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• Reporter: Allen Mask, M.D.

How important is preparing your skin for bed.VERY.Consider this.

Night time is when our bodies do all of there repair work.This includes the skin.So at night you want to cleans your skin, remove all traces of make up and/or sunscreen.

Apply either a repair or restorative active night product containing Retinoids of Glycolic acids.Or use a nourishing/hydrating type night cream.Like Yonka Phyto 58, Eminence Mango night cream.Skin Ceuticles Retxturizing Activator serum.

Always use a good eye cream(cosmedex eye believe, Yonka Phyto Countour) and Lash MD. to restore and lengthen your eyelashes.

You should also consider not eating past 7pm.This is not only good for your waistline, but if your body is busy digesting a late night snack or dinner it will not get all the benefits of a good night rest.Make sure you get 7 to 8 hours of uninterupted sleep. Now thats my take on beauty rest.

Skin care definitely consists of a balancing act.  What is the situation on-hand showing us.  Am i oily/dryer etc…  Many of us hope one cream, one cleanser will work 365 days a year.

Yet our skin changes with climate, diet, stress and hormones etc.  If beautiful skin is your goal, you must keep on hand a variety of skin care products to address the needs of your ever-changing skin.

I often recommend  using my favorite exfoliating cleanser (and use myself), Bion Glycolic Cleanser, the week before your period, for acne/oily skin. As skin tends to get oilier 7 to 14 days before menstruation.  You may also need to lighten up on your moisturizer.  I love Skinceuticals B5, it is very hydrating, yet liquid.

One of my new favorite finds and recommendations to my clients with hormonal acne is Eminence 8 Greens Serum and 8 Greens Whipped Moisturizer.  It contains natural plant estrogen’s and does wonders to prevent hormonal acne.

Another quick fix is Bion Green Tea Mask does great as a post-treatment and weekly mask during these times.

Sigrid Yorke, Licenced Esthetician and Make-Up Artist.

Although we’re really enjoying the hot summer weather, it does tend to make the skin get oilier. In these conditions, skin is usually happier when you’re using a foam cleanser. Yonka gel nettoyant is one of my favorites. Not all foam cleansers are eye friendly, but this one is. It foams and feels light, but still takes off that stubborn eye makeup, a nice combination.

If you wear a lot of sunscreen (and since it’s summertime, I sure hope you’re extra careful about applying sunscreen), just be mindful to exfoliate more often. If you haven’t tried it, Blinc Resurf.a.stic is a great choice. It’s super easy and does a great job sweeping off dead cells that can lead to clogged pores. I also love Bion Glycolic Cleanser for those folks who get super oily, like I do. It just gives a great clean feeling, without stripping the skin, plus the glycolic acid also helps rid the skin of dead cells too.

I recently went on vacation and it took me almost as long to pack my cosmetics as it did to pack my clothes. Why? Well, I’m definitely a tad high maintenance in the clothes realm, too, but my whole career is about beautiful skin. So it’s a given I know better than to overdo it in the sun. Like most people, I believe that a bit of color make us look better, but we now know that the fleeting glow of a tan comes at a pretty steep cost. Like any skin loving 21st century woman would, I prepared myself to do the great faux bronze look and protect all of the time and energy I’ve already invested in fighting Father Time, and into my trusted cosmetic bag went:

SkinCeuticals C E Ferrulic  which was the very first thing that went on my face each morning. This was followed up with Skin Ceuticals SPF 30  on my face and Skinceuticals SPF 45  everywhere else. Then my face got a nice dusting of Eminence Minerals, which I also brought along in my bag. In the strong Bahamian Sun, I wasn’t taking any chances. I reapplied the every hour to make sure I would not burn. Let me tell you, I saw a crazy amount of sunburns. I was shocked that with all we know about sun (uh, skin cancer anyone??), so many people were just throwing caution to the wind. Quite a few of those vacationers are going to be spending time at dermatologist appointments in the future. I just might be on another cruise!

In the evenings, I’d get back to my room and shower all the sunscreen off and apply Fake Bake  and Yonka Tan Prolonger. I alternated those each night. I’d also use Glow Minerals new Bronzing Gel  to recreate a fresh tan. Then we would all meet up for dinner. Everyone around me was red and complaining of sunburns and/or peeling. And there I was getting darker by the day, as I was building up my “faux glow”. By the end of our week long journey, I was the darkest, no peeling, no burn. It was actually amusing. Most importantly I kept my skin free of ultraviolet damage. I had great fun and I still got my share of required vitamin D.

One last thing I should also mention. I took Yonka Gommage  with me to make sure I could keep my complexion clear, since I knew I’d be making such heavy use of sun screen. Using so much sunscreen can wreak havoc on you if you are oily. But with Yonka Gommage, my skin stayed clear. Most importantly, it’s such a gentle way to exfoliate. And it didn’t make my skin more photosensitive, as harsh scrubs, enzymes or acid exfoliants could have. It’s a must have for summer smooth skin.

