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Beauty Talk: Dehydrated and Dry Skin in Winter
2008-01-16 15:35:00
Dehydrated skin refers to a condition when there is a lack moisture in the intercellular system of the skin. Skin can become especially susceptible to dehydration and severe dryness in winter due to the aggressive environmental factors. Dry skin types suffer the most from symptoms of dehydration.Signs of Dehydrated SkinDehydrated skin can be recognized by the following signs:feels tight and/or burninggets often irritatedhas lower ability to regenerate and healflakesdevelops dry linesIf your symptoms are serious, you should consult a dermatologist.What Causes Skin’s DehydrationThere are several reasons for skin’s dehydration and dryness. I won’t go into extreme detail: skin dryness is a huge separate topic. I would like to list several important causes which include external and internal factors.External:- use of harsh products on the skin- saunas, hot baths- harsh environment such as winds and cold temperatures- dry air, hot weather- pollutionInternal:- illness- medication- in...
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Beauty Digest: Eve Reveals Best Beauty Buys 2008
2008-01-13 18:50:00
UK beauty magazine EVE revealed a list of best beauty buys for 2008 in their February issue. The products have been selected by readers as well as a panel of judges which included Eve's experts as well as make-up artist, stylist, beauty experts from Harrods/Selfridges etc.Curious? Well, I thought I will go through the list of the the best ones but for the 2nd, 3rd and 4th places in each category look up Eve's February Issue!Eve’s Superhero of the year 2008 was selected to be SK-II Air Touch Foundation: “it leaves your skin looking as if it’s been professionally air-brushed.”The product described at SK II website sounds really hi-tech. it comes with a build in “ionisation technology” for “a most precise and natural coverage”. - I am almost sold- … “no mess, caking or streaking” and it contains “miraculous ingredient, Pitera, and moisturising agents” –Pitera? need to look up-… “to provide skin caring benefits and hydrate skin”… the skin “appears...
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Beauty Talk: Winter Skin Care Products - Choosing a Moisturizer for Winter
2008-01-11 15:15:00
In the previous Beauty Talk I looked into choosing a cleanser for winter. The most important tip for choosing a cleanser is to go with a mild and gentle option ( read more). Now it is time to look into selecting the right moisturizing product for winter.As mentioned in the winter skin care post, during the cold season -in those parts of the world where the weather does get cold- our skin changes and skin type can shift. Of course, it is not necessarily that your skin type will change. However if you start to experience one or several of the following symptoms: skin tightness, burning sensation, irritation, itchiness, redness, flaking skin, appearance of dry lines, break outs – it means your skin type must have changed and your skin care products do not satisfy your skin’s needs. Some of the symptoms like irritation, redness and itchiness can also mean your skin has developed sensitivity.What exactly is happening to the skin and why does skin type shift in winter? Our skin simply...
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Beauty Shopping: Sales in Full Swing in Zurich
2008-01-05 22:23:00
Time has arrived for seasonal sales in Switzerland! In Zurich sales have started already on the last days of December. However those who like sales deals know that right now it is just a warm-up: the prices are not yet “desperately” low.I went to Bahnhofstrasse this Friday and checked out several “hot” sales spots for beauty product. Jelmoli has a nice selection of makeup on sale with a choice of foundations, powders, concealers, lipsticks, lipglosses and eyeshadows from MaxFacactor and Revlon, Versace and Bourjois …plus some skin care from Revlon and Payot. There are also some lazy sales going on at Origins, Clinique, Lancome, Shiseido counters … Coop is selling off a variety of Nivea, L’Oreal, MaxFactor, Sans Soucis makeup etc. Manor has a mix from the well-known L’Oreal, Maybelline, and MaxFactor brands in addition to inexpensive colourful bunch of unidentified origins (most probably made in China).I think sales give you a great chance to try out something new: ei...
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Beauty Talk: Winter Skin Care Products
2008-01-02 15:43:00
You cannot overestimate the importance of cleansing in daily skin care routine whatever season it is! Cleansing prepares your skin to benefit from the skin care product you will apply next: daily moisturizer, anti-oxidant protection, or anti-aging treatment etc. It is important to carefully select the right cleanser for the skin type. On the one hand, your cleansing solution should completely remove the build up of dirt and extra oil from your skin surface. On the other hand, it should not be too harsh and should not strip your skin off the protective hydro-lipid barrier and misbalance its pH level. Otherwise your skin will become more susceptible to environmental aggressors such as for example, bacteria and free-radicals. Those who are prone to break-outs make a big mistake by over-cleansing their skin, as they try to prevent clogged pores. But instead they actually damage skin’s protective barrier and trigger new break outs.Anyway, speaking about cleansing solutions for winter.....
