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No Shades Needed: Korres Quercetin & Oak Antiaging Wrinkle Eye Cream

By TheGlamtastic · July 30, 2010 · 0 Comments ·

The damage is done! You've tanned your life away and now, although you may not see much of it on the surface, your're left with massive sun damage. Now with the help of your favorite skin care brand, there is no need to hide behind your big David Yurman aviator shades any longer!

 

The Korres Quercetin & Oak Antiageing Antiwrinkle Eye Cream uses a powerful combination of the following ingredients: Quercetin and Oak extracts help to improve skin cell function, Baobab Pulp helps to keep the lift alive , Yeast works to keep the circulation hot and heavy - reducing dark circles below the eye - and sugar-derived Betaine and Rhodiola Rosea extracts fight those puffy sleeping bags that can arrive under the eye area.

 

You only have a few more weeks where it's acceptable to where your shades inside and out! Perhaps it's time to look for a year-round solution?

 

Another reason to love - this anti-aging eye saver is all natural, paraben, sulfate and phalate free! I've been eating a ton of Lucky Charms lately - I think that's enough chemicals for me!



What's your post-summer skin saver? Share it with us!!!



 

Please note: I did receive an editorial sample for testing.

Burn Baby Burn...or Not!

By TheGlamtastic · June 30, 2010 · 0 Comments ·
According to the Skin Cancer Foundation, 1 in 5 Americans will develop skin cancer in their lifetime.

If you've met me, then you know I closely resemble Disney's Snow White. A "tan" by my standards is watching my freckles appear following an afternoon at the beach. Love freckles, I think they're so sexy! Sunburn, not so much!


There was that summer that I went to Fire Island with my older sister for a little R&R. I bathed myself in sunscreen - 90 SPF at that. I reapplied and reapplied, but I must have missed a few spots because when I got home, it looked like I had hideous red handprints schmeared across my legs. The burn quickly turned to sun poisoning and lets just say it wasn't pretty! It was actually Freddie Kruger gross!


Wherever you're heading to the beach or the blow up swimming pool on your rooftop this Fourth of July weekend, make sure to load up on the sunscreen! Here are a few of my dermatologist-recommended favs!


What sunscreen do you just LOVE? Tell us about it!!!

SPF Overload? Ask the Expert...Dr. Kenneth Beer

By TheGlamtastic · April 6, 2010 · 0 Comments ·
Check out Dr. Beer's skin care tips on his site, www.idealskin.com

The skin care lesson your mother always told you...wear sun screen! Not only do you need to wear it (everywhere), you need to reapply it every hour or so, if you're out in the heat or at the beach because the wind, sand and salt water will take that protective sheild right off, leaving your skin vulnerable to sun burn.

 

However, I work in an office and not at the beach. The most sunlight I receive in a workday is at 6am on my five block walk to Spinning, streams of light through the window near my desk (on a nice day) and by the time I head home the sun is beginning to set. Yet, I still wear SPF all over my face. I make sure all of my daily moisturizers are SPF-friendly and always have chapstick or lipgloss in my oversized Rebecca Minkoff with sun protection.

 

The problem with my SPF overload? Vitamin D levels can suffer from not enough sunlight and overuse of SPF.

 

According to Palm Beach-based dermatologist and Professor at University of Miami, Dr. Kenneth Beer, says that Vitamin D deficiency is on the rise. "Practice moderation and get some sun exposure, but avoid getting burned. You should also get your Vitamin D levels checked and if you're deficient, and if so replace it with oral supplements. It's easy to do and essential to your wellness. Avoid getting burned," Dr. Beer explains.

 

Where else can you get Vitamin D? Milk, citrus fruits, salmon, tuna, a whole egg, sardines...the list goes on!

 

Chill out on the SPF until you hit the beach! Advice from our very own expert.

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