to tan or not to tan

Summer is coming to an end.  Labor Day is almost here.  We all want a healthy, bronzed glow, right?  The sun and tanning beds are just not a safe way to get that bronzed glow though, they cause pre-mature aging and skin cancer, so what's the best way to get a tan?  Get a Spray di Sole tan!!

I have been used sunless tanning products for years, some I like and some I don't, but I recently found the BEST spray tan, Spray di Sole by Cat K!!  It's organic, non-toxic and looks so natural and amazing!!!

But there are a few tips to prep your skin to make your Spray di Sole OC by Cat K spray tan look better and last longer!!  First, be sure to thoroughly exfoliate your skin for a few days prior to getting your spray tan.  When you don't exfoliate prior to a spray tan, your dead skin start will start to slough off and your spray tan will start to get splotchy.  I have two favorite sugar body scrubs that will leave your skin feeling like silk and also smell amazing!!  I prefer sugar scrubs over salt scrubs, because sugar is effective, yet more gentle than salt scrubs, so even people with sensitive skin can use them.  I love Boots Mint Melon & Sugar (you can find it at Target).

The other one is Pure Fiji Starfruit Coconut Sugar Rub (you can find it online or through Marc Edward Skincare).

Now that your skin is exfoliated and prepped, get your Spray di Sole spray tan!!  It's organic, odorless, non-orange, non-sticky and leaves you with an amazing bronzed glow!!  The Spray di Sole OC tan has pro-vitamins and moisturizers which help to give you that silky smooth, natural looking tan.  It's customized for you, so it can be as light or as dark as you'd like.  Jeana Keough, formerly with the Real Housewives of OC, is one of Cat K's spray tan clients and opts to get a booster to get a richer bronzed tan.  To find out more about the Spray di Sole tan, contact Cat K at facebook.com/spraydisole.OC.


After you get your spray tan, it is important to keep your skin hydrated!!  If you keep your skin hydrated and moisturized, your skin won't slough off as fast and your spray tan will last longer, which means you can make your tan last longer!!  I like Lierac's Anti-Dessechement Hydrating Body Lotion.  It's long lasting, extremely hydrating and has a ton of botanicals and antioxidants beneficial for your skin (you can find it Beauty 360 section at select CVS stores).

Sometimes I need to touch up my tan, so I use Loreal Sublime Bronze Towelettes.  They are convenient and super easy to use.  Plus, they are travel friendly which is a huge bonus!!

Enjoy the rest of summer and go get a safe, healthy, organic Spray di Sole tan!!!  

dna repair

DNA Repair by Remergent used to be one of my favorite products but it isn't made anymore, so I was so excited when I found DNA Youth Recovery Serum and DNA Ceramide Renewal Cream.  These products are the new improved version of the DNA Repair!!

The products basically help with repairing our skin's DNA that is damaged from everyday environmental stress, from pollution to sun exposure (hopefully you're wearing sunscreen)!  The ingredients help to strengthen your bodies own ability to fight free radial damage, which cause premature aging...and who wants that!

The first product is the DNA Youth Recovery Serum.  It is nice and light and sinks right into skin!  It contains 3 DNA recovery enzymes and amino acids to help to attack the damage by those unwanted UVA/UVB rays and to help prevent further damage.   Anti-inflammatory extracts help with redness and inflammation caused from sun exposure and our environment.  It even has Hyaluronic Acid for added hydration and an instant plumping effect!   It's great for normal to oily skin, rosacea, sensitive skin or just someone who likes lighter products.

The second product is the DNA Ceramide Renewal Cream.  It is a more like a gel-like cream, it's not too heavy.  It has also has enzymes and antioxidants that help with repairing DNA damage from sun exposure, as well as aiding in further damage.  Ceramides and milk lipids help the skin retain moisture, which is great for aging skin.  Anti-inflammatory properties help with redness and inflammation caused from sun exposure or environmental stress.  It also has properties that help to improve your skin's barrier, which is great post-chemical peel, post-DermaSweep or post-laser.  It's great for dryer skin, aging skin, photo-damaged skin or for someone who just likes a light cream vs a serum.

I used both products recently after I did a VERY aggressive DermaSweep TCA peel infusion treatment on myself.  I used the DNA Youth Recovery Serum during the day and the DNA Ceramide Renewal Cream at night.  I did put a little of the DNA Ceramide Renewal Cream by my eyes during the day because they were really dry.  I highly recommend trying these products.

If you're a licensed skin care professional and want to order the products, contact Nate at Nate_0949@yahoo.com.  If not, just google the products and you will find them!

dermasweep goes "green"

You can feel safe when getting a DermaSweep particle-free skin resurfacing treatment done!  The bristles are made from polyester or nylon which makes them less-irritating than other microderm treatments!  Also, the skin specific solutions that are infused into the skin are all paraben-free, so dermasweep is a green treatment!!

