Monday, February 28, 2011

Stacy's Tips For Skin


Stacy’s Tips for Highlighting Your Best Facial Features

     A natural look is best when it comes to make up.  Those who are great at applying make up don’t even look like they are wearing it; instead appearing naturally beautiful.  Of course, this skill takes a little practice and experimentation.

For Glowing Skin

     Hada carries the full line of Jane Iredale as well as  Colorescience Pro Mineral foundation.  These are high-performance cosmetics were created to remedy and camouflage specific skin concerns and the formulations blend and layer to create a flawless face. Pick a foundation that matches your skin perfectly, provides sun protection, and nutrients for your skin.

Enhancing Your Eyes

     A common eye make-up mistake is overdoing the eye shadow or liner.  Don’t hide your eyes-flaunt them! 
     Oftentimes, for a daytime look all you need is a light eye shadow and carefully applied mascara.  The shadow should compliment your skin tone, often in shades of beige, pink or brown.  Apply the shadow so it blends in seamlessly with the skin around your eye.
     The most important step in highlighting your eye is a careful application of mascara.  The mascara will make your eyes look bigger and brighter.  Spend some time around the outer corners of your eye to get that baby doll effect.

Creating Soft, Full Lips

     As with choosing the right foundation, the key to a natural looking lip is finding that perfect color to compliment your skin.  Nude shades are perfect for a natural daytime look and don’t forget to add a little gloss on top to highlight your perfect pout.

     Please stop in for a Colorescience Pro Mineral foundation match and while you are there let us show you our beautiful spring colors from our Jane Iredale collection.

Friday, February 18, 2011

Get the Red OUT!

A common complaint about one's complexion is redness. The explanation for this skin condition is relatively simple. When blood vessels under the skin become enlarged, the effect is visible redness.  The resulting visible skin redness can be acute, in other words a flush or a blush, and quite cute or chronic and then visible redness can be embarrassing, uncomfortable, and even painful. Depending on the underlying condition that has caused the redness, there are many potential effective ways to control or eliminate the redness with treatments and products available on the market today.  So how do you know how to pick the right one?  That correct answer can be challenge, can even hit the pocket book with sometimes less than sustainable or less than desirable results.  Since all of us have slightly different skin types we will react differently to the different products. Furthermore, our age, our hormone status, our breakout tendencies, our allergies, our medication uses and the skin care regimens we are on will all effect the results, and and you don’t really know how visible the results for homecare products will be until you actually try the product.  If you have sensitive skin (if it’s red it’s probably sensitive), then your skincare professional should be prepared to offer you a sample of the product to ensure it will not worsen your condition.   The optimal situation is to provide the services that utilizes these products professionally and offer the retail product for an at home regimen to compliment. 
Here are some recommendations that we have seen our clients get the best results: 
Redness Relief CalmPlex by Skin Medica, is a breakthrough product in the treatment of visibly red skin.  Fast acting results are seen in as early as two weeks leaving skin looking healthy and radiant!
 Epidermal Repair by Skinceuticals, This product is specifically formulated to reduce inflammation of compromised skin including environmental factors. 
 Revaleskin by Steifel, voted best product for sensitive skin by Allure 2010, this product’s main ingredient Coffeeberry an intensely strong antioxidant that is harvested and processed highest level of concentration available.  In clinical trials, patients with sensitive skin tolerated all three products well.
 Phyto Corrective Gel by Skinceuticals, This gel contains botanical extracts with anti-inflammatory and antiseptic properties to help soothe and calm irritated skin.  Great after peels and waxing.!
Wild to Mild  or Line tamer  Primer by Colorescience,  These primers are sheer and help the skin tone look even and the texture look smooth.  Formulated with antimicrobial and antioxidant ingredients, they work on the surface on the skin to Correct signs of rosacea, hyperpigmentation, acne, and aging.

So don't just live with the red, Get the Red Out!

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Wedding Bells!


