Monday, February 20, 2012

Winter flakes

This winter has been particularly rough for my skin. The skin on my legs, arms, feet, hands, and lower back are the driest areas on my body, and this winter they have been extra extra dry and flaky. I tried switching lotions and using Vaseline's Intensive Rescue Soothing Moisture Fragrance Free and it did absolutley nothing for my skin. Before the end of the day my skin was back to being dry, itchy, and flaky. I was becoming desperate and really needed to find something that would actually work because the problem was becoming so intense that I actually started to develop scabs on my legs from scratching and the skin was not exfoliating properly. I then decided to give Eucerin plus intensive Repair a try and wow this stuff is incredible! It contains Alpha Hydroxy which helps to exfoliate the dead, flaky skin and made my skin so much softer and smoother. It isn't greasy but very deeply hydrating and my skin stays hydrated all day without me needing to reapply lotion until bedtime. I love to use it right after a take a warm shower and apply it to my skin while it's still damp. It's a wonderful product and has really improved my skin. No more flakes for me!

Monday, February 6, 2012

Fave New Skin Care Line

So I sorta kinda cheated on my aveeno skin care. Which don't get me wrong Aveeno is a wonderful skin care line but I wanted a little something more. Well anyways I started using Hydropeptide which let me tell you I had my reservations. I had not heard anything about this line at all and I was leary but my spa director kept telling me how great it was and how everyone that used it just LOVED the results so I caved and decided to give it a try. I tried the Anti-Wrinkle Exfoliating Cleanser, Anti-Wrinkle Brightening Toner, as well as the Anti-Wrinkle Dark Circle Concentrate. Well after just one use........I LOVED it. I saw an improvement in my skin tone after just using this combo once. My skin felt softer, smoother, and looked so bright and radiant. I became addicted instantly. I can see why everyone loves this stuff. So after the success of these 3 I had to get more and I decided I wanted to give the Polish and Plump a try. It claims to do the job of a microdermabrasion and peel without the side effects that can be associated with getting these facial treatments. I thought no way can if offer results comprable to either of these treatments. Again I was wrong. After one treatment I noticed an improvement in my tone, texture, as well as a slight diminished apperance to an acne scar I have on my chin, as well as after using it the pimples that were starting to form went away. I was amazed and I am continually impressed by this line. It is very simple skin care line but the results are far from simple. The more I discover about this line the more I love it. Not to mention I am getting tons of compliments on how radiant my skin is and I don't have to use as much foundation as I normally would. Just tinted moisturizer and spot coverage on the areas that need it and I'm good to go. My makeup routine is definitely a lot faster now which means more time to focus on eyeshadow my favorite yay!!!!

I am still experimenting with this line and trying out their products on myself as well as seeing how my clients skin is responding as well. I am finding nothing but positive results but this is something I'm going to have to continually keep updating. So far so great!