Hot or Not Beauty

Gone are the days of plastering and painting faces with layers of foundation and powder. Today’s complexions glow – they are radiant and fresh. Whether young or gracefully maturing, smooth luminous skin is universally sought after. With little effort, amazing results can be had by just adding a step or two into your daily skincare regimen.

Concern – Dull, flaky skinThis skin could be oily or dry. How to tell? If pores are large, you are an oily skin in need of exfoliation. No pores to speak of, you are dry with the same need of exfoliation. Once dead skin is lifted by exfoliating, clean fresh skin is revealed.

Exfoliants that get the job done:Awake Deep Purity Clay Wash – 2-3 times a week, great for normal to oily skins
Fresh Sugar Face Polish – Optimal use is 3-4 times weekly, but once per week is encouraged – for all skin types
Caudalie Grape Seed Buffing Cream – A gentle cream based exfoliant that uses jojoba beads and is great for normal, sensitive and drier skins. This gentle cream can be used daily.

Concern – Lackluster, no glow
Next to exfoliation, your skin may need a little pick me up with. Serums with active ingredients, botanicals, antioxidants and vitamins can revive skin with drink of nutrition.

Awake Serum Un-Sign Face Essence — Increases skins brightness in days, oil free version also
MD Formulations Vit-A-Plus Illuminating Serum — Balances uneven skintones
Murad Vitalic Energizing Pomegranate Treatment — a performance-boosting gel swirled with a skin illuminating cream
Chanel Radiance Revealing Serum — revives energy and boosts radiance instantly

Last but not least, be sure you moisturize with a product that has light reflective properties. Try:
Caudalie Vinolift SPF 12 Day Fluid — SPF protection, and an instant luminous effect due to its tiny golden pearlizers
Murad Resurgence Sheer Lustre Day Moisture — Luminescent minerals give dull skin a natural, healthy-looking glow, even without makeup.
Dior Vitalmine Radiance Activator — infuses skin with healthy-looking radiance and vitality

Here’s to glowing skin!

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Who wants to get old? For that matter, who wants to look old? I sure as heck don’t. That’s why I have been slathering on moisturizer for a few years now. Since my female hormones decided to take a step back and my skin started drying out. Once oily, I’m now the poster child for dehydrated skin. Now, I probably can’t blame my hormones 100% because I do suck down a couple gallons of high octane coffee per day, but that’s my story and I’m sticking to it. (Coffee = dehydration)

I have gone through my share of moisturizers over the last few years and have some definite opinions on the great ones.

1. Peter Thomas Roth Moisturizing 24/7 Anti-Aging Cellular Repair – It’s got peptides, Glycolic Acid, Vitamins A,C & E, and just does it all.
2. Caudalie Radiance Day Fluid SPF 8 — The power of the vine for your face. Powerful anti-oxidants in a sheer cream. $62

3. Z Bigatti Re-Storation Skin Treatment –
The granddaddy of muli-use products. Treatment packed with all kinds of antioxidants with amazing moisturizing abilities. $155

4. Steven Victor MD Bio-Nutritive Luxury Cream $400
This is the ultimate dream cream. It has more stuff in it that you can enunciate correctly and packs a powerful punch with results in 30 days.

5. Ole Henrickson Express the Truth
This ultra hydrating rich texture creme is packed with nature’s most powerful antioxidants like ester C and African red tea to help to calm and soothe the skin as well as fight off environmental aggressors and free radical damage. $65

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