We all want to look younger for longer, so we took some tips from a book by anti-ageing guru Hazel Courteney ‘Ways to stayer Younger Longer’ - the ultimate alternative A-Z guide to anti-ageing.
Sugar is the most ageing food you can eat. It triggers an inflammatory response in the body, lowers immune function and ages the skin faster than smoking or sunbathing.
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An essential make up guide including bare Minerals
Having a short hair means more exposure to face and its essential to have a flawless coverage that looks and feels like you’re not wearing any makeup at all. Not all women have the flair for make up and putting it on correctly.
It is a skill that some have mastered and others just ‘wing’ it in the morning.
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Dr. Cameron Rokhsar unveils 7 Secrets for Celebrity skin.
He worked on top Hollywood skin prior to a movie awards show in Los Angeles early this summer. He will soon appear on a segment of VH-1’s “Fabulous Life Of..” series as the go-to guy for stars who want to stay young and gorgeous after 40. He’s the creator of the “Head To Toe Fraxel” laser skin resurfacing phenomenon that costs his jetset clients nearly $100,000 to reverse years of sun damage over the entire body. Now Cameron Rokhsar, M.D. a NY-based but internationally renowned laser surgeon sings the praises of two of Tinseltown’s most beautiful high-profile goddesses as he spreads the word about skin sun safety to “everyday people”.
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StriVectin-SD has been voted the #1 skin cream in France and now stands alone at the top of the French cosmetic market.
Klein-Becker’s internationally-renown prestige skin care cream has won top honors at the 17th annual “Les Grand Prix Advantages de la Beaute” (Advantage’s Grand Prix of Beauty) organized by the popular French magazine Advantages (from the Marie Claire group). The award was presented in Paris … Much to the chagrin of an audience comprised of French cosmetic giants, the likes of Lancôme, ReVive, La Mer, L’Oreal, Yves Rocher, and many others.
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Acne Treatment Drug
A previously unknown side effect of an unnamed drug currently on the marketplace could be useful for treating acne, reports Chemistry & Industry, the magazine of the SCI. A UK company is about to start a Phase 1 trial with the drug involving 18 healthy human volunteers and the results are expected to be announced later this year. In an earlier Phase 1 study in nine healthy human volunteers, the treatment was seen to reduce the excretion of sebum by the skin, which is associated with acne development, by up to 70%.
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Natural Acne Treatment
Many are looking for acne treatments that really work? Whether you are a teenager or an adult suffering from acne, you don’t have to live with it. Here you can find 10 easy and effective ways to treat acne.
1. Do not pick, press or rub your pimples. These actions actually increase the sebum production and rupture the membranes below your skin. The infection and sebum will spread underneath your skin and cause more pimples. Also, you risk increasing the chances of leaving scars on your face.
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Melanotan II For Skin Tanning
FDA has issued a Warning Letter to Melanocorp for the illegal sale and marketing of the product Melanotan II, which is not FDA-approved, on Melanocorp’s Web site. FDA recommends that consumers who are currently using Melanotan II stop using this product and consult their health care provider if they have experienced any adverse events that they suspect are related to its use.
“This product is being marketed and sold illegally as a preventative against skin cancer and as a tanning agent,” said Steven Galson, M.D., M.P.H. director of FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. “Protecting the public from unapproved products such as this that make unsubstantiated claims and may pose a health risk is a top priority at the FDA.”
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Skin Care Product Recall
Pacific Bioscience Laboratories Inc. (PBL) is initiating a voluntary safety recall of the Clarisonic Skin Care System nationwide.
Name of Product: Clarisonic Skin Care System
Units: While the reported incidence rate has been about one in ten thousand, the company is exchanging all affected Clarisonics for free. The recall pertains to all SKUs manufactured prior to July 2007.
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Rules For Sunscreen Products
Sunbathers and other people who like to spend time outdoors will benefit if a newly proposed FDA rule for sunscreen products is adopted, Dr. Marcy Street, M.D., a skin cancer expert and the founder of Doctor’s Approach Dermatology & Laser Center and Med Spa, said today.
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I’m sure there must be some law of nature that says that for all the effort you put in to achieve your goal, there’s someone on the other side of the world putting in as much effort to do the opposite. SkinGenesis is founded on the principles of stimulating and enhancing what goes on deep in the skin to give you a perfect surface and now it seems that clever people in California are inventing ways to put imperfections in!
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