Mae Beauty LLC

If you act soon you can save 25% Off Olivia Mae Beauty Products Using Promo Code: OMB25!  Or, you can invite Friends to Olivia Mae Beauty & Receive 20% When They Make a Purchase!

Just click the banner or links to receive these discounts!  You have nothing to lose except wrinkles!

As always, Happy Shopping!


Saturday, April 28, 2012

Saturday Shopping Nirvana

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Saturday Shopping Nirvana

It has been a overcast, rainy day here in the DMV...so...blah.  But I had two great scores today on the cheap!

First, I found CHI Ceramic Nail Lacquer at Harris Teeter (In Falls Church, VA) for .99$.  This nail polish usually retails for about $5!  Apparently, the bottle tops were chipped and scraped up pretty badly so they were instantly discounted.  SCORE!  I bought five colors Ice Queen, Oh Baby Baby, White Russian, Always a Bridesmaid, and Sorbet Addict!  Review coming soon!

What makes this such a delicious score is "this chip resistant lacquer utilizes CHI 44 Ceramic, Silk, and Nano Silver.  CHI 44 Ceramic provides added strength, durability and chip resistance for a long lasting wear formula. Silk provides added shine and ease of application.  Nano Silver kills bacteria and fungus.  CHI Ceramic Nail Lacquer contains no harmful ingredients like formaldehyde, toluene and DBP. " Google it and 90% of the reviews are positive.  I am absolutely ecstatic! 5 for the price of !

My second score was Neutrogena Ageless Intensives Tone Correcting Daily Moisturizer at Safeway (In their 50% off bin + I had a coupon!) for $4.99.  It retails for $18.99.  I swear the gods smiled upon me and blessed me with a frugal shopping day!  Reviews coming soon!

Besides the price what made this such a fabulous find is I am working diligently to get smooth blemish free skin!  I was initially looking for Nadinola Fade Cream -to no avail. (I guess I will have to order it)  When I saw the Neutrogena, I was already familiar with all the positive reviews and wanted to try it.  However, I break out in hives when I have to pay $20 bucks for something you buy at the convenience store.  Really, I do!  I just can not wrap my mind around that.  Take me to a specialty or department store and spending $20 is like water under the bridge...but at CVS or Walgreens?!  I don't think so!

So when I saw it for $5 I snatched the last one they had left and did a 50 yard dash toward the register.  I mean, why tempt fate?  So Retail Addicts, wish me luck on my fabulous skin and nail journey and I will fill you in on the details along the way :)

So when was your last shopping nirvana? 


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