"Pink" Beauty Products to Benefit The Breast Cancer Research Foundation

Didja get your "pink" on yet?

Nooo, not THAT pink, this pink:

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month..

...and a great time to "get in the pink" by stopping by The Estee Lauder and Clinique counters for some cause-worthy beauty scores.

Estée Lauder is donating a sweet half mill to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

Here's how  you can help:  Spread the word about breast cancer awareness by purchasing a little pink clutch and lip set designed by Evelyn Lauder  -

Check out more Estee Lauder Pink Products for Breast Cancer Awareness Month








Lucky for you Clinique also has pink on the brain.  Pick up your fave Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion in this limited collectible key-ring edition - and make a dramatic diff !

Clinique is donating $10.00 of your purchase price to help support the Breast Cancer Research Foundation®.

Clinque Pink Link











Ah, the joy of looking great and giving back !  Pink = Priceless !

Connect, Communicate, Conquer ...  and if you can squeeze in a little Pink Panther action?  Awesome.

No Lipo Lipo - Carol Maggio's Techniques Deliver Lipo Results with Zero Surgery

YOU:

Dear Genie...

Hi, I'd like to order one liposuction procedure.... except....uhhhh....I really don't want surgery, so basically, I want all the BENEFITS of liposuction, without actually having liposuction. 

Oh, and I really don't want to work-out or take diet pills, either.

K?

GENIE:

Wish Granted !

YOU:

Uhhh... really?  

Cool.

DRASTIC....DRAMATIC...FANTASTIC.

You are looking at results from NO LIPO LIPO, the exclusive, all-body technique that sculpts your body and slims it.  It's NOT liposuction.....so there's no worries, no surgery, no downtime or side-effects, but...you get the results of liposuction at a fraction of the cost.  Just what you wished for.

Carole Maggio does it again.

It's really like a turbo-charged knuckle-massage that stimulates circulation and breaks down body fat and tones and strengths muscles.

What was that?  Yes, it's basically a MASSAGE, not an exercise program.  Many clients don't even work out!  (They say it themselves in the video below.)  But they DO cut out carbs after 5pm and drink two cups of green tea a day to help flush out the fat and toxins from their system.

The average client loses 12-16 inches after 10 treatments.  Treatments are 2x week.  They last 30 minutes.

In the video below, Carole says ten treatments at her spa cost around $600.  And that includes a loofah.

Here's what the Queen of Facial Exercises says about No Lipo Lipo on her website:

This technique smooths and tightens the skin, lifts the buttocks, flattens the stomach and reduces inches on the thighs. It also dramatically improves circulation in addition to minimizing the appearance of cellulite. Mimics liposuction at a fraction of the cost. 

You are NOT going to believe this, but Carole made a DVD teaching you NO LIPO LIPO...

Carole Maggio's NO LIPO LIPO DVD available here - click ONLINE STORE, then DVDs/Books

So you can go to the Carole Maggio Day Spa in Redondo Beach, CA....find a spa that licenses her technique, OR do it in the privacy of your own home!

The DVD is $39.95.    Yeah, you might just want to scroll up & take a look at the above results photo one more time :)  WHAT AN AMAZING DEAL FOR SMOKIN' HOT RESULTS !

You can get more and save more if you opt to get the NO Lipo Lipo DVD with a Sisal Louffa Mitt and Strap with a Nourishing E Oil for $89.95.   The DVD demonstrates Carole's  "Dry Brushing technique" which strengthens the connective tissue and firms the skin, so you'll need the loufas.








Carole Maggio's NO LIPO LIPO DVD and louffa mitt and strap available here - click ONLINE STORE, then DVDs/Books

To see more results from Carole Maggio's No Lipo Lipo, go to:

Facercise.com

And don't forget about Carole's faboo Facercise facial exercise program! Did you know she gives a 30 day money-back guarantee on her Facercise DVD?  You can also purchase a private web-cam Facercise class on her site.

And here's some fun & informative video clips from KTLA featuring Carole and the NO LIPO LIPO technique.

Yep....NO scapel.  All natural.  NO side-effects.  Risk-free.

Most men don't pursue lipsuction, BUT...I would think that the GUYS would want to jump on this too!  No reason they can't drain a couple pony kegs off the ol' beer gut with this technique.

If you've been wishin' for a slim-down, no need to wish upon a star or rub that Genie lamp, just go to Carol's website or spa... then watch those sizes melt off like the pix above !

With THESE crazy-good results?  Let the Massaging and Loofah-ing begin !


~The Anti-Aging Analyst

Free Goodies For Your Birthday !

