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Valentine’s Day Skincare Prep
Want to look and feel your best for that special Valentine’s Day date? Stock up on these skincare essentials to avoid embarrassing issues we all face – from blemishes to dry lips to the undeniable stress sweat – we got you covered so you’re left feeling confident and worry-free with your significant other!
Avoid irritating blemishes from showing up, and wash your face with new Biore Baking Soda Pore Cleanser for a deep clean and gentle exfoliation. This daily liquid cleanser gives you a deep exfoliating clean without being rough on dry spots. Ideal for combination skin, the oil-free formula contains cleansing ingredients that excavate grime and oil from pores. At the same time, the formula gently smooths away dead cells. You end up with skin that’s fresh, silky-soft and luminous. ($7.99)
Nobody wants to kiss dry, chapped lips! Get smooth, soft and hydrated lips thanks to the SkinTreat Spa Intensive Lip Care Gel Patch. Enriched with moisturizing Shea butter, the gel blends antioxidant-rich cranberry extract with nourishing jojoba oil and Vitamin E, delivering long-lasting nourishment and nutrition deep into lips for a supple, smooth smile. Especially made with a unique lip-shaped patch, this advanced hydrogel formula is the most effective and convenient way to protect lips and sensitive lip areas. ($9.99; amazon.com)
Don’t let embarrassing sweat show through your clothes – apply Ban Roll-On Deodorant before you head out the door!Traditional antiperspirant/deodorants merely mask odors and reduce odor-causing sweat in general, while Ban’sbreakthrough technology specifically targets and virtually eliminates (not cover up) spicy and s-odor that other antiperspirant/deodorants may leave behind. Ban Roll-On Deodorant glides on easily with a formula that provides an outstanding24 hours of invisible protection against odor wetness. ($4.99, Drug and Mass Retailers)
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New Valentine’s Day Collection by KIKO MILANO
Whether you’re celebrating with your BF or BFF this Valentine’s Day, KIKO MILANO has everything you need to create a look you’ll love! Swoon over their assortment of Valentine’s Day essentials from the Limited Edition Best Friends Collection including bold lipsticks, luminous face powders and inspiring perfumes.
For a lit-from-within glow use the KIKO MILANO Love Elixir Face Powder ($16.00). The bronzer/blush combination gently blends into skin for buildable results and even coverage to create an overall luminous effect.
For the perfect pout try the KIKO MILANO Endless Love Lipstick ($7.00). The soft, luxurious texture accentuates lips, making them truly irresistible.
Available in 6 shades: Candy Red, Dinky Magenta, Cute Cherry, Romance Cyclamen, Soft Marsala, Passion Plum.
For flirty bedroom eyes use the KIKO MILANO Eyes of Love Mascara and Kajal Kit ($11.00). The heart-shaped mascara applicator grabs lashes from their roots to create a panoramic effect, while the smooth-gliding kajal pencil defines eyes in one even stroke.
Express your romantic spirit with the KIKO MILANO Heart To Heart Eau De Parum Set ($16.00). Sweet Love is a lively fragrance that is perfect for the daytime, while Deep Love is a sensually bewitching scent, ideal for the evening.
The NEW KIKO MILANO Limited Edition Best Friends Forever Collection is available now in KIKO MILANO stores and online at kikocosmetics.com
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Now You Know the ABC’s of Your Skincare Routine
With the hustle and bustle of the daily grind, little things are bound to slip through the cracks, like taking your daily vitamins. Although a well-balanced diet gives your body the nutrients it needs, only a fraction of them make it to your skin. Give it a bit of a boost with vitamin-based beauty products from Mad Hippie, ClarityRX, emerginC, Farmaesthetics and Karin Herzog.
Mad Hippie Vitamin A Serum
Straight from the juicy center of grapefruit is a Vitamin C packed serum that will exfoliate and tone damage skin to healing perfection.
- Retinyl Retinoate – A revolutionary new form of vitamin A that is 2x more bioavailable than retinol while also being significantly more stable. Activates collagen production while it gently exfoliates by enhancing cellular turnover, erasing wrinkles, discoloration & signs of aging.
- Coffee Berry – Antioxidant-rich superfruit that enhances collagen production & neutralizes aging free radicals.
- Chamomile Extract – A powerful antioxidant with anti-inflammatory qualities that has been shown to reduce the appearance of wrinkles.
- Coconut Oil – Moisturizes and soothes skin while creating a lipid barrier that fends off skin damage. Combats wrinkles & discoloration while promoting the natural healing of the skin.
Price: $32.99 available on www.madhippie.com
ClarityRX Cleanse Daily
Skin-nourishing facial wash packed with a dose of vitamins that will restore your skin back to life!
Let this daily cleanser wash sweep away impurities and dirt. Infused with conditioning olive oil, rose hip seed oil and seaweed, your complexion is instantly renewed and refreshed, with a comfortable, clean feeling.
Price: $32.00 available on www.clarityclinicalskincare.com
emerginC vitamin c + retinol mask
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.
Ingredients:
- Vitamin C
- Lemon Juice
- Retinol
- Green Tea
Results: Gives skin a visible boost, removes dead skin cells, helps even skin tone, brightens complexion.
Farmaesthetics Sweet Milk Exfoliate Series Balance oily skin, brighten and maintain a balanced complexion and restore a youthful glow with these powder exfoliators, made with whole sweet milk.
