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Beauty news: February 2013
Cold wind, heated buildings, low humidity: It’s a recipe for dull-looking, dry, itchy skin. But we’ve got the tips to keep you glowing through the season.
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Chocolate Surprise
Dark chocolate is not just for eating. Nourishing cocoa butter provides healing Vitamin E that helps repair and soften skin.
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Caring solutions for sensitive skin
The Eczema Society of Canada estimates 15 to 20% of Canadians suffer from eczema, a skin condition marked by itchiness, dryness, redness, inflammation and recurrent “flares” that may be triggered by stress, as well as by common items such as wool clothing.
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SUNLESS BRONZING
Fresh-off-the-beach look
Wearing bronzer is like going to the beach every morning: it’s like sunshine in a compact – without the harmful rays! When applied properly, a good bronzer will become your new best friend. It will instantly liven up your complexion, warm up your skin tone and give you a gorgeous, youthful, sun-kissed glow in seconds.
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Summer lovin’ skin
While our love affair with the sun is short and sweet in Canada, it is nonetheless irresistible. Make love for your skin #1 and don’t get burned: sun damage leads to wrinkles, age spots, sagging skin and cancer.
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Melanoma escalates
The most worrisome of all skin cancers, melanoma has escalated and one in 7 people risk a non-melanoma skin cancer during their lifetime. According to recent statistics, the 7th most common cancer in Canada will account for 5,600 new cases of melanoma this year, impacting 3,100 men and 2,500 women.
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Ask Sandy Gold, Beauty Expert:
“Can everyone wear bright makeup colours?”
Yes! Yes! And Yes! There are many easy ways to incorporate pops of colour into your makeup routine. The key to wearing bright makeup colours is to highlight one feature at a time. So, choose either your eyes, lips or cheeks, and keep the rest of your makeup neutral and minimal.
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2012 Beauty Resolution
You know that blush you’ve been hanging on to, the one you bought before your first ever full-time job? It has gotta go, as do those products you’ve been stashing and not using. Like people, cosmetics change with age.
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2012 Hot Trends
Looking into a crystal ball for 2012, there are big things ahead in beauty circles. Enhance your natural beauty with these fabulous, every day products.
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Go-for-BOLD
The latest beauty products have a common feature – a go-for-bold attitude – from eye shadow to lips + dewy skin. We’ve scoured the beauty counter for stand-out shades and double-duty basics, ready to create your own fall look.
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Transition time
As leaves turn deep red, amber and mahogany, this fall’s cosmetics follow suit with richer, bolder tones. This change of season is an invitation to add more colour to your look with an intense, gorgeous palette.
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Summer fun for everyone
There’s something so energizing about the feel of the sun on your skin. It warms the body and the soul. When it comes to your beauty look for the summer, lighten up with sheer colours, fruit-inspired hues and feather-light foundations and moisturizers. The latest cosmetic formulations are created with summer in mind, chock full of nurturing ingredients to baby your face.
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Hair envy
Avoid the top 5 deadly haircare sins
Does your hair look dull, lifeless and unmanageable? Does it have an annoying habit of losing its style by 3 p.m.? If so, you are not alone.
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Sensitivity Training
How to deal with reactive, misbehaving, finicky skin. As Canadians, we have learned to tolerate winter, but not necessarily what it does to our skin. Brisk, cold winds, sub-zero temperatures, and over-heated indoor spaces can take a toll on even the healthiest looking faces. Dry air coupled with environmental factors can turn normal skin into misbehaving, highly-reactive, sensitive skin.
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D.I.Y. Spa@HOME
With life’s stressful demands contributing to an increased risk of heart disease or stroke, taking care of yourself isn’t a luxury. It’s a necessity. Now you can pamper yourself at home, on your schedule and without stressing about the price tag.
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Scratching the surface
3 experts discuss eczema and psoriasis
Eczema affects up to 25% of children and 15% of adults. The itch may disturb sleep and/or make them feel self-conscious. Psoriasis is linked with both physical and psychological depression. These are not superficial concerns; they should be taken seriously and addressed. Three experts provide an overview of these two skin disorders along with some solutions.
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Looking great in 2008
A glimpse into what’s hot ‘n’ happening now
This year might go down in history as a time when consumers flexed their collective muscle and won. What is emerging throughout the business of beauty, health and skin care – from dentistry and drug-store products to plastic surgery – is recognition that we, the consumers, want visible results with a minimal investment of time and money.
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Smooth Operators
Is exfoliation the answer to better looking, radiant skin?
Wouldn’t it be nice to turn back the hands of time and have radiant skin again?
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Create Your Summer Glow in 7 Healthy Steps
Can you feel it? Summer’s in the air.
You know what that means time to shed those layers, and get out to enjoy the sun. NOT! Insert token ‘Sun Protection’ lecture here. If you’ve been living in a cave and aren’t aware of the sun’s danger it’s time to get educated. Wrinkles, sun spots, and skin cancer are a result of too much time in the sun without proper skin protection.
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Handle with Care
Be nice to your hands and feet this summer.
Can you blame us? After months of being cooped up inside all winter and muddling through the roller coaster temperatures of spring, Canadians adore the balmy, lazy hazy days of summer. As soon as the thermometer dictates we slip into shorts and tanks to start our love-in with warm weather. But there’s a caveat.
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The New Wrinkle Erasers
How injectable dermal fillers are putting a fresh, new face on aging skin.
Aging is inevitable, but being unhappy with its effects doesn’t have to be part of the package. While an anti-aging cream might be just the thing you need to bring back a youthful glow, many women – and men too – are opting for a more direct approach with a host of dermal fillers designed to erase wrinkles, creases and lines.
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Winterize Your Skin
Exfoliate, Hydrate, Naturally Radiate.
It’s Canada, are you prepared? Have you winterized your skin? Harsh winter weather increases skin sensitivity making it look older and duller. Time to plan how to keep your largest organ soft, smooth and protected.
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The Natural Makeover Diet
Your face and body do not lie. The state of a person’s health can be determined simply by looking at their skin, hair, body and nails. If you’re run down or sick on the inside, it always shows up on the outside in a myriad of ways such as bags under the eyes, dry skin, brittle nails, pre-mature wrinkling, excess weight or difficulty losing weight.
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Preventing Cellulite with Lifestyle Changes
Cellulite differs from ordinary weight gain or obesity because of the structural changes to the skin’s dermal layer that goes beyond simple fat deposit.
This often hereditary condition affects up to 90% of all women. Women have a higher tendency of developing cellulite because of their higher levels of estrogen which deposits fat into cellulite prone areas.
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