DermaSweep has removed parabens and methylisothiazolinone from its products including the skin specific infusion solutions. DermaSweep epi-infusion treatments combine the elements of bristles, vacuum and continual flow application that simutaneously deliver the skin specific solutions deeper into the skin. Now that DermaSweeps skin specific solutions are paraben-free, the procedure is safer than ever, all while the extremely effective in treating a variety of problems from acne to photo-damaged skin. The skin specific solutions for infusions include: vitamin C, salicylic acid, glycolic acid, hyaluronic acid, skin lightening.  For more information or to find a trained skin care professional near you go to www.dermasweep.com.  Have a radiant day!

dermasweep

"I have been in the cosmetic laser and medical grade skin care business for over 30 yrs. Having used all previous mcrodermabrasion (crystals and diamond) I have found the DermaSweep MD w/ epi-infusion and the DermaSweep Mini to be the backbone of my practice. A 3 year audit, by procedure, indicates 95% of my patients receive micro-resurfacing before undergoing other anti-aging procedures such as IPL chemical peels and epi-infusion Bottom line DermaSweep micro-resurfacing = "shingles off the roof" and IPL, chemical peels and skin care products absorbed more efficiently. The epi-infusion is more icing on the cake. DermaSweep micro-resurfacing clearly demonstrates the optical properties of light; old skin cells removed and the skin reflects more light!!" 
-Suzanne Slader, RN 
Palo Alto, San Mateo, Pacifica, CA


For more information on the DermaSweep or to find a provider near you go to http://dermasweep.com/home.php.   

american health and beauty presents dr. sanjay grover on the dermasweep

American Health and Beauty interviews Dr. Sanjay Grover, plastic surgeon in Newport Beach, CA on the DermaSweep Skin Rejuvenation system.  


The DermaSweep microdermabrasion device helps to improve skin's appearance and reduce your wrinkles and sun damage without lasers or surgery. Particle free and affordable, these treatments can help you have your best skin ever.  "The nice thing about the DermaSweep is that it is a particle freemicrodermabrasion type of system without using any crystals and it’s a very nice treatment that’s done in the office performed by my aesthetician along with infusions," says Newport Beach medical spa owner and plastic surgeon Dr. Sanjay Grover. "The patients come out just feeling very nice. It's a nice superficial treatment. It can be done deeply at different settings or in my setting at the office. We do it superficially and they just love it and patients will come in every couple of weeks and have a treatment."

Dr. Grover has used this device in his office for about six months and says that both he and his patients have been very pleased with the results. The system can be used on any skin type and just about any patient who has fine lines or sun damage they'd like to correct. "I think anybody who's between 20 and 80 would benefit from a DermaSweep treatment. In fact, I need to get started on it. It's nice to have an exfoliation of the dead skin cells and to do a nice infusion, and it's nice to do that regularly at least once or twice a month." He does caution though that some patients may not be candidates. "Possibly someone with very very sensitive skin may have some difficulty with it, but so far we have been able to treat almost everybody - all skin types."

"It's rejuvenating your skin, it's giving you a more of a glow, it's getting rid of the dead cells, it's turning them over. You're simulating the blood flow and circulation and then the infusion is just improving the collagen remodeling of your skin," says Dr. Grover. The treatment can go deeper, for more dramatic results, but you can expect more downtime, and may need to go out of the office to an operating room for pain management.

One key advantage to the treatment that patients love is the procedure is recovery free. "There’s no downtime. You might have a little glow to your face for a couple of hours but really the next day you look wonderful."  He says patients return every 2 weeks for treatments, and may see further improvement with future sessions. "You can do it every two weeks – that's what's recommended. We try to have patients do about 5 or 6 treatments at a time and what we're finding - we've had the device now for 5 or 6 months - that there are patients who just keep doing it, and their skin gets better and better."

The treatments are inexpensive at only $175-$225, depending on what other procedures you might add with it. "We're incorporating it with many of our laser treatments. We have a number of our patients that undergo a series of treatments which include intense pulse light, Refirme or radio frequency devices for skin tightening and also for wrinkle treatments. We're incorporating that in having patients undergo DermaSweep treatments sometimes right before and sometimes in between the treatments."

Click on the link for a video of Dr. Sanjay Grover speaking about the DermaSweep in his Newport Beach plastic surgery practice http://www.youtube.com/user/AuraByLaura#p/f/1/Lrc7rB0PuW0.  

Go to http://www.drgrover.com/ to find out more about Dr. Grover and The Center for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery in Newport Beach, CA.  

Click on the link to find a trained DermaSweep provider near you http://dermasweep.com/find.php.

Coverage courtesy of American Health and Beauty http://www.americanhealthandbeauty.com/articles/?article=2991.  

what are your fav beauty products?

We all have our must-have beauty or skincare products that we can't live without, the product that you go back to time after time because nothing is as fabulous!!  I know I have mine.

One of my fav's that can't be replaced is Lancome's Cils Booster XL, which is a super enhancing mascara base that you apply before your mascara.

There is nothing else like it...it makes my mascara (which is Loreal Extra-Volume Collagen mascara) lengthen my lashes so much that people are always asking me if I use Latisse, which I'm not.  I've used Lancome Definicils mascara in the past, but I really like Loreal's Collagen mascara better...and it's a fraction of the cost which is always fabulous!!

I've blogged about some of my other favorite beauty & skin care products.  Do you have any must-have beauty products that you can't live without?  Go to New Beauty website and enter your fav beauty products http://www.newbeauty.com/ultimatebeautyawards/.

it's a suite life

Audrina Patridge gettting a DermaSweep micro-resurfacing hand treatment from Katie @ Haven 360 Oscars Gifting Suites.

Celebrity skin care professional, Katie Schaefer (who works with THE Dr. Frank Ryan in Beverly Hills) was handing out certificates for DermaSweep micro-resurfacing facial treatments to Hollywood A-listers like Audrina Patridge of The Hills, Kathryn Joosten of Desperate Housewives and Edyta Sliwinska of Dancing with the Stars.   While they were there, they all scheduled their DermaSweep micro-resurfacing facial treatment and are looking forward to their "on-camera" glow!!  To find our more about the DermaSweep treatments or to find a trained skin care professional near you, go to www.DermaSweep.com.


For the whole story, click on the link:
http://www.zimbio.com/Audrina+Patridge/articles/DqrKtptiW0-/Suite+Life+Backstage+Creations+Plays+Host