Anti Aging Skin Care Product Must Haves for 2010

Nust Haves 2010Our Must Haves for fall will hydrate and nourish skin! Our latest anti aging skincare products will brighten your skin, erase wrinkles and fight the signs of aging! Your skin will glow with our Must Haves!

#1 Expression Line Deep Wrinkle Serum.

This serum not only works on wrinkles and expression lines right away, but it also has a cumulative effect! The Expression Line Deep Wrinkle Serum acts like Botox, relaxing the muscle so that you don’t look like you are frowning. It is formulated with Syn Ake, Snap 8 and Argireline which are the most advanced wrinkle fighters on the market today. You will not find any other serum that is more potent or works harder on wrinkles. It is in a base of Hyaluronic Acid, which hydrates and moisturizes dehydrated skin. And the best part is that the Expression Line Serum is for all skin types so everyone can use this serum! It is gentle for sensitive skin and won’t clog pores for those with acne prone skin.

#2 Brightening Cleanser.

Our Chirally Correct Brightening Cleanser is a must for those over 30. It brightens the skin and evens out your skin tone. After a certain age, our skin starts showing age with discolorations. This cleanser helps reduce discolorations for a radiant glow! It will leave your skin feeling fresh and clean.

#3 Seven Seas Serum.

For those whose skin needs to be repaired, this serum uses a special blend of Spirulina, Marine Algae and Caviar to transform skin. Lactic and glycolic acid promote cell turn over for smoother skin and an even skin tone. The Seven Seas Serum is also loaded with Anti Aging Peptides, proteins and amino acids for rejuvenating damaged skin. The Seven Seas Serum uses Chirally Correct ingredients for superior penetration.  Our Seven Seas Serum leaves your skin feeling cool when applied at night, in the morning you will see

#4 Uplift Eye Crème.

Everyone over 25 needs an Eye Crème! Our All-in-one eye crème fights the signs of aging! Say good bye to droopy eyes and creped eyelids! Uplift actually lifts and opens up the eyes, tightens eye lids that crepe, reduces crow’s feet and helps eliminate dark circles and puffiness. It’s complex blend of anti aging peptides and organic extracts is formulated to work fast! Our Uplift Eye Crème repairs, strengthens and regenerates!

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Around the House, Natural Remedies and Organic Gardens

Organic and Natural remedies

In the hustle and bustle of today’s world we often forget that there are many items we can use around the house to help with common problems. Here are a few remedies that use items you already have around the house. They are fun and will surprise you.

Toothpaste, yes common ol’ toothpaste.

It works great on zapping zits! Put a small amount on to a blemish at night and in the morning it will have absorbed the oil. You can also use a crushed asprin (it contains salicylic acid) mixed with a tiny amount of water and apply to the blemish. 

Toothpaste also works on mosquito bites to take the itch out.

Apple Cider Vinegar

For shiny hair there is nothing better than Apple Cider Vinegar. After shampooing hair, pour an Apple Cider Vinegar Rinse on to hair. Rinse with cool water and follow with conditioner. Using conditioner after the rinse will help keep your hair not smelling like vinegar. 

Apple Cider Vinegar Light Hair Rinse:

½ C. Apple Cider Vinegar

1 C. Chamomile Tea

Apple Cider Vinegar Dark Hair Rinse:

½ C. Apple Cider Vinegar

1 C. Black Tea

1 sprig Rosemary

Mayonnaise

For a great hair conditioner, use mayo!

Saturate hair with Mayo, wrap with plastic wrap, wait 15 minutes, rinse and shampoo as normal. And Waa La, softer hair!

Preperation H

This stuff is great if you have puffy eyes, just place a small amount around eyes at night. In the morning, your eyes will not be puffy. It reduces the inflamed tissue. 

Aloe

If you have an aloe plant around your house you probably already know about using it for dry skin. You can also use it for a sunburn. Just add a couple of drops of peppermint essential oil to the aloe and apply. The peppermint contains menthol which numbs the nerves.

For Organic Gardens:

Use Coffee Grounds in the garden to help keep pests away.

Use Banana Peels in the garden for healthy plants. The peels contain potassium which gives nutrition to the plants. 

Use crumpled Egg shells in the garden for calcium. Calcium helps plants grow.

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Keep your home clean, naturally! Chemical and Toxin Free Recipes

One of the most important things we can do for ourselves is switch to natural and organic products. Our skin absorbs what we put on it and our noses also absorb what we smell. Do you know how many chemicals and toxins can be found in everyday household cleaning products? Hundreds! We use household cleaning products from the store because it is convenient. Who has time to make their own natural toxin free cleaners? The answer may surprise you! It’s you! Did you know that with only 6 ingredients and a few minutes you can make your own natural and toxin free cleaning products at home! Your home will be clean and you will have piece of mind knowing that your creations will help keeping your family away from carcinogenic toxins. Not only will you save time and money creating your own natural cleaning products, but your home will smell great too!

