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Burt’s Bees Lemon Butter Cuticle Creme .6 oz (17 g) (See all Vitamins & Supplements)

How many times have you gotten a manicure only to have dry cuticles or a hang nail a few days later? Even though manicures make our nails look gorgeous, nail polish removers can be harsh and drying.  An insider at My Beauty Match came across Burt’s Bees Lemon Butter Cuticle Cream and says it does the trick.  Apply it to your cuticles to help your manicure last longer. Lemon Butter Cuticle Cream contains some delicious ingredients such as lemon oil, sweet almond oil, cacoa seed butter and of course beeswax!

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Murad Resurgence Renewing Eye Cream, 2: Treat/Repair, 0.5 fl oz (15 ml) (See all Facial Skin Care)

Throw that Makeup Away!

Keeping and using makeup for too long can cause numerous eye and skin infections. Yuck! My Beauty Match Insider tips for when to discard: Mascara should be thrown out after 3months, eye shadow if powder can last up to 2 years, but cream based about 4 months. Using eye products for too long or sharing with a friend can cause irritation and eye infections both bacterial and viral. Lipstick/gloss can last up to 1 year unless it has an applicator brush and then maybe 4 months. Foundations can last up to 2 years but make sure to wash brushes every week and change sponges ever week as to not get bacteria on your face!

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Well I truly don’t think this could have come at a better time because in a few weeks, we’ll really start feeling how the change in season affects our skin.

I would never be caught dead without topical moisturizer, but lately, I’ve started to take internal skin rejuvenation pills to help me fight the signs of aging from the inside out.

I had been using Genuine Health’s Omega Glow for a while now, but they have just put out a new product that is incredible!

It’s a fact that winter months do such a number on our skin and dryness becomes one of the main issues most of us have to contend with.

Using moisturizer is quite common and it comes as no surprise that according to the largest consumer skin care survey conducted in North America, BrandSpark International, 85% of adult women use an external moisturizer. That said, depending on the type of topical moisturizer you use, you can end up with a cream or lotion that sits on top of skin without ever penetrating the skin to deeper layers.

That’s where an internal anti-aging pill becomes so important. If you’ve not yet tried an oral anti-aging pill, you might want to take a look at all the benefits you get from using Dermalipid by Genuine Health.

This oral anti-aging pill is a combination of plant ceramides, phospholipids, squalene and fatty Acids/GLA that nourish, protect and rebuild skin, moisturizing it from the inside out.

In fact, Japanese researchers showed in that oral plant ceramides improved hydration in the stratum corneum by 253% after 3 weeks (vs. placebo) in human volunteers! And a recent report from the Satou Hospital in Osaka, Japan, suggests that oral administration of plant ceramides can turn down the dial on inflammatory chemicals in young children with chronic skin inflammation.

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You may be shaking your head now in surrender, placing your stretch marks problem as something inevitable, just a small price to pay in having such a wonderful baby.

True, most women develop pregnancy stretch marks, particularly during the later stages of gestation, where the rapid increase in the growing baby bump and the additional weight gain stretch the skin to its limits, but it does not mean you have to live with them even after delivery!

They are common during pregnancy because the skin tissues break, apart from that, these skin changes may also occur because of hormonal changes and scratching. Usually these marks would pepper your abdomen but it can also appear in other areas where weight gain may be more noticeable than others such as the upper arms, breasts, hips, buttocks, thighs, and legs.

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Here are some factors that will make you more prone to pregnancy stretch marks compared to others:

Have you noticed the growing number of beauty focused infomercials? What about all these shopping channels promoting celebrity skincare products?

I guess if you are a celebrity and you are offered a large sum of money to endorse, partner up with a skincare line, why not?

September was Ovarian Cancer Awareness month and October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. A weeks days ago, Katie Couric (from NBC), Brian Williams (from NBC) and Charles Gibson (from ABC) hosted the “Stand Up to Cancer” evening that brought out loads of Hollywood celebrities lending their voice and star power to a worthy cause.

If you missed the incredibly powerful promotional advert for the cause you can watch it below:

Since I’m on the topic of plastic surgery, I thought I’d touch on an important point.

Most people are fully aware that if they get surgery and they feel post-surgical pain or discomfort they should run (not walk) to their doctor’s office. Well, this also applies to non-cosmetic rejuvenation.

Since when you undergo non-cosmetic rejuvenation treatments, you are usually awake, you know fairly quickly if something is burning and feeling particularly painful.

I’m a big magazine junkie and I have to admit that Harper’s Bazaar might be my favourite. I equally like the British and the American edition.

Bazaar was the first one to break down style and beauty tips for women in their 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s and YES – 70s! I know for me it was very inspiring to see that such a prestigious magazine would recognize that women in their 40s, 50s, 60s and YES 70s do still want to look attractive and they are still very much open to tips and tricks.

