Even More from Clinique

Clinique’s Chubby Stick Moisturizing Lip Colour Balm is now available in even more shades. This world-wide phenomenon (truly) is a multi-tasking dynamo that moistens while coloring your lips with beautiful, vibrant (but still wearable) shades. The new shades include: Voluptuous Violet, Mighty Mimosa, Bountiful Blush, Two Ton Tomato and Curvy Candy.

These lip balms are very portable, easy to apply and never messy.

Another item we love from Clinique is  their Age Defense BB Cream. This light and effective cream adds color and UVA/UVB protection and also acts as a face primer. It is light and does what it promises. What more could you ask?

Moisturizer with Built-in Sunscreen

Aveeno—you know you can count on it for soothing moisturizing for your skin and now you get a sunscreen in every bottle of Aveeno Daily Moisturizing lotion with SPF 15 to get you started protecting your skin from harmful UVA and UVB rays. 

This lotion is part of their Active Naturals line and contains Colloidol Oatmeal and is non-greasy so it is a pleasure to smooth on your skin. Available in a tube or pump bottle. It does what it promises and smells nice, as well.

http://www.aveeno.com/bodycare

Serious Skin Care Made Simple

           
      We do like the idea of three basic facial care products. But they have to be serious.    This one, as you might expect from RoC, is. Multi Correxion is one of their newer, breakthrough line of products diminishes the appearance of multiple signs for aging with the exclusive fusion of pure RoC®RETINOL and antioxidants. The new box of the three essentials—Daily Perfecting Cleanser, Daily Perfecting crème for the day (with important SPF 30) and Intensive Night Concentrate.

You can use these three products as a base for others or, conceivably, just use the three and consider that you’ve done very good things, on the outside, for your complexion.

                                                       http://www.rocskincare.com/index_roc.jsp

No Foundation Foundation

This ingenious product, from Perricone MD Cosmeceuticals, was designed for some of the world’s most famous faces and now you can have it. Amazingly, there is only one universal shade for all ages and skin types and gives a natural, translucent coverage with a flawless finish.

It glides on the skin like it is on rollers--so smooth and clings to your face and softens imperfections. The No Foundation Foundation has these Perricone staples:

Alpha lipoic acid..smoothes skin texture minimizezes lines

Vitamin C Ester—helps even out skin tone and brightens skin appearance

DMAE firming and lifting

Specially treated pigments—blended with light-diffusing mica to instantly soften the look of lines, wrinkles and pores.

And it protects with a natural SPF 30.

A welcome addition.

Clinique Magifique

Do you really need another reason to wear sunblock? Isn’t it enough that it helps prevent skin aging and is a good defense again skin cancer? Add to that that the new generation of sunblocks are better than ever at what they do and how they feel on the skin.

For instance—Clinique Sun with SolarSmart –New SPF 30 Face Cream also encourages skin’s natural repair process while it protects your complexion. It feels weightless and is absorbed quickly leaving you with the feeling only traceable remains is the virtuous feeling you will have knowing you are doing something to protect your skin—which is, after all, an organ—like your kidneys or lungs.

Also try the new SPF 50 Body Cream—Contains antioxidants as well as protection fro the sun’s damaging UVB ad UVA rays. They all feel wonderful going on and do an excellent job of fighting for your skin’s health while you work and play or do absolutely nothing.

Using protection doesn’t mean you can’t have what used to be called “the healthy glow from the sun.” Glow, yes. Healthy? Not on your life. Clinique also has an answer for that. The new Almost Bronzer—a handy compact with 2 shades of bronzer side by side and a handy brush tucked handily underneath. Available in Light/medium and Medium/Deep and it offers SPF 15 and has a nice silk texture that ensures an even application—not streaky.

Also in this line are face and body lotions to give you a natural looking glow that really is healthy. Have a faux tan and fabulous skin.

www.clinique.com

Sun Shine Shield

It may be dreary and rainy but before you know it, it will be sun- drenched summer and having a supply of sunblock is a smart move. Neutrogena has several new offerings, including Age Shield FACE Sunblock, SPF 90+ (that is not a typo) with Helioplex,. This is an advanced sunscreen that states it shields skin 6 layers deep from UVA rays, which age the skin. It also fights free radicals that can speed up the signs of aging and is oil-free and non greasy.

Also available is Neutrogena’s Ultimate Sport—SPF 55 Sunblock, also with Helioplex. This one is ultra-sweat proof and water proof and is available as a lotion or convenient spray.

And, made for kids, but anyone can use it—Waterguard, an SPF 70+ spray that is waterproof, rub-proof and yet is oil-free. Spray sunscreen is a fast way to protect your skin from the welcome and warm, yet damaging, rays of the sun.

Sunblock Mental Block?

Sunscreen should be on your face every day. But do you apply it each morning? What blocks you from using sunblock?

Here is one you will want to put on—Clinique City Block Sheer SPF 25. This is a lightweight, subtly tinted, oil-free member of the City Block family is even easier to layer and more sheer on skin than ever before. New to the formula are moisture wicking fibers and a specific extract sourced from algae that help reduce excess oil on skin’s surface. These moisture wicking fibers help repel perspiration and help makeup stay-put.

This advanced, 100% physical (non-chemical) formula is perfect for people who cannot tolerate daily use of chemical sunscreens, all while providing anti-oxidants and anti-irritants one expects from the City Block line.