Here are some easy recipes using only water, vinegar, castile soap, lemon juice, borax and essential oils for natural cleaning products:

Citrus essential oil blend make your own cleaners

Make your own natural and toxic free cleaners

Mirror Cleaner:

1 ½ C. White Vinegar

½ C. Water

8 drops Citrus Burst Essential Oil Blend

Antibacterial Toilet Bowl Cleaner

2 C. Water

¼ C. Castile Soap

1 Tbl. Tea Tree Oil

10 Drops Peppermint

Kitchen Cleaner

1 Tsp. Castile Soap

1/8 C. White Vinegar

¼ C. Lemon Juice

2 C. Water

10 Drops Citrus Burst Essential Oil

For each recipe, Mix all ingredients in a clearly marked spray bottle. Shake well before each use. For simplicity, we offer Citrus Burst Essential Oil Blend, a blend of pink grapefruit, lemon, orange, lime, and others to make your home clean and fresh.

That’s it! Easy Peasy! Visit our store for Citrus Burst Herbal Spray Air Freshener!

If you still find that you need to pick up Non Toxic Cleaning products from the store, below is a list of natural toxin free products:

Sink Cleanser: Bon Ami

Wood Cleanser: Murphy’s Oil

Automatic Dishwashing Detergent: Wave

All recipes and herbal formulas for natural toxin free cleaning products are from

The Naturally Clean Home by Karyn Siegel-Maier.

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Chirally Correct at Skin Perfection!

Chirally Correct Skin CareMany of you have asked for it, we have listened! In August of 2010, we are introducing a new line of Chirally Correct products to our line up! We are excited to present to you 8 new Chirally Correct Products! Products are made with ingredients that are truly absorbed by your skin! Chirally Correct Anti Aging Skincare. All products are paraben and sulfate free!

What is Chirally Correct?
 
Chirally Correct referrs to the way an ingredient is absorbed into the skin. Chiral means that the ingredients used in skincare are superior; they are compatible and absorbed into the skin.
 
Skin Care Ingredients have molecules. Each side of the molecule represents an L for rotates left and D for rotates right, these molecules fit into a skin cell receptors. If the molecule does not fit into the receptor then the ingredient can not be absorbed by the skin, rendering it useless. When an ingredient molecule fits into a cells receptor, the skin can absorb the ingredients with increased penetration for superior benefits.

Products that are Chirally Correct:

Brightening Cleanser:

Our Brightening Cleanser inhibits tyrosinase which can lead to the discoloration of our skin. Our Brightening Cleanser uses Rumex Occidentalis Extract and L-Carnatine to lighten skin and get rid of hyperpigmentation while leaving your skin feeling clean and fresh!

D20 Skin PrepToner:

Our D20 will deliver moisture deep into the skin, hydrating and plumping our collagen fibers. Heavy Water halts free radicals from doing damage on your skin. Borage Oil nourishes your skin with Omega 6′s.

Love Them Lashes!

Grow! Grow! Grow! Help your lashes and eye brows grow, naturally! Our Lash and Brow Serum uses pentapeptide-17 to stimulate growth resulting in thicker and longer lashes! 

Cheekie Cheeks!

Our Cheeckie Cheek Gels nourish the skin with antioidants! Brighten your cheecks with cranberry and camu camu fruit extracts. Available in Sweet Pea Pink or Bronze Glow!

Seven Seas Serum:

Rejuvenate your skin with the Seven Seas Serum! Anti Aging peptides, proteins and amino acids regenerate and repair aging skin! The Seven Seas Serum combines Caviar, the ultimate indulgence for your skin with a blend of  Spirulina and Marine Algae to transform skin!

Seven Seas Mask:

Firm up your skin with our Seven Seas Mask! Our Mask incorporates Spirulina and 5 types of Marine Algae to reduce inflammation and improve skin tone and elasticity for a flawless complexion!

Cell Nourishment Antioxidant Serum:

Cell Nourishment is essential for healthy skin! Mitoprotect feeds our skin cells. Feeding our skin cells increases cell energy production, increases cellular functions, give our cells oxygen and limits tissue damage. Basically, it makes our cells work properly and promotes healthy skin!

Brightening Serum:

Clinically proven ingredients will lighten and even out your skin tone! Symwhite, D-Acetyl Glucosamine, Tricholoma Matsutake (Songyi), Algowhite, Licorice and Amla will lighten age spots, hyperpigmentation and acne marks. You skin tone will be even and luminous!