Wedding bells are ringing! If you are recently engaged and have just begun brainstorming every detail of your perfect wedding, there is a task you should not leave out. Your skincare! This day is yours to be the center of everyone’s attention, to feel your best and all the cameras’ too. No matter what your skin concerns or flaws may be it is best to be proactive because there are really not satisfactory quick fixes late down that road. By abiding to a skin treatment regimen you can see results fairly rapidly and if you follow up with proper customized home-care to maintain the balance you create for your skin. A recommended program with an established professional will help you achieve your goals and get your skin to reach its optimal results for your Big Day. There are a variety of treatments available through physicians and medical spas that can correct a number of skin care concerns including: acne, hyperpigmentation, aging, rosacea, the list does go on and on, and you may need a diagnosis before your regimen is planed.  With proper analysis and a treatment plan, any of these conditions can be corrected and addressed in a fairly short amount of time, generally 3 to 6 months.  A customized program that offers the ability to address more than one concern is always the best.  If your skincare professional has all the information and shows genuine concern regarding your wedding time-line, that is ideal.  Aside from the big day, there are several other significant events leading up to that you will want to have your best face forward such as showers, engagement parties, pictures, etc… If time constraints are a factor, there are treatments available that might not give you the most optimal long lasting results, but can give you a reasonable improvement.  Some l treatments to consider if you have 1 month or less to get your face looking it’s best would include, microderm treaments, hydrafacials, “same day peels”  (the best is Illuminize by SkinMedica or Pumpkin by PCA), Botox (effects in 7-14 days), and perhaps even dermal filler if you don’t bruise easily.  The hydrafacial will remove dead skin cells and impurities while simultaneously bathing the new skin with cleansing, hydrating and moisturizing skin serums. If you are able to start your treatment plan 1-6 months before your wedding day, Botox, Chemical Peels, IPL lasers, and Non-ablative laser skin resurfacing, can give significant results. IPL Photofacials are an intense pulsed light treatment producing a more reflective complexion, reductions in brown spots and a cure for blotchiness and with literally  no down time. For best results with this treatment you would schedule a series of 5-6 treatments 3-4 weeks apart.  The chemical peels will improve a wide variety of skin conditions such as fine lines, blotchy pigmentation, surface level acne scars and sun damaged skin. Peels correct these issues by removing dead skin cells and stimulating the growth of new skin cells. This is also the ideal time for dermal fillers to correct, nasal labial fold, marionette line, and fullness in the lips.  If you are starting to plan your skin program 6 months or longer, all of the aforementioned treatments are appropriate, but also hair reduction, Skin resurfacing, leg vein treatments, skin tightening (for body or face).  These treatments will are sure to get your beach body into shape.  And how nice not to have to worry about shaving on your honeymoon!  All of these treatments play a different role in bringing your best skin forward. A customized and effective skincare program is key to looking and feeling your best for this day which will be among the most memorable of your life.

Friday, February 11, 2011

Fixing Psoriasis? Maybe Fixing Periods Or Body Weight First!

Psoriasis is a condition of the skin which usually is an eruption in a patch of red bumps and silver patches. The plaques of Psoriasis are usually not hard to diagnose, and about 2% of Caucasians and 1% of blacks will have the condition in the USA. The plaques of Psoriasis erupt for a variety of reasons, so patients who have this condition will experience times when the condition is much worse and times when it is quite a bit better. In fact the condition seems to have a cyclic component triggered by a variety of stress factors including climate changes, changes in medications or infections. Smoking has been noted as a cause, and smoking definitely has been associated with more severe cases of the condition. It is not as clear if diet, vaccinations, alcohol consumption, obesity, or massages will change outbreaks. In fact various diets are thought to reduce Psoriasis have been proposed, and as we review these diets eating healthier, and including vitamins and anti-oxidant foods are always good for your skin, so I do 'endorse' them for that reason. Massage reduces stress, so it should prove helpful as long as specific oils do not aggravate the areas, and you be sure the therapist actually doesn't massage an infected area. A gynecologist may be an important part of controlling psoriasis. There are forms of the condition that occur in the genital areas. Irregular menstrual periods are both a stress on one's body, which may be the way they can affect Psoriasis, and a factor that's more easily controlled than some of the other triggers of the condition.

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Patchy Rash on Your Face For the First Time In Pregnancy

Skin can be very changeable in pregnancy. Even the breastfeeding hormone prolactin begins to rise significantly only a few days after that first ultrasound sign of pregnancy. And each hormone can have an effect on multiple factors that affect the skin. Furthermore, many women completely ditch their skin routines in pregnancy because of lack of knowledge or information regarding the products they want to use. One condition that is very common in pregnancy is called Polymorphic eruption of pregnancy or puritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy. or "PUPP" that is probably the most common complaint regarding pregnant skin. It is a red and patchy rash with a fairly distinct appearance that your obstetrician probably can recognize. Sometimes it can appear to be something really weird and have target like lesions more characteristic of other rashes, but usually, just patches. It often will begin in a stretch mark, and it usually spreads. Oddly it usually spares the face, so that's probably not it. To figure out if this is just the melasma pigment changes that one sees from those high hormone levels you could have your face examined by a Wood's lamp. Allergic reactions and dry skin may also produce the red rashes of the face in pregnancy, and rosacea may be diagnosed for the first time as well.