The "f" word is never optional....and that word, my Gal Pals, is F R E E !

And freebies on your birthday?  Well, that just makes it even more special...like eating the little rose off your cake frosting - YUM !

Yesterday, I celebrated the big Four-Five b-day, so I want to share my nifty gifties...

First, I went to Sephora and picked up my free Beauty Insider Birthday present:

All you need to do to get this is sign up on the Sephora site.  No purchase is necessary if you pick the gift up in person 2 weeks before or after your birthday.  This one is a little smaller than the lipglosses I got last year and am still using, but nice to have a new mascara, even if it is Barbie Doll size.  There's also a compact eyeliner and eyeshadow.

Then, amazing Aveda send me an invite for a personalized gift -

a free Personal Blends Pure-Fume Spirit or body care product worth up to $25.00 - custom-blended with the aroma of my choice.  Think all I did to get this, was to submit my email address at the Aveda site.  Easy.

Following my nose to an Aveda store next for this major feel-pretty smellie.

Anybody else got any makeup, body yummies or anti-aging birthday freebies?  Lemmee know, so we can all get on the VIP List !

Older, Wiser and About to Smell Prettier,

~The Anti-Aging Analyst

Does The Way You Sleep Cause Wrinkles? How to Prevent Facial Creases

Sleeping Beauties : 

Catching enough shut-eye?  If your answer is "no," your lack of sleep can contribute to AGING!

Fatigue causes the stress hormone cortisol to spike....and too much cortisol is one of the "four pillars of aging".... (along with an excess of insulin, free radicals, and blood glucose.  Read more about the four pillars of aging here.)

Sleep rejuvenates our minds and our bodies, and good sleep is essential to good health, so make sure you are getting plenty of Zzzzzz's....

And sheezzzzzz, it's not only HOW much sleep we are getting, but HOW we are sleeping that can affect looking older!

We've ALL had one of those restless nights where we wake up, check the mirror and say:

Goooood Mornin' Rip Van WRINKLE!

If you constantly sleep on one side of your face, or sleep on your stomach every single night, night after night, you can get lines or even stretch out your skin ... and side-sleeping not only affects your face - it also, over time, makes your neck and chest sag !

It's what I like to call "FACE SMOOSHING SYNDROME"... or FSS.

Why does FSS cause wrinkles?  One, two, three - it's the REPETITION of hitting the sheets hard night after night that causes those lines to get deeper and deeper... resulting in the "mechanical" or some say "compression" wrinkle.  Plus, if you are stressin' it up, getting chased by The Boogey Man, or solving night-time algorithms, your face just might furrow in your sleep too!  Yeouch!

Math Geeks - listen up:  let's say you are 40 and the average person sleeps 1/3 of their lives...   That means you've already slept 13.333 YEARS.....and if you're sleeping the same way on the side of your face or stomach... that's 13 + years of pillow grooves!   Not the good kind of grooves....

So what should we do?   Anyone?   Bueller?

Well, prevention is key.  Here are a few tips...

Hit The Sack On Your Back

The best thing to do is to train yourself to sleep on your back.

Easier said than done...but the back position helps to prevent "pillow thrashing" and will help improve your air flow.  Make a conscious effort to at least start off slumber this way, paying special attention to relax all of your facial muscles.  Need more support?  Push the pillow under your knees.

Talk Pillows

You can get an "anti-aging" pillow like this one :

Anti Wrinkle Beauty Pillow - Ivory! 

These special U-shaped pillows support your head, elevate your face and provide proper support for the neck, shoulders and back.  Some of them are filled with nice smellies too, to make you feel like you are sleeping on a bed of roses.

Tape it Up

Plaster up that wrinkle so it can't move, babe!  My fave is Frownies.  Now,  I've seen some readers search for "how to make your own Frownies with duct tape."..... okay, this is just wrong wrong wrong!  Do you want that toxic adhesive gunk going into your skin?  Your best bet is to use Frownies, or to try to re-train your facial muscles consciously.

Try Nights in White Satin

A satin pillowcase will do wonders to help smooth out the tossy turnies...and won't tangle up your hair as much as a cotton case.  No WONDER I always have bed-head...

Ahhhh, silky..... Shop Satin Luxury Standard Satin Pillowcase with Hidden Zipper, Champagne

         

Play Pillow Toss

You can loose the pillow underneath your head entirely and just use one underneath your knees for back support.

Move Over,  Statue of Liberty....

If you just CAN'T stop rubbing your face all over your pillow, at least get this: 

CupronTM Cosmetic Skin Appearance-Enhancing Satin Pillowcase .

