Category Archives: ANTI-AGING + PROCEDURES + MEDICAL AESTHETICS

Revision Skincare® Revox 7™ and D.E.J Eye Cream™

February 23, 2017

 

Working in tandem to fight the signs of aging around the eye area, the Revision Skincare® Revox 7™ and D.E.J Eye Cream™ create 360 degrees of age-defying power in the limited edition Power of 2 Set. Together, the formulas contain 9 peptides to address a variety of every day eye concerns including: sagging eyelids, crow’s feet, fine lines and under-eye wrinkles.

 

Revox 7™

Incorporates clinical levels of peptides, including two award-winning peptides with the newest technology in the skincare industry which have a lifting effect to reduce the appearance of slackness and sagging. This product goes to work the minute you apply to soften the look of expression lines and provide powerful long-term benefits. 

D.E.J Eye Cream

Formulated with the most advanced, clinically-proven extracts, peptides and anti-oxidants, the D.E.J eye cream™ addresses the signs of aging by helping to hydrate, brighten and firm the skin.

Available for a limited time beginning February 2017, Revision Skincare Power of 2 Set will be available exclusively through dermatologists, plastic surgeons and medical spas. Visit revisionskincare.com to find a location near you.

Juice Beauty: One of My Top Favorite Organic Products on the Market – by Jonathan Stinson

February 6, 2017

After trying four products from Juicy Beauty, The Organic Solution, I was absolutely obsessed. You can actually feel your skin hydrating as you add each product. I personally use four of Juice Beauty’s products consisting of: Organic Treatment Oil, Stem Cellular Anti-Wrinkle Moisturizer, Stem Cellular Anti-Wrinkle Eye Treatment and the Full Strength Green Apple Peel. All of these are insanely powerful and leave your skin feeling healthy with no stress of chemicals or toxins as the brand prides itself on pure organic ingredients. Juice Beauty Founder, Karen Behnke said, “At Juice Beauty we believe in advanced beauty solutions that harness the best of certified organic ingredients to deliver clinically validated skincare and vibrant plant-pigment makeup that provide beautiful results, enrich your well-being, and sustain the Earth.”

Let me break it down by product:

Organic Treatment Oil– Every organic drop delivers concentrated hydration, potent antioxidants and vital nutrients to the skin. Antioxidant-rich organic cranberry seed, grape seed and carrot seed oils are blended with essential fatty acids and botanicals to deeply moisturize for a healthy, revitalized complexion. Juice Beauty’s Organic Treatment Oil is designed for all skin types and especially beneficial for normal, dry or mature skin. This is a facial treatment oil can also be used on all dry spots including elbows, heels and even as a deep hair conditioner which I use often before I use my blow dryer.

Juice Beauty Stem Cellular Anti-Wrinkle Moisturizer– is plumped with a vitamin C, resveratrol-rich grape seed formula to create a visibly firmed appearance of the skin and reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. It has certified organic, antioxidant-rich ingredients and plant oils that hydrate and improve elasticity for lasting, advanced age defy results. Juice Beauty’s Stem Cellular Moisturizer is ideal for all skin types and especially beneficial for skin showing the signs of aging including fine lines, wrinkles, and sun damage.

Juice Beauty Stem Cellular Anti-Wrinkle Eye Treatment– A proprietary blend of fruit stem cells and vitamin C infused into certified organic, antioxidant-rich juices works to create a smoother, firmer appearance and improve elasticity, while reducing the appearance of dark circles and fine lines around the eyes for lasting, advanced age defy results. Juice Beauty’s Stem Cellular Anti-Wrinkle Eye Treatment is designed for all skin types and especially beneficial for skin showing the signs of aging including fine lines, wrinkles and sun damage. It renews the skin’s surface around the delicate eye area with vitamins C, E & B5. Visibly reduces appearance puffiness around the eyes with organic essential fatty acids of evening primrose, borage & linseed. I also noticed it delivers rich hydration around the eye area with organic antioxidant-rich jojoba and shea.

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Juice Beauty Green Apple Peel Full Strength– This amazing peel exfoliates with Juice Beauty’s patented, bestselling, potent alpha and beta-hydroxy acid peel that delivers spa grade exfoliation, revealing a brighter complexion while creating firmer-looking skin and reducing the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles and hyperpigmentation for optimum age-defying results. Juice Beauty’s Green Apple Peel Full Strength is designed for all skin types (except sensitive skin), 20’s and up and is effective for reducing the appearance of dark spots, and uneven skin tone and texture. Evens skin tone and texture with a spa grade exfoliation from a potent patented dose of alpha hydroxy acids (malic, citric & tartaric from organic fruits, glycolic and lactic acids) and beta hydroxy acid (salicylic acid from willow bark).

Get to know the wonderful Juice Beauty Founder, Karen Behnke:

Masterminded by a California team passionate about healthy lifestyles and whose organic products are backed by powerful science. It all started when Karen Behnke, a serial wellness entrepreneur, who built one of the first corporate wellness companies in the country, developed a keen interest in personal care products upon becoming pregnant with her first child at the age of 40.

