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We knew you’d like to be the first to learn about a new anti-aging product that brings in the same semi-conductor technology used in space and the military. That’s impressive!
Recently featured on ABC’s Windy City Live as one of the hottest Spring Beauty Trends, the NIRA Skincare Laser is the most advanced anti-aging device on the market, delivering fast, professional results in the convenience of your own home and on your own schedule. The treatment takes only two minutes per day. Can’t beat that!
David Bean created the core semiconductor laser diode technology that powers lasers from the military to outer space to medical offices. Recently, he’s applied this technology to an at-home anti-aging laser product, NIRA, which has just hit the market. The NIRA Skincare Laser, which holds 6 patents and is FDA-cleared, is the most advanced anti-aging device on the market and well under-priced from other at-home laser devices.
Check out their website at: https://www.niraskin.com/
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We all look for a perfect skin care regimen. The team at MyChelle Dermaceuticals believes it’s all about 3 key steps — Perfect, Correct & Protect. Beauty Key 3 is a dynamic trio of products that integrates a powerful combination of plant stem cells, peptides, antioxidants and retinoids to create healthy vibrant skin.
Below are the 3 products and the product descriptions:
PERFECT: Perfect C™ Serum is formulated with 17% L-Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C) to brighten, protect against photo-damage, and combat the visible signs of aging.
CORRECT: Remarkable Retinal™ Serum (for night use) boasts the strongest non-prescription form of vitamin A to work work deep into the skin with less irritation.
PROTECT: Sun Shield SPF 28 Coconut offers environmentally-friendly and skin safe 100% mineral UVA/UVB protection formulated with aloe to rehydrate your skin and calm sun-induced irritation.
Madison & White invites you to discover the wonders sleep can have not only for your beauty but your youth as well, with one of their vegan, cruelty-free and sustainably made pillowcases.
Beauty Starts in Bed with Two Different Kits:
Bedtime Beauty Kit – Lock in the natural hydration of your hair and reduce bedhead and tangles with this technical fabric called Madix. Pillowcases made from these hydrophobic fibers, also create less need to wash hair daily extending hairstyles and blowouts. Each kit comes with two pillowcases so you can switch them out when needed. Ditch those itchy cotton cases for not only healthier hair but better skin by minimizing sleep wrinkles with Madix’s ultra soft surface.
Clean Skin Kit – Troubled skin requires a clean surface to sleep on. This kit includes four Tencel pillowcases with the days of the week embroidered on each side so that you always sleep on the clean side of the pillowcase. Sleep clean every night, with a fabric that is bacterial-resistant, naturally hypoallergenic, and gentle on skin as soon as your head hits the pillow. This kit is a Kourtney Kardashian favorite and the first edition has already sold out!
Seaside Scrunchies – Treat your hair right when it needs to be pulled back. Made from the same material as the Bedtime Beauty kits, these modern scrunchies help to reduce hair damage, pull hair gently away from the face and can turn a bad hair day into a pampered experience fit for a resort or spa.
Meet model Bianca Wiles in Laguna Beach as Madison and White shoots their newest campaign for beauty sleep.
About Madison & White: Founded by Kamela Hurley on the kitchen table at the start of 2015, after a DIY hair disaster created a tireless search for learning how to improving the health of hair and skin, she discovered that the sleep experience was a big compentent to looking good. With her background in interior design, she began to research textiles and created sample pillowcases herself. The benefits of her homemade cases were too amazing not to share. Just by word-of-mouth, in a week, she had over $500 worth of pillowcases on order from Los Angeles to Toronto. Secretly, Hurley opened a store on Etsy and within the next week, she got a call from The Marilyn Denis Show on CTV, a nationwide morning talk show in Canada on par with The View in The States that featured her pillowcases on the show. Literally, overnight, her business was born.
Fun fact: The company name comes partly from her favorite movie Splash with Tom Hanks and Darryl Hannah and the color white is inspired by her walks along the Southern California beaches collecting white seashells, ocean-smoothed glass and white sea foam.
Each year brings with it fashion trends, decorating trends, and beauty trends.
The latter covers everything from nails, haircare, makeup and skincare. With the ubiquity of social media, beauty users now can pick up popular trends from anywhere across the world and follow them. Skincare is the biggest segment in the beauty industry with global sales that hover around $130 billion in 2019. There is so much for consumers to digest and decide on. We turned to Dr. Manish Shah, a Denver Board Certified Plastic Surgeon and skin care expert. He takes a microscope to some of the hottest trends in 2019 to give you insight into what’s worth your hard- earned dollars.
