First Aid Beauty Anti-Redness Serum 1.7 oz

>>>Ginger and Cinnamon aren’t just for cooking anymore. Now they can actually help your skin.

Spice up your skincare regimen!

Spics have been shown to increase circulation to the skin and body. Ginger has an anti-inflamatory affect when used on then skin and leaves it feeling invigorated and refreshed! First Aid Beauty Anti-Redness Serum is an affordable serum that helps reduce redness and calm the skin! Cinnamon also has antimicrobial properties! Time to spice it up!

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Feature by our Editorial Assistant Colleen

A number of lucky readers will head down south during the next few months to take in some much needed sun given how terrible this summer was and how grey fall has been.

Although an even tan is nice, it’s even better to make sure your skin doesn’t suffer from the harsh rays.

Dermal has a product to help your skin get its sun-lit glow while repairing it from any damage. I’m talking about the SkinMedica Dermal Repair Cream.

It’s been a best seller on Amazon and a favourite among many Amazon readers. You can read about what they had to say here: Dermal Repair Cream

A few weeks ago, I was invited to a great afternoon among other beauty editors and beauty bloggers over lunch to talk about Olay’s new product launches!

The afternoon was made ever more enjoyable by the fact that we all met at the Jamie Kennedy restaurant located in the newly renovated Gardiner Museum.

International readers, if you do visit Toronto, you’ll want to make a stop at the Jamie Kennedy restaurant for lunch because the food is super delicious and the setting is so sleek. They have a patio that makes people watching a national sport. Trust me … you won’t be disappointed.

Obviously this afternoon wasn’t all about great food, we also had to talk about anti-aging skincare.

Feature by our Editorial Assistant Colleen

It’s pretty annoying when I realize I don’t have any travel-sized toiletries before I leave for a trip.

Luckily, hotels usually have something that you can use but sometimes you have to go out and buy skincare products you like and know work for you.

I’ve just been introduced to Per-fékt Beauty and all of their skincare products are 3 oz or less!!!

There are three main gels that are part of this line: 1) skin perfection gel, 2) body perfection gel and 3) new eye perfection gel.

1. Night Rainew’s® instant hydration quenches and smoothes even the thirstiest skin for immediate refreshment and radiance. Ten minutes after applying Night Rainew, 92 percent of women said their skin felt perfectly hydrated.

2. Night Rainew is powered by HydroPeptide®; the age-defying breakthrough that relaxes facial expressions that cause wrinkles, lifts away fine lines, and plumps deep wrinkles for smoother, firmer, younger-looking skin. After 35 days of use, 9 out of 10 women saw their wrinkles and fine lines diminish.

3. Dermatologist tested, reviewed, and recommended. Dr. Vivian W. Bucay is the nationally renowned dermatologist behind Night Rainew.

Feature by our Editorial Assistant Colleen

Now here’s an interesting product that you might not have heard of before: Clarins Instant Light Complexion Perfector!

So what does it do? Well, pretty much what the name claims. It is supposed to be compatible with any skin type to create a smooth and even complexion on your face.

You can use the product on its own or mixed in with your make-up.

It’s also quite simple to apply. You can use your finger to rub it onto your face or use a foundation brush to glide it on.

I’m not sure if it makes a dramatic difference but, it can be used on all skin colours and it leaves you with a very natural look.

French women have also been turning to antioxidant serums to protect their skin against environmental aging. Since French women won’t go as easily under the knife and they won’t rely on beauty injections as much as North Americans, there are a number of them running to their beauty counter to find the latest and greatest when it comes to anti-aging serums.

When it comes to the best of the best, French women are looking for the following anti-aging ingredients:

* Idebone to protect the skin against oxidation.

* Ginseng extract to counteract the damaging effects of free radicals.

* Vitamin E combined with vitamin C to help against environmental pollutants.

In 2007, BBC2′s “Horizon” reported the findings of a research conducted on skincare products. A selection of products had been handpicked by the show tested and tried. The results were announced and history was made.

Once it was reported that Boots’ ‘Nº7 Protect & Perfect’ was actually proven to deliver results, British women were racing to their nearest Boots store and buying as many tubes as they could get their hands on and the product was sold out in every Boots in less than 24 hours following the BBC2 report.

The reason for all this frenzy might be related to a statement that can be found on Boots Web site: “Manchester University along with eminent dermatologist Professor Chris Griffiths carried out independent research on ‘Nº7 Protect & Perfect’ Beauty Serum and scientifically proved that it repairs photo-aged skin and improves the fine wrinkles associated with photo-ageing”.