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Beauty SPA: Review on Swiss SPA Hotels in Lugano
2007-12-27 15:54:00
What can be a better way for a Type A beauty addict to celebrate Christmas than a SPA weekend. I have the sweetest husband who surprised me with a SPA weekend in the Italian-Swiss Riviera for Christmas (and a year-long ELLE subscription in addition!). Being an American, my hubby has a natural talent for getting great deals and upgrades so we enjoyed a lot of add-ons to our reservation. Here is my review of the trip and on two Swiss SPA hotels.On 24 December we headed to Lugano, the main city of The Tessin, the Italian speaking part of Switzerland. It was a bit of a discovery SPA trip as we stayed at two Lugano hotels with SPA facilities. Both hotels are located on a breathtakingly beautiful Lugano Lake.First we checked out The Grand Hotel Eden located a 10 minute-walk from downtown Lugano and situated right on the Lugano Lake. The name speaks for itself! It was truly Grand. We got an upgrade to a room with a Lake View which was absolutely fascinating and hypnotizing. The view gives...
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Beauty Review: Sisley Buff and Wash Gel with Botanical Extracts
2007-12-16 15:31:00
Product Tag Line:“Every morning, soft, perfectly clean skin, and a fresh, glowing complexion”Product Profile in short:(as described on Sisley Website)“Rich in natural botanical extracts and essential oils, Buff and Wash Facial Gel cleanses skin, removing in a single step the surface dead cells and impurities which dull the complexion”Promise:“Wakes-up” the face and helps stimulate skinwith regular use skin appears clearer and more radiantprovides a pleasant sense of comfort and freshnessprotects skin's natural pH balance and is ideal for daily useWhat’s Inside:Natural botanical extracts (Poppy)Essential oils (Verbena and Lavender)Close-up: How active are the active ingredients?WaterGlycerin - a humectant, attracts water to epidermisHydrolyzed Vegetable Protein (HVP) - vegetable protein that has been broken down into its component amino acids. HVP has conditionaing effect on the skin but is also widely used as flavor enhancer in food productsSilk Amino Acid – Derived...
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Beauty Talk: Socialite’s Survival Guide to Beautiful Skin Continued
2007-12-12 14:32:00
In the First Partof the Guide we were dealing with the-morning-after-symptoms: puffiness, eye bags, red blotches and irritation. This part is dedicated to tips on how you can get energy back into your skin and your body, boost your skin’s radiance and prepare your complexion for another night out.ENERGY KICKTo get more energy into your under-slept and over-partied body, try drinking a Vitamin C rich fresh juice. Orange, kiwi, blackberry or mango juice will make you feel recharged. You can also take a Vitamin C supplement but be careful not to overdo it, so that you don’t end up with red eyes from allergy.To energize your body Harper’s Bazar recommends to “oxygenate” it. Try Dr.Andrew Weil’s Stimulating Breath exercise “Inhale and exhale rapidly through your nose, keeping your mouth closed. Keep the breath short – three in-and-outs in one second – and noisy.” (Harper’s Bazar, Dec 07)THE RADIANCE TEAMLet’s revive your skin’s healthy complexion, give it a rea...
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Beauty Talk: Socialite’s Survival Guide to Beautiful Skin for Holiday Sea
2007-12-08 12:24:00
So you have a lot of friends, get many party invitations and are a passionate party-goer? This definitely involves keeping long hours and indulging in delicious cocktails as well as smoking more cigarettes than usual or subjecting your skin to that second-hand smoke at clubs and bars. Such treatment will not go unnoticed by your skin. Dull complexion, pale skin color, irritation, red patches or even broken capillaries can become your everyday enemies for the holidays. You will need some extra strategies and fix-it techniques to keep your skin looking healthy and radiant through the whole party season.The Morning After:Afraid to look into the mirror? Your skin is stressed after too little sleep and too many martinis but tonight or tomorrow is another party, so you need to revive it in almost no time. As model and actress Cheryl Tiegs once said “There are days I feel beautiful and days I don't, and when I don't, I do something about it.”Let’s start!EXPRESS DE-PUFFING Lack of ...
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Beauty News: Scientists Found a Way to Reverse Ageing
2007-12-02 13:39:00
Exciting breakthrough achieved in research of aging.BBC reports that by blocking a specific protein related to the processes of ageing scientists achieved the effect of age-reversal in mice.The protein in question is NF-kappa-B. It regulates a number of genes responsible for ageing processes in our body and makes these genes to be more or less active.Incredible rejuvenating results were achieved by blocking this protein in older mice for two weeks. Their skin became thicker and “more cells appeared to be dividing, much like the skin of a younger mouse.” In addition the skin appeared to have similar genetic characteristics to the skin of newborn mice.However don’t get too excited about the opportunity to reverse the aging process and to have skin of a newborn forever. It is extremely complicated to manipulate genes. By controlling certain genes, one can achieve positive results in one aspect but at the same time undermine other important and vital functions in a human body. For...