CBD In Skincare
Much like it did in 2018, CBD is taking off in the new year. In fact, CBD (short for cannabidiol) has no plans of easing up its reign on the skin-care world in 2019. As a case in point, there are at least two MAJOR skin care brands that now include CBD in their skincare, not to mention the indie companies who have created CBD skincare. Dr. Shah’s take: “As far as it being good for skin, it acts as both an anti-inflammatory agent and an oil reduction agent. Theoretically, its addition to skin care products, especially those tasked to fight acne and other inflammatory skin conditions, is probably legitimate. It is also a good antioxidant that can help protect against free radical damage to skin cells. CBD can be made from hemp which helps skincare companies get around the federal ban on marijuana. Side effects of unregulated use include: Nausea, fatigue and irritability. CBD can increase the level in your blood of the blood thinner coumadin, and it can raise levels of certain other medications in your blood by the exact same mechanism that grapefruit juice does.”
Microneedle Patches
Some beauty editors and bloggers swear by pimple patches. According to experts, those patches are about to get even more advanced by way of a ton of tiny microneedles (or “microstructures”).The logic is that you can out put a smaller amount of acne-fighting ingredients into these tiny little cones and apply it to the skin, it’s a better, more effective delivery system.
Here’s how they are purported to work: The small band-aid-like sticker has spikes coated with hyaluronic acid that are thinner than a hair follicle. Through these teeny painless pricks in the skin, the patch drives the active ingredients deep in to the skin. Dr. Shah’s take:
“There is plenty of good medical literature on the validity of these small patches that are impregnated with various chemicals. The patch gets worn and the needles (either metallic or made out of absorbable polymer) penetrate the skin delivering the chemical treatment. Their design takes advantage of the concept of transcutaneous delivery of drugs. Patches can be custom made to fit various areas of the face and deliver anti-aging or other chemicals while a patient sleeps. The efficiency of delivery is better through the tiny skin punctures than if you only put the chemical directly on the intact skin. In theory, aesthetic practitioners can make custom topical treatments and place them on the patches to deliver customized at home skin treatments for their patients.”
Is a Cryotherapy Facial Is the Best Way to Brighter, Tighter Skin?
Cryotherapy has gained popularity in recent years with spa treatments exposing clients to subzero temperatures to help relieve pain and improve their health. This wellness treatment has recently undergone another adaptation with the cryotherapy facial treatment. The Cryo Facial is a cryogenic treatment that is performed by what is considered a “cryo probe,” which beams vaporized liquid nitrogen across the forehead, cheeks, nose and chin. Different from the cryotherapy chambers that can be used for pain relief, the facial targets helping the face look younger. Dr. Shah’s take: “This may be more suspect. There isn’t a great deal of study-based evidence that cryotherapy facials actually do what they claim. Typically, cryotherapy uses extremely cold liquid nitrogen to freeze exposed skin cells to kill them, like a wart. The facials use the same liquid nitrogen as a spray, but the aesthetician doesn’t stay in one area too long to avoid frostbite to the skin. Some level of cold injury occurs, probably to a very superficial level of the skin, so there may be some exfoliation. But there are safer ways to get exfoliation without risking frostbite or hyperpigmentation.”
ANTI-POLLUTION SKIN CARE
Your skin is exposed to environmental aggressors on a regular basis. Although unseen, these pollutants can wreak havoc on your skin by breaking down collagen and elastin, the fibers that give skin its bounce. To help reduce these unwanted side effects, anti-pollution skin care products are continuing to gain favorability among consumers. Just as SPF is now de rigor in skin care, this seems to be the case with anti-pollution ingredient. Dr. Shah’s take: “I think that this is a new name for old tech. In brief, our skin is exposed to environmental contaminants that create inflammatory conditions. These conditions lead to build up of free radicals in the skin. The ingredients in antipollution skin care are basically strong antioxidants that protect against the free radicals. But the skin is assaulted by more than chemicals. It experiences dehydration, UV exposure, temperature changes, etc. True antipollution skincare should guard against all this. Typical protective and reparative ingredients include vitamin E, vitamin C, retinoids, hyaluronic acid, zinc oxide, vitamin B3, and bisabolol.”
