Summer Time Moisture

It’s summer, and that means we’re spending lots of time outdoors enjoying everything that summer has to offer. However, while engaging in all of the recreations of summer, we can’t forget to protect and moisturize our skin.  You’ve heard me say this repeatedly: our skin is our largest organ, so we need to tend to it carefully. With all of the places to go and the entertaining things to do during the summer, it can be easy to forget about maintaining our skin. Keep in mind when you shower this summer to avoid rubbing down with your towel. Instead, allow your skin to air dry -- which as a bonus, helps cool you off anyway. Something else to avoid is scrubbing your skin too hard. You don’t need to scrub your skin in order to get clean.

The summer time can really challenge our efforts to stay moisturized and keep our skin looking good. Enjoying time out in the sun can dry out our skin, and we know that we need to keep it moisturized and replenished. Summer’s heat and humidity can pose problems when trying to find a lotion or moisturizing product that is rich enough to do the job yet light enough to feel comfortable. 

There’s good news, though. AVON’s new Skin So Soft (SSS) AquaExpress moisturizing gel is the solution that you’ve been looking for this summer! Aqua Express is absolutely ideal for summer. In fact, you’ll want to pick up several bottles of this stuff! The new SSS Aqua Express is a revolutionary formula that gives you extended time-released hydration that lasts all day and an innovative blend of nourishing botanicals. These botanicals include extracts from the leaves, stem and flower of the mentha aquatica flower, or Watermint. It also contains Vitamin E, kelp extract, sunflower seed extract and white lupin seed extract. 

This gel formula is super-lightweight and absorbs instantly. Unlike many other gels, there’s no sticky after-feel with SSS Aqua Express. Don’t you just hate that? I love gel moisturizers but often times they leave you with a sticky residue, so what’s the point? Even the scent is fresh, light and smells like the very best of summer! The SSS Aqua Express line also includes a shower gel that provides you with a rich, luxurious lather and a non-greasy, fast-absorbing hand lotion. Use this shower gel in place of drying soaps and don’t wait too long after your shower to use the moisturizing gel in order to lock in the moisture that your skin needs. 

Remember: Aqua Express means fast moisture! This is the time of year when you need some super-easy spa quality skin care. Summer time means you’re very busy, so this is the perfect time to grab some high-quality, fast-absorbing hydration. You deserve it! 

Thinking about getting some new SSS Aqua Express? Register on my website to receive a discount! 

  

Day Cream Versus Night Cream

Day Cream vs. Night Cream:

I recently had a client ask me why she should bother with specific day cream or night cream. She wanted to know why she couldn’t use anything she had on hand, for any time of day. I had to explain to her what the difference was between a night cream and a day cream. There truly is a big difference!

Night Cream:

It’s essential to use night cream at bedtime, after cleansing your face and neck. It should be applied gently to the face, neck and chest area. Additionally, it’s important to use eye cream as well. 

Night cream is specially formulated with special ingredients that work with your skin in its ability to restore itself and heal while you sleep. Your night cream helps your skin to repair and replenish itself. We sleep in order for our bodies to heal, regenerate and restore themselves, and it’s no different for our skin.  A night cream contains ingredients and healing emollients that are slower-absorbing than a day cream.  These are designed to work in your skin over the course of hours and since UV protection isn’t needed, it contains anti-aging compound instead. Having too many active ingredients in one cream can decrease the effectiveness of them all. In addition, a night cream is much richer and thicker than a day cream. 

Our skin is our largest organ. Yes, it’s an organ! Our skin is an extremely intricate system of layers of cells, connective tissue, nerves, capillaries and glands. Our skin not only protects us but it also provides us with a tactile connection to the world around us. This means that our skin is under 24/7 assault from our environment and needs to restore itself during our sleep. 

Day Cream:

During the day, it’s important to protect your skin with a day cream. Your day cream has a broad spectrum SPF that shields your skin from sun exposure. Today, we know that sun exposure can age our skin, causing age spots, discolorations and wrinkling, as well as cell damage. Using a protective day cream is especially important for those with fair or light skin because there is less melanin in light skin. Melanin helps absorb UV rays, thereby helping to reduce cell damage.   

A day cream is also lighter in weight and texture because it’s meant to go under your cosmetics. It also won’t contain many anti-aging properties, since these ingredients tend to make your skin a bit sun-sensitive. 

What I Use:

AVON’s newly-formulated Anew Ultimate skin care line provides you with a cleanser, a day cream, a night cream, an eye care system, a night emulsion and elixir.  The Anew Ultimate is ideal for those of us in our 50s or are starting to experience some age spotting or uneven, rough skin tone. If you’re starting to experience advanced signs of aging, the Anew Ultimate 7S is an effective skin care system for you. This system has a lovely, soft fragrance. Your skin will feel immediately soft and smooth and within days you’ll see more elasticity and within two weeks, you’ll see wrinkles and age spots diminished and your skin will feel much firmer.  

I’m approaching the age of 50 and I’m fighting some discoloration and some spotting around my forehead and cheekbones. I absolutely love-love-love the Anew Ultimate! I use the cleanser, the eye system, the day cream and the night emulsion.  

Simply put, the ingredients in night cream are restorative while the ingredients in day cream are protective. Therefore, it’s absolutely essential to the health and appearance of your skin to use both! As we age, the need to use both greatly increases. 

