SEDUCE YOUR SENSES WITH EMINENCE'S APRICOT BODY OIL!

Surprising Ways To Use Apricot Body Oil:

If your mind and body are struggling with the winter blues and chilly weather, turn Eminence's Apricot Body oil to invigorate your senses and soothe your skin. A Vogue, ELLE and Marie Claire favorite, this award-winning body oil blends fragrant apricot, moisturizing grape seed and hydrating jojoba oils for skin that is irresistibly smooth and supple from head to toe. Boxed in gorgeous, limited edition Valentine’s Day packaging.

Warm this luxurious oil in your hands for a deeply hydrating, sensory massage - and if your blissful state leaves you craving more, try these unexpected ways to incorporate Apricot Body Oil into your body care routine.

GIVE YOUR BODY LOTION A BOOST

Mix 1-3 drops of Apricot Body Oil with your favorite body lotion for an ultra-rich treat.Mix 1-3 drops of Apricot Body Oil with your favorite body lotion for an ultra-rich treat.
 

RELAX IN AN AROMATIC BATH

For an all-over skin conditioning treatment, add 1-2 capfuls of Apricot Body Oil to your bath. Muscles tired and aching after a rigorous workout? Add 2 cups of Epsom salts to your apricot-infused bath for ultimate relaxation. Once emerging from your heavenly soak (if you can!), smooth a few drops of Apricot Body Oil onto slightly damp skin for deeper penetration of this luscious oil’s feel-good ingredients.

SLOUGH OFF DRY WINTER SKIN

Say goodbye to dry and flaky winter skin by mixing a few drops of Apricot Body Oil with two shakes of Strawberry Rhubarb Dermafoliant.Rub your hands together to create a creamy paste and apply it to dry areas as a gentle all-over body scrub. The rice powder and lactic acid in the Strawberry Rhubarb Dermafoliant slough off dead skin cells and buff skin texture to leave it looking perfectly polished, while the Apricot Body Oil adds a dose of deep hydration for gorgeous, velvety skin.

REMEDY DRY ELBOWS & KNEES

CONDITION DRY HAIR ENDS
 If you suffer from thirsty, damaged hair ends, our Apricot Body Oil can step in as your emergency intensive hair conditioner. Just dab a few drops of the oil on hair ends to rehydrate and repair.

TREAT DRY,RAGGED CUTICLES

Apricot Oil does all this and more!

Natural Beauty

Being natural can actually take a lot of time and effort. There is nothing natural about wearing a ton of makeup to look natural! The purpose for wearing makeup is to enhance our features and it should make us look beautiful, healthy, and youthful. There are ways to achieve natural beauty without wearing a ton of makeup and with out spending an hour in the bathroom applying it.

The 2 most important factors in being a natural beauty are good skin and nice, groomed eye brows that are shaped correctly for your face. I won't get into skincare on this topic, but I will say that getting facials and using good quality organic products can work wonders in keeping your skin nice so you don't have to pile on the foundation and concealer to hide bad skin.

EYE BROWS

Keeping your eye brows groomed by getting them tweezed or waxed every 4-6 weeks can make you instantly look years younger and it is a great way to make your eyes stand out with out needing makeup.

Don't fall into eye brow trends!! Just because really big brows or pencil thin brows are in style doesn't mean it is going to look good on you. You can also end up ruining your brows for life if you start taking off too much or constantly shaping them differently than what your eyes brows want to do. The consequence is your eye brow hair will not grow back or it will grow back weird with spaces.

The secret to a nice eyebrow shape that compliments you is to follow the natural shape of your brow and only remove hairs that fall outside that natural line that was created. Trim only really long hairs. If you trim too much and too short your eyebrows will have spaces and they will appear to look thinner.

NATURAL BEAUTY ENHANCERS

Lets face the facts that very few people look great without any thing on their face. But most of us do look great with just a little something, and that is what we are trying to achieve, with out spending a lot of time, and makeup!

Once you have groomed your brows, and gotten that facial, its time to add a little beauty enhancements that will make you look like a natural beauty.

