Tip 5 of 365 - Your Fountain of Youth

Tip 5 of 365 from LGH&B: Serums

Serums are the Number 1 most important product in your skincare steps. The amount used is about a pinto bean. Serums have the most corrective properties and this is where you will spend the majority of your money in a skincare product line.

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Tip 4 of 365 - Your Fountain of Youth

Tip 4 of 365 from LGH&B: Fun Day Friday tip 

You don't have to be serious when you bath but you have to bath to seriously have clean clear skin. 

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Tip 3 of 365 - Your Fountain of Youth

Tip 3 of 365 from LGH&B - Eye Cream 

This is one product that most everyone over uses and wastes. The size for both eyes is the size of a grain of rice. Use your ring fingers to apply and gently pat around eyes, do not rub in. 

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Tip 2 of 365 - Your Fountain of Youth

Tip 2 of 365 from LGH&B - Face Cleansers: 

Use about the size of a dime. If in a pump bottle usually the size is pre measured making it super easy. With really good products you may only need a 1/2 pump over time as your skin become healthier and less dehydrated. 

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Tip 1 of 365 - Your Fountain of Youth

Tip 1 of 365 from LGH&B for skin health - Portion size is key to making your products last. Rule goes less is more. Take less of any product. You can always go back for more, putting it back is harder to do and can lead to over use and waist of your good skincare products. 

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LG-Skincare beauty reviews #1

Date: 11/08/13   Review on a Retina based Skincare Treatment

I am approaching these blog posts from the view point of what I would want to know if reading or watching a video review on products and or services from the beauty industry.  I hope you find these Friday blogs helpful, fun, and worth your time. I also hope you will comment and ask questions.  I love to interact with my readers.

It has been really difficult to select my first item to review because there are so many and I don’t want you to think that just because I selected this item that it is my absolute favorite, because I have a number of favs.  In fact if you saw my bathroom you would probably think I had a beauty product addiction. I just view all these products as making me an expert. Wink! What can I say it is my business to know about products not only for my clients but for myself.  And there is sooooooo much to consider when picking what products are best and why.

Today’s review is on the brand new Arbonne Genius 60 Nightly Resurfacing Pads and Solution treatment.  I love this product!!  It has made my skin smoother and is reducing my forehead lines as we speak.  The bonus to this product is I can even use it on the backs of my hands, elbows and heels to help exfoliate these areas.  It can be tough to apply a mask treatment and leave it on these areas for any amount of time.  With the left over product in the pad, after I used it on my face, it is so easy to just wipe it over the hands, elbows and heels with no mess or wait time.  My heels had started to crack and now at the end of my first 60 days they are pink, soft, less dry, and not cracked. So happy!! This is a 60 day retina treatment that harnesses a plant based vitamin A with great results but less aggressive so every skin type can use it, even teenagers can use this without having to worry about stripping their delicate skin.  It helps with cell turnover to keep skin looking radiant, keeps dead skin and oils from clogging pores, and helps skin with firmness, evens skin texture, and brightness. The only thing I am not a 100% excited about is the texture of the pads that the solution is on, they are a little rough but won’t keep me from using it, the benefit far out ways the roughness of the pads.

This product is only sold through Arbonne Independent Consultants. A Consultant can be found by going on to the Arbonne.com site or (shameless plug – just contact me and I will be your Arbonne Consultant). J Order online, pay $20 to become a Preferred Client and get 20% off the $95 retail price every time an order is placed, may I say the twenty bucks more than pays for its self in a couple orders.  Plus there are some cool membership rewards, like money towards next orders. Get an even bigger discount with the Special delivery option.  *I’ll save my review on Arbonne and their business model for another post. 

