Showing posts with label Caudale. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Caudale. Show all posts

Saturday, September 1, 2012

Multitasking Beauty Products

By Bridget Hudzik, Beauty Guru

Time is a precious commodity. Products that do more than one thing for us are priceless. Here are 10 you might consider checking out:
 
Shiseido Radiant Lifting Foundation - "A revolutionary anti-aging foundation with innovative light technology to eliminate shadows and give skin a radiant, youthful glow." Radiance Reflecting Powder provides luminosity to conceal wrinkles for a more youthful, lifted appearance. The formula offers a smooth, radiant finish for at least 12 hours and moisturizing for at least 24 hours. Smooth Wrap Oil, Hydroxyproline, and Rose Apple Leaf Extract provide moisture to help counteract wrinkles and firm skin.
Caudalie Divine Oil - "This dry oil moisturizes, nourishes and enhances with a subtle, floral and sunkissed fragrance, punctuated with woody undertones. For sun, beach or after bath." It is formula with grape, hibiscus, sesame, and argan oils, combined with their patented anti-oxidant polyphenols. It is the perfect compliment to glowing summer skin and hair. Big plus: It is preservative and silicon-free, and Caudalie is complete against animal testing.
Hourglass Cosmetics No. 28 Primer Serum - This ultra-hydrating, nutrient-rich primer and serum is infused with 28 beneficial ingredients to comfort skin and get it ready for makeup perfection application. Essential oils within include bois de rose, lavender, geranium, petitgrain, lemon, rosemary, vanilla, clove, amyris, orange, ylang ylang, eucalyptus, cedar, and rose geranium all soften your complexion. Plant oils within include hazelnut, kukui nut, rose hip, borage, olive, green tea, cherry pit, sweet almond, jojoba, and evening primrose all hydrate underlying skin layers. Vitamins A, B5, C, and E rejuvenate and condition. It is also water-resistant and good for all skin types. You can even apply it to your hair to mend split ends. Big plus: free of parabens, phthalates, sulfates, and synthetic dyes.
Kiehl’s Dermatologist Solutions Activated Sun Protector - This lightweight SPF 50 sunscreen has the perfect non-greasy, non-irritating formula. Kiehl's patented sun-filter technology provides uniform broad spectrum protection to deflect 98% of harmful UVB rays. It has a highly photostable formula that delivers all day, high-powered protection. Big plus: it is paraben and silicone Free, and water resistant.
SkinMedica TNS Essential Serum - This all-in-one rejuvenating product is the first and only patented treatment serum to combine the benefits of the proprietary growth factor blend, with potent antioxidants, peptides and other ingredients to restore youthful looking skin. The Human Fibroblast Conditioned Media is a balanced, naturally secreted growth factor blend that helps improve the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles, and overall skin tone and texture. The formula includes peptides to help support the foundation of skin and antioxidants that fight free radical damage due to environmental aggressors.
Mama Mio OMega Wonder-Full Rescue Balm - "Nine natural oils in a beeswax base form a solid oil that melts in contact with your skin and provides rich, intense moisture." Use it as a lip balm and cuticle cream, soothe dry, rough heels and elbows, help heal little burns, and relieve eczema sufferers. The natural oils contained within include: Gold of Pleasure, Meadowfoam, Sweet Almond, Avocado, Evening Primrose, Carrot Seed, and Manuka Oil, Beeswax, and Carnauba Wax. Big plus: paraben free, petroleum free, and a little bit goes a long way to make this last forever.
ReVive Cleanser Exfoliante - This Cleanser Exfoliante hydrates and contains gentle exfoliating jojoba beads to slough off dead, flaky surface cells. Skin is instantly smoother for a glowing complexion. It contains Jojoba Oil to hydrate and provide skin with suppleness and softness, and Orange Oil to fights redness.
Miracle Skin Transformer SPF 20 Face Cream - This 5-in-1 tinted skin enhancer promises to hydrate, prime, enhance, mattify and protect your skin in one step. It instantly provides skin with an antioxidant-rich hydrating base, primed smooth finish, weightless coverage, and SPF20. Evenly smooth and minimize pores, fine lines, and pigmentation imperfections with this product. It will leave your skin with a smooth, radiant, airbrushed complexion in seconds. The unique M3 Complex contained in this product delivers a combination of anti-oxidants and vitamins, including Saw Palmetto and Passion Fruit extracts. Vitamin K, Vitamin A, Vitamin E and CoEnzymeQ10 are contained in tiny beads for direct delivery onto your skin. It also contains the organic certified ingredient, EcoPhysalis, which is a natural plant extract that helps protect skin from free radicals and even out skin's tone. A huge plus, it is free of synthetic fragrances, dyes, wax, mineral oils, and talc, developed with selected natural ingredients, and dermatologist tested.
Dr. Brandt Flexitone BB Cream - This multi-functional, anti-aging, SPF 30 protective & perfecting cream provides flawless natural-looking coverage with just one shade. Formulated with Dr. Brandt’s signature flexitone technology that blends with most skin tones, this multi-functional anti-aging cream perfects, brightens, and hydrates with SPF 30 protection.
Cane + Austin Acne Treatment Pads - For all skin types, this one step, easy-to-use, at home treatment gently exfoliates skin while banishing acne. Formulated to help speed up the process and the removal of dead skin cells that can interfere with the proper oil drainage. Salicylic Acid 2% helps reduce the number of blemishes and blackheads all while allowing the skin to heal properly. It treats acne while delivering excellent anti-aging results.

