Category Archives: Antioxidants

There’s A Serum For That…

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Between cleansing and moisturizing lies an opportunity to make big changes to your skin by using a serum. Since the nature of a moisturizer is to be heavy and thick so it can soften the skin’s surface, its ingredients struggle to make their way down into the skin where they can make changes. A serum however, is a liquid with potent ingredients that can improve the skin since its light weight allows for better penetration therefore creating more change in the skin’s chemistry.

Think about serums like those commercials for IPhones, where they declare ’there’s an app for that’ because no matter what your skin’s needs, there’s a serum for that. Here are a few hardworking serums that treat various skin concerns.

For Dry Skin

SkinMedica’s Hydrating Complex serum boosts your skin’s ability to hydrate itself by giving it a surge of weightless moisture using hyaluronic acid that dissolves almost immediately. Use it daily or just when your skin is feeling extra thirsty and lifeless.

For Red, Irritated Skin

Covering up skin that’s red and irritated is hard to achieve. You could pile a yellow-based foundation on to try and neutralize the red, or you could use PCA Skin’s Anti-Redness Serum to visibly reduce redness caused by sun exposure, rosacea, or inflamed skin. It visibly brings down redness in weeks so your skin looks calm and healthy.

For Aging Concerns

Stem cell repair and protection from future damage is what ExCELLent Future Deep Repairing Serum from Lumene is all about. It targets the very cause of wrinkles and aging skin by making sure the skin’s most important cells are in their very best condition.

To Maintain Your Skin’s Current State



Advanced Night Repair has been a best-selling star in the Lauder line for years. It’s one of the very first antioxidants on the market and its customers are loyal. Not only does it zap environmental pollutants on contact before they can do damage on the skin, it also repairs any past damage and creates an environment on the skin that’s free of inflammation so that your skin today will look just as good years from now.


Whether you’re trying to make changes to your skin, or just maintain what you have now, there’s a serum out there that’s perfect for you.

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PCA Skin Perfecting Face & Body Hydrator SPF 30

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Recently I’ve noticed a huge trend in sun protection- they’ve been adding SPF to moisturizers in a way that makes it easy to use daily and guard against the damage that occurs over time in small doses of daily sun. PCA Skin’s Perfecting Face & Body Hydrator is a skin quencher so light in weight and so neutral in scent that it’s an ideal daily SPF 30 that carries The Skin Cancer Foundation’s Seal of Recommendation.

As a moisturizer, its licorice extract, and kojic and lactic acids help to fade sun spotting in a light also base giving light yet complete moisture. You do get broad-spectrum protection from both UVA (think A for aging) and UVB (think B for burning) rays, but they also pumped it full of antioxidants to protect your skin from future environmental damage.

So many times I think companies claim you can use a body product on your face too just for the sake of marketing, but with this fantastic combination of ingredients , it’s actually true. This is a complete moisture and SPF solution that you will find yourself using every day.

PCA Skin Perfecting Face & Body Hydrator SPF 30

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PCA Skin C-Quench

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Vitamin C is one of those rare one-size-fits-all ingredients that most women should incorporate into their skin care routines. I’ve gone over the benefits of Vitamin C, especially in the form of L-ascorbic acid. More specifically, L-ascorbic serums in air-tight, shaded glass bottles, just like C-Quench by PCA Skin.

PCA Skin is a professional line that offers professional results in the form of powerhouse treatments that knock out most major skin issues from discoloration and wrinkles, to acne and scaring- and they have plenty of before and after photos to back their claims up.

They carry 3 C-based treatments, but the C-Quench is the one I used. It has 15% L-ascorbic and it helps with skin laxity, lines, and pore minimization.  It had an instant smoothing effect on my skin and it gave such a radiance boost that I often didn’t need to use foundation after.

Add C-Quench into your basic skin routine for added skin protection benefits, or check out their ‘Solution‘ kits (also available in trial-size) which contain a combination of specific products you need to achieve your skin’s desired result.

What I can say for sure is this, PCA Skin takes education seriously which shows in their website- a vast wealth of info broken down into understandable summaries for each product.

$51, Drugstore.com, DermStore.com, Also Sold Through Licensed Professionals found through PCASkin.com

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Eat Your Way to Better Skin; Borba & Glowelle

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Pomegranate, oatmeal, white tea, flaxseed. We’ve heard about these so called ‘superfoods‘ and their many health benefits, but one very important benefit we don’t hear of as often is just as important; skin health.

The Vtamins and antioxidants in our foods are always advancing the overall look and health of our skin every time we eat them.  It’s just that easy. Now, because none of us eat 100% perfectly all of the time, these healthful ingredients are coming to us now in the fun, easy, and creative ways.

Since Borba introduced its drinkable skin care, they’ve partnered up with different companies adding their patented blend of skin nutrients to lipsticks, skincare, laundry detergent, and now cookies.

Borba and DeLuscious, a cookie giant in L.A and on the web, have created cookies that combine together antioxidants, vitamins, and essential fatty acids with a signature cookie that’s chewy and irresistible.

DeLuscious 1/2 Dozen Powered by BORBA Cookies $25

Glowelle has become hugely popular with women since their 50 calories a piece take along packets have replaced the usual afternoon sodas. These sweet and nutritious energy and skin boosters are loaded with good-for-you nutrition that rivals sugary drinks with empty calories.

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Estee Lauder NEW Advanced Night Repair Synchronized Recovery Complex and Sample Giveaway

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If you’re anywhere near an Estee Lauder counter tomorrow July 23rd between the hours of 5pm-9pm (your local time), drop by and receive a free sample of their new Advanced Night Repair Synchronized Recovery Complex- a super-charged version of their legendary classic.

26 years ago Advanced Night Repair introduced the world to antioxidants (vitamins a, c, e, etc.) and their benefits, now a bottle is sold every 3 minutes worldwide. When I worked for Lauder 12 years ago, I remember teaching women about oxidative damage to the skin and likening it to cutting an apple in half, and rubbing lemon (vit c) on one half to prevent it from turning brown which is pretty much the gist when it comes to vitamins on the skin, which along with sunscreen, is the best way to preserve your skin keeping it youthful.

ANR repairs your skin overnight with an incredibly lightweight serum you smooth on under your moisturizer. You can find more information here about the science behind the product, but being able to try it for yourself free of charge might just be the best research there is.

1 oz, $47.50, Department Stores Nationwide

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Om Aroma and Co.

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If you thought of beauty in terms of dessert (which isn’t that much of a stretch), then think of Om Aroma and Co. as a decadent chocolate soufflé where one bite isn’t enough.

Om’s Creme Eclat combines grapeseed oil with shea butter, chardonnay, and silk proteins into a base of organic oatmeal infusion for the richest most delicious body creme. Each jar is prepared by hand and filled with certified organic ingredients whipped into a texture that is dense in moisture, but light in feel- so it absorbs into the skin right away leaving a lasting softness and a beautifully light scent.

6.7oz, $50, OmAroma.com, Select Spas and Retailers Nationwide

Champagne and grapeseeds work together with olive and jojoba oils to make Elixir de Beauté facial exfoliant. Micro-scopic powdered pearls give the face a fresh luminosity while sweeping away dulness and preparing the skin for its last course.

3.4oz, $48

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