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Facial Hydration and Collagen Production Same Time Le Mieux Collagen Peptide Serum

March 22, 2014 by Momstart Leave a Comment

I suck at skincare. I always think that when my face is oily I need to dry it out. I wash it with soap or with one of those cleaners that has alcohol in it. I’ve used toothpaste and alcohol wipes too. Then of course, (honestly I had no idea) my face is even oilier because I never apply moisturizer. I feel like I’m starting to get lines under my eyes too and I want to stay youthful. I have hopes of doing my facial routine but had no idea where to start and the more complicated it is the less likely I am to do it.

That’s when I received a sample of Le Mieux Cosmetics (www.lemieuxcosmetics.com), an award-winning anti-aging line recently credited by celebrity fitness trainer Tracy Anderson as having "transformed" her skin. The line offers a range of products from cleansers to serums, creams, masks, and sun protection, plus a new handheld beauty tool. Le Mieux is known for being extremely gentle on sensitive, rosacea-prone skin while delivering effective and exemplary results. Our products are also loved by actresses Kate Hudson, Christina Ricci, Jane Lynch, Julia-Louis Dreyfus, Joy Bryant, and used behind the scenes on a number of TV shows and film sets to plump fine lines, wrinkles and keep actors and actresses skin hydrated and feeling fresh.

Treatment results:

Resurfaces, brightens, and hydrates dull, aging skin
Minimizes dark spots and age spots
Reduces redness and sensitivity
Helps reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles
Firms, lifts, and tones for a bright, healthy, youthful appearance

“While most anti-aging creams focus on creating a barrier to seal and retain moisture inside the skin, this new serum focuses on increasing the moisture levels from within to achieve toned, firmer looking skin,” says Janel Luu, CEO of Le Mieux, a global, professional beauty brand used by top estheticians, high-end skincare enthusiasts and Hollywood notables. “This hard-working serum absorbs easily into skin, and combines a number of key ingredients that rejuvenate delicate facial tissue while combating damage from UV rays.”

Collagen Peptide Serum (retail $85) is a dual-purpose moisturizer and serum, which means that you don’t need to use separate creams and serums in your daily skincare regimen. Containing an arsenal of anti-aging ingredients (various peptides, superoxide dismutase, beta glucan, green tea, hyaluronic acid), the Collagen Peptide Serum is applied after cleansing and toning, and is finished by applying SPF (and then makeup).

I’m so grateful for this sample. It’s helping my acne and keeping my skin from being dry and oily.

In Kind Hair Care, Facial Care, Hand Care and Body Care made from Natural Ingredients Giveaway

January 9, 2011 by Momstart 371 Comments

I wonder how many times this year you’ll see me say, “oh how I love to take a bath” or something along those lines. I love taking baths and trying out new bath time products. Between this blog and using coupons and sales, I haven’t purchased shampoo for myself in three years. (oops, last time I went to the salon I did buy a shampoo, ‘cause I thought I needed a color safe shampoo (all the good that did)). Aside from that, I’ve tried quite a few products and this is the first product that my husband actually said something about.

He said I smelled really nice!

Which products did I use that day?

I used the new In Kind products from Safeway. You may already know that Safeway is a leader in healthy living products like O Organics™ and Bright Green™. Because of their desire to improve healthy living Safeway is proud to announce entrance into the natural, personal care category with In-Kind™ for the body, hair, face and hands. Developed by leading category experts, In-Kind is a comprehensive line of natural products that deliver nurturing personal care from head to toe that smells delicious.

I received the Daytime Facial Firmer with shea butter, Sensitive Body Lotion with aloe and chamomile, Moisturizing Shampoo with sunflower seed extract, and Natural Hand Soap with mint and green tea extract to review.

The In-Kind line is exclusively available at the Safeway family of stores, including: Safeway, Vons, Pavilions, Dominick’s, Carrs/Safeway, Randalls, Tom Thumb and Genuardi’s. It features 30 new, affordable products that contain natural ingredients including grapefruit, cucumber and mint extracts as well as coconut, rosemary and olive oils. These products effectively cleanse, moisturize and nurture the body, while protecting it from harsh chemicals and synthetic colors that can be harmful to the body and damaging to the environment.