It's a pillowcase that contains copper in the fabric that claims to soften your wrinkles!   

Now, copper peptides are great for your skin - they help stimulate collagen production, have an anti-bacterial component and can help heal wounds.  Better than rubbing your face on your copper piping...  that could cause some serious face squishies.

         Anyone try this?  PLEASE, let me know!



You TOO can prevent Face Smooshing Syndrome! 

Here's to counting sheep, not sleep lines --

And be on the look-out for an upcoming post with 20 tips to help you get all the winks you can!

Yawny Talk,

The Anti-Aging Analyst

Mirror Mirror - "Face It"

"Age is an issue of mind over matter.  If you don't mind, it doesn't matter."

            ~Mark Twain

 

Not to get too booga-booga on ya, but.... let's face it:  It's as plain as the cute little nose on your face that our culture and media have a scorching, blinding, dysfunctional love affair with youth and beauty. 

We all know we are of more value than our looks -- after all, we are intelligent, accomplished and giving women -- so WHAT if we get a gray hair or start to sag?

I mean, it's only gravity, right?

So, in my asking myself "why do so many women flip out at the first sign of aging?" I came across an interesting-looking book called :

"Face it:  What Women Really Feel as Their Looks Change."

The authors - Vivian Diller, Ph.D.,  a psychologist, and Jill Muir-Sukenick, Ph.D.,  a psychoanalytic psychotherapist, are both former models, so they've been knee-deep in the trenches of the "beauty equals value" mine-field.  Former models can offer some interesting insight, as models have some insane pressure to be youthful and beautiful and STAY that way.  They can even "age out" and be too old to model at around 20...and honey, they KNOW that day is a comin'!

The book addresses the emotional changes women go through as we age and how our changing appearance actually...well, messes with our heads.  AND it addresses what to DO about it.

In this interview from "Today's Women,"  the authors talk about the complicated set of emotions underlying an "identity shift" that comes with the aging process.

Did you know we are all going thru all this mumbjo jumbo?

Watch the Today's Women interview from MSNBC

Remember the "Britain's Got Talent" show where Susan Boyle walked on stage and Simon Cowell asked menacingly  "How old are you?"  Susan confidently stated she was 47.  Then she added:

"and that's just one side of me!"

Go Susan Boyle!

And I'm also reminded here again of Carol Maggio's words:  that the mind is the most powerful tool you possess as a human being.  She says to "Use this tremendous tool to improve your face and your life."  Sage words.  It's all about confidence, peeps!  Knowing when to "let" looks be important, and knowing that looks do NOT define you or create your value.  BEAUTY is NOT a currency!

In the end, looks are nothing to OBSESS over -- that doesn't mean you need to give up the maintenance or improvement plan entirely :) and there's nothing wrong with wanting to improve your looks - as long as it's done without FEAR or obsession or the whole "I have to get Botox cuz no one is going to love me if I have these lines on my face."   That's NOT healthy thinking!

It's all about scoring a healthy balance and accepting your changing appearance -- nothin' really stops  Mother Nature's Hour Glass....that sand keeps a sifting down... and down....and down....hell, that hour glass has a @*&#-load of sand ! :)

Be you, stay cool and stay balanced to accept yourself and your looks at any age! 

If you are interested in picking up what sounds like an interesting read in "Face It," you can find it on Amazon.com -- link below.

And please give a shout out to share how YOU feel about getting older and wiser .... let's share and learn from each other and grow!  That's what this blog is all about!!

PS:  That Mirror Mirror On The Wall thinks you are sexy -- JUST the way you are !!

Skin Actives Scientific - Product Reviews: Dream Cream, Anti-Aging Cream with Reservatrol, Lip Trio

If there is one word (other than "yum") to describe the products from Skin Actives Scientific, that word would be:

Addicting !

STOP right there, Miss "Department Store Diva"!   I know what you are thinking:

a)  MY moisturizer (yours) is the cream of the crop because it costs over $100 an ounce.

b) MY moisturizer is better because it comes in a pretty blue jar and a box.

c)  MY moisturizer is customized  because I can choose from daytime or nighttime formulas.

P O P !

What was that noise?  Oh, that was me bursting your bubble.

Tons of coin spent on marketing and packaging does NOT mean you are getting a primo product.

It takes guts to say no to bling.  But Skin Actives Scientific chooses substance over style.  No fancy bottles or labels - they put top dollar into research and top-of-the-line ingredients, not packaging.  Zero fancy schmancies means lower cost.  And shoot - these scientists have concocted formulas in their lab to put most - if not all - department store skin creams to shame!