Our skin is our largest organ, so taking care of it is important not just to how we look, but also to our overall health. Now’s the time to start treating your skin to both the restorative and protective benefits of a night and a day cream. 

Contact me if you have any questions or let me know if you’d like to order from my AVON storefront. I’m happy to set you up with a default discount to use as often as you want! 

Every BODY Get Ready!

Spring is finally here, and we know that summer is right around the corner! That also means that NOW is the time to get our bodies ready for more exposure. Avon has several very effective products, all at great price points. One is the brand new Body Solutions line. This amazing cellulite-fighting dual formula boosts cellular metabolism in the a.m. and micro-circulation in the p.m..

Clinical tests show cellulite and skin texture start to improve after 2 weeks, and 91% of women showed an improvement in the appearance of cellulite over time. This is definitely the way to fight cellulite around the clock!

Another set of new products is the Skin So Soft Targeted Firming Wash and Treatment. The Firming Wash is a 2-in-one formula that cleanses, exfoliates and polishes away rough, dry skin and prepares it for the Firming Treatment. The Firming Treatment has an innovative massaging applicator and formula that helps stimulate micro-circulation. Change in appearance can be noticed in the first week of regular use.

This is the time to get ready for summer! You can change your body for the better, and you can do it with the innovative, trend-setting body care products from Avon. You deserve it!

Diminish Those Flaws!

There's no doubt about it: Spring is here and we all know what that means. Very shortly, we'll be shedding our cold-weather layers and opting for "less." Less layers mean more skin. That means it's time to get our skin in shape as well as our figures.

However, some of us have a few "flaws" that we'd love to diminish. Thankfully, Avon has the solution we're looking for. It's time to try Anew clinical strength Stretch Mark Smoother. But don't be fooled, because this is no "ordinary" stretch mark treatment. Take a look at the benefits:

The Competition
Products sold at "mass" stores like local drugstores:

• Keri Renewal Stretch Mark Minimizer $16
• Palmer's Cocoa Butter $6
• Vita K for Stretch Marks $10
• L'Oreal Sublime Slim $14

High performance products sold through prestige or specialty retailers like Sephora:

• TriLastin SR for Stretch Marks $80
• Strivectin-SD $135
• Clarins Stretch Mark Control $47
• Murad Firm & Tone Serum $75

Anew Clinical Professional Stretch Mark Smoother is a high performance product that sells at a "just above mass price" of $25!

The Innovation
Dermatologists use laser resurfacing to correct the cause of stretch marks, stimulating collagen and elastin while fading the discoloration and irregular color of the stretch mark itself. Anew Clinical Professional Stretch Mark Smoother is Avon's at-home answer to laser stretch mark correction. Now, every one will have the power to fade stretch marks--one that is convenient, easy to use and affordable!

Regardless of their age or color, there is now a way to significantly fade stretch marks, and in just a few weeks of use:

• In just 2 weeks 75% of women showed an improvement in the length and depth of even their oldest stretch marks!
• In 4 weeks 86% of women showed an improvement in the tone of their stretch marks.
  

Powered with exclusive Tri-Laser technology, Anew Clinical Professional Stretch Mark Smoother targets the 3 underlying causes of stretch marks:

• Boosts collagen to correct the look of stretch marks
• Stimulates elastin to prevent new stretch marks from forming
• Contains Butea Extract (a natural plant extract) to lighten and fade stretch marks
  

Works regardless of the age or color of the stretch mark!

Bottom line? Avon products are created for performance. Try the Anew Stretch Mark Smoother. You'll be so glad you did!

Prepare your Canvas!

Here's another hot word this season: PRIMER. More women than ever are using a primer before applying their foundation, and for good reason. Imagine your face as a canvas. Would you start painting on an unprepared canvas? For instance, a canvas that had merely been stretched with fabric, but no gesso? The paint would simply soak into the fibers, leaving a rough, uneven texture. A canvas that hasn't been prepared will give very poor results to your painting.

Using a primer, such as Avon's MagiX, will reduce fine lines, smooth the skin surface, banish shine for up to 10 hours and minimize pores. Its colorless, light-diffusing formula works with any skin type. Using MagiX prepares and maximizes your skin so your foundation performs better. It's as simple and easy as that.

Using MagiX is an effortless, quick step in your morning routine. You'll be amazed at how such a small and easy step could be so effective. You'll wonder why you didn't use it before!

Fragrance Is In!

Fragrance is sooooo in. Heck, it was never out, was it?

Avon has 2 new and luscious fragrances for this spring. New to Avon is the collaboration with Courteney Cox. Her new fragrance, SPOTLIGHT, is simply mesmerizing! I guarantee you will love it!

Another fragrance for this spring is Christian Lacroix's new ABSYNTHE. Some of you may be familiar with Lacroix's other Avon fragrances, ROUGE for women and NOIR for men. His new ABSYNTHE is absolutely intoxicating! You must try it. Give in to the spell of the Green Fairy.

Spring is a woman's opportunity to not only try a new look, but a new scent as well. This is the time for a very affordable indulgence. Go ahead, you know you deserve it!

What Value!

I simply must discuss the absolute value in Avon products. Avon gives us high quality products that are not only comparable to the outrageously priced department store products, but are also competitive to them. This applies to everything from deodorant to fragrances to body care to skincare to mineral makeup and everything in between. Even in today's dismal economy it is totally possible to maintain ourselves well--yes, even treat ourselves--while saving loads of money!

Check out these comparisons. You will be amazed! Click on image to enlarge.