Dr. Shah’s final verdict: Just as one can become a slave to fashion, the same can happen with skin care trends. My best advice is to consult with your skincare physician. Discuss what you are exposed to during the day. Is it sun, pollution, humid air, wind, etc.? Talk to your doctor about what type of skin you have. Skin type changes as you age, and as hormonal factors come into play. Someone who had oily skin in their 20’s and 30’s can have combination skin in their 40’s and 50’s. Speak with your aesthetic provider about what your specific goals are for your skin. Is it reduced acne? Fewer wrinkles? Reduced brown spots? Broken capillaries? Just because something is a trend, does not mean it’s right for your skin care type or your goals. If you have a regimen that works for you, stick with it. Don’t be tempted by designer brands if drugstore brands are effective for you. There is nothing wrong with giving your skin care routine a modern “kick,” but good skincare does not mean one must try everything available on the market or in a med/spa or doctor’s office.
About Dr. Manish Shah
Manish Shah, M.D., F.A.C.S. was born in Canada and raised in the Washington, D.C. area. He graduated with honors from the University of Pennsylvania, receiving a degree in biomedical engineering. He then completed his medical training at the University of Virginia, earning his Medical Doctorate. During this time, he also completed a one-year fellowship in microsurgery research at the New York University School of Medicine / Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery. As a prelude to his plastic surgery training, Dr. Shah completed a rigorous five-year training program in General and Trauma Surgery at Emory University and the Medical College of Georgia. His formal training in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery was completed at the Univ. of Tennessee College of Medicine – Chattanooga Unit. After completing his plastic surgery training, he moved to New York City when he was selected for the prestigious Aesthetic Surgery Fellowship at Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital. He underwent extensive, advanced training in aesthetic surgery of the face, breasts, and body at the hands of some of the most renowned cosmetic surgeons in the world. This fellowship is widely considered to be the best of its kind in the world. Dr. Shah is one of only a select few plastic surgeons in the country who have undergone formal post-graduate training in aesthetic surgery.
Dr. Shah’s specialties include revision facial aesthetic surgery, rhinoplasty (“nose reshaping”), and aesthetic surgery of the breast (breast augmentation, breast lift, breast reduction). He is, however, well-trained in all areas of aesthetic surgery.
Dr. Shah’s aim is to obtain a natural appearing transformation that complements the real you!
Dr. Shah is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. He maintains a private practice in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery in the Cherry Creek neighborhood of Denver.
Dr. Shah is a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, the Rhinoplasty Society, and the European Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery.
Dr. Shah is board-certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery.
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CBD Essentials products are available at CannasseurBrands.com and select spas, wellness centers and specialty retail outlets nationwide.
Congratulations, you’re getting married! Getting engaged is definitely a cause to celebrate. Before you get caught up in the whirlwind of planning your wedding, you may want to take a moment to celebrate your big decision by having an engagement party. This definitely requires planning and preparation of its own, so to keep you from feeling overwhelmed, here are a few tips:
Capture the Memories
Getting engaged is definitely up there on the list of memorable life events. Make sure you capture the precious memories you’ll make at your party by hiring a professional photographer for your event. Or you can mix things up and make it more fun and interactive by renting a photo booth. A trusted vendor like the Photo Factory can make sure taking photos at your party will be a fun activity yet still in keeping with an elegant theme.
Renting a photo booth removes the burden of making sure you capture important memories at your party. They make it possible for you to get your photos in seconds, and they also make it easy to share your photos on social media with just a few clicks too. These are just some of the reasons why thephotofactory.co is the top photo booth rental in NYC.
Send Formal Invitations
In this digital age, it’s now so easy to send mass invites to a party via email, calendar invite, or social media. But sending old fashioned, paper invitations adds to the elegance of the affair, even if your party isn’t a strictly formal one. You can easily design beautiful invitations yourself using an app like Canva.com, or order them from a supplier.
Be sure to include all the important details like the date, time, venue and dress code so your guests come prepared. If you have limited space or if you would like to keep the affair an intimate one, be sure to specify that on your invitation so your guests won’t unwittingly bring along uninvited plus ones.
Plan Activities
Even if your engagement party is more on the casual side, it’s still appropriate to say a few words about the engaged couple. A bit of structure also adds to the elegance of an affair. Enlist one of your parents or a family member to “open” the party and to welcome everyone, and you and your fiancé can share how you met and fell in love. You could also show a video about your relationship, and use the occasion to announce your wedding date and other details.
