Winter Skin Pick-Me-Up
Come this time of year the usually pale face that stares back at me each morning has taken on a grayish cast and its surface is dry and dull. What to do? Get a facial?
New makeup? Acually I'm on austerity due to overspending for Christmas.
As I contemplated my image I recalled a product I had seen by Philosophy,a company I always had an affinity for mostly based on the names they give their products. There's Grace, Hope in a Jar, and my favorite, When Hope is Not Enough.
The product I was thinking of had a simple no nonsence name, peptide peels to go and at $35. was right for my budget. The box said that the 3 step system combined the best of microdermabrasion and chemical peels along with a jar of 30 microdelivery mini peel pads saturated with lactic acid and antioxidents for daily use.
Step I involves covering face and neck with Vitamin c/ peptide resurfacing crystals and then applying the latic/salicylic acid activating gel. You leave it on for just three minutes and then rinse well. The box also contains a bottle of Purity made simple facial cleanser. The whole process took about five minutes.
Afterwards my skin looked polished with a rosy glow,with not a tinge of gray in sight. Besides which I had enough of the products left for at least three more peptide peels not counting the mini peel pads.
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Monday, January 29, 2007
Thursday, January 11, 2007
A Little Face Lift
My friend Mary is one who shares my enthusiasm for all beauty enhancers and is quick to try what is new and promising. She even tried botox and lipo long before they became household words. Lately she been talking about getting a little lift,
so when I was looking for her Christmas gift at Sephora and spied a box that said Natural Light Face Lift Duo,I felt I had stumbled upon the perfect present and made a beeline to the checkout counter.
At home I looked at it more carefully. This little goody it put out by Bare Escentuals. The compact sized container contains two shades of what is referred to as bareMinerals, one a bit darker than the other. The darker is applied to the upperface, around the eyes, brow bone etc.and the lighter to those creases and annoying lines that appear between nose and mouth and even worse, to my way of thinking, between mouth and chin.
I don't know what I expected but I wasn't too impressed. It sounded rather simplistic and was nothing I hadn't heard or read before. Was this what I wanted to give Mary?
In a flash I ripped open the box and container and grabbed a brush from my collection. (They sell a special brush but it is extra.) and applied it as directed. I did look better, but as my skin is very dry I was afraid that the minerals or what have you would be drawn to my wrinkles. A look in the magnifying mirror reveled no trace.
A while later I went to meet my friend Marcia at Starbucks. Marcia is a woman who is ignorant of any kind of artifice. While her own skin always glows she can never remember what shade and kind of foundation it is that she smooths on her cheeks other than she thinks it's Clinique.
So I'm talking and suddenly she interrupts, something Marcia who is the best listener I know never does,and says."You know you look very good."
Well that did it! I kept the face lift duo and bought Mary a ruched velvet scarf that she absolutely loved!
My friend Mary is one who shares my enthusiasm for all beauty enhancers and is quick to try what is new and promising. She even tried botox and lipo long before they became household words. Lately she been talking about getting a little lift,
so when I was looking for her Christmas gift at Sephora and spied a box that said Natural Light Face Lift Duo,I felt I had stumbled upon the perfect present and made a beeline to the checkout counter.
At home I looked at it more carefully. This little goody it put out by Bare Escentuals. The compact sized container contains two shades of what is referred to as bareMinerals, one a bit darker than the other. The darker is applied to the upperface, around the eyes, brow bone etc.and the lighter to those creases and annoying lines that appear between nose and mouth and even worse, to my way of thinking, between mouth and chin.
I don't know what I expected but I wasn't too impressed. It sounded rather simplistic and was nothing I hadn't heard or read before. Was this what I wanted to give Mary?
In a flash I ripped open the box and container and grabbed a brush from my collection. (They sell a special brush but it is extra.) and applied it as directed. I did look better, but as my skin is very dry I was afraid that the minerals or what have you would be drawn to my wrinkles. A look in the magnifying mirror reveled no trace.
A while later I went to meet my friend Marcia at Starbucks. Marcia is a woman who is ignorant of any kind of artifice. While her own skin always glows she can never remember what shade and kind of foundation it is that she smooths on her cheeks other than she thinks it's Clinique.
So I'm talking and suddenly she interrupts, something Marcia who is the best listener I know never does,and says."You know you look very good."
Well that did it! I kept the face lift duo and bought Mary a ruched velvet scarf that she absolutely loved!
Monday, January 01, 2007
TRYING A NEW FOUNDATION
"How does it feel?" the girl smoothing Estee Lauder's Resilience Lift Extreme Ultra Firming Makeup over my face inquired. "Like silk." I replied, a bit impatient. I was more interested in seeing how it looked. That surge of new makeup induced hope was charging though my veins. Finally she held up the mirror? She had spent a lot of time testing my skin to get the right shade but I wasn't too sure about it. Could be it was the store light but I thought my skin had a slightly gray cast. She was reassuring and sent me on my way with a generous sample to use while I made up my mind. At home I tried it again. The color looked better in my bathroom mirror and much better with the addition of blush and lip gloss. As a matter of fact it matched my rather pale skin exactly and evened out my skintone. Too often,left to my own devices I tend to use foundation to give my skin more color and end up looking like I'm obviously wearing makeup. Now I looked like myself, only better. And what about the lift? Well, my face felt a bit tighter but I couldn't swear that it looked any firmer. Maybe I was unrealistic in my expectations but the firming factor aside,it is a nice foundation
"How does it feel?" the girl smoothing Estee Lauder's Resilience Lift Extreme Ultra Firming Makeup over my face inquired. "Like silk." I replied, a bit impatient. I was more interested in seeing how it looked. That surge of new makeup induced hope was charging though my veins. Finally she held up the mirror? She had spent a lot of time testing my skin to get the right shade but I wasn't too sure about it. Could be it was the store light but I thought my skin had a slightly gray cast. She was reassuring and sent me on my way with a generous sample to use while I made up my mind. At home I tried it again. The color looked better in my bathroom mirror and much better with the addition of blush and lip gloss. As a matter of fact it matched my rather pale skin exactly and evened out my skintone. Too often,left to my own devices I tend to use foundation to give my skin more color and end up looking like I'm obviously wearing makeup. Now I looked like myself, only better. And what about the lift? Well, my face felt a bit tighter but I couldn't swear that it looked any firmer. Maybe I was unrealistic in my expectations but the firming factor aside,it is a nice foundation
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