Archive for November, 2008

ARCONA White Tea Eye Makeup Remover 3.67 fl oz (110 ml) (Misc.) newly tagged "eyes"

Sunday, November 30th, 2008
ARCONA White Tea Eye Makeup Remover 3.67 fl oz (110 ml)

ARCONA White Tea Eye Makeup Remover 3.67 fl oz (110 ml) (Misc.)
By ARCONA

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Tea Life, Tea Mind (Paperback) newly tagged "beauty"

Sunday, November 30th, 2008
Tea Life, Tea Mind

Tea Life, Tea Mind (Paperback)
By S-Oshitsu Sen

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The Risks of Synthetic anti wrinkle skin care products

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

Some of those new synthetic anti wrinkle skin care products could cause permanent damage to the muscles that control facial expressions. They were rushed to market without adequate research and the long-term health effects are unknown.

Many of them may be removed from the market in the US, because the FDA has evaluated the claims and thinks they should be classified as new ?drugs?. For many years, most topically applied creams were considered safe, because they did not penetrate the epidermis, so they could do little long term damage.

These new anti wrinkle skin care products use the latest nanotechnology, so that the synthetic chemicals can penetrate the skin?s layers, enter the muscles and cause temporary paralysis. Nanotechnology is great, as long as the ingredients are vitamins and nutrients that provide nourishment to the ?starving? epidermis, but these new chemicals are not nourishing at all.

The temporary paralysis is the same thing that Botox injections cause. There have been numerous cases of Botox ?migrating? into other areas and causing a variety of unwanted side effects, ranging from drooping eyelids to death.

The companies that provide the anti wrinkle skin care products that contain the paralyzing chemicals believe that the quantity included is not sufficient to cause adverse reactions and if applied correctly, it should only affect the desired muscles. But, what if it isn?t applied correctly? And, what if your children of grandchildren got into it?

Those are the risks you take, I suppose, but you don?t have to. If you treat your body (and your skin?s a big part of that) correctly, then you can look and feel better without the use of synthetic and potentially damaging chemicals, just by following a few simple steps.

Read dietary recommendations from dermatologists. Avoid overexposure to the sun. Choose anti wrinkle skin care products that do not contain petrolatum, mineral oils, fragrances or preservatives.

Petrolatum and mineral oils are counterproductive, because they increase the effects of aging. They clog the pores. They do not moisturize. They simply prevent moisture from escaping. If used daily, they cause excessive dryness, which in turn causes the skin to sag and increases wrinkles.

Fragrances and preservatives are the two most common allergens. Even if you think you are not sensitive to them, you become more sensitive as you get older.

The only preservative that anti wrinkle skin care products should contain is natural vitamin E. The vitamin preserves the compounds in the bottle, just as it preserves the beauty of your face.

If you are a woman, you should look for a daily facial cream that contains protein peptides, Coenzyme Q10, Wakame kelp, passion fruit extract, palm oil and grape seed oil. If you are a man, you should use a daily face cream instead of aftershave.

It should contain many of the same ingredients that are found in the woman?s variety, but instead of passion fruit extract, it should contain capuacu butter and vitamin B5 because they provide natural protection from the sun and help heal razor burns. Witch hazel should also be included, because it is naturally soothing and reduces redness and inflammation.

You see anti wrinkle skin care products can be safe and all natural, but still be effective. You just need to know what to look for.

Ocean Salt Cleanser by LUSH (Misc.) newly tagged "beauty"

Saturday, November 29th, 2008
Ocean Salt Cleanser by LUSH

Ocean Salt Cleanser by LUSH (Misc.)
By LUSH Cosmetics

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Invisible Worlds: Exploring the Unseen (Hardcover) newly tagged "beauty"

Friday, November 28th, 2008
Exploring the Unseen

Invisible Worlds: Exploring the Unseen (Hardcover)
By Piers Bizony

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The harsh Truth about popular Anti wrinkle face Creams and what you should look for

Friday, November 28th, 2008

The prices for anti wrinkle face cream are shocking. If they are effective, that?s great, but I recently read a review for a product that costs $110. The consumer said that she had finished nearly the entire bottle and she was not impressed.

If I am going to pay $110 for a tiny bottle of anti wrinkle face cream that only contains one active ingredient, then I had better be impressed. Otherwise, I?d be asking for my money back.

Many people think that higher prices automatically equal better products. There may be some truth to that, but when it comes to the skincare market, you are paying for more than high quality ingredients. Sometimes, you are paying for mediocre ingredients, but the cosmetic company still puts a hefty price tag on them.

So, what are you actually paying for? Often it is celebrity endorsements and advertising. Most companies have a higher budget for advertising than they do for research and development.

You don?t even know if the celebrity actually uses the anti wrinkle face cream she is promoting. She?s an actress, after all. That?s what she gets paid for.

If you read the labels, compare ingredients and do a little research, you will see that there is very little science behind most of these ingredients. That $100 bottle that I mentioned above contains ?coffee berry?, supposedly for its antioxidant activity.

Coffee berry is the fruit of the California Buckthorn shrub. The antioxidant activity of the berry is currently being evaluated at Tulane University. The company that is already using it may have rushed to market with an ineffective product, since there is still no confirmation on the antioxidant activity of the ingredient.

There are, on the other hand, a number of well known antioxidants. Many dermatologists promote the use of antioxidants in anti wrinkle face cream because they ?down-regulate? free radical pathways. Free radicals, when left unchecked, cause damage that can become a fine line, a heavy wrinkle or a cancer cell.