Do you know of any other company out there that has a team of "protein engineers?" 

HERE'S AN AMAZING BEAUTY "SECRET" the big brands DO NOT WANT YOU TO KNOW:

Skin Active Scientific, SELLS the actual active ingredients - or "actives" - which you can add to a base cream, or your fave lotion, thereby MAKING YOUR OWN "ACTIVE" SKINCARE PRODUCTS!

Girl, this means you can save HUNDREDS !!!!

Spending your pennies on the hefty-priced Prevage MD?  SAS sells idebenone, the active ingredient in Prevage.  1.5 gm =  $7.50

Four ounces of the base cream - to add the actives to - costs only $6.50 !!

Hello?  You just pulled a D.I.Y. (do it yourself) version of Prevage, with the same active ingredients for the cost of lunch.   Savings = WHOPPING! At that cost, you can make some gifties for your friends.

Major brand name companies often add color additives and other nasties.  You won't get that when you cook up your own!

Not up to speed on your ingredients?  Their website tells you what actives are best for the problem you have!

Acne?   Try the actives Green Tea EGCG and Liquorice Extract for oil control (also great for skin lightening).

Got Puffy Eyes?  They have a "dePuff for Eyes Concentrate"

Icky scar from that nasty rollerblading fall?  Try rosehip oil.

Easy Peezy.  If you can whip up a cake, you can whip up your own moisturizer with the help of the Skin Actives website.

They even have a FORUM, where you can share, get tips and GET ACTIVE on your actives!

Not into following recipes?

No prob. That's where the Skin Actives "Ready to Use" Products come in.  And these are the crème de la crème formulas straight from the biochemists' laboratory.

SKIN ACTIVES PRODUCT REVIEWS:

The smarties at Skin Actives Scientific sent me some samples of their "Ready To Use" products to review (lucky duck!).  Here's what I was able to try so far:

Dream Cream

Key ingredients: sea kelp bioferment, shea butter, SAS antiOx booster

View Dream Cream's full ingredient list here.






Fluffy and delicate.  Creamy when you put it on, and skin soaks it up in a snap!  Imagine a whipped airy souflee DE-light that's super-duper soothing and nourishing.  A match made in heaven for dry skin and eczema.

Made for face, body and hands - altho, no jumping right onto the keyboard and mouse right after applying since it left my fingertips a little slippery for a bit.

Fragrance is light and pleasant - is it the rosehip oil?  SNIFF.....Ahhhhh.

This dream of a cream was formulated by Hannah Sivak, Ph.D., former Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Michigan State University and founder of Skin Actives Scientific.

Dream Cream goes for a very reasonable  $30.00 for FOUR ounces.  Apply to clean, dry skin.

Anti-Aging Cream with Resveratrol

 View Anti-Aging Cream with Resveratrol full ingredient list here.






Announcing The New HeavyWeight Champion of Moisturers!

This ingredient list is a veritable "who's who" of the biggest and best age-fighters guaranteed to pack a Power Punch to knock out wrinkles !  Get this:

Coenzyme Q10
Hyaluronic Acid
Sea Kelp Bioferment
Resveratrol
Alpha Lipoic Acid
Epidermal Growth Factor - elsewhere, this active is in products priced at $200-600 per ounce ! 

This heavy-hitter anti-aging cream is chock -full of antioxidants.  It glides on.  Throw in the towel,  wrinkles, you're down for the count.

This cream left my skin "silky-velvet" to the touch.  And it seems to have a nice tightening effect. Heard of crepey neck?  It started to creep up on me...and this cream is the only product I've tried that helped to iron out the crepe!  And that's no rope a dope.

$32.00 for 1 fluid ounce.


Lip Trio










A trifecta set for dry, chapped lips.  The smarties at Skin Actives designed this trio for maximum lip nourishment and health, so use it even if you don't have a case of the chappies.

Lip Collagen Serum (10 ml) - Wow, a serum that builds and maintains collagen for lips! 
 
Lightly shake, then brush on this light, brown serum and feel it's nourishment soak right into lips.  Made to be topped off with Liquid Rainbow or Lip Balm.

Contains goodies like cherry juice, sea kelp  bioferment, hyaluronic acid, liquorice, resveratrol, lycopene, and epidermal growth factor.