Features & Benefits:
- Natural lactic acid in dried sweet milk, combined with fine cornmeal and ground orange peel, provides a gentle exfoliate for the face & décollete
- Use also while bathing &, when time to remove exfoliate from face, splash clean, & then gently slip shoulders beneath water, allowing the sweet milk mixture to become a skin-brightening milk bath
Price: $27.50 available on www.farmaesthetics.com
Karin Herzog Vita-A-Kombi
Features & Benefits:
- Boosts the skin’s own natural replenishment and recovery mechanisms
- Accelerate cell regeneration
- Deeply hydrates and nourishes
- Combination of oxygen and vitamin A helps to fight the signs of aging
Key Ingredients:
- 1% Hydrogen Peroxide
- Vitamin A
- Vitamin E
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Stocking Stuffers For The Beauty Addict
Stocking stuffers are gifts small enough to fit in a Christmas stocking. These inexpensive smaller gifts can be anything from candy to a lipstick and are usually given as an addition to the actual present. Here’s your Stocking Stuffer guide for the beauty addict in your family!
Ciaté London 3 Piece Liquid Velvet
This limited-edition set with three mini, matte Liquid Velvet™ Lip Slick lip colors is perfect for the holiday season ($22.00).
Yog Nog Bath Bombs
This luxurious bomb is sure to warm you up cold, frosty evenings ($6.95).
Earth Kiss Face Mask
Earth Kiss face masks not only deep-cleanse your skin and draw out impurities, but also help to rejuvenate the very essence of your being, while increasing your energy levels and relieving stress and anxiety.
Makeup Academy Holiday Collection
The holiday makeup kits are the perfect stocking stuffers for beauty enthusiasts ($15-$20).
Santa’s Lip Scrub
Smooth and soften lips with our scrumptious, cola-flavored lip scrub ($8.95).
Formula X 5-Piece Customizable Nail Polish Collection
This customizable collection has one full-size top coat and four full-size Formula X nail polishes of your choice ($10.00).
Rosy Christmas-Red
This pint-sized package contains fan favorite Rose Jam Shower Gel and Ro’s Argan Body Conditioner for soft skin and decadent, floral showers all winter long ($16.95).
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New Product Alert: White Sands Haircare Launches Spray Leave In Conditioner
Tired of combing half of your hair away after washing it? I know I am!
White Sands Hair Care is proud to announce the launch of their Spray Leave In Conditioner featuring Selective Conditioning. The product’s special polymers provide this smart, selective conditioning benefit to condition areas of the cuticle that need it most. This targeted delivery creates an intelligent product that knows exactly where damage hides; giving the weakest parts more TLC. Hair will have the ability to hold moisture and control frizz which, in turn, creates a high shine free of fly aways.
Formulated for normal to dry hair, the spray will further revitalize and restore your hair back to a youthful state with its unique combination of green tea leaf and orchid flower extracts. These powerful anti-aging ingredients fight free radicals, while preventing tangles and tears to make wet combing easier.Without weighing it down or causing buildup, White Sands Spray Leave In Conditioner further strengthens the hair with silk proteins. These amino acids thoroughly penetrate into the damaged layers of the cuticle to mend and protect.ProVitamin B5 continues the leave in’s moisturizing properties, imparting added sheen.Price: 1oz Travel Size, $5.00. 8.5oz Full Size, $15.00 via whitesandsproducts.com -
November Beauty Essentials
November is the perfect month for change! With the change in time and a change and temperature you need a few new beauty products to keep you at the top of your game. From full cooling body cloths to lip gloss, here are the beauty essentials you need for the festive month ahead!
These hydrating collagen eye pads by wilmaschumann, are an intense hydration-boosting for the under eye with 100% pure collagen. These beauties are perfect for any skin type and visibly and effectively improve the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles and reduce puffiness. I love using these in the morning!
With the temperatures cooling down outdoors, people may start cranking up the heat – especially in the office! This winter you won’t have to worry about embarrassing swear under all those layers with your new deskside essential – Ban Total Refresh Cooling Body Cloths. These unique towelettes wipe away sweat, cool the body down, and leave a unique soft powder finish, so you’re left feeling completely refreshed, with no sticky residue. Unlike others, these cloths will leave skin feeling smooth and silky, instead of wet and sticky ($3.29; Drugstores and Mass Retailers).
Sweater season may be underway, but itchy fabrics can leave your skin irritated. With new Curél Itch Defense Instant Soothing Moisturizing Spray, you can spray away pesky flare ups and itchy bumps right when you need it! This non-medicated, moisturizing spray instantly relieves dry, itchy skin with cooling hydration. Uniquely soothing, this formula delivers a mix of light yet potent hydrators to ease parched, itchy skin right where you need it. The Proprietary Cooling Complex feels soothing like a cold compress, lending you instant relief ($8.99; new for October 2015 Drug and mass merchants)!
Need a pick me up after a late night out – or at the office? Stash a few EyeRepair Spa by Look Beauty Eye Puffiness Minimizing Patches at your desk to mask away signs of fatigue. This effective skin treatment minimizes eye puffiness and increases elasticity of the eye area. Ginkgo & Cucumber Extract helps skin de-stress and decongest so puffiness is reduced. Skin looks and feels smoother and tighter ($9.99 for 5 treatments; Amazon.com).
true lipz completely change my perception on lip gloss. This breakthrough in lip color and deep hydration is so unique, and the colors are awesome! Envision satin-smooth gloss in the most en vogue shades gliding effortlessly over your lips while depositing ingredients known for nourishing, hydrating, conditioning and healing. Finally, a gloss that leaves your lips feeling luxuriously soft and supple…even the day after you’ve worn it. My November picks are Lustre L031 and Luste L036.
For just a hint of color and a whole lot of conditioning, Burt’s Bees Tinted Lip Balm, ($7, burtsbees.com) The Botanical Waxes in these softly tinted balms will take your lips to hydrated and lovely in one pretty swipe.