Did we miss your fav? Tell us in the comments!

Sunday, August 5, 2012

The answer is SERUM!

By: Heather Polyi  Owner/Key Artist  Glam Spot NJ

Recently I wrote a blog "What do you use on your skin?" detailing my skincare routine...


I didn't list the Serums...
Your fresh face goes through major changes...
There isn't ONE serum that is perfect for all the season changes, lifestyle changes... etc... that we go through!
So There is not one to discuss there are MANY!
Serums penetrate the skin the deepest, so this is where you get YOUR RESULTS!
Use a  $15 moisturizer but rock it out with a serum!
Don't be fooled by Stem cells in expensive serums...  There is no evidence to support any claims that they do anything topically!
Don't be fooled by topical collagen...  another gimmick!
Here it goes:
First an Eye Serum!
Yes an eye serum! 
PENETRATION!!!!!!
This is the area we show our age first!
Work on it!


Elite Serum...
This serum appeared on the show Dr. Oz which is how I learned about it!
It looks like an injection, but it's not...
the results are RIDICULOUS!
Check this out!

Don't take my word for it try it yourself!

Onto the face! (DAY TIME)

My fave. serum at the moment is pricey!
Christian Dior Totalle

My skin glows, feels firmer, and I saw a difference in 3 days!
at $130.00 It is not gonna be the first serum you try!

The next,
Chanel Hydromax Serum has been one of my faves since I worked for Chanel.
If you are feeling dehydrated...  use this for a few days or layer with an anti-aging serum and BANG!
AMAZING! $75.00

Caudale'... This is a beautiful serum, it smells good, feels good, and is loaded with antioxidants!
@ $59.00 it may be more on the affordable side for effective serums!  I use this when my skin feels like it just wants a change...

Lastly Borba!
I love this when I am OILY!!!!!  It doesn't add any extra shine onto the skin, your face will just "drink it in" $45.00 It's not my GO TO, because I feel like my skin needs more, as far as prevention for aging!
Onto NIGHT SERUM!
THE ONE AND ONLY!!!!!!!
TRUSTED AND TRUE!
Estee Lauder's Advanced Night Repair Concentrate!
Don't leave home without it, and if you do... Buy one at your destination!
This little bottle is my fountain of youth! I swear by it!

Now........ After the Spring/Summer months, I will be using a "brightening" or whitening Serum to assist in any hyper pigmentation I may have picked up over the summer...

This is not a magic wand to fix sun damage...
(I wear SPF 50-100 everyday, and try to avoid over exposure to the sun.)
With that said, there is no FIX for DAMAGE, just ASSISTANCE!

I do what I can so that the spots that now, disappear in the winter, won't permanently APPEAR one day with a vengeance! 
Oh they WILL one day rise to the surface, but to what degree?
That is where SKINCARE COMES IN!
Day and night I will use this serum SK2's Brightening Derm Specialist $130 and other products from this brightening line to "clean up" my skin from sun damage! 
It will leave you dehydrated, so I layer!  
With either Chanel Hydromax *pictured earlier* or.... Clarins Hydra Quench Intensive Serum $58.


Let us know what you try and how it works for you!
There are soooo many to choose from out there...
These are just the ones I LOVE, after trying SOOO many myself!

Serums are Beyond important!
Do Not Skip This Step!

 With Love and Glamour