Category Archives: Masks

Nude Skincare Selection Box

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For only $25, you can try out 5 pieces of Nude’s best-selling skin care in their limited edition Selection Box.

The set includes;

Cleansing Facial Oil
Advanced Smoothing Complex
Advanced Eye Complex
Age Defence Moisturiser
Miracle Mask

It’s such a great deal and a perfect way to get a good feel for Nude especially since all 5 pieces are beneficial for every skin type.

You’ll find the offer exclusively on their site right HERE.

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June Jacobs

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June Jacobs is a 30-year veteran of the spa industry and a visionary in the field of hi-tech skin luxury. She has created around 100 products for skin and body using high-potency hydrosols (essential oils distilled from plant matter), powerful antioxidants, and plant extracts without the use of parabens, harsh preservatives, synthetic dyes, or sulfates.  Her opulent line is used in the most prestigious spas worldwide,  and also offered online for an unparalleled at-home spa experience.

I first noticed the product’s packaging which gives an immediate feeling of relaxation with its charming frosted glass jars, metallic tin lids, and sculpted bottles- even the logo and writing on the containers are neatly arranged and printed. Visually speaking, it’s a line you can’t wait to delve into right away.

Inside of those containers her products are rich in antioxidants, many from food-based sources like cucumber, green tea, grapefruit, lemon, and cranberry, and everything smells like heaven. Her version of what cranberry smells like trumps the actual fruit itself. Her Creamy Cranberry Cleanser and Cranberry Pomegranate Moisture Masque maintain a balanced sweet scent that isn’t too over the top while completely quenching thirsty skin.

Also worth trying is the Lemon Sugar Body Polish that reminded me so strongly of lemon meringue pie that it literally made my mouth water.

June Jacobs

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The Best Fruit Enzyme Masks

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Fruit based enzyme masks have always been my favorite way to brighten up my skin in between facials. Enzymes gently dissolve dead surface cells revealing new, brighter skin underneath in a gentle, moisturizing way that’s appropriate for all skin types. If you have a sensitivity to glycolic, AHA’s, or retinol based products, and want an exfoliating effect- fruit enzymes are the way to go. Here are a few that always deliver the goods.

Murad’s Exfoliating Fruit Enzyme Mask pairs lemon with pomegranate and ginkgo biloba for an effective treatment that brightens skin and removes all traces of oil without stripping away needed moisture. $30, Murad.com Sephora.com, various retail locations.

I just used the Papaya Pineapple Mask from Sanitas last night to bring my tired skin back to life. Various distractions led me to leave the mask on much longer than I should’ve, but my skin didn’t show any signs of irritation. You can even get your heels ready for spring sandals by using it overnight on feet to soften callouses so you can easily exfoliate them away. $30, US Spa and speciality locations.

If you’re like me and smell everything before you buy it, then you’ll find the Pumpkin Enzyme Peel from Peter Thomas Roth to be heavenly. Using a ton of pumpkin, vitamin a, and not much else- this formulation gets to work on dull skin revealing a radiance and softness as addictive as the scent. $44, PeterThomasRoth.com, retail locations.

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Oxygenated Skin Care with Peter Thomas Roth and Pevonia

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We’ve been bombarded now for years with antioxidants, vitamins like a, c, and e that neutralize free radicals and stop the oxygenating of the skin. As it turns out, the pure oxygen is great for the skin, the idea is to neutralize the pollutants within the air and not the oxygen itself.

Pure Oxygen rejuvenates skin, improves circulation, encourages cell regeneration, and gives an instant visible result. Until we can all have regular oxygen facials as the celebs do before big events, you can enjoy the same results at home with 2 of my favs.

Peter Thomas Roth Radiance Oxygenating Masque is a great pick me up treatment a few times a week to really rev up the skin with a virtual laundry list of healthy skin must-haves like; vitamin C, mulberry, sodium hyaluronate, and many more.

Who can use it?

All skin types and ages

Women looking for a solution to brighten, and add vibrance to your skin

What can you expect?

Brightness

A look of rested, rosey skin

To use less makeup, use it in the morning- especially when a good night’s rest just wasn’t in the cards.

Available at Sephora, Drugstore.com, and various online retailers. $50

Soothe and awaken skin at the same time with Pevonia’s Oxygenating Sensitive Skin Cream. Even the most sensitized skin will be relaxed and revitalized with oxygenating and calming ingredients that’s even suitable for skin post laser, peel, and procedure.

Who can use it?

All skin types, but the cream also comes in dry and combination skin varieties

Acne prone or inflamed skin

What can you expect?

Calmer skin, it helps quiet redness

Perfectly balanced skin, the light texture blends in and disappears perfectly

Softening of fine lines

Available through Spas and Salons, DermStore.com, various online retailers. $65

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Bliss Triple Oxygen Instant Energizing Mask

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If instant gratification is your thing, you need the 2008 Best of Sephora winning Triple Oxygen Instant Energizing Mask from Bliss.

Think of it as a little kick to your dull, tired, lifeless skin. It’s a nice departure from a clay mask since it’s so neat and easy and delivers amazing results. Just sweep the gel over your face until it slightly foams, then wait just 5 minutes until the foam has expanded and ran its course before washing away. Oxygen molecules and detoxifiers are released into the skin immediately changing its appearance to be more youthful and awake. Trust me- it really works..

Use up to three times a week morning or night. It’s an absolute must-have for those who might indulge with the occasional cocktail, cigarette or sun-seeker.

Bliss Triple Oxygen Instant Energizing Mask

Pur Minerals Mineral Mudd Masque

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After too many long nights strewn together celebrating the 4th, my skin needed some revitalizing fast. I received this one of a kind masque in a recent offering sent from Pur Minerals, a complete mineral line found at Ulta and Dillards at very reasonable prices.

FIne bits of exfoliating matter are peppered throughout this dense, brown mud which contains pascalite to completely draw out impurities to reveal fresh glowing skin. Since pascalite is supposedly a cure to draw out the venom from a brown recluse spider bite, I thought this might be just the extreme action I needed.

What happened when I used this masque was nothing I’d ever experienced before.

My face felt the usual tightening sensation as with most mud masques, but I began feeling a tightening so great that my lips were being forced open as the mud dried drawing my skin upward and outward. I wanted to laugh at what had become of my face, but the masque was too tight.. At no point did my skin feel a burning sensation or the least bit irritated afterward and the result was so amazing I was wishing I’d taken a before and after. I think I’ve found a new post-weekend ritual.

Pur Minerals Mineral Mudd Masque