Monthly Archive for July, 2009

Review: Dead Sea Premier Concentrated Facial Serum

Published
by
LadyC
on July 31, 2009
in Dead Sea Premier and Dead Sea Reviews
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Dear skin gods,

Please bring me a product that will make my skin feel soft and supple. Let this serum have Vitamin E, and throw in some C for added benefit. Please save my skin from all of the horrible things I do to it every day… like walking outside in the California air. Oh, dearest skin gods, please protect and nurture my skin from the harshness of this world, and leave it with a healthy and youthful glow.

Amen.

AMEN!

Dead Sea Premier Concentrated Facial SerumBasics: My skin has found its salvation. Several weeks ago I told you about the Swisa Beauty Dead Sea Facial Peel. This is the perfect counterpart… step 2, ‘B’ to its ‘A’… I mean, this is what you should use to follow up your peel. The Dead Sea Premier Facial Serum is a perfect skin restorative post facial peel!

Extravagance: Okay, sometimes I say really silly and corny things. Brace yourself, because I’m going to do it again. When you put this stuff on, it seriously feels like you are rubbing your skin with velvet. I’m not exaggerating. If you don’t believe me, you are just going to have to try it for yourself!

And, if healthy skin isn’t enough of a promise… the packaging says that if you use this twice a day, you’ll have a noticeable lift.

Imperfections: The instructions say that you should use this twice a day – before your moisturizer (after wash and toner… if you use it). I can’t really use this every day, though for those of you with dryer skin, use it. Use it a lot. For those of you with combo or oily skin, it may leave you (as it did me) feeling a little more shiny than you are comfortable with. It’s not like an oil slick, and if you wear makeup every day, it is likely not really an issue at all.

Oh, and it has one of those glass bottles I’m so famous for breaking. My imperfection, not theirs.

To Sum It Up: No nasty breakouts. No funky redness. Just soothing, smoothing and… I can’t think of another rhyming word, so I’ll just say restoring!

Dead Sea Premier Concentrated Facial Serum

Dead Sea Premier Concentrated Facial Serum

Review: Grayson Natural Care Citrus Mineral Bath Salt

Published
by
LadyC
on July 29, 2009
in Dead Sea Reviews
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Aging sucks. True story! Two weeks ago today I decided to take a brisk walk during my lunch hour at work. I took off my kicky, office appropriate heels, and put on my terribly unattractive (older than time) walking shoes, and set out for a peaceful walk around the charming and quaint neighborhood tucked away in the middle of corporate America. I got about a block away, and suddenly my back decided to go out. My back went out! Egad!

Aside from being, perhaps, a little acrimonious, I was in shock. Am I really at that point in life where someone asks me how I’m doing and I reply, “Well, my back went out?”

I contemplated calling my boss to come pick me up (whom, by the way, later told me he would have come out with a strap and a dolly… nice.) But, I walked back to the office, hunched over like a lady at least 6 months my senior, and made my way through what felt like the longest day.

Grayson Natural Care Citrus Dead Sea Bath SaltsThat night, I came home to my loving husband, who had 2 aspirin and a bath waiting for me. A bath, I should mention, loaded with Grayson’s Citrus bath salt. The label says it’s an energizing soak… which is a good thing since I was exhausted from all my complaining!

Basics: You just add “several tablespoons” into your bath while the water is running. Wait til the salts dissolve (which was really quick, fyi), and sink into the lovely and soothing (or energizing) aromas of lemon, orange, grapefruit and tangerine. Mmmmmm, good stuff! And it helped!

Extravagance: Did I mention that they added Vitamin E… only the nicest, healingest, skin-softeningist stuffs I’ve ever used!

Imperfections: You know, I always look for the flaws (to give you an honest representation), but really this is what you are looking for when you get a bath salt.

To Sum It Up: I wore heels today for the first time in 2 weeks. I’ve used up all of my bath salts, and I’m thinking I need to give another flavor (I know, you don’t eat it) a go. Try this. Enjoy this.

Oh, and for you folks with skin issues, the ingredients are pretty basic (and I think pretty non-aggravating):

Dead Sea salt; lemon, orange, grapefruit and tangerine essential oil blend; and vitamin E

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