A few editions ago, Bazaar featured some products they considered to be essentials for women in their 40s, 50s and 60s.

Sephora always likes to make things as easy as possible for their clients and they’ve come up with a seven-step formula to flawless skin. If you don’t like to figure out which steps you need to take in order to have the best skin and makeup and if you like to leave these types of decisions to beauty experts, then you are in luck because Sephora has taken all the guesswork out of it.

Step #1: Skincare regimen to keep your skin glowing at any age

I was watching Marilyn Denis’ CityLine show on City TV (on Wednesday, Mars 19) when I noticed Paula Begoun as the guest expert promoting the newest edition of her book “Don’t Go to the Cosmetics Counter Without Me”.

One thing that I quite like about Paula Begoun is the fact that she features lower priced products that are comparable to higher priced skincare or makeup products. Not everyone can afford higher priced products and let’s face … we all have months where our beauty budget is smaller than others.

Seriously, have you noticed how many products are under the eBay beauty category?

A few weeks ago, I was doing a search for an anti-aging product and I noticed that eBay pages kept popping up everywhere. At first, I discounted them because I really couldn’t figure out why eBay was coming up so often, but then I started clicking on the links and noticed that these were actual beauty and anti-aging products.

It’s officially winter (and most likely it’s going to be a very long one)!

Alas, we undoubtedly deal with dry and even severely dry skin in the winter. If you’ve not been able to find a cream that helps you through the year’s harshest months, you might want to consider Atopalm. This concentrated formula has been specifically formulated for sensitive and dry skin. A scientific combination of ingredients including pseudo-ceramide, fatty acids and cholesterol relieves the discomfort of dry skin and strengthen the skin’s own barrier function while providing essential moisture.

Since I had never heard of the effectiveness of pseudo-ceramides before, I asked one of the distributors of Atopalm to explain the benefits in further detail.

*** Embrace the NEW year ***

Christmas came early for me. Since October, I’ve been tracking down some really great beauty and skincare products that I cannot wait to share with you.

I’m not going to reveal it all … but I will give you a quick sneak peak of a few great stories to come:

1. New skincare products are still surfacing every single day and there are many new products to share with you.

2. A lot of acne suffers will be excited to find out that we might have found some really excellent products that can help control acne from the inside. This is the most common question I get. The minute people know that I’m a beauty editor, they immediately ask: What can I do about my blemishes? I’ve found a lot of new and exciting products.

3. We’ll be testing what is called “functional fast food” … this is an easy (if not the easiest) way of including powerful anti-oxidants in your diet.

Photo by Parksy

*** Embrace the NEW year ***

I recently attended a medical spa conference to check out the new and upcoming trends in the cosmetic rejuvenation industry. It turns out that it was not so much new trends that were featured, but rather some of the skin conditions that this industry was focusing on.

It’s obvious the usual suspects were present: injections, light therapy, cellulite treatment, laser-resurfacing treatments and a range of cosmeceutical products (medical graded skincare products). That said, there were a number of things worth sharing.

Here are some of the skin conditions that seemed to be top of mind among skincare experts:

***Best Beauty Gifts***

If winter is causing your combination or oily skin to be dryer than usual, you might have to switch from a clay mask to a hydrating mask. Along with their famous Korres Natural yogurt cream, Korres Natural Products has also created a soothing Korres Yogurt Mask that uses the power of active yogurt and watercress extract to instantly hydrate and comfort oily skin that feels dehydrated.

You might need to use the Korres Yogurt Mask twice a week to benefit fully from the reviving and hydrating affects.

If you don’t have a chance to visit the Korres store located at 110 Wooster St. in New York City, you can still find many spas across the US and Canada that sell the Korres Natural Products yogurt cream.

You can also buy Korres Yogurt Mask at Sephora stores or on Sephora’s Web site.

The 40ml/1.35 oz jar of Korres Yogurt Mask retails for C$41/US$27.

***Best Beauty Gifts***

Yogurt is one of my all time favourite snacks. One of the major highlights of any European trip for me is to actually eat as many different types of yogurts as I can get my hands on.

I’ve definitely tried the occasional yogurt mask in the past after hearing of the hydrating benefits … but this is the first I hear of a yogurt face cream.

It’s true that most North Americans are unaware that yogurt is an ancient healing remedy that goes back centuries. In Greece, yogurt is known for its ability to instantly soothe the skin by delivering increased moisture to the upper levels of the epidermis.

After opening a homeopathic pharmacy in Athens with smashing success, Greek’s most international cosmetic company, Korres Natural Products, has made its way to North America.

They’ve been selling their revitalizing cream like crazy and they’ve recently opened a store in New York City, located at 110 Wooster St.

Why is Korres so popular?