Eminence Tinted moisturizer with SPF 25

• Eminence Tinted Moisturizers with SPF 25 does it all. It gives you light hydration, has your sun protection with zinc, tinted for a little color, and gives some coverage even though it has a sheer texture. Apply all over the face in the morning. If your skin is really dry, add an antioxidant rich moisturizer underneath the tinted moisturizer. It will make the tinted moisturizer go on better, and leave your skin dewy and glowing. You can also apply it around the eyes on top of an eye cream. This will take 1 minute to apply!
• Next add a little eye brow pencil or powder on your groomed eye brows. This will fill in any spaces and define your eye brow shape.
• Curl your lashes and add a little black mascara. Make sure it doesn't clump. You want each individual lash to look naturally dark and longer. If you don't want to wear mascara then get your lashes tinted. your lashes will look great for 4 weeks!

Eminence Cinnamon Kiss Lip Plumper

• Lastly, don't forget about your lips! Its important to stay hydrated so your lips will not get dry and cracked.  As we age they also become thinner and fine lines develope on the upper lip line.  Eminences Cinnamon Lip Plumper hydrates while paprika and cinnamon plump up your lips. The plumping action lasts a couple of hours before you need to reapply. It has a gloss that isn't sticky. Your lips will naturally look fuller and luscious!

PEELS

Exfoliation is key to having smoother skin. Peels are the best way to exfoliate your skin. They can help stimulate collagen for a more youthful skin, while also reversing sun damage and adding antioxidant benefits to the skin.

Peels are great for a variety of skin conditions such as acne, large pores, congestion, hyper-pigmentation, fine lines, deeper wrinkles and acne marks. They exfoliate the upper layers and some deeper layers of skin, to reveal smoother, more even toned skin. The pores will look more refined and the skin will appear firmer.

There are many formulations on the market with varying results. The type of peel, its strength, PH level, and the amount of time it is left on the skin will determine how it works, and how aggressive it is.

The word "Peel" is a misconception, as not all Peels actually make your skin Peel. Peeling is a side effect of a Peel, and isn't always necessary to get a desired result. Milder peels are very effective and do not damage the skin in order to get good cells to come to the surface and regenerate your skin. More sessions may be needed to get the result you want with each treatment making the skin look better.  If you never had a peel before it is always best to start with a milder Peel and then move up to a more aggressive Peel if needed, so as not to shock your skin. This can help to prevent or reduce some of the side effects, as your skin becomes accustom and builds some tolerance to the ingredients in a Peel's formulation.

There are many types of Peels such as Fruit acids AHAs, which are acids that come from fruits and most tend to be mild like Citrus, Tartaric, Malic, and lactic acid that comes from dairy, and some fruits or vegatables like pumpkin. Glycolic acid from sugar, normally being stronger. Salicylic acid which is derived from the bark of a willow tree, is used a lot to treat breakouts and acne. Some times various acids are mixed together to achieve better results or for a more intense exfoliation. Peels formulated from chemicals, Retinoids (vitamin A) and some Fruit acid peels with low Ph levels can work on deeper layers of skin, giving dramatic results, but require downtime, as your skin will need time to heal. The side effects can be harsh. Most thick skins can handle deeper peels better.

If you can get away with using a milder peel to get your results then why take a chance on a stronger Peel that has risks. Risks from trauma to the skin can result in hyper-pigmentation (darker skin), hypo-pigmentation (lighter skin), scarring, dilated capillaries which make the skin appear red, and thinner skin, in the long run can make you wrinkle and age faster.

With so many Chemical Peel options, there is a Peel out there for every type of skin and skin condition. The technology used now a days is better than in the past and much safer, so long as the technician knows what they are doing and are careful. Always avoid the sun before and for several weeks after a peel, even if it is mild, otherwise you can cause more damage to the skin, and defeat the purpose for getting a peel to begin with. Keep in mind that an aggressive peel is not always better, especially in the long run. Have patients, play it safe, and choose a milder, antioxidant rich, fruit acid Peel, with minimal or no side effects, and long term benefits!

The Eyes Have It!

The delicate skin around the eyes is the first place to show signs of aging. It first starts with your eye area looking tired. You start to notice dark circles and those annoying little bumps underneath the eye. Puffiness seems to occur more often and your eye makeup just doesn't seem to go on as nice as it use to. Your under eye concealer cakes and makes your lines appear more obvious. You start noticing some lines when you smile. Crows feet developing around the corners of eyes. Your skin looks thinner than before. You stare in the mirror and start lifting your brows and notice how much better your upper eye lids look when you lift your brows up.

Well then Botox comes to mind. You think if only you can put a little above your brows to create that lift, and a little around your crows feet so you don't have them any more and a little between your brow furrow will make you look so much younger.