Liquid Rainbow (10 ml) - This is some serious lip lube!  Minty moisture-to-the-max courtesy of the Liquid Crystal Base.   Contains Skin Actives' Anti-Oxidant Booster with natural vitamin E and Alpha Lipoic Acid,  and Peppermint Essential Oil.  Lips feels uuuuultra soft with this long-lasting, light-reflecting, shiny gloss.  And stickies?  Forgetta bout it!  Oh, and you can add a touch of color with your fave lipliner - blends right in.

Lip Balm (1 unit) - Great alone or over the Lip Collagen Serum.   A soft, minty balm that's glidy, not waxy.   Sooth up those gossip gabbers with anti-oxidants, petrolatum, safflower seed oil, honey, pemogranate seed oil and peppermint essential oil.  Way to go that is also has an anti-viral component....you never know when you might accidentally kiss a frog!

Lot's more ready-to-use products from Skin Actives.... so check 'em out!  And if you make your own product or try one of their many ready-mades, let me know!

Skin Actives is like having a friendly anti-aging scientist in your pocket.

GENIUS!

Next up for review?  A few of their serums...

Good heavens Miss Sakamoto, you're bee-YOU-tee ful!


She Blinded Me With Science,


The Anti-Aging Analyst

The Tyra Show - “I’m 9 and I Hate My Face"

What do you see when you look in the mirror? 

       “A monster... I think I look ugly.”

       “When people see my face, I think they see a pig.”

      “I think my face is really disgusting.”

      “I feel like I’m ugly now but I have to wait till I’m    

       older to get plastic surgery.”

Young Frankenstein convention?

Nope.

I sat shocked and horrified as I watched these little pretty girls answer the question.  Little girls as young as 9 years old, confessing that they HATE their looks and want plastic surgery to change them.

That was the day The Tyra Show made me cry.  Tyra got a little choked up as well.

Picture a 10 year old wanting Botox for her “eye bags and laugh lines.”   Hand her a marker and she circles imperfections on a self-photo with surgical precision.  With commentary.

Note to Tyra:  if a 10 year old hates her face, way to go by putting her in the same room with a giant photo of….her face.  Not too traumatizing :)

In any case:

An eye-opening show about a disturbing epidemic of lack of self-esteem in young girls, and how “the media” defines beauty and influences all of us on who or what WE believe to be beautiful.

Hey wait, I'm "the media" !  So here's a pic of lovely Tyra sans the glamour look.  She would want you to see it.  She bravely,  came out with no makeup on her talk show.  Kudos. 

Save the date –

THIS WEDNESDAY, September 8^th on the CW network.

Tyra Show

Not Tuesday – that’s the show about Stoner Soccer Moms (for realz). WEDNESDAY - not Monday - that’s the sex addict show.  Haha, also NOT a joke.  YES, the Tyra Show is gone Daddy gone, but THIS one on Wednesday is a must see!
 




Spoiler Alert !   

 From The Tyra Show “I’m 9 and I Hate My Face” --

7 out of 10 girls feel they do not “measure up” in some way.

The 41-year-old mother of one of the kids said she’s disturbed to hear her young daughter – not even a teen – talk about getting surgery.  I quote her:

 “…when I say it, [when she talks of getting surgery or Botox] it’s because I really need to."

Whoah.

Many of the moms of these kids complained about their own looks in front of their daughters. 

Things that make you go:

“Hmmmmmm.”

One little-one confesses that she doesn’t like her looks.  She also confesses she is embarrassed of her mother’s looks because her mom’s teeth are damaged! 

One young girl said she didn’t feel she was pretty because she felt her cheeks were too big.

Tyra had a brilliant answer.  I paraphrase.

“You are beautiful.  Big cheeks, small cheeks, dark cheeks, light cheeks, freckled cheeks, long cheeks, short cheeks, no cheeks =  it’s ALL beautiful.”

After hearing another little girl say she felt ugly and wished she had lighter skin, Tyra’s voice cracked but she determinedly said, “It is my MISSION in life to expand what beautiful IS for young girls.”

She goes on:

“There is not one cookie cutter [definition] of beauty.

Beauty comes in so many different shapes and sizes, and cheeks and skin tones and hair lengths and textures…and eye colors and lip shapes …”

I got your back, Tyra.

Looks like we have bigger battles ahead of us than just the war against wrinkles.  Let’s show them youngins by being proud and shiny examples of confidence and think about expanding our own ideals of what beauty is.

Essentially, it’s up to US…I mean, Tyra and the Dove Campaign ain’t really gonna do it alone.

Find out more and watch the re-run of “I’m 9 And I Hate My Face” on The Tyra Show Wednesday, September 8^th.

Then go hug your kid and tell them they are smart, beautiful and perfect just the way they are.  And remember, so are you!

For realz.