What is the Beauty Bounty Basket?
Posted on | September 16, 2009 | No Comments
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Written by Patricia Kaspian, The Great Skin Company
What is the Beauty Bounty Basket? It’s only the most exciting skincare offer you’ve ever had a chance at winning. But first let’s talk about why everyone needs a good, or rather, GREAT skincare regimen.
As an esthetician, clients often ask me why the higher-end skincare lines don’t incorporate all the features into one product, namely a hydrating, anti-aging, pigment lightening, capillary-reducing moisturizer with sunscreen (throw in make-up while you’re at it!)
The simple answer is that truly effective (NOT just advertised) cosmeceutical-grade lines used in salons and dermatologists’ offices such as Sothys and Jan Marini deliver specific key active ingredients (peptides, retinol derivatives, hyaluronic acid) for specific results. Future blogs will expound on several of these specially formulated and tested products and the skin issues they target. Nanotechnology is a key aspect of their “delivery systems” (how they penetrate and deliver those key ingredients into the skin and into the cells), with product molecules so small they can effectively penetrate to achieve far greater results than regular retail products. As an example, Jan Marini’s C’ESTA line of topical vitamin C is uniquely stabilized and lipid-soluble to penetrate the cells’ lipid or fatty oil membrane, allowing the Vitamin C and DAE antioxidant complex to actively protect the cell nucleus against free-radical damage caused by UV radiation (photo damage), pollution, and other environmental aggressions to the skin. For this reason, using C’ESTA over several months results in measurable physiological changes in tissue. Under clinical laboratory conditions, scientists are able to cause collagen synthesis (visible firming, reduced sagging) as well as stimulate skin rejuvenation by transporting Vitamin C into cells.
You wouldn’t expect great results from a hair product that promises “shampoo, conditioner, gel and color” in one fell swoop. Nor should you expect measurable results from moisturizers with sunscreen. Effective moisturizers that replenish hydration lost during menopause should penetrate and restore the skin’s “reservoir”, in addition to blocking further evaporation of vital hydration, to keep the skin supple and minimize line formation. (Ever wonder how those women in humid lands look so young for so long??) Sunblocks, on the other hand, need to provide a superficial layer of skin protection against damaging UV rays. If truly effective, such as COLORESCIENCE Sunforgettable SPF30, composed of pure minerals (no dyes, talcs, rice powders, etc), they won’t degrade over 3 or 4 hours through chemical interaction with the skin like cream blocks, but will provide a “blanket” of sun-refracting molecules for 6 to 8 hours. Two products- moisturizer and sunblock- designed to work perfectly as TWO distinct products, not an “all-in-one combo” solution that offers no solution at all!
In summary, your esthetician will prescribe a custom skincare “regimen” for you, depending on your particular skin type, incorporating several products designed to achieve the best results.
Our BEAUTY BOUNTY BASKET Raffle of ONE YEAR OF FREE (yes, you read this correctly- FREE) skincare products for a year is based entirely on selecting a customized skincare regimen suited to YOUR skin.
The winner will receive a quarterly shipment, delivered to her home, of:
· Cleanser and Toner
· Day Cream
· Night Cream
· Sunblock
Day creams are usually a lighter texture than night products. Based upon chronobiology, the skin regenerates, renews and heals at night – hence the legendary and accurate “beauty sleep” notion. This is the optimum time for retinol-based creams and lotions, such as Jan Marini’s Factor-A line. But more about that at a later time.
To enter our generous raffle, simply stop by our salon at 2122 9th Street in Los Osos. You will be entered every time you make a purchase over $50, or by referring a new client for services or products. We’re changing women’s skin all over the Central Coast from good– to GREAT! Call for a consultation at (805)528-6957.
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