More than a year ago our dear friends, who we’ll call ‘the beauty insiders,” introduced us to bettybeauty: hair dye for the hair down there. The beauty insiders are always way ahead of their time. We tend to be more traditional.

usage: betty™ color kits include everything you need to lighten and color! BLACK/BROWN betty™ are a one step process. BLONDE/AUBURN/FUN and specialty colors are two steps (first the special conditioning lightener and then color). And betty™ works on even the darkest of hair! BLONDE/AUBURN betty™ lets you choose three shades of color to create a perfect match.

applications: Each betty™ kit contains 2+ applications (depending on how much hair). Left over color can be used to boost hair, if necessary. betty™ covers gray and lasts about 4-6 weeks. betty™ also works great on eyebrows and for touching up roots. Men love to use betty™ for chest and facial hair.

safety: All betty™ products are safe. betty’s specially formulated no-drip hair dyes were created in consultation with a toxicologist. betty™ is made with natural ingredients and special conditioners for that sensitive area. Unlike other hair dyes, betty™ products are ammonia and paraben free.

where betty is sold: Award-winning betty™ has also become one of the most popular beauty products both domestically and internationally. betty™ is selling well geographically from Canada to Pakistan - Ohio to Oregon as well as in 20 countries and all 50 states. All betty™ products are available at salons/spas, and at beautygonegreen.com.

In preparation for Josh Duhamel and Fergie’s wedding this past weekend, guest Stacy Keibler received a Fake Bake airbrush spray to get a sun kissed glow for the big event.  Fake Bake is an international sunless tanning line with such celebrities fan as Kelly Ripa, Britney Spears, Jessica Lowndes and Lacey Schwimmer and is the perfect quick fix to give you a beautiful natural glow while saving their skin from harmful rays. 

Fake Bake has conquered the long sought after quest for a perfect tan without risking your health by establishing a revolutionary tanning formula.  For the first time, there is a completely safe tanning regime tailored to any individual’s needs that utilizes a unique recipe of ingredients that include no parabens, DHA, and Erythulose.  Fake Bake has created an organically-based product to establish the most natural looking tan without the harmful effects of UV rays that will not streak, contain harsh odor, or turn skin orange. Fake Bake products have new patented technology that promotes a deeper Air Brush darker tan that lasts up to 50% longer that’s personalized to various skin tones.  The brand also utilizes anti-cellulite, anti-oxidants, and anti-aging ingredients that moisturize, hydrate, and protect the body without clogging the pores or irritating sensitive skin.

Fake Bake features a variety of unique products from the Sunless & Skinny, a new patent-pending formula that measurably diminishes cellulite while giving you a gradual tan; Fake Bake Air Brush, that utilizes an exclusive formula that contains high percentages of two tanning agents, DHA and Erythrulose, that bond with your skin’s pigment to The Face Self Tanning Lotion, a face tanning formula that contains a combination of the highest quality ingredients to tan your face while giving you the premium level of PEPTIDES that are clinically proven to reduce the appearance of wrinkles.

We love to help you bring the day spa experience home. In order to this in the most luxurious, simple, speedy way possible, light a candle that smells exotic and is healthy for you to burn in doors. Pacifica candles are absolutely a luxurious sumptuous treat. Their floral, spicy, aromatic scents are created
by a woman who travels the world looking for new ways to bring olfactory pleasure to your home. She is simply outclassed by no one in the realm of creating inventive, sensuous scents.
Tuscan Blood Orange, Moroccan Chamomile Apple Blossom, Tahitian Gardenia, Tibetan Mountain Temple, Sandalwood, and Spanish Amber are just a few of the scents that promise to deliver serenity to your home with just the strike of a match. 
 Ah yes and the candles are made with Natural and Essential oils, organic cotton wicks and soy wax. So they are actually good for you (and the planet) too.

Imagine taking a pile of finely ground sugar cane (smooth as mushy sand) and adding an organic puree of whole fruit blueberries and non-gmo organic yogurt. Sounds like a smoothie right? It’s not. It is Eminence’s Blueberry Soy Sugar Scrub and it is divine. The facial cocktail starts out a deep purply blue color but when you add water it foams into a white yogurt paste and the fine sugar crystals exfoliate your skin until it is literally scrubbed into a smooth, dewy, delicious surface nourished and refreshed. Enjoy!

 Ingredients:

Blueberry: high in antioxidants and phyto-nutrients
Non-GMO Soy: rich in isoflavones and Vitamin B
Raw Sugar Cane Granules: natural Alpha Hydroxy Acid
Sweet Almond Oil: softening, nourishing, protecting
Sunflower Oil: Vitamin E, antioxidant
Raspberry: Vitamin C and phyto-nutrient rich
Avocado Oil: regenerative, moisturizing
Green Tea: antioxidant, Phenol, and Vitamin C
Comfrey: calming, antiseptic
Ground Flax Seeds: exfoliating, anti-infl ammatory
Kelp: improves circulation, detoxifying
Black Tea: polyphenol, antioxidant
Coconut Oil: moisturizing, antioxidant
Biocomplex™: an antioxidant booster of Vitamins A, Ester-C, E, Coenzyme Q10, Alpha Lipoic Acid

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