In-Kind uses a unique system called Oleosome Technology that naturally provides more effective moisturization without emulsifiers that can cause skin irritation.

That’s important to me because I have extra sensitive skin, my face being the most sensitive of all. Each of the products that I tried had a different smell and each one reminded me of the ingredients it was made with. One of my favorite scents is coconut and the shampoo smelled beautifully tropical with that coconut flavor.

Enter to Win:

In-Kind spa package filled with all the same great products that I tried (Daytime Facial Firmer with shea butter, Sensitive Body Lotion with aloe and chamomile, Moisturizing Shampoo with sunflower seed extract, and Natural Hand Soap with mint and green tea extract), as well as Facial Foaming Gel with grapefruit extract and Exfoliating Facial Scrub with rosemary

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Mustela Bath time Essentials Kit #Giveaaway

April 20, 2010 by Momstart 217 Comments

The secret is out: All the hottest celebrity moms rely on Mustela® to achieve that motherly glow and care for their babies. I used it too. I grabbed some samples before I left my job at the baby boutique and used it on Zoe and on myself. They have a stretch mark cream that I used briefly. I also purchased some of their products when Zoe had a slight case of eczema. They have such a gentle formula and all of the products smell wonderful. One of my favorite baby smells for sure. Another one of my favorite products to use was the sunblock. They have a very gentle formula that even I can use on my face. It is very difficult for me to find sunblock that doesn’t irritate my face and Mustela is one of the few brands I can use.

Mustela^®, the skincare specialist for newborns, babies and mothers-to-be, is the talk of the town in Hollywood. Red carpet regulars are buzzing about the Mustela^® 9 Months line, designed to maintain the integrity of pregnant skin, and the wide range of baby products, specially formulated for baby’s delicate skin.

Both Kimora Lee Simmons and Rebecca Romijn love massaging Mustela^®’s Stretch Marks Double Action ($39 US) onto their pregnant bellies. Throughout their pregnancies and after giving birth, each of these A-List moms used the Mustela® 9 Months line to prevent stretch marks and hydrate their skin.

· A pregnant Tiffani Thiessen explained, “I am obsessed with Mustela®’s Stretch Marks Double Action. It is keeping my growing belly beautiful and stretch-mark free. Also, I use Mustela®’s Ultimate Hydration ($22 US) to keep my skin moisturized during the dry winter season – especially because of all the traveling I’ve been doing.

· Rebecca Romijn boasts “During my pregnancy, I never went a day without using Mustela^® Stretch Marks Double Action. It worked! I’m 100% stretch-mark free. On a side note, it smells amazing, which is very important due to the acute sense of smell of a pregnant woman.”

· Kimora Lee Simmons has been known to Tweet about how much she loves Mustela^®Stretch Marks Double Action cream, “A big thanks to my friends at Mustela^®! The best stretch mark cream in the world!"

Knowing that moms everyone love Mustela I wanted to offer the chance for one of my readers to receive a basket of goodies put together by Mustela.

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The Bathtime Essentials Kit! Packaged in a clear tote, it comes complete with with 2 in 1 Hair & Body Wash, Multi-sensory Bubble Bath, Facial Cleansing Cloths with PhysiObébé and PhysiObébé no-rinse cleanser. Suggested Retail Price $37.50

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The contest will run until May 10th 11:59 pm Pacific. All rules can be found under giveaway rules.

I received no compensation for this giveaway, Mustela provided me with the information and is supplying the prizing for this giveaway.

Spa Week Review of Advanced Skin Care and Body Solutions

April 13, 2010 by Momstart 5 Comments

I was lucky enough to get to test out one of the local spas in my area, Advanced Skin Care and Body Solutions. I’ve been telling my husband now for months that all I want for my birthday is to spend the day at the spa. I’m turning 30 and I just want a day to myself. 30 is a monumental number for many women, as my mother has never turned a day over 29, so I find it odd that I’m about to embrace a number that she hasn’t yet. Now that I had my day at the spa, I feel like I have a new face.