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Ten Toxins found in Skin Care

Natural Organic Ingredients

Toxins are not Natural

The Ingredients on this list are common in cosmetics and skin care. They are cosmetic ingredients that are know to be or suspected to cause irritation or other health problems. Remember to read your labels and know what you are putting on your skin!

1. Parabens Methyl parabens, Propyl parabens, Butyl parabens, Iso parabens and Ethyl parabens.

The parabens are used in cosmetics as a preservative. They inhibit microbe growth. Some scientific research has linked them to breast cancer. The biggest issue most people have with them is that they can cause skin irritation and allergic reactions.

2. Sulfates aka SLES, SLS, ALS, Sodium Lauryl Sulphate, Sodium Laureth Sulphate

These nasty little guys make soap foam and cause all sorts of skin irritations. Sulfates can wreak havoc on our Central Nervous System.

3. Mineral Oil

Mineral Oil is a cheap petroleum bi-product. It is used in cosmetics and skin care because it is very, very cheap. It basically acts like plastic on top of the skin to hold moisture in. What is actually does is clog pores which can cause acne. Mineral Oil does not allow the body to eliminate toxins.

4. 1, 4 Dioxane

1, 4 Dioxane is a solvent used in cosmetics and shampoos. It can cause liver and kidney damage. 1, 4 Dioxan has been shown to cause cancer in rats.

5. PVP Acrylates Carbomer

A petroleum derived chemical that is used in cosmetics and hairspray. It penetrates the lungs which can cause infections.

6. Formaldhyde Donors Formaldhyde is cancer causing, it is a know carcinogen. Besides irritating the skin, it can cause headaches and fatigue. Many cosmetics may contain ingredients that also contain formaldhyde in them such as Urea.

7. Phthalate

These are used in plastics. Plastics such as plastic wrap and plastic food containers may contain phthalates. Phthalates are absorded in the body and disrupt normal hormone activity. They can also be found in hairspray and nail polish. 

8. Synthetic Dyes & Colors

Colors that make your cosmetics pretty (yes Fd & C colors) are made from coal tar. Coal tar contains heavy metal salts that over time leave toxins in our skin which may lead to irritation.

9. Synthetic Fragrances

Fragrances can be filles with thousands of seperate ingredients, many which may be toxic. They can lead to headaches and skin irritation. They can also lead to hyperactivity in children. To be safe, use essential oils or choose a product with no scent at all.

10. BHT or Butylated hydroxytoluene

Used in many packages, such as cereal as a food preservative. BHT is also used in cosmetics and has carcinogenic properties, but because it is only in small amounts (.01% to .1%) it is said not to pose a cancer risk.

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Syn Ake, peptides smooth deep wrinkles!

Syn Ake. Just looking at the words might intimidate you from trying to say them aloud, but we have a sneaky little trick that will make you laugh and say it correctly at the same time. Just think of the word “snake” and you’re all set—if you run the words “sin” and “ache” together, you come up with SNAKE, and that’s pretty much how you say it. Even better, it’s made from snake venom, so you’ll never forget it! 

Seriously, though, this is a cosmeceutical that’s worth remembering. Technically, it’s a small, synthetic peptide that is made from the venom of the Temple Viper. It targets neuromusculuar activity which results in smoothing and anti-wrinkle properties that have proven very successful in clinical studies. While the actual venom works by paralyzing, this peptide contains only the portion of the venom that relaxes the muscles. Syn Ake acts similarly to another popular skin care product called Argireline by interfering with the transmission of nerve signals to the muscles directing them to contract. However, the company’s research also reveals that Syn Ake is more powerful than Argireline.

A Clinical trial using 45 subjects for 28 days with twice daily application of syn ake. Although that’s not a large study, it was still enough for interesting statistical results. One-third of the subjects used Syn Ake, one-third Acetyl Hexapeptide-8 (Argireline) and one-third a placebo. The results were presented using two measures: skin roughness and wrinkle depth. The first refers to the total of all wrinkle depths over a given area as a measure of skin smoothness, and the second is a measure of individual wrinkle depths.

The average smoothing for each group of fifteen subjects was 21% for syn ake and just 4% for Argireline. The average reduction in wrinkle depth was 20% for Syn Ake and 2% for Argireline! This is an incredible outcome for the skin care industry, and Skin Perfection is proud to sell our Expression Line Deep Wrinkle Serum that contains this ground-breaking ingredient!

We promise that buying skincare products with Syn Ake will be much more fun than getting it via a snake bite—and it’s a lot safer too!

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Expression Line Deep Wrinkle Serum

If you’re like most people, summer time is a frustrating season when it comes to your skin. For the most part, almost everyone loves a great tan, but that means some serious exposure to the sun, and we’re all aware of the dangers of that! Aside from the more serious problems, like skin cancer, the most common concerns are usually about the problems that arise from photo-aging. Wrinkles are at the top of that list, and they tend to be the bane of the existence of most women.