The problem is that Botox is only a temporary solution, that requires constant up keep, and can be pricey! Botox doesn't stop you from extrinsic aging, which is caused by such factors like the sun, such as photo-aging, air pollution, and not taking care of your skin. Botox also doesn't stop aging caused by some Intrinsic aging either. Both Extrinsic and Intrinsic aging diminishes collagen and elastin in the dermis, making our skin thin, sag, and wrinkle. So once that bottle of Botox you injected wears off you'll notice that the area will look the same as before you started using it, and if you don't take care of your skin, it will eventually start to look worse as the Botox wears off.

The best thing you can do for your skin and especially the skin around your eyes is to eat healthy, get a good nights sleep, avoiding too much sodium and alcohol which causes the eyes to become puffy and look tired when you wake up. Using a good eye serum with antioxidants and an eye cream day and night to hydrate, will also help prevent dark circles, puffiness, and fine lines.

Whether you choose to use Botox or get plastic surgery for your delicate eye area, you do need to continue to use the right products to keep your eye area and skin looking good. Some people actually notice lines diminish when the Botox wears off if they continued to use a good eye cream. The combination of Botox preventing the use of the muscle which is one of the causes of lines and a good eye cream that penetrates powerful antioxidants and peptides, can reverse the signs of aging, and give you a more youthful appearance.

The sooner you start using a good eye serum and eye cream the longer you can hold off on doing aggressive and expensive treatments to stay looking youthful. Aging happens to all of us. It is unavoidable, but we can age more gracefully and delay the onset of aging by taking better care of your eye area. It all starts with an eye cream and a good pair of sunglasses!

Eminence Neroli Eye Serum  a retinal alternative that builds collagen and firms the skin.

Wild Plum Eye Cream  an anti-aging cream that hydrates and reduces dark circles and fine lines.

Cucumber Eye Gel reduces puffiness quickly!

Lavender Age Corrective eye cream decreases wrinkle depth with Argan stem cells. Increases elasticity, and firmness. Great for mature skins and those with wrinkles.

Strawberry Rhubarb Dermafoliant - The Scrub For All Skins!

Strawberry Rhubarb Dermafoliant - The Scrub for All Skins!

Exfoliation helps remove dead skin cells so the skin appears smoother, brighter, and  cleaner. They help do a better job of cleaning the pores to prevent blackheads and congestion. They also help to prep the skin and make it easier for other products, like serums or creams to penetrate better into the skin.

All skins need exfoliation, but finding the right one can be hard. Most formulations are either too gentle and don't do enough, or they are too rough, irritating the skin and causing capillaries to dilate, making the skin red.

My favorite is Strawberry Rhubarb Dermafoliant. Its a powder consisting of Lactic and salicylic acids. When added to a cleanser or water the powder will feel slightly grainy which makes it easy to exfoliate with. Its the best I've found that is super cleaning and exfoliating without irritating or drying out the skin. Your skin is just left smooth!

3 PRODUCTS TO INSTANTLY MAKE YOUR SKIN GLOW!

If you got only 30 minutes to make your Skin look great for that special occasion, then you need the following Products in your bathroom cabinet. For maintenance do 1 or 2x a week to keep your skin looking great!

Always a granular SCRUB to get rid of that dead skin and instantly smooth your face.

• RHONDA ALLISON SKIN BRIGHTENING SCRUB or
• EMINENCE STRAWBERRY RHUBARB DERMA-EXFOLIANT

A MASK that Stimulates and brings blood flowing to your face and skin. Blood carries oxygen and nutrients to your skin. The stimulation instantly will leave the skin with a rosy glow. All the stimulation will also make your skin look firmer. You could stop here, with the 2 stimulating mask below and have great results on your skin, or continue on scrolling below for even better skin results.

• EMINENCE LIME STIMULATING MASK - For all skins there is nothing else like it! Your skin will look great after this intense mask!

• EMINENCE HUNGARIAN HERBAL MUD - Oily or problem skins must have mask.!Not only does it stimulate, but it detoxifies, it refines pores, reduces inflammation, and gets rid of breakouts.

If you have an extra 10 minutes well finish with a HYDRATING MASK to plump your skin and alleviate flakiness.

Oily skins, a gel base hydrating mask will just put water in your skin. -Astara Golden Flame Mask

Dry skins stick to something with add oils to nourish and soothe -Eminence Bamboo Firming and Hydrating Mask.

Combination skins will love the -Eminence Duo Mask!

If you do these 3 things, you will have instantly beautiful, glowing skin without the need for makeup!

