Facial Crush!! Tina at BELLE VISAGE for the Dermafile and LamProbe in Studio City.

February 8, 2011

The other day I popped into Belle Visage Day/Medical Spa in Studio City for their new signature facial called the Dermafile facial.   No one else in LA is doing this treatment.

Belle Visage is co-owned by celeb facialist Tina Keshishian.  Tina's been Kirsten Dunst’s facialist since she was 12, and did such amazing work on her skin, that the actress’s mom, Inez, became Tina’s business partner.

Word.

The DERMAFILE FACIAL exfoliates the skin using a stainless steel hand piece with a crushed diamond Flat tip leaving skin looking and feeling smoother instantly.  Unlike Mircodermabrasion, this wider, flat head gets into every crack and wrinkle.  Sweet.

Tina is my new facial crush.  She's been doing skin since she was…16.  Yah.  A skin-o-phile.  My kind of lady.

This facial is awesome.  Tina's an extracting GODDESS.  She knows her shizzaz about all things skin.  Period.

And when she then went on to ZAP (called LamProbe) every pesky little red broken cappillary on my entire chest, neck and of course, face…well, I was in love.   This was truly a high point in my life.  I had no idea I could get rid of those freaky little red bubbles in less than, what, two minutes?  They have been multiplying like wild fire and totally freaking me out.  I still cannot believe they are gone!  Zapped into the ether, never to return!!  WTF?!

In case you are wondering if you have these, they look like this (click here!)

Deets on the DERMAFILE FACIAL $170

90 min

This facial includes

* Cleanse and Prep skin

* Dermafile face, neck, chest & shoulders.

* Steam and Extractions

* Massage face, neck & shoulders

* Hydrating or purifying mask

* Moisturizer and sunblock

And the LamProbe stats  ($170)

The LamProbe helps to remove those unsightly minor skin irregularities like whiteheads (milias), blackheads (comedones), fibromas(pigmented epidermal growths), broken capillariespimplesblood spots and skin tags that are prevalent on the neck and decollete area.  The LamProbe works on the principle of liquids being attracted to heat which is released by various probes.  Treatments are very quick (some within a few seconds), and may not even touch the skin’s surface. Small skin tags or blood spots disappear immediately and hyperpigmented areas such as liver or “age spots” take only a few seconds. There is minimal discomfort and healing time is short, from a day or two for skin tags to a few weeks for larger skin abnormalities such as fibromas.

 

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(and now for the INSERT CELEB CLIENT NAME DROPPIN HERE part)

Alanis Morissette, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Tajari P Henson(who gets Minx nails done at the Spa) and Faith Evans.

The spa also has a full menu of services, from of facials, massage, peels, manicures, pedicures, microdermabrasion, Laser Hair Removal, Botox, Dysport, Cosmelan, Restylane, IPL Photo Facial, Aluma, Radiesse, Mesotherapy, Sclerotherapy, Juvederm, Perlane and more.

AND OH, THIS IS COOL!

Belle Visage Medical Spa in LA is giving away a free service every month, and all you have to do to be automatically entered is to “Like” Belle Visage on facebook! Their facebook page is here:

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Belle-Visage-Day-Spa/45949783526

 Prizes will include Tina’s Dermafile facial, Youthology facials, 90-minute hot stone massages, a skin-perfecting Papaya Enzyme Exfoliating Treatment, Manis/Pedis, body slimming/cellulite treatments, and much more.
 
And there’s more…if you print out your facebook page showing you “Like” Belle Visage and bring it to any appt, you’ll get 15% off all services! The spa has a full menu of services, including facials, massage, peels, manicures, pedicures, microdermabrasion, Laser Hair Removal, Botox, Dysport, Cosmelan, Restylane, IPL Photo Facial, Aluma, Radiesse, Mesotherapy, Sclerotherapy, Juvederm and Perlane.

Belle Visage Medical Corp.
13207 Ventura Boulevard
Studio City, CA 91604
Telephone: (818) 907-0502 

Send an email 

Hours of Operation:
Monday: 1pm – 7pm (Scheduling only)
Tuesday: 9am – 7pm

Wedneday: 9am – 8pm

Thursday: 9am – 7pm
Friday: 9am – 7pm
Saturday: 9am – 6pm
Sunday: 10am – 6pm

 

My hand-cream obsesh – OLIVINA NAPA VALLEY (in Honeysuckle Rose) – has a sweet V-day giftie

February 7, 2011

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Olivina handcreme set

I've been meaning to write about my hand cream crush for months.  

I only forgot to post about it because I used it all up (I'm talking – cut a hole in the tube to squeeze out every last bit – used up) and have been lost without it ever since. Like an old boyfriend, I had to forget about it, as I have since been, oh so heartbroken. Nevertheless, I am in major heart with the smell and feel of everything this line makes. And will do whatever it takes to get my lover back. Even if it means going for one of these adorable V-Day offerings.

OLIVINA NAPA VALLEY.  

Inspired by the natural beauty of the wine country of northern California, OLIVINA NAPA VALLEY is literally and figuratively a green company. The foundation ingredients—hand-pressed, anti-oxidant olive and grape seed oils—come from a landscape dotted with olive trees and world-renowned grapevines, a reference to both its Mediterranean climate and the heritage of many who settled the valley. 

And The Honeysuckle Rose scent.  Forget not being a rose-scenty-person, this one is not like anything you've ever smelled.  And the texture of the hand cream, woe is me, it's like crack for dry hands.  They eat it up, want more, can't get enough, and freak out when they don't get another hit of it.  I'm telling you.  I'm in withdrawal without it.

