Anti-Aging and Sunscreen

April 21st, 2011 Leonora Posted in Remedies and Products, Skin Care, Tips and Techniques, Treatment and Prevention No Comments »

Maybe one of the most taken for granted products is sunscreen. Sure we use them when we go swimming whether at the beach or the pool but other than that, do we really take time to apply sunscreen on our face every single day? Sunscreen is probably one of the best, if not the best, anti-aging product that we can get our hands on at a less-costly price.

Using a body lotion with sunscreen protection all over the body is highly recommended but using sunscreen on the face is on the high top of the list especially since its the face that receives more direct sunlight thus, harming the skin. So, what it is that we should look for in an effective sunscreen?

  1. High SPF - SPF (Sun Protection Factor) is the "laboratory measure of the effectiveness of the sunscreen". The higher the SPF, the more protection it offers. Depending on your activities, at least SPF 15 is recommended for the arms and legs (and other exposed areas) and much higher SPF on the face since as mentioned, it receives more direct sunlight.
  2. Suits your skin type - there are sunscreen specially made for specific skin types. Make sure you choose the ones right for you.
  3. Moisturize - a good sunscreen not only protects the skin but moisturizes it too to keep the skin from drying and dulling. There are facial moisturizers that already has SPF, it would be totally worth it to get a 2-in-1 product especially if the budget is tight but make sure that it meets all the criteria of an effective sunscreen.
  4. Good ingredients - choose those with antioxidants, Vitamin E and other skin-loving ingredients. These can help fight off other environmental damage and nourish the skin.
  5. And most importantly, choose a sunscreen that you would definitely never get tired of using everyday. Make sure you don't feel greasy, it smells good (or unscented) whichever you prefer.

In the long run, you will see and feel the benefits of using sunscreen:

  • Prevents skin discoloration
  • Prevents skin cancer
  • Reduce wrinkling
  • Reduce the appearance of fine and premature facial lines
  • Nourish and moisturize the skin (prevents dullness and dryness)
  • Fight free radicals
  • Helps repair skin damage
  • Reduce and prevent inflammation/sunburn
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Vitamin K: The Anti-Aging Vitamin

April 17th, 2011 Leonora Posted in Diets and Nutrition, Health No Comments »

The benefits of Vitamin K are not widely known. Vitamin K provides a total balance of 80 nutrients that is essential for the human body. This includes minerals, antioxidants, enzymes, vitamins, amino acids, herbal extracts, and carotenoids to name a few. The most vital role of Vitamin K is to  regulate proper blood sugar and prevent blood loss. Majority of us are probably not aware that Vitamin K plays a major role in protecting your bones, liver and arteries too.

As we age, our arteries calcify and our bone loses calcium. While our bones need calcium, high calcium level on our arteries signals high risks of heart attacks. Vitamin K performs a dual role in assisting our body to be calcium absorbent in order to maintain healthy bones and at the same time keep the calcium out of our arteries. In order to keep our bones and arteries healthy despite aging, we need to include Vitamin K in our daily diet especially since it is a water-soluble vitamin and should be replenished everyday.

Food sources of Vitamin K:

  • Lettuce
  • Tomatoes
  • Broccoli
  • Spinach
  • Brussels sprout
  • Swiss chard
  • Cauliflower
  • Kiwi fruit
  • Avocado

Make sure these are present in your daily diet to regulate high level of Vitamin K. A sufficient Vitamin K-filled diet will definitely keep you healthy and worry-free from the bad effects of aging.

 

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Anti Aging Skin Care From The Inside Out

January 17th, 2011 Roxelle Posted in Front Page, Skin Care, Tips and Techniques, Treatment and Prevention, Uncategorized No Comments »

You can never be too young to start caring for your skin and prevent it from aging sooner.  Not only should you allow yourself the luxury of trying out good skin care products at a young age (and they have to be age-appropriate) like using sunscreen and moisturizers, you also have to make sure that you put certain habits in place.  The earlier you start doing them, the better you will be at not being able to live without them later on. And that’s a good thing as you’ll find out later on.

First up is your sleeping habits, anti aging skin care begins with a restful (and regular) hours of sleep.  Your skin heals and regenerates when you’re asleep. If you miss out on sleep, you’ll miss out on those natural healing processes too causing your skin cells to age faster.