There is one anti wrinkle face cream on the market that contains not one, but six different antioxidants including natural vitamin E, Coenzyme Q10, grape seed oil and an extract from Wakame, a special variety of kelp. It also contains peptide proteins, passion fruit extract and the wax of the Babassu palm, because it moisturizes without causing excessive oiliness.

Whereas the $110 bottle only contains 1% of its supposedly active ingredient coffee berry. 50% of the other anti wrinkle face cream is active compounds. The other half is items that ?carry? the active ingredients and make them easy for the skin to absorb.

So, you must be thinking that this product has to cost more than the other. Well the bottle is the same size, but the price is only $34.25. How can the company charge so little?

They don?t advertise in magazines or on television. They don?t pay celebrities. They don?t license the use of a designer name. They simply make high quality products at an affordable price. Through word of mouth and customer loyalty, they continue to grow their company. So, don?t buy anti wrinkle face cream that you see advertised on TV. Look for something better.

How to choose the Best over the counter eye cream

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

Our eyes are the first thing a person notice and it gives the deepest impression of who we are, this is why we want to have great looking eyes at any moment. Unfortunately nothing makes you look older than bags, dark circles, puffiness and wrinkles around the eyes.

The good news is that there are many over the counter eye creams that can help you smooth your skin around your eyes and reduce bags. But you have to do your proper research and make sure that you choose are good natural skin care eye cream that is safe to use.

In the current marketplace most creams are made with chemical or synthetic ingredients that can damage the skin or cause long term side effects. What you need to look for is an eye cream that helps repair your the skin damage and not just cover it.

There are some things that you can also do to improve the look of your eyes like eating the right vitamins that contains anti oxidants.

Keep your eyes moisturized around them.

Prevent wrinkles by using a good natural anti wrinkle cream

Get enough sleep each night in order to minimize shadows and puffiness.

The skin around the eyes is thinner and more sensitive to the rays to the sun, so you should protect it with creams with SPF 15 or higher.

Those are some very important tips to keep the skin around your eyes healthy and wrinkle free, but in order to choose the best over the counter eye cream you need to make sure that is made of organic ingredients and that is has been proven in clinical trials successfully.

There are some breakthrough ingredients that are being used successfully by a few small brand name companies with dramatic results. Those ingredients are Eyeliss and Haloxyl.

Eyeliss is very effective in reducing bags under the eyes and halosyl is also good for reducing dark circles around the eyes. There are also other very important anti wrinkle ingredients that any good cream should have like CynergyTK, Coenzyme Q10, Home Age, Babassu and others.

Remember that to have good looking eyes you need a good eye cream, good make up to enhance its color and shape and also eat healthy and follow the above tips.

0.17 oz Silicon Valley Deep Wrinkles Pencil (Health and Beauty) newly tagged "wrinkle"

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
0.17 oz Silicon Valley Deep Wrinkles Pencil

0.17 oz Silicon Valley Deep Wrinkles Pencil (Health and Beauty)
By Nickel

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Breakthrough Natural Ingredients for Anti wrinkle products produce dramatic results

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

There is a new line of anti wrinkle products that have proven results in clinical trials. Most cosmetic companies provide lotions and creams that have not been well researched. They may not have supporting clinical evidence. They typically spend more money on advertising than research and development.

These new anti wrinkle products protect against ageing caused by exposure to harmful UV radiation from the sun. UV radiation causes 90% of the outward signs of aging by increasing the activity and formation of free radicals.
Free radicals do damage on an invisible cellular level that eventually becomes visible in the form of a fine line or wrinkle. Antioxidants disrupt free radical activity and repair some of the damage done.

One antioxidant that is included in the new anti aging wrinkle product is Coenzyme Q10, a vitamin-like substance which is present in every cell of our bodies. As many things change with age, so does the amount of CoQ10 present in our cells.

As that amount decreases so does cellular activity and energy production. In the skin, fewer new skin cells are produced. Collagen and elastin are not repaired. The skin begins to sag and wrinkles become more visible.

Anti wrinkle products can restore the levels of COQ10 in the skin?s cells. Cellular activity and antioxidant activity increase. More new cells are produced, along with more fibers. That's what we need to get rid of wrinkles and fine lines.

We now know that UV rays from the sun, particularly the harmful UV-A rays, destroy CoQ10 in the skin's layers. So, particularly if you spend a lot of time outdoors, you need to replace it. It is one of the first antioxidants to be depleted when the skin is exposed to UV radiation.
Many anti wrinkle products now contain CoQ10, but very few contain a sufficient concentration of an active form that can effectively penetrate the skin's many layers.

The manufacturing process must be exact in order to create. The particles must be broken down to the size of a nanometer. Otherwise, it will only sit on the surface.
The new ingredient for anti wrinkle products s is called H-EQ10. It combines the antioxidant power of COQ10 with that of natural vitamin E.

When applied to the face, neck, hands or body, it can produce quite a dramatic anti-wrinkle effect. This has been confirmed by several scientific and clinical studies. Collagen and elastin production is increased. This is measurable.

H-EQ10 contains 5% CoQ10 and 10% vitamin E acetate. This has proven to be the most effective combination for anti-aging creams and lotions.

It is quite expensive, due to its superior activity. So, cosmetic companies won't include it in their anti wrinkle products. Their budget is primarily spent on advertising.

Style, Beauty, Trimness: The art of easily being stylish, attractive and well turned out. (Paperback) newly tagged "beauty"

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
The art of easily being stylish, attractive and well turned out.

Style, Beauty, Trimness: The art of easily being stylish, attractive and well turned out. (Paperback)
By Nancy Marie

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