Latest Latisse report

Just a short post to update you all on my journey with Latisse. I am sure in the coming weeks I will get some more improvement as it has not been a full 2 months yet. I have seen SOME increase in thickness and length. Not enough yet for me to warrant spending money on it again. Not at this point anyway. I plan on giving it the full two months or to the end of the bottle.
I have been impressed with the results I have seen on other people though. My next test will be to try one of the cheaper formulas and see what the difference between the two is.
So for now I would have to say this. Yes Latisse works! To varying degree with people. But all that I talked with and have seen myself had an increase in growth! If my lashes suddenly take off and grow like crazy you will be the first to hear about it! LOL!

Galvanic machine purchase and review!

If you follow my blog you know I have posted a section about Galvanic Facials or,High performance Facial treatments. To refresh your memory about Galvanic,it is a method using positive and negative current to help product to enter into the dermis (skin). It has many positive effects on preventing ageing skin  and helping to correct ageing skin problems. I have long wanted a machine to use at home for my home care routine.

We use a professional size galvanic at the salon. Those machines run hundreds of dollars and are bulky. NOT convenient for slipping under your sink at home. I decided to go on a search for an affordable galvanic machine.
I had heard allot about Nu Skin and their machine

I decided at the average price of $250.00 this machine was way more than I was willing to spend.

So I then stumbled across this machine.

After looking over what this machine does,

Cleansing mode

Massage Mode

Nutrient mode

and Lifting mode

all for the great price of

$129.00

I was SOLD! It also came with a 8 oz bottle of this hyrolonic gel . If you remember from my ingredient post ,Hyrolonic acid is one of the most hydrating substances you can put on your skin. Well I have been using this for one week now and I am very happy with the results! My skin has a better glow to it and I swear the lines around my eyes are improved quite allot. If any of you are interested in this machine to use at home. Send me an e mail and I will be happy to give you the information.

Getting Spring fever!

This is me at the Detroit Zoo couple years ago.

Why am I posting this on my Beauty blog?? Well ,becouse I am getting a GIANT case of spring fever and that means that I will not be spending that much time posting on this blog. We seem to get such a short span of good weather months here in Michigan that I know I am not going to spend them researching and posting as much as I did over the winter.

Don't worry,I will  still do a post a month or so. Just not as much as I have been . Until then I will recycle some of the better ones for those of you that may have missed them . Please feel free to scroll back to some earlier posts and read some you haven't.

OH!! I have a new skin care machine on the way that I am going to be trying and most definatly WILL let you all know how it works. Plus I will be giving you my final opinion on Latisse in about a month!

Until then ...enjoy the spring and summer !!!

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Latisse Update

I am almost 4 weeks into using this product and here are the preliminary results. Lashes are looking a BIT thicker. Nothing WOW yet, but I am seeing a slight improvement. BUT here is an unexpected result. I decided that I would also put some of this on the skimpy areas of my eyebrows while I was at it. Figuring hey, if it grows hair on the lashes maybe I could beef up the brows that have been thinning out the last few years. Well I have to say the results are pretty amazing!




My right brow has virtually filled right in on the ends and the left brow (the worse of the two) is also showing marked growth.

To be fair with the lash growth the product does say it takes up to two months to get best results for lashes. Lashes are on a slower growth pattern than brows.

I will keep you posted on the eyelash progress. But I will have to say I am happy with the brow growth and I wasn't even expecting that result. If they can come up with a cheaper way to produce this and use it for baldness they are really on to something here!
And to answer a question I received .
The cost of Latisse retail is $120.00 or there abouts . That is for a two month supply. Frankly I expect this will come down and that you could also shop around at different Medical spas or eye doctors for a better price

Galvanic Treatments: Facials that give you that extra boost!

Specialty Facials that use Galvanic Current

In our salon we offer several facials that use galvanic to penetrate product deeper into the skin.

Galvanic machines use a positive and negative current to facilitate the penetration of product into the deeper layer of the skin. Use of the two currents allows a polarity effect that pulls the product into the skin for optimum penetration. The Negative current opens the skin to receive the product and the positive current seals the product into the skin, so to speak.

Some of the types of products that we use in this type of facial treatments are,

Collagen

Elastin

Vitamin C

DNA

Polypeptides that contain both Collagen and Elastin

And more.

It is important that the type of product that is being put on the skin is of the highest quality . The company that we use in our salon uses the best sources to acquire their products. For example, the Vitamin C that is used comes from orange trees in the northern region of Italy because the trees grown there produce some of the highest concentration of Vitamin C in the world.

These types of specialty facials are what are considered the Optimum result treatments. They cost more but they have a more dramatic effect to help improve the skin.

My clients that choose to add a galvanic specialty treatment to their regular facial treatment are never sorry they did. The extra glow and nourishment that it gives the skin is well worth the extra cost in the long run.

If you have never tried one of these treatments I encourage you to. Used on a regular basis the difference they can make on your skin can be quite dramatic.

Latisse : a work in progress

I am taking a bit of time off of my regular posts to try my own experiment with this,

It is sapposed to give you results like this,

I am only one week into this and have not as yet had any results to report.

I will be posting at the end of 4 weeks to let you all know what I think of this product.

So far the side effects I have had is some mild eye irritation that seems to last for a couple hours after applying the solution. But in fairness you are sapposed to apply at night and I have been doing it in the morning.

BAD ME!!

I am going to switch to nights starting this evening.

I have to say out of the three women that I do know that are useing this product the results have been pretty amazing.

So I will get back to you about this in a month!

I will post another new post new week .

Have a great holiday weekend everyone!

Beauty Comes From Within

Much of my career focuses on outward beauty, yes. Taking care of your skin, keeping up on the latest trends in facial rejuvenating ect ect. If you have been following my blog the past few months you also know that I am a firm believer in taking care of what you put in your body also. It is so vitally important to your overall well being and to looking your best by eating the healthiest we can.



BUT that is not where it ends!

Is this you?

We can put nourishing foods into our bodies and get adequate exercise and still not be at a place of optimum beauty and health. A key ingredient is that we need to feed our well being. We need to be able to de-stress from the everyday problems and situations that life hands us.

The spa is a place where you take your weary bones and your sagging stress laden shoulders. When you come into the spa you can leave your everyday stress at the door. During this recession I have seen people that are so overwhelmed with the day to day struggles. Every single one of us has burdens to bear. Some more than others.



We offer a place where you can come in with a frown and leave with a relaxed smile. Massage, facials, pedicures, manicures, body treatments. What ever your pleasure you will leave feeling better than when you arrived. That is our mission at our day spa.



We have a wonderful staff of well trained Massage therapists and Estheticians. When you arrive you can get a warm cup of tea, a warm neck wrap and start to feel the tension leave your body.

Many people say that can’t afford a trip to the spa, yet they find money to spend on things that will do nothing to help their well being.

I say, how can you afford NOT to?

Treat yourself or a loved one to a spa service. Mothers and Fathers day are coming and what better way to show your appreciation than to treat them to a stress free spa service.



***stay tuned for information on our Contest to treat a very special mother to a spa day. Details soon to be announced on the spa website, face book and here.