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Rosacea and Redness

Friday, January 2nd, 2009

Rosacea affects nearly 14 million Americans, mostly women, and is characterized by chronic facial redness, acne-like eruptions, and inflammation that usually affects the cheeks, nose, forehead, and chin. Symptoms can be triggered by alcohol, the sun, spicy or hot food, overheating, or stress. However, a new product may help rosacea redness.
Clarisonic Skincare Systems has a new skincare brush that [...]

FYI Beauty Secrets: Minimize and Prevent Crow’s Feet

Monday, December 15th, 2008

Beauty may be in the eyes of the beholder, but when someone is looking you straight in the eyes, and they see your crow’s feet, you may be wishing there was something you could do. So, here’s ten easy tips on how to minimize and prevent crow’s feet.

Alternative Facelift: The Yoga Facelift

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

People often resort to Botox to maintain their youthful appearance, but according to Marie-Véronique Nadeau, a chemist, licensed aesthetician, and author of The Yoga Facelift, “contracting facial muscles, via exercise … shortens them, so sagging is reduced and the face takes on a toned and more youthful appearance.”

Rosacea Redness: How to Manage It

Friday, December 5th, 2008

Rosacea affects nearly 14 million Americans, and most are fair-skinned women between the ages of thirty and sixty. It is characterized by chronic facial redness, acne-like eruptions, and inflammation. Rosacea redness usually affects the cheeks, nose, forehead, and chin. It’s as if the person were suffering from a continual blush, which at times can be very intense and painful. [...]

Essential Oils for Rosacea Sufferers

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

Aromatherapy has been around since ancient times, although the term aromatherapy didn’t come into existence until the 20th century. The Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, and Persians all used aromatherapy to heal and relax, and, today, aromatherapy is still used. In fact, it is more popular than ever. It’s also going mainstream in that scientist and researchers are [...]

FYI Beauty Secrets: When to Toss the Makeup

Saturday, November 15th, 2008

If you haven’t heard, makeup products can get old and become breeding sites for bacteria, resulting in infections. If products are dry, clumpy, hard, smelly, or discolored, toss them. To help you know when your makeup’s reached it’s limit, here’s a chart.
 

Aspirin and Rosacea: Hush the Blush

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

It seems that aspirin offers more than just headache relief. According to an article in the Dermatology Times, researchers found when rosacea sufferers—people who have chronic facial redness and inflammation—were given 81 milligrams of baby aspirin (enteric coated) each day, their blush significantly decreased.

FYI Beauty Secrets: Paprika

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

If you want radiant skin, the well-known makeup artist Kimara Ahnert claims paprika is key. Paprika’s properties get the facial blood pumping when applied to the skin, and at Ahnert’s studio in New York, she offers a $165.00 paprika facial.

FYI Beauty Secrets: Eyebrow Shaping

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

If you want to make sure you don’t look tired, don’t overpluck your eyebrows. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons found that when a person has elevated brows—the distance between the brows and the eyelids is higher than average—other people thought the person was tired. Interestingly, however, the surgeons found that what made an even bigger difference was [...]

FYI Beauty Secrets: Applying Skin Care Products in the Right Order

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

If you’ve got serum, a sunblock or a sunscreen, and a moisturizer, you may be confused about which product should go on first after you’ve cleansed your skin. Here’s what the experts say.