Heard Over The Veggie Dip: ReVive Body Repair Cream

My blog inspirations often come from odd places. The latest is a hush toned exchange between decidedly upper class ladies who met over a veggie dip at another weekend baby shower. If memory serves me, their chat was something like:

Female 1: "You're so lucky you don't have spider veins"

Female 2: "Oh I did, but I found this fabulous product for them"

Female 1: "You must let me know; what is it?"

Female 2: "Revive body repair ..."

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Get Botox, Be Happy!

There may be an extra bonus for anyone considering Botox injections to get rid of those frown lines and wrinkles. Apparently getting treated with Botox between the brows can make you happier and relieve feelings of depression according to a pilot study of 10 volunteers whose ages ranged from 36 to 63, all of whom had a history of depression.

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Coffee, Tea, Or Weight Loss?

You’ve heard about green tea possibly promoting weight loss. Well, now it’s green coffee in the news. What’s green coffee? Simply put, it’s the green coffee bean before it is roasted. A new Japanese study has revealed that mice given an extract of green coffee lost 35% more weight than those in the control group.

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Weight Loss: The Double-Edged Sword

For those of us in, ahem, middle age weight is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, being thinner makes us look more youthful and less “middle aged”. On the other hand as the wrinkles start appearing, those with a bit of “meat on their bones” don’t seem to have as many wrinkles and sags because they are filled out by the fat deposits under the skin. The rest of us have to resort to wrinkle creams and collagen injections.

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Timeless Beauty

When we think of timeless beauties we think of celebrity women like Catherine Deneuve, Sophia Loren, Angela Bassett, Jane Seymour, and Susan Sarandon. All of these women are considered beautiful despite being over the age of 45.

What defines timeless beauty?

• A youthful appearance
• Smooth supple skin
• A firm toned body
• Minimizing wrinkles
• Getting rid of the gray
• Whiter teeth
• Confidence in yourself

The answer is all of the above—and much, much more.

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Zinc Serum The Girls Swear By

Seattle is not on any list anywhere as a top city for the cosmetics industry. Ok, might as well throw in the fashion industry despite some hidden elements of civic pride for Union Bay Clothes.

Indeed, this is a city in which you can go to the most formal of events--like the dinner I attended for the recent visit by the President of China--and see guys slouching about in Levi jeans and Eddie Bauer shirts from the early '90's.

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Amazed By Arbonne

A close friend of mine is an Arbonne representative. The truth is, I never heard of Arbonne until she announced her new sales role. Since then I've dutifly tried out the anti-aging multi-step product line (NutriMinC from what I recall) and can report that I thought they have some fun products. I enjoyed the unique orange scent and silky under eye cream.

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Man Can't Get Enough Sephora Lip Gloss

From the Miami Herald:

"Police charged an 18-year-old man with theft after he stole lip gloss at Sephora... Police said a store employee saw the man hide six lip glosses, valued at $86, in his back pocket before leaving the store."

Technorati Tags: health and wellness, skin care, Sephora

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Cutting Calories Slows Aging

New research continues to support what is becoming a fundamental anti-aging belief: caloric intake determines the speed of aging. The study, conducted by a team of Washington University Researchers led by Dr. Luigi Fontana, reveals that subjects following a reduced-calorie diet had lower levels of body chemicals associated with inflammation and free radical production—two primary culprits in the aging process and wrinkles.

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Spa Vacation Experience: Vinotherapy

Frozen with indecision over my fabulous fresh fruit choices at Whole Foods, I ran into a Janette, a long-time acquintance and former work colleague. She look positively radiant. Her glow gave competition to the attention-grabbing gala apples.

Of course I complemented Janette on looking great and asked for her secret. She laughed off the comment, but mentioned that she had recently returned from a wonderful getaway at a lodge near Victoria, Canada (that's pretty close to Vancouver) called the Brentwood Lodge and Spa.

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Top 10 Anti-Aging Vegetables

The antiaging benefits of antioxidant foods are clearly advantageous, but perhaps your diet or weight management plan rules out luscious plums, juicy oranges, and succulent berries despite offering powerful antioxidant activity.

But just because you’re minimizing intake of fruits doesn’t mean you’ll miss out on produce-section antioxidants. Turn to the power-packed goodness of veggies instead! Following are the ten most powerful antioxidant vegetables:

10. Eggplant

9. Corn

8. Onion

7. Red bell pepper

6. Beets

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StriVectin Gets Competition From DermaLastyl-B

Elastin is important.  It gives our skin elasticity.  Elastin works in combination with your collagen to develop the connective tissue in skin that keeps skin plump, smooth, and youthful in appearance.

Lose your elastin and you get my problem, lines forming around the mouth and crow's feet.

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Does The Zeno Zapper Work?

People Magazine's beauty editor featured a summer skin care tip for getting rid of adult acne using a device called the Zeno Zapper.

According to Zeno's website, the battery operated device generates heat that stymies pimples from growing into full on acne. They state:

Zeno applies a precisely controlled heat dose directly to the pimple through a metal pad. One treatment lasts 2½ minutes. Two to three treatments spread over 24 hours clear up most pimples quickly.

The Zeno is spendy at $185 at Beauty.com and there are very few believable Zeno reviews to be found.

A comment on the essentialdayspa.com forum said:

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Benefits Of Sun Exposure

If you hide indoors from the sun, consider the benefits of sun exposure.  Yes, I said "benefits."

The UV rays from sun exposure enable the body to produce vitamin D, which is important for bone health and immune function. Sunlight also helps you get a better night's sleep. A study released yesterday draws a link between inadequate sleep and weight gain. Sleep more for weight loss! 

Sun deprivation can also trigger insomnia, depression, weight gain, and malaise.

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Lip Fusion Review

LipFusion lip plumping advertises its ability to deliver collagen in micro form to penetrate your lips and plump them painlessly.

This got me wondering, does LipFusion replace the proven plumping by injections like  restylane, or are we talking super gradual, barely noticeable change to your lips?

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