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Beauty Digest: Are You Afraid of Aging? Do You Prefer to Believe that Aging
2007-11-30 19:55:00
There were several interesting articles addressing the issues of aging in November and December beauty magazines. Amelia McDonell-Parry wrote an article titled “Age-Orexia” (Marie Claire, UK Nov.2007) which focused on the recent trend for young people between 18 and 34 to resort to invasive cosmetic procedures including fillers, Botox, liposuction etc. in order to prevent signs of aging or to enhance their looks. Alison Admond, Harper’s Bazar creative/fashion director, expresses her views on Botox and states her desire to “try never to resort to the face-freezing charms of Botox” in an article “Saying No to Botox” (Harper’s Bazar, Nov. 2007). Marie-Luise Wenzlawski writes about the new trends in Botox industry “Botox for Breakfast” or so-to-say “Botox to Go” (Myself, Germ. Dec 2007). Nora Ephron expresses her feelings about aging and dealing with observing those signs of aging in the article “Throat Never Lies” (Cosmopolitan, Germ. Nov.07).The thought tha...
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Beauty Buzz: Precious Kisses – Guerlain Launches Kiss Kiss Lipstick for
2007-11-27 14:32:00
Cosmeticsdesign reports that Guerlain, a world-known French cosmetics house, has ecently released a luxury lipstick for the impressing price of 62’000$. It is now available is selected stores in the US.Why such high price? While the ingredients of the lipstick do not seem to be particularly unusual: light reflectors, softening complex of vitamin A, alpha bisabol and waxes. It is the "wrapping" that sets the price so high. Guerlain lipstick comes in a casing "made from 110g of 18 carat yellow gold, with 119 diamonds decorating its surface."According to New York Post if you decide to invest into your lipstick you'll receive a consultation with Guerlain's artistic director Olivier Echaudemaison and a lipstick shade will be custom-created specially for you. In addition you will receive its very own lip brush and “protective black suede pouch - in a black lacquered case.”NY Post compares the price of the luxury lipstick and reports that it is equal to “the price of 310,000 Wend...
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Beauty News: Following seizure of Age Intervention Eyelash by FDA Athena Co
2007-11-24 14:42:00
RevitaLash is a product which according to the manufacturer will help your own natural eyelashes to “look Longer, Thicker, Fuller, and Beautiful!”. However according to a press release published on the company’s official website it discontinued the product till a re-launch mid-December. The reason is that “as part of our continuing process of providing the highest quality product possible” the company has developed a new formulation for Revitalash. However according to some other reports Athena may have withdrawn Revitalash in response to the FDA's seizure of a similar product last week.According to official FDA site U.S. Marshals have seized 12,682 applicator tubes of Age Intervention Eyelash. Age Intervention Eyelash, sold and distributed by Jan Marini Skin Research, Inc., of San Jose, was promoted as a product stimulating eye lash growth (termed by Jan Marini as “Eyelash Growth Factor”). Age Intervention Eyelash contains bimatoprost, an analog of prostaglandin – ...
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Beauty Shopping: Happy Hour, Eleven O’clock-Champagne and Bath with Snowm
2007-11-23 19:23:00
The closer to Christmas - the more intensive competition for customers among retailers. They come up with more creative ideas to lure you to their store for shopping. Swiss beauty boutique Marrionnaud is not an exclusion. It announced a happy (morning) hour this week of November when you can get 10% discount before 11a.m. Included into the Happy Hour is an Apero - a glass of champagne to sparkle up your day! The type of Swiss kind of luxury!Naturally, I could not resist and I had a walk to Marionnaud at Bahnhofstrasse (Zurich) to benefit from the offer. I was surprised to find a very lively crowd at quite an early hour, as it seemed to me, for shopping. Swiss women of all ages were busily shopping for beauty products. Extra staff was doing their best to attend to everyone. Champagne was also in favor at an early morning hour. I could not but wonder how many of the shoppers will actually go to work after that or if all of them are as lucky as me to have flexible working hours.A coupl...
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Beauty Talk: Skin Care in Winter
2007-11-21 19:38:00
Winter is here and my skin is reacting to the cold temperatures and wind outside combined with the drying air inside. So should one change skin care products and routine for winter? Not necessarily. If you do not feel any symptoms of increased sensitivity or dehydration, you can keep to your usual skin care choices. However, if your skin feels tight and/or burning, it is red and irritated, or you can see some dry lines forming, it is high time you reviewed your skin care for the winter season. It will especially apply to those in late 20s and above. Starting from mid-20s our skin starts to loose its ability to retain moisture as well as before and it is more prone to dehydration.Here are several tips on how to take care of your skin in winter:1. Rethink your cleansing approachExclude too intensive cleansing product for winter. Do not do daily peeling. Too aggressive cleansing and peeling strips your skin of protective lipid barrier and contributes to its stress.2. Exclude alcohol co...