Avoid getting all stressed out.  Easier said than done, I know.  Stress will always be there. But one way to combat the effects of stress and release the toxins it produces in the body is to get moving.  Spend at least 15 minutes of at least 3 days of your week dancing, hula-hooping, stairs climbing, jogging, walking, swimming and anything you can think of that can get your heart rate up.

Get your daily dose of Vitamin C and antioxidants.  It’s as simple as taking a supplement, eating an apple, drinking a glass of orange juice or adding tomatoes (rich in antioxidants) to your menu.  What this does is provide your skin with the collagen it needs to stay firm and, yes, young.  Miss out on that more often than not then you’ll surely be saying hi to sag and fine lines sooner than you would certainly like.

Get your green tea on.  Green tea has been proven to have the antioxidants that will help you keep yourself younger looking, longer.  Consider replacing your coffee and your soda sessions with a cup of hot or glass of cold green tea.

Finally, just as it is important to keep your insides prepped up for fighting aging, so should you take care of the outer layers of your skin.  Cleanse, tone, exfoliate and moisturize, these are the step to skin care that you should incorporate into your daily routine.  And I’m not just talking about the facial area; these steps should be applied to the rest of your body as well.  There are plenty of anti aging skin care products out there and they’re not all tailored to your skin type.  That means you should find the best one for you.  The sooner you get to do so, the better.

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A Closeup Look at the RoC Retinol Correction Lineup

July 11th, 2010 Sophia Mendelsohn Posted in Beauty, Consumer Reviews, RoC Retinol, Skin Care, Tips and Techniques, Treatment and Prevention No Comments »



List Price: $49.99 USD


There are currently a total of seven products in the RoC Retinol Correction lineup. In simple terms, retinol is a fat soluble animal form of vitamin A that is classified as a diterpenoid. Retinol is in fact one of the most usable forms of this vitamin.

Why a Topical Application of Retinol?

So then why not just take a vitamin A supplement? The answer to that is you can but you can never take enough to deliver to your skin the constant higher concentrations that a topical product can. You see vitamin A when taken orally is toxic in high dosages.

All RoC Retinol Correction Products Have it

All the products in the RoC Retinol Correction line contain this vitamin that's so important to healthy skin, along with a special mineral complex consisting of magnesium, zinc and copper. A specialized scientific formula that was developed after years if research in RoC laboratories.


RoC Retinol Correction Deep Wrinkle Daily Moisturizer SPF 30

A quick check of this product on Amazon.com shows it garnering consistent five out of possible five star user reviews. An unusually high rating. What this means, is that the vast majority of people who have used it, have received positive results.

It's touted as being able to visibly reduce expression lines around the mouth and eyes, as well as deeper wrinkles on the face neck and hands. At the same time, its combination of vitamin E and UVA sunscreens protect your skin form further photo-damage.

RoC Retinol Correction Eye Cream

This product receives 4-5 stars on Amazon. The better creams produced for the treatment of the delicate skin composing the orbital regions of the eyes, function to thicken the dermal-epidermal junction. This is a thin area of connective tissue thats located between the dermal and epidermal skin layers.

This product is formulated to deliver actual visible results in the way of diminished crows feet and deflated bags in 12 weeks and at the same time, it's mild enough to minimize the chance of eye irritation. It too contains retinol, a special blend of vital nutrients and clinically proven emollients.

RoC Retinol Correction Deep Wrinkle Serum

This powerful and clinically proven serum delivers concentrated retinol and a host of other vital skin nutrients deep into discreet problem areas. This is a 24 hour product that can be applied under makeup or used just prior to going to bed for night time therapy.

This is a light & silky fluid that glides on and spreads well, so just a dab goes a long way towards shorter and shallower wrinkles on the face neck and hands. Also just like the other products in the Retinol Correction lineup, it also contains a special formulation of vital minerals and nutrients.

RoC Retinol Correction Deep Wrinkle Filler

This unique product was designed for the individual who simply doesn't want to wait weeks for cumulative effect to appear. It delivers same day results and if that sounds too good to be true, it also receives a consistent five star rating on Amazon. Your not the only doubter to have been convinced that it works.

It contains what is described as a “breakthrough formula” composed of a chemically engineered fusion of fluid grabbing hyaluronic acid and pure retinol. The hyaluronic acid works to hydrate and immediately plump up skin, while the retinol functions to provide a cumulative long term solution to even the deepest and most difficult to address wrinkles.