City Block glides on easily and feels very light on the face. With its subtle tint, it seems to act as a kind of primer for the other products that follow. When you use City Block you are getting not only an effective sunscreen that is good for your skin, you are getting your face ready for the other special effects you have planned for it. Do your face a favor by using Clinique’s City Block 25 or Super City Block SPF 40, which gives you even more protection but still feels light on your skin. It's also smart to use sunblock, or at least sunscreen, on your hands. They show the signs of sun damage sometimes before your face does. Maybe wearing some kind of gloves year 'round isn't such an antique idea.

Clean and Screen

Sunscreen. You know should wear it, but do you know you should wear it every day? Sure, it is more obviously needed during the sunny Spring and Summer months but the truth is, your skin is exposed to varying degrees of harmful rays every day of the year. Your skin can be more exposed by daily outside activities such as running errands, than it can by hanging about at a beach a few days out of the year.

It often happens that even when the weather forecast calls for three days of rain, the one day you decide to not put sunscreen on your face (or hands) is the day the sun will make an unexpected and mostly welcome, appearance. So even if you are 100% positive there will be zero rays hitting you, slather on a bit of sunscreen just as insurance. There are an increasing number of really good sunscreen products so there really is no excuse not to wear one.

Here’s one that is especially noteworthy: St. Ives Elements has a sunscreen that is a skin cleanser. Or is it a skin cleanser that is a sunscreen? Here’s how Protective Elements works: Moisten your face with water, apply liberally the creamy cleanser, dispensed from a pump, over your face with your fingertips, lathering in for 1 to 2 minutes. (Avoid the eye area, of course.) Rinse with water and pat dry.

Now your face is protected with an SPF 10 UVA/UVB sunscreen that worked its way onto your face while you were washing it. You can apply an additional stronger sunscreen, but at least if you forget, you have given your face some protection against harmful rays.

Skin Deep

Don’t look now but here comes some more “weather.” Temperatures seem stuck in the skin-irritating frost zone, showing little signs of a serious Spring thaw. Frigid temperatures, blustery winds—along with indoor heating-- take a toll on skin.

One line of defense is Lubdriderm Intense Skin Repair Body Lotion. It can help repair and heal rough, winter-weathered skin. Featuring a revolutionary, time released technology that contains encapsulated Shea Butter, it is clinically shown to provide 24-hour moisturization and relieve itchy dry skin.

Lubriderm is a very recognizable name in skin care but have you noticed how many different kinds of Lubriderm there are now? In addition to the Intense Skin Repair Body Lotion, there are 12 other Lubriderm products.

· Advanced Therapy Hand Cream - This unique formula, which is enriched with vitamins, nutrients and antioxidants, is clinically shown to moisturize for 24 hours, and lasts through hand washing, leaving your hands softer, smoother and more comfortable.

· Advanced Therapy Moisturizing Lotion - It moisturizes for 24 hours and is clinically shown to turn extra-dry skin into healthier, more resilient skin in just one week.

· Advanced Therapy Triple Smoothing Lotion- Specially formulated with alpha hydroxy acid (AHA), its exclusive triple-action formula gently exfoliates flaky skin to help improve skin cell turnover, smoothes the appearance of rough, uneven skin and is clinically shown to moisturize for 24 hours.

· Intense Skin Repair Calming Relief Body Lotion - It's specially formulated with soothing emollients and HydraRelease™ technology for 24 hours of continuous moisture for healthy-looking, soft and comfortable skin.

· Intense Skin Repair Body Lotion and Body Cream – both with HydraRelease™ technology

And there are the All Daily Moisture Lotions, all with 24 hours of continuous moisture.

· Daily Moisture Lotion

· Daily Moisture Lotion – Fragrance Free

· Daily Moisture with SPF 15

· Sensitive Skin Therapy Moisturizing Lotion

· Skin Nourishing Moisturizing Lotion with Sea Kelp Extract

· Skin Nourishing Moisturizing Lotion with Premium Oat Extract

· Skin Nourishing Moisturizing Lotion with Shea & Cocoa Butters+

Pick the one (or two) that best works for you and start getting your skin back into summer shape.

An Eyeful of Practical Beauty

Here’s a handy idea from Avon: Anew Rejuvenate 24-hour Eye Moisturizer –two formulas, one for day and one for night, in one jar. One side is a night time treatment that softens the appearance of fine lines and minimizes under-eye puffiness. You wake up and your eyes seem more rested and somehow more youthful looking. The PM formula is designed to help repair cellular damage and to help prevent fluid retention.

The other chamber in the jar is a Day Revitalization Cream with SPF 25 UVA/UVB protection, which, the company states, can even be used on the sensitive eye lid area, which really is something new. The day formula makes eyes look revitalized and awake while softening the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. This cream is formulated to help inhibit enzyme oxidation that can lead to dark shadows.

According to Avon, “in just 24 hours more than 70% of women saw the look of fine lines softened, shadows brightened and puffiness reduced “ and “in just two weeks, 77% saw a dramatic improvement in the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.”

Having both AM and PM formulas in one jar saves space, time and a bit of money. There are generous amounts of both creams in the 0.33 fl.oz. jar and both feel very light and soothing when applied. For $30. you really are getting two creams specially formulated for the delicate eye area, one for the night and one for day.

Sunscreen

The season may be slouching towards Fall but you still need to wear sunscreen daily. It is not needed when it is raining, of course, but have you noticed how many times the forecast calls for rain and then the sun comes out or the day starts drizzly and gray and then just when you are outside exposed to the weather, here comes the sun.

Go ahead. Slather some on your face and hands just to be sure. You’ll be glad you did later.