I was asked to do a video review, but I think they were as nervous about a video of the entire procedure as I was. So I took some video of the inside of their spa. Here is a look inside Advanced Skin Care and Body Solutions in downtown Bellevue WA.

I walked right in and was greeted by the receptionist and asked if I wanted any coffee or tea. They have a lovely Keurig machine that serves up the best single serve coffees.

I went back into my room and here are the lovely photos of the room and a before the facial photo of me.

Having a facial was quite a bit of fun. Not only did I have a facial but it was the Microdermabrasion facial. · $50 Microdermabrasion Anti-Aging Facial WITH Photo-rejuvenation and even though people say that it hurts, I didn’t think it hurt at all, it was more like a cat licking you than anything else. I think other people describe it as feeling like sandpaper rubbing against your skin but it’s not that rough. I found it to be pleasant.

Microdermabrasion is a mini procedure that involves the skin being "sandblasted" by aluminum oxide crystals, baking soda, salt or corn cob granules to remove the stratum corneum (top) layer of the skin; dead skin cells. Microdermabrasion also promotes the production of new cells in the basal (deepest) layer of the dermis. Microdermabrasion may not give everyone the same results, but it is a nice treat and requires no down time. Microdermabrasion thoroughly cleans pores and hinders future breaks outs if used on a regular basis. Microdermabrasion also stimulates collagen networking to even out skin texture and appearance.
A series of microdermabrasion treatments can help reduce the look of fine lines and superficial wrinkles, remove thickened skin areas due to the impact of environmental factors and reduce the appearance of blemishes caused by sun damage. Additionally, microdermabrasion can reduce the appearance of open pores by unclogging sebum (oil) build-up and eliminate white and black heads.

I have huge pores and they fill up with dirt quite easily. Advanced Skin and Body Solutions recommends that I wash my face with a Clarisonic every day and more microdermabrasion to help minimize the look of my pores. I am thankful to SpaWeek who hooked me up with Advanced Skin and Body Solutions. It was a great treat for a busy do-it-all mom. They were quite knowledgeable and answered all of my questions, I think the next treatment I might try would be the weight loss heat wrap.

The Sudatonic System is known for it’s 3 step program: 1) Proprietary Blended Creams, 2) Advanced Cellulite Massage Technique – DermaContour™, and 3) FAR Infrared Heat (FIR). The combination of these 3 steps enable the Sudatonic System to stand out among other body treatments available. The Sudatonic System has been called an Advanced Body Wrap or Cellulite Massage by technicians… and Heaven on Earth by clients. So, whatever you need to call it, it is amazing!

Give your face a new years treat with Perricone MD’s Cold Plasma #giveaway

December 31, 2009 by Momstart 1,176 Comments

Why should you consider Cold Plasma?

Dr. Perricone put five years of intensive research into this product. He was guided by a lifetime of scientific insight and that yielded Cold Plasma, a breakthrough in skincare technology. Dr. Nicholas Perricone is a renowned healthy aging expert and has created many beauty products and gives advice on what vitamins and minerals to use and to avoid.
Formulated with Dr. Perricone’s patented delivery system, Cold Plasma addresses the 10 most visible signs of aging: wrinkles, enlarged pores, dryness, discoloration, redness, uneven skin tone, impurities, loss of firmness, loss of smoothness and loss of radiance. Cold Plasma’s ionic suspension can provide an available form of all the nutrients needed by the individual cell. The cell will select and utilize only those nutrients needed. Reading an interview with him provided a lot of insight. Eat healthy, take vitamins, was and moisturize your skin. Take care of yourself.

Listen to his advice yourself:

Cold Plasma works through your cells to deliver optimal nutrition to help skin achieve a healthy, glowing, youthful appearance.

It does so by helping combat the 10 signs of aging, which include:

Firmness
Elasticity
Clarity
Radiance
Smoothness
Texture
Redness
Blotchiness
Fine lines and wrinkles
Dryness

I am going to receive a sample of the cold plasma to use on my own face for hosting this giveaway. Perricone MD is supplying the samples to me and the prize for the giveaway.

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