RoC Daily Resurfacing Discs

There are a lot of convenient and compact pad and cloth products on the market but these are the only ones that you will find that are textured on one side and smooth on the other. Then combine that with the fact that they're infused with gentle cleaners and powerful clinically proven emollients and you have a one of a kind product, like no other.

At less than $10 a pack too, it makes them so easy and affordable to try and see for yourself why they garner a consistent five star user review rating on Amazon.com. They're just so handy for quick touch-ups and doing fast and convenient lipstick and makeup repairs, no matter where you are.

RoC Retinol Correction Pore Minimizing Cleanser

Once enlarged pore openings make their appearance, they can be notoriously stubborn to shrink back. Scrub away with a standard cleanser all you want but in fact that in most cases only makes the problem worse. It tends to stretch and dry out pore openings even more.

RoC Correction Pore Minimizing Cleaner uses an exclusive beta and hydroxy formula, combined with micro scrubbing beads to gently dissolve and lift away dead skin cells surrounding enlarged pore openings. The result is increased elasticity in pores that are scoured clean and ready to contact back to their original size.

RoC Retinol Correction Deep Wrinkle Night Cream

Night time is the most optimal time for skin therapy. The skin and its connective tissues are relaxed and the micro-vascular system is dilated to facilitate the delivery of vital nutrients. If you're going to do do daytime therapy, it just makes too much sense to also carry over your treatment regimen into the other half of your day.

This specially formulated night cream is formulated to assist in the skins natural restorative processes for maximum results. Not only does it deliver long term cumulative results but on the short term it helps you to wake up looking far more refreshed, with diminished dark areas and tighter skin in the orbital regions of the eyes.

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Eyelash Growth Products – Separating Fact From Fiction

July 11th, 2010 Sophia Mendelsohn Posted in Beauty, Consumer Reviews, Eyelash Growth Products, Features, News and Commentary, Tips and Techniques, Treatment and Prevention No Comments »



List Price: $299.98 USD
New From: $159.99 In Stock


  • Do they really work?
  • If so, how long do they take?
  • Can they grow more actual hairs?
  • What about Side Effects?

No doubt but by now you've caught wind of some of the big buzz that's going on right now that's being created by eyelash growth products for sale on the Internet. Liquids in mascara type containers that are touted as being able to grow you fuller, longer lashes.

Do They Really Work?

Are Eyelash Growth Products Just All Hype?

So then what's the real story behind it all? Is this just one more “boom-to-bust” wave of hype that ends up leading all who follow it down a disappointing dead end? Or is it actually a story with merit? After all, hair growth products for balding men are old news.

Some Do Work Better Than Others

The simple answer, is yes there are viable products available that can deliver actual results, but just as in so many other cases of new developments of this type, some products work better than others and then again the worst of them are a total scam.

What These Products Can't Do

Now before I get into how you can separate the good from the bad, with regards to the eyelash growth products that are out there, I want to make one thing perfectly clear. That is that no product on the market can force your skin to create new hair follicles.

Don't Believe Everything You Read or Hear

What this means is that you're basically stuck with a set number of hairs on your body and that includes your lashes. This means that any promotional media or literature that alleges that anything can in any way get “more actual hair” to grow is false.

You Never Actually Lose Your Hair

You see your problem, if you're hair has thinned back in any way and that includes your lashes, isn't that it has gone away completely. Rather, what's happened is that it has receded back to a type of “fuzz”. The hair and follicle is still there. You just cant see it. That's all.

Before and After Photos


Helping and Stimulating Your Eyelashes to Grow Better

So eyelash growth products that work, function by stimulating any dormant follicles to “perk up” and get back in the game of producing long thick healthy hair. At the same time, they work to help those follicles that are functional to function even better.

Growing Any Hair Does Take Time

You're going to need a lot of patience though because like it or not, hair takes time to grow. This means that once you get your hands on a product that works, it will be at least a few months before you really start to see “full results”. You just have to wait for the hair to grow out.

Just One More Amazing Accidental Discovery

Would you believe that it was people with glaucoma who first began to notice that the eye drops that were prescribed to them were having an effect on their eyelashes? Well it's true and this is why the best eyelash growth products contain prostaglandin. It's the same active ingredient that's contained in glaucoma drops.

Over-Use of Growth Products Does More Harm than Good

Do be aware though that overuse can lead to real problems with your eyes. There's a whole list of side effects that can come from eyelash growth products but as long as you follow the directions and apply the product carefully, you should have no problem. Remember that overdoing it helps “not one bit”.

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