The Valentine's giftie is perfection for a girlfriend, co-worker, or mama. Or me.

Check it out:

You get the “Olive Me” heart-shaped soap presented in a custom-designed valentine-red bag with a one-ounce hand crème. $28.00.

This set is available in Olive, Lavender and Honeysuckle Rose. ( GO FOR THE ROSE!)

But if you can’t decide on a scent to gift,  go for the collection of five 1 oz. Olivina hand cremes also tucked in a beautiful red burlap pouch. $41.00.

(The soap is a subtle blend of delicate honeysuckle blossoms and Rosa rugosa, this luxurious bath soap and hand crème moisturizes, cleanses, protects and nourishes all skin types with straight-from-the-earth ingredients. Shea butter, coconut oil, rose-hip oil, chamomile, sea algae, kelp, avocado oil, aloe vera, sweet almond, comfrey are enriched with thier exclusive blend of antioxidant-rich olive and grapeseed oils. Olivina is always free of parabens and sulfate and cruelty-free.)


BE LOVEY DOVEY SMELL PRETTY AND BUY IT ALL HERE

Toxic dump that is my body, watch out. IZO CLEANSE here I come!

February 5, 2011

 

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Lemonade cleanse?  Get real, peeps.

You know I don't mess around with any bull when it comes to…well, anything.

 

Mama needs to cleanse.  You know it's time to clean out when your not-yet 5 five year old thinks your favorite food is coffee and your brain is so fried from dumping crap into your body that your posts are filled with typos.

Prob is, pure and simple – I love to EAT.  I think I lasted two hours on that ridic maple syrup, lemon and cayenne pepper bulldinky once, ten years ago.  I'm also a grazer and need to be downing something at least every couple of hours.

In walks, no delivers (to my doorstep), the mother-lode of all cleanses.  The grand-puba.

That's right.  I'm going full tilt boogie starting Monday with the iZO CLEANZE.

Why?  Because it's not a juice fast, but a juice FEAST.  I'm going to be drinking these divine superfood custom formulated raw, vegan, organic juices every couple of hours. And I've been assured by the brilliantly educated on all things health/cleanse related Timothy Martin, who created this, that I will not be, my most hated word in the English language, hungry.

I've sampled them before and they are so insanely yummy, I'm really thinking I CAN DO THIS!!!  

I am dying of excitement.  I'm not sure if I'm gonna make 5 days, let alone 3, but I'm gonna go for it like nobody's bizzy. My body and brain so need a break from the crap (you so don't wanna know)  that I've been inhaling that it's literally crying out: GIMME A FRICKEN BREAK, YO!

Ok, ok, I hear ya!

Wish me luck. 

I'm going to be filling you in throughout the week. 

In the meantime, I challenge anyone to get going on this with me?!

If you want to, hit me up!!  Maybe I'll see if we can get you some kind of Groomed L.A. special!

Until I start on Monday, I'm eating nothing but icing, downing coffee, margaritas, popping Ativan and smoking my brains out.  

Kidding!  I've got 2 kids! (But it does sound disturbingly fun, doesn't it?)

 

iZO Juice Red - Our speciality sweet blend of delicious fruits and vegetables.

iZO Juice Green - A refreshing, sugar-free blend of greens.

iZO Juice SuperGreen - A Master blend of algae, seaweed, and botanicals mixed in iZO Juice Green.

iZO Pro Almond Milk - Scrumptious almond milk with a protein and kidney cleansing superfood added.

iZO Lemonade - Tasty, sugar-free blend of the Master Cleanse lemonade.

iZO Tea: Purify - Powerful Taoist tea for cleansing the blood, liver, and lymph.

iZO Tea: Replenish - Kidney-rejuvenating, anti-aging herbal tea.

iZO Tea: Activate - Spleen-activating, chi-circulating tea.

iZO Tea: Elevate - Reishi mushroom-based Chakra-cleansing tea.

iZO Liver Detox - Powerful blend of liver cleansing antioxidants.

iZO LAX - Gentle, non-habit forming herbal laxative.

iZO Detoxo - Special formulation of fermented Chlorella for heavy metal cleansing. Available only with the Heavy Metal add-on.

iZO Sponge - Designed to draw-in and absorb poisons from the bowel. Available only with the Heavy Metal add-on.

iZO Juice SuperRoot - Deeply nutritive and grounding blend of roots, seeds, herbs, and probiotics mixed in our refreshing green juice.Available only with the Sugarfree and Superfood Plus add-on.

iZO Juice SuperFruit - Potent combination of nature's most nutritive fruits blended in our tasty red juice. Available only with the Superfood Plus add-on.

iZO Parasite Purge - Potent parasite cleansing formula.Available only with the Parasite Purge add-on.

 

 

 

 

 

Groomed L.A. is getting a face-lift!

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Yup, GROOMED L.A. is getting some work done.

We're making the move to WordPress, which hopefully has a better editing system so that my horrific typos from late night, bleary eyed posting will actually be caught when I click "spell check" and I don't come off like an illiterate buffoon.  I do remember 4 years at Vassar.  Sort of.

Anyhoo, I need you to hang on while we make the switch-a-roni!

Things will look a little funky while we're in healing mode.  But please bare with us.

A new, more fabulous looking site is on the horizon!

This is going down next week, so don't le-freak if you click on us and it says something weird, ok??

Like they say in A.A. (not that I would know, seriously, alcohol has way too many calories for me) KEEP COMING BACK!

 

Mwah

XO

 

Em

 

Photo Credit:  I'm not sure but I got it from Google Images, and a blog post here: http://hot.aol.com/2009/02/20/thinking-of-having-cosmetic-surgery/