If your guest list is limited to trusted family members and friends, and you and your significant other are good sports, you could let your guests roast you. You might also want to ask some of your older married family members and friends to share their advice for a long and lasting marriage.
At the end of the day, this is your day to enjoy and again celebrate the big life decision you’ve made. Don’t stress out too much about throwing a perfect engagement party or getting every detail just right. The important thing is to enjoy this time with the people closest to you, and to use this opportunity for your families to get to know each other better and form bonds before your wedding.
Who doesn’t love looking fashionable in the rain!
After nine years in business, ROMA Boots’ mission to merge fashion with philanthropy has totaled $2,953,186 worth of boots donated to children across the globe. For every pair of boots sold, a new pair is donated to a child in need. ROMA Boots even launched a new line of Men’s Rain Boots this January, so now the entire family can wear a pair of rain boots in contribution to a great cause. Find them at boutiques across the U.S., Canada, and Australia. They are also available online at romaboots.com or Amazon.
About ROMA Boots: After spending years working at Neiman Marcus, Romanian-born Samuel Bistrian wanted to take his passion for quality and customer service a step further by giving back to people in need. Growing up extremely poor, he realized how big the impact of rain boots are in a child’s life in poverty-stricken countries and from that, his business model for ROMA Boots was created. The company name ROMA means love.
While you might have initially launched your beauty blog to share your makeup skills, style secrets, and favorite products, you could soon turn this fun pastime into a lucrative venture. There are also multiple options to choose from to start earning a healthy revenue.
If you have developed a loyal following and want to take your website to the next level, here are four ways you can monetize your beauty blog.
Online advertisements can be an effective way to enjoy a passive income for minimal effort. If you have a steady flow of traffic visiting your website, consider incorporating Google AdSense advertisements.
Each time a visitor clicks on an ad, you’ll make money. Plus, as the ads will be relevant to your users’ search history, they’ll be more likely to engage with them. So, the more traffic you generate, the more money you can make.
After your beauty blog becomes popular, it’s likely many brands will reach out to pitch an affiliate partnership. This can be an effective way to enjoy a significant income and many freebies, as you could receive spa passes, free beauty products, skin care items, and more.
However, it is essential to only affiliate your beauty blog with products you genuinely like and care about. If you promote products or services that don’t represent who you are or your fans, it could lead to a drop in traffic and readership.
If you are ready to turn your blog into a profitable business, consider selling high-quality products on your website. For example, you could sell the following items:
You also can reduce your company’s overheads and processes with dropshipping. To do so, you will need to source products from a dropshipper, who will store your chosen items in their warehouse before sending them directly to your customers.
So, you will not need to worry about warehousing and shipping, meaning you can focus on marketing your high-quality beauty articles and products. Learn more by reading this guide to eBay dropshipping.
Many companies will pay good money to place an article on a trusted website with great domain authority, which can potentially increase their ranking in the search engines. If this sounds like your beauty blog, it’s likely many companies are contacting you to request a sponsored guest post.
While you have the option to write the blog post yourself for a brand, many might be more than happy to write a high-quality article for your site. If a blog is well-written and complements your branding, you could receive a cash amount for publishing it on your website with a backlink to their site. It is a quick and easy way to make money online.
Conclusion
As you can see, there are many ways you can turn your popular beauty blog into a rewarding business. You never know, it could become so successful that you can ditch your 9 to 5 job and focus on the smooth running of your site.
As Mother’s Day approaches, the scramble for a great gift has begun. Are you in search of something to gift a new mother with a preemie baby? If so, read on…
BEB Organic is a luxury, preemie skincare brand that focuses on the healing power of touch. Formulated with nutrient-rich ingredients, this product line is proven to dramatically improve healing time and skincare issues such as dehydration, rashes, eczema and much more.
In tandem with healing skincare, the brand has partnered with The Blue Dot Project through the month of June to support awareness for postpartum depression among other mental health disorders parents face.
Both companies will offer education and natural, NICU-approved skincare remedies for families.
With the purchase of the Charity Gift Set on BEBOrganic.com, 50% of the proceeds from the purchase will support The Blue Dot Project.
BEB Organic is available for purchase online at BEBOrganic.com as well as Amazon.com.