Fortunately, here at Skin Perfection, we know how hard it is to stay out of the sun, and although we don’t recommend anything that might set you up for wrinkles, skin discoloration or worse, if you’ve already been down that road or simply have begun the normal process of aging, our new Expression Line Deep Wrinkle Serum is just what you need.

This serum is our strongest formula yet for combating those deep wrinkles. With it’s Hyaluronic Acid base, which plumps the skin, it works quickly and won’t clog your pores. Another key ingredient is teprenone, which helps fight against the signs of aging by improving dehydration and age spots. It also improves skin moisture, redness, pore size, roughness and fine lines in 75 – 100% of studies. Additionally, the overall texture of skin improves and is restored to a more youthful appearance. Teprenone can also improve tissue quality and extend the lifespan of cells by one third!

We also included Argireline and Snap 8, an elongated form of Argireline, to calm tense facial muscles, therefore reducing visible lines and wrinkles between the forehead. Argireline and Snap 8 also work together to reduce the depth of wrinkles and work there magic on Crow’s feet. Our Deep Wrinkle Serum does not stop there! We also included Syn Ake, a powerfull peptide Waglerin 1, mimics the action of Botox!

Next, Spin Trap takes center stage! This impressive anti aging antioxidant, Phenyl butyl nitrone or PBN, is awesome! It not only seeks out free radicals that wreak havoc on our skin, but it turns the free radicals into oxygen so your skin can reuse them for tissue respiration!

After repairing the skin, our Expression Line Serum uses Syn Coll to stimulate the skins own ability to make new collagen! Along with Matrixyl 3000, healthy and supply skin will emerge!
This might sound like a lot of clinical mumbo-jumbo, but once you’ve tried it, there is no doubt you’ll see the improvement for yourself, and the best part is that with continued use, Expression Line Deep Wrinkle Serum helps prevent future wrinkles from forming! It’s really great for all skin types, so you can use it on areas that need repair or even all over face and neck. It’s gentle enough for sensitive skin but tough enough to do a number on those wrinkles.

Give it a try and let us know what you think—but remember to leave your comments (and questions!) here and on our Twitter and Facebook pages because we’ll be giving away a bottle of Expression Line Deep Wrinkle Serum to a lucky, random commenter at the end of July!

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Ingredient Spotlight – SNAP 8

“Aging” can refer to a multitude of physical, emotional and mental processes that occur as we get older, but most of us think about it in terms of the physical effects, especially on our faces. Wrinkles, unfortunately, are the most common, least attractive and hardest to disguise aspect of the physical forms of aging, which is why anti-aging skin care is a billion-dollar industry! There are hundreds of products, all kinds of ingredients, and sometimes trying to figure out which one(s) are right for you can be mind-boggling.

SNAP-8 or Acetyl Octapeptide-3, more commonly referred to simply as “Snap 8,” is the topic of interest. At the most basic level, it is an anti-wrinkle octapeptide. From the perspective of its chemical composition, it is an elongation of the famous hexapeptide Argireline® (commonly known as “Argireline”). Snap 8 reduces the severity of wrinkles on your face caused by the contraction of muscles due to facial expressions, especially in the forehead and around the eyes. It is a safer, more economical and milder alternative to Botulinum Toxin (also known as “Botox”), targeting the same wrinkle-formation but with a topical substance instead of an injection.

If any of this is confusing, think of it this way: Any time you make a facial expression, there is a signal sent from your brain that tells the muscle that’s involved to contract. It’s these movements that can leave deep lines in your face, wrinkles or even bags under the eye. If those muscles aren’t told to move, the signs of use can’t appear. It’s similar to a car that is kept in the garage; if it’s never taken out on the road, there’s much less chance for wear and tear. Similarly, Snap-8 works to keep your muscles from moving, therefore softening the appearance of wrinkles you already have and preventing new ones from appearing!

Snap 8 wrinkles

Snap 8 10% Solution

After the age of 30, your first wrinkles will most likely begin to appear as a consequence of many years of muscle contractions. Continuous research on the treatment of these wrinkles led to the discovery of Argireline and Snap-8, as well as products containing them. However, a clinical study done in 2001 showed that Snap-8 slightly outperformed Argireline, but both products work the same exact way by trying to restrict the muscle movement in the face. Consequently, many products contain both of these ingredients, giving you even more effectiveness.

Snap 8 snare complex

After 28 days

A prime example is Skin Perfection’s Expression Line Deep Wrinkle Serum. If you want to see these incredible ingredients in action, give it a try. For just under $30 you can achieve more youthful looking skin and take years off your face. We think you’re going to love it as much as we do!

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