Experiencing hormonal changes and the beginning of lines in her skin, Karen set out to find healthy skincare solutions that delivered visible results. She was astounded to learn that, although the skin absorbs over 60% of what is placed on it, there were very few available healthy personal care products that worked well. She wanted to create meaningful change in the beauty industry.

Years after her second child was born, Karen subsequently bought the name “Juice Beauty” in 2004 and launched the Company from scratch in 2005. Karen set out to do the impossible: to create organic and natural formulations that perform as well as conventional beauty products yet never compromise on the luxurious experience. Over 5 years, Karen’s team worked with PhD chemists, physicians, and microbiologists to perfect Juice Beauty’s chemistry. Juice Beauty’s revolutionary formulations started with a basic premise: Karen believed that by formulating with an antioxidant and vitamin-rich organic botanical juice base, rather than petroleum derivatives or added water, and combining it with powerful skin care ingredients, it could yield equal or better results than conventional or natural products. Multiple clinical testing proved her right. The company really started growing when the GREEN APPLE™ Peel – now patented – escalated to fame through celebrity favorite mentions and media awards.

Today, Juice Beauty offers award winning (InStyle, ELLE, Allure, EWG awards) skincare, makeup and hair care products that meet rigorous U.S., organic regulations supported by solid eco-values that include purchasing many ingredients locally from West Coast certified organic farmers and manufacturing strictly in the U.S.A. often with solar power, utilizing sustainable containers and printing with soy ink. Juice Beauty also provides donations to five chosen charities.

XX Jonathan Stinson

 

 

 

Arque Derma: Artistic Restoration Lift at the InjectAbility Clinic, Torrance

January 29, 2017

ARQUE DERMA 

Pronounced ‘ARC DERMA,’ ArqueDerma® in Latin means ‘to inject the skin’. The name ArqueDerma® imparts a seamless mix of the artistic, ‘Arque’ (classical architecture – arches, buttresses, corbels), and medical science, ‘Derma’.

ArqueDerma® Artistic Restoration Lift® is an original, patented non-surgical face lift methodology developed by Leslie Fletcher, RN, MEP-C  to deliver FDA approved dermal fillers such as Voluma™, Juvederm®, Restylane®, and Perlane® more effectively to the skin.

I recently tried this and I am totally wowed. I had no idea what to expect and thought I was just getting a little upkeep to stay lifted and fresh. But Arque Derma goes was deeper than that. It’s not about filling one little area or just plumping up your skin. The goal is deep, just like the description. One of my favorite people in the biz, Michele G. Messiah, PA-C, Board Certified Physician Assistant took excellent care of me and I was privileged to have the renown Leslie Fletcher consulting and giving me the inside scoop on this worthy procedure.

Arque Derma is something to plan for as you will most certainly bruise and not just your little freezer or filler spot here and there. You will need a good solid week to 10 days for the bruising to really subside – so make sure you follow all pre and post procedure protocol and plan for some downtime.

I can assure you it will all be worth it. The effects are incredible. I was treated in areas I never considered before or even thought of. As I get older, it seems my face in changing in subtle ways I am not even noticing, but these experts are. And yes, they are subtle – but it all adds up. So this Arque Derma, coupled with the Profound treatment I did in November (article comes out soon) with the phenom Dr. Ben Talei, are sure to hold me over for a good while.

I also fell in love with this place in general. They are full service, incredibly staffed with experts and KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING. It’s a little drive from your usual Bev Hills, but 100 percent worth it.

ArqueDerma provides natural, more dramatic results not achievable using conventional filler techniques offered by most clinics. Unlike conventional volume replacement techniques, the ArqueDerma technique utilizes dermal fillers as strategic relocation vectors to redistribute and direct the patient’s own tissue toward the facial hollows that have formed. Using the ArqueDerma technique, we are able to collect your descended excess facial volume and redirect it to create a more youthful look to embellish your natural beauty.

The cost for a dermal filler procedure is usually charged per syringe. Utilizing your own descended volume allows us to use less dermal filler product, making the ArqueDerma technique more economical than conventional methods.

See ArqueDerma.com for more information.

 

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MICHELE MESSIAH, PA-C  – Board Certified Physician Assistant

Michele G. Messiah, PA-C is a Board Certified Physician Assistant specializing in dermatology and aesthetics. Michele earned her Masters of Science degree in Physician Assistant studies at Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona, California. Michele also holds a degree in Psychology- Biology from UCLA. Michele is fluent is Spanish and French.
Her specialties include administering aesthetic injectables such as Botox and dermal fillers in a very natural way.  Having worked in Beverly Hills, CA she has injected many celebrities.  She had to learn the fine art of using cosmetic injectables in a way that is undetectable under the harsh high definition lights on camera.  Her patients needed to be able to express their emotions during a scene, but still wanted a more relaxed look.  Using techniques she gleaned from InjectAbility® Institute, such as MicroTox®, InstaTox®, and the patented ArqueDerma® Artistic Restoration Lift® technique she was able to offer the best of the natural look of injectables to her celebrity clientele.  With her extensive dermatology background, she also specializes in treating acne, acne scarring, hyperpigmentation, and melasma. She is a member of SDPA (Society of Dermatology Physician Assistants) California Academy of Physician Assistants (CAPA).

PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY:

“During my physician assistant rotations, I fell in love with the diversity that dermatology offers.  Once I started my practice, I was captivated by the ability to make my cosmetic patients so happy and comfortable with their appearance. This became my driving motivator.  As a perfectionist, I never want to deliver sub-par results, so I quickly sought out the expertise of the known aesthetic industry icon, InjectAbility Institute. It was here that I found my inspiration to excel to my highest potential. The collaboration with the Institute was a catalyst for me to soar to my highest potential.  I’m excited to bring my clinical experience to the patients at InjectAbility Clinic.”

HISTORY WITH INJECTABILITY

From Leslie: “Michele and I have been working together for several years now.  I have spent time with her in her practice, and she has spent ample time training and precepting.  I have seen her flourish in the aesthetic industry as her passion for all things creative and advanced have driven her to the highest level of patient care. She is so enthusiastic about her career; I knew she would be a perfect fit for the VIP program. She will be splitting time from her current position in Beverly Hills to share her talents with our patients one day a week here at InjectAbility.”

From Michele: “When I was asked to participate in the VIP program at the Injectability Institute, I thought it was such a compliment.  I hold Leslie and her staff in such a high regard in the aesthetic industry. I consider it an honor to work side by side with the person who taught me all their specialized techniques.  I do believe Leslie is one of the best injectors around and her passion for aesthetics is contagious.  Her enthusiasm for staying on top of the latest and greatest treatments available is exceptional. The professionalism at the InjectAbility Institute is top notch and I am extremely honored to be part of their team.”

InjectAbility Clinic

Address :  2223 Torrance Blvd., Torrance, CA – 90501

Tel : 310-879-5662

OY-L Skincare – Beauty Without Secrets

January 24, 2017

OY-L is divine and my new fave obsession. Here’s why…

We take a stand for women’s skin.

“Before my daughter became ill I spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on skin care products and had never once looked at the label.”

– Andrea Pierce-Naymon, Founder OY-L Skincare

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PUTTING AN END TO BEAUTY SECRETS

I grew up like the rest of the women of my generation. As a teenager I found skin care and cosmetics within my price range at the drug store and as I matured and my income rose, I aspired to department store brands and then luxury lines. I treasured these brands and I trusted them.

As my daughter became a teenager herself, I saw no problem with her following my example. When she began experiencing unexplained weakness, pain and discomfort, I became consumed with researching everything that went into her body. I quickly found out that much of what she (and all of us) used every day was toxic. I became determined to find a natural solution for her, for me and for every mother and daughter who would listen.

I left the fashion, style and retail world to create OY-L an all natural skin care line on a mission to provide beauty without secrets.

SUSTAINABILITY STATEMENT.

OY-L believes in our Zero Chemical Skin Care brand and is committed to our promise “beauty without secrets.” Whenever possible we use sustainable packaging options. All of our glass containers are ready to recycle after use if you cannot find another use for them.

DONATE.

OY-L will donate 15% of sales of the bath salts and body scrub to Dysautonomia International, a non-profit organization dedicated to finding a cure for dysautonomia, the category of illness in which Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) falls. Pierce-Naymon’s daughter is afflicted with POTS.

ZERO ANIMAL TESTING.

OY-L ORIGINAL ZERO CHEMICAL FORMULATIONS.

No Phthalates, No Parabens, No DEA/TEA/MEA

No Color Pigments, No Formaldehyde

No Preservatives, No Isopropyl Alcohol

No Mineral Oil, No PEGs

No Propylene Glycols, No Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, No Triclosan, No Talc

No Petrolatum

Learn more about OY-L ingredients

KORRES: The Greek Yoghurt Smoothie Priming Moisturizer

January 18, 2017

YAY! The newest product from KORRES, The Greek Yoghurt Smoothie Priming Moisturizer! This priming moisturiser has just launched at Sephora and is a lightweight priming moisturizer with 26 percent Greek yogurt proteins to visibly plump and strengthen skin for perfectly smooth makeup application and all-day wear.

WHAT: The KORRES Greek Yoghurt Smoothie Priming Moisturizer is the lightweight answer for heavyweight hydration. The weightless, multiaction formula is packed with probiotics, proteins, and minerals to deeply nourish and smooth skin, while also prepping it for flawless makeup application and all-day wear. Formulated with three types of hydrating hyaluronic acid and powerful skin-saving antioxidants and extracts, the blend gives skin inner strength for healthy-looking skin on the surface.  $42.00

 In Greece, this cherished ingredient is used by families and villages for their own unique recipes and beauty remedies that have been passed down from generation to generation. In 2003, KORRES became the world’s first brand to incorporate edible Greek yogurt into a skin care formula.