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Beauty Review: Sisley ALL DAY ALL YEAR Essential day care
2007-11-19 22:26:00
Product Tag Line:An anti-aging shield that provides the skin with a global protection and therefore protects its youthProduct Profile in short: (as described on Sisley Website)UV protection: 90% of UVA and UVB rays are stoppedAnti Free radical / Anti-Stress Shield: protection of collagen and elastin fibers, protection from all types of environment related stressProtection of cell cohesion: helps the skin to regain the reflexes of more youthful skinCan be used for all skin typesIt is formulated so that you do not have to change your skin care depending on the season: “offers optimum innocuity, therefore allowing the product to be used all year long - all year”According to Sisley Website, 60 women tested the product and applied it each morning for 4 weeks*What Sisley Promises:Gives immediate look and feel of hydrated, softer, more supple and full of energy skin Skin regains its smooth (95% of women*) and radiant appearance (85%*) After approx. 28 days (the time required for natura...
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Beauty Brand: Sisley
2007-11-17 21:24:00
Sisley is a French family business that develops and manufactures luxury beauty products based on plant extracts. Sisley’s products (skin care, perfumes and makeup) are based on a concept of phytocosmetology which consists in using qualities and benefits of natural plant extracts in beauty products.Sisley was created in 1976 by Count Hubert d'Ornano and since then has developed into a well-known luxury brand present in 80 countries around the world. Count Hubert's wife Isabelle d'Ornano joined him in his work to develop unique luxury beauty products based on the high quality extracts of natural plants and flowers. She also was his inspiration for the perfume Eau du Soir.Sisley puts a lot of time and effort into the scientific research and development of every product before launching it. Some Sisley’s beauty products take decades of research and perfection before they make it to the beauty market. In an interview to living.scotsman.com Hubert d'Ornano said that "We launch wh...
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Beauty Buzz: Sisleya Radiance Anti-Aging Concentrate
2007-11-15 09:12:00
Sisley launched a new high-end anti-aging product: Sisleya Radiance Anti -Aging Concentrate .So what is the promise?• Smooth, luminous skin• A fresh complexion characteristic of youthful skin• Even-looking skin, diminished appearance of brown spotsThe product is intended for women after 30. Sisley promises the results “in just 4 weeks”.Looking Closer at the IngredientsSome of the ingredients Sisley used to deliver the promised effects areCactus Pear Extract and Vitamin A Palmitate to achieve smoothness and luminosityNasturtium Flower, White Mulberry and Scutellaria Extracts to balance production of ‘black’ melaninAlkekengi Calyx Extract to fight against the effects of free radicals on melanin productionLavender, Geranium and Rosewood to insure radiant youthful-looking complexionI looked into some of these ingredients and their properties. Here is what I found out.Cactus Pear Extract is not very commonly used in skin care products. According to some sources it has definit...
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Beauty News: Kanye West’s Mother Dies After a Cosmetic Surgery procedure
2007-11-13 22:50:00
Is this the price for beauty?According to Yahoo news “West's mother died as a result of complications after surgery at a Los Angeles hospital on Saturday (November 10).”The surgery on Donda West was performed by DR. JAN ADAMS, a well known plastic surgeon in LA California. Dr. Adams was featured on Oprah, Entertainment Tonight, was a host of Discovery Health Channel’s popular show, “Plastic Surgery : Before and After.” and has his own beauty line “Color Skin Care ”.It appears that Dr.Jan Adams had a history of malpractice complaints. And despite the media reports of just two malpractice cases, according to the Medical Board of California documents there are actually three malpractice complaints against Dr. Adams, one of which is pending. In September 2001 a complaint of malpractice was filed and later settled for a fine of $217,337. Just a few months later another complaint was filed dated AUGUST, 2001 and later settled for $250,000. One complaint still pending is date...
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Beauty Shopping: Parfumeries in Switzerland and Temptation from Estee Laude
2007-11-10 20:51:00
Swiss Parfumeries are like beauty boutiques and beauty clubs in one. These stores offer an excellent selection of cosmetics, perfume and makeup. You get very nice service with a personal touch. And you can "join" a parfumerie chain to get a bit of a special treatment. You get a customer card which you use to accumulate points for your purchases.When you have a certain amount of those you receive discounts. This card-points-discount trick sort of seals your relationship and you get figuratively and literally “attached” to a certain parfumerie chain.Why shop anywhere else if you can add a couple more points to your account and get that discount soon!Your parfumerie chain will also keep tempting you very regularly by sending you magazines that they usually issue quarterly, invitations to benefit from special offers, updates on new beauty products etc. If you are a beauty addict, you just cannot resist and the next moment you know it you are there shopping again! The two main parfum...
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