From a Professional view, this time of year is a great time to use a retina product.  The sun is less harsh and people tend to spend more time indoors.  Retina products used during summer can cause problems with pigmentation and redness.  While I have not used this certain product over the summer, yet, it is always smart when using retina products to wear a sunscreen, stay in the shade, and did I say wear a sunscreen?  (wink)

 

One last bit of advice. Really curious about this product, buy it, try it, Arbonne has a 45 day return policy any products. I have used Arbonne products now for 7 years and the only things I have ever returned were actually exchanges due to minor packaging problems nothing to do with the product itself. 

 

 

Happy Friday!!!

BE KIND TO EACH OTHER!

XO'S

LG

 PS. The Friday product reviews will not be all Arbonne.  I will be reviewing all kinds of brands.  Come back and read for yourself. If there is a product that should be tried and reviewed by me, let me know.  
 

**All products and services named in this blog are mere suggestions and this blogger is not paid by the companies to make these statements.  Recommendations are on the soul experience of the blogger using these products or services personally and/or professionally.**

Paying for Peace and Quiet

Does this picture look familiar? Resemble your life?

People are over worked and stressed for time! Over stimulated to the point they have nothing left to give to their families, friends, and passions. Permanently attached to their  multi-tasking, over booked, and electronic device obsessed lives. Women, men and believe it or not kids are suffering from lack of peace and quiet with the simple joy of reconnecting with nature. 
 

Think...when was the last time you spent more then 30 minutes (not including last night's sleep)? 

No cell phone, no one calling "mom...mom...mom" or "dad...dad...dad", no after school activities or watching TV while typing away on your work laptop to get caught up. Most people can not remember the last time they took time just for themselves with no distractions.

Why have people gotten to a point where they must be busy all the time?
Why do people not set aside time to allow for a much needed break to recharge?

Let us look at those who get skincare and massage treatments on a regular basis. Most think they are simply paying for great skin and healthy muscles. These is so much more to these services.  A  key part is paying for peace and quite. Dim lit room, eyes closed. No text reading. No TV drama. No computer work. No family. No all around over stimulated activity.

Helping people receive the benefits of peace and quiet is at the root of happy people. Everyone needs that place to go and recharge.

NOW....

Imagine - A dim lit room, relaxing spa music, a heated bed, a steamed towel rolled up and placed on the back of the neck. The custom smells of aromatherapy drifting into the air while a soothing facial or massage whisks clients away to total relaxation and bliss.
Who would not want to experience being pampered and taken care of?  

The facts are most people simply will not set up a quiet room in their home and they will not ask the other people in their life to give them this quiet time to simply shut off electronic equipment and just be.

 

As a professional Esthetician I recommend:   

 

• Have a standing facial appointment every month.
• Keep these appointments on a regular basis.
• Turn your phone off or silent during the service.
• Ask your esthetician to help you take this time and make the experience peaceful. *this means keeping talking between you two to a minimum.
• Ask for hot herbal tea or warm water to help bring your body to a relaxed state.
• Take in all the sounds, smells, sensations. Use your other sences instead of your sight for a change.
 

 

For Home:

• If you have the ability set up a quiet room in your home.
• A bedroom or cozy chair are perfect spots to make a retreat from the outside world.
• Remove TVs, computers, and turn your cell phone volume off.
• Have relaxing music.
• Aromatherapy candle or linen spray *good relaxations scents are: eucalyptus, lavender, cinnamon, sage. Stay away from citrus as it energizes

• Create a spa setting in your bathroom.
• Roll hand towels and wash cloths up and keep in a basket near the sink
• Have Epsums salts in a container on the edge of your tub for easy reach when drawing yourself a weekly bath. It helps relieve tired muscels as well as make skin baby soft.
• Candles always create the romantic feeling and scented ones add a dual effect with some light aromatherapy.
• Classical or Jazz music is great as a soft back ground sound while soaking the stress of the week away.
• Have a spray bottle of eucalyptis.
 

There are many ways to recharge. One of my favorites is just a simple walk around a park or other green area.  Remember no electronics,  keep talking to a minimum, and enjoy what is around you.  You cannot fill other people's emotional cuts, like you spouse or kids, if your emotional cup is empty.