Kiss-able Lip Balms

Kiss-able Lip Balms

Are your lips toxic?

Most People do not realize or even think about what they apply on their lips. So long as it feels good, looks good, smells good, we think its great. Don't let those feel good products deceive you! Most Lip Balms, lipsticks, and glosses have toxic ingredients that you and whoever you choose to kiss will ingest!

Most lip balms are also made with ingredients that make your lips more dry and irritated in the long run like Camphor, Menthol, Phenol, Mineral oils or Petroleum. They seem to soothe at first but then quickly dry your lips so you keep re-applying and the problem never goes away, it just feels good for a little bit of time, then your lips become addicted to it. Phenols, Petroleum, Parabens, chemical sunscreens, fragrances, and artificial colors are very toxic.

For Plump, Hydrated, Kiss-able lips, go for naturally good ingredients like Coconut oil, Shea butter, Essential oils, Bees wax, Vitamin E, Aloe Vera, to hydrate your lips. Additionally, Paprika and Cinnamon can help plump thin lips.

My favorite hydrating, plumping, kiss-able lip gloss - Eminence Cinnamon Kiss Lip Plumper really does plump your lips!

Just want a chap stick style hydrating lip balm- Young Livings essential oil based lip balm is practical, natural ingredients that taste good and hydrates well.

If your lips are a toxic mess then Eminence's lip trio to the rescue! An exfoliating lip mask, hydrating and plumping mask, and finish with the Citrus lip balm with shea butter for irresistible, kiss-able lips!

Summer Skin

Its Summer Time! It Is Time To Change Up Your Skincare Routine!

With warmer air,  and more sunshine, we look forward to being out doors more. But Summer heat can make the pores look larger, skin starts to get  oilier, especially in the T-zone areas (nose, chin, inner cheeks and middle of forehead.) This creates a tendency towards pores clogging, and breakouts. Sun exposure also can cause skin to hyper-pigment and freckle. Tanning can cause dead skin cells to accumulate on the surface of the skin and get trap in the pores for additional clogging. We are out side more, our skin gets dirty!

Whats to do? First, you need to come in for a facial! Get a good Deep Cleansing Facial and slough off all that dead, dull, skin. At that time you can be advised at to what products will be best for you to use during the summer months based on your skins' type and skins' concerns. 

Here are some of Summer's must- haves no matter what type of skin you have:

• Sun screen is a must! Look for sun screens that use Zinc only. Its a physical sun screen that is good for you and your skin. SPF 30 is the recommended number that safe and effective.
• Exfoliator - granular scrubs can help remove dead skin cells and clean pores better. Exfoliators also keep pores looking refined and skin smooth.
• Lighter moisturizers- your winter creams will definitely be too heavy for summers warmer weather.
• Serums with melanin inhibiting properties to help reduce and prevent dark spots, hyper-pigmentation caused by the sun.
• Always think Antioxidants! Our skin needs them year around for healthy, and youthful skin!

At this point, you should be thinking about that Facial. There are some great Summer Specials at Vfranca Spa. Check them out and see you soon!

Serums- The secret to healthy and youthful skin is in a bottle!

We tend to forget that our skin is an organ. Its’ alive, and it breathes and plays an important role in how our body functions. With that being said, what you put on your skin is just as important as what you chose to put in your body. Skin care products are nutrition for our skin, just as food is nutrition for our body.

When we are depleted in certain minerals and vitamins, we either eat more foods that contain the supplements we need or we ingest vitamins and minerals to compensate for what we are not getting enough of in our daily diets.

Serums can help put vitamins into our skin. They help to nourish and regenerate the skin, aiding in supplying our skin with the necessary vitamins, antioxidant, flavanoids, that we need and most likely are depleted in.  They also can help to add extra hydration to the skin and are there to help treat all kinds of skin conditions.

I cannot stress the important role Serums can play on our skin. If you do nothing else, Serums are the way to go.  Get a Serum with vitamin C & E to help fight free radicals, and sun damage. Vitamin C & E nourish and heal our skin, keeping it healthy and strong.  Serums can be very anti-aging and the right formulation for your skin type can even help diminish wrinkles and certain skin issues.

.My favorite is Citrus and Kale C&E Serum by Eminence. Just a few drops a day stimulate collagen production, evens skin tone, reduces wrinkle depth and firms your skin. It is anti-inflammatory as well and good for all skin types.

 Its real Nutrition for our Skin; No Skin should be without it!