Boots products have been sold in Canada for about one year now and for the longest time Shoppers Drug Mart could NOT keep the product on the selves. A lot of Canadian women had heard of the BBC2 report through friends from the U.K. and it was simply impossible to keep the product on the shelves.

NARS Cosmetics is unquestionably my favourite makeup find of 2008! Once I tried their spring 2008 collection … there was no going back!

What I didn’t know was that they also have a full range of skincare products that are equally sensational.

Not long ago, I reviewed their Aqua Gel which I thought was amazing at hydrating my skin.

You can read my review here: Review: NARS Skin Acqua Gel Hydrator has saved my skin from this bitter winter!

There are far more products in the NARS Skin line and I wanted to make sure that my readers knew about them.

The NARS Skin is a complete line of skin care products that ranges from eye creams to lightweight moisturizers to foaming cleansers to toning lotions to serums.

Velds is the producer of this product that is quite popular in France so obviously, I wanted to try it! I had featured the product a while back when I first had heard of it, but because I had such a long lineup of products to test, I was only able to try it recently.

The Ferox Pure Pulp is made from a wild South African aloe plant called ferox. Aloe ferox plants can be found in Cape Province in South Africa and they have been used by South Africans for more than 1,000 years as a remedy against burns. It’s only in 1967 that the regenerative abilities of the aloe ferox plant were put to the forefront by a surgeon after using the plant on a patient who had just received an open heart transplant – application of aloe ferox accelerated the reproduction of the fibroblasts …which are the cells responsible for the formation of collagen.

A few weeks ago I had featured great new videos I had caught on YouTube about sexy men and and anti-aging serum called Reversa.

I hope you were able to watch those videos, because they are truly worth it!

You can still catch the original post here: WARNING: It’s raining sexy men: Have you seen these hilarious ads from Reversa?

This is a rare occasion for my readers because not only did I tested and tried the Reversa serum, but Eleni and Daphne, my product reviewers were also able to review the product and you can see how all three of us liked the product! You’ll also be able to see how each of us rate the product!

1) Krizia’s review of Reversa

I really had never heard of Reversa before watching those videos so I really had no clue what to expect.

A friend of mine insisted that I take a look at these videos because she said that the humour was so sleek … I’d really enjoy the double (and triple) entendres.

The videos are really funny and they remind me of the Visa: “If life was that simple … you wouldn’t need Visa” ads (where your monthly balance is always zero regardless of how much you spend) … hey … you can’t blame a girl for dreaming!

1)  Policeman and latte

More and more cosmetic companies understand that they have to provide skincare lines that are adapted to the different stages of a woman’s life.

Not long ago, I highlighted how Lancôme Cosmetic had you covered from your 30s-60s. If you didn’t read the post, you can catch up here: Lancôme has got you well moisturized from your 30s to your 60s!

Christian Dior is another French cosmetic pioneer that had recently hired Sharon Stone as their spokesperson. (Alas, that relationship ended when Sharon Stone expressed her support for Tibet in the aftermath of the recent earthquakes that hit parts of China in a way that caused an outcry of indignation among many Chinese clients of Dior.)

Isomers’ Intellisome line could easily be translated as intelligent skincare protection for your skin! Under this label, we found a few good options to protect your skin:

Isomers Intellisome Cell Renewing Complex: This is the most popular product from the entire Isomers line. This cell rejuvenating serum will address a good number of skin issues including: improved smoothness, clarity, radiance to the skin; reduction of fine lines and wrinkles; balancing out uneven pigmentation; and activating skin cell regeneration to render the skin smooth and soft.

The “Absolutes” products for Isomers are really your must-have daily products to combat aging by protecting you against free radicals. The line contains a lot of products, but I thought I’d highlight a few that I found interesting.

Isomers Carnosine+ Antioxidant Complex: This serum is designed to help support skin elasticity is over 250 times more powerful than pure idebenone (an analogue of co-enzyme Q-10) as an antioxidant. This statement will no doubt stir quite a lot of beauty buzz.

The name is fairly explicit. Products that fall under the Isomers Basics label are must-have products in your daily beauty regime.

There are a lot of products to choose from in this line and we highlighted a few that caught our attention. 

Isomers Desert Youth 4x with ectoin: This serum contains ingredients that are derived from a natural source that survives extreme conditions in the desert. Isomers Desert Youth 4x will help protect your skin from the environment, free radicals and chemicals.