I started my Tensage Intensive Ampoule treatments this weekend. All in all I'm liking it so far. I must admit that I was really leery about the fragrance, I had tried one of the creams on my hands once and ended up having to go wash it off because I didn't like the smell. It is much more subtle in the ampoules though.
On a side note, the weird thing about the fragrance though is that I just splurged and bought salon shampoo and conditioner (Eufora, loving it) and the shampoo smells a lot like Tensage. It's not that it's a bad fragrance, it smell like roses to me and that just isn't my favorite smell. So maybe I'm just getting used to it, who knows.
Anyway, back to my skin. The other thing that I don't 100% love about the ampoules is that they leave my skin looking very dewy and having suffered from oily skin for so long I'm used to fighting to stay matte. Pairing it with the Lasting Results sunscreen and I'm pretty shiny after applying. Thank goodness for OC Eight!
But now for the good news, the addition of the Tensage Intensive Ampoules to my regimen does seem to have calmed down the redness in my cheeks and really just made it seem a lot healthier looking in general. On Sunday I didn't even use my liquid foundation when we went out to dinner, just some powder to help keep the shine in check.
I'll keep you posted on any new developments as I continue the regimen. I must confess that I watched part of Julie and Julia this weekend and I'm feeling rather inspired about my little blog! Thanks to anyone who may be reading, it's been a nice outlet for me to share about something I enjoy!
Monday, March 29, 2010
Friday, March 26, 2010
Skin Update
Well, in my last post I shared with you that my skin had gone crazy. I ended up having to completely stop exfoliating, no more AFA Gel or Stop the Clock. I now just cleanse with AFA Cream Cleanser, use The Eyes Have It (because you know I'm addicted to it) and I changed to PRESCRIBEDsolutions Lasting Results moisturizer with SPF 30.
My skin is looking pretty good now. I do like the Lasting Results, but it smells like beach sunscreen which is usually a negative for me with sunscreens, but the smell doesn't last too long and it feels really light. It's a chemical screen, which is a plus for me because I tend to be a little sensitive to the titanium in a physical block.
I'm just not sure what to do next. My cheeks still get a little red in the morning after I cleanse, so I think I do want to start a Tensage regimen. Nothing like the weekend to start something new, so I think I will take some ampoules home with me and see how it goes!
In marketing news, I spent most of this week training our new Biopelle customer web trainer. She was previously with the PRESCRIBEDsolutions line and did all of their web trainings for new offices. We have gotten such great reviews that we made her a part of the Biopelle team and hope to have her doing web trainings this Spring!
My skin is looking pretty good now. I do like the Lasting Results, but it smells like beach sunscreen which is usually a negative for me with sunscreens, but the smell doesn't last too long and it feels really light. It's a chemical screen, which is a plus for me because I tend to be a little sensitive to the titanium in a physical block.
I'm just not sure what to do next. My cheeks still get a little red in the morning after I cleanse, so I think I do want to start a Tensage regimen. Nothing like the weekend to start something new, so I think I will take some ampoules home with me and see how it goes!
In marketing news, I spent most of this week training our new Biopelle customer web trainer. She was previously with the PRESCRIBEDsolutions line and did all of their web trainings for new offices. We have gotten such great reviews that we made her a part of the Biopelle team and hope to have her doing web trainings this Spring!
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
What's going on with my skin?!?!
My skin has been weird lately. Upon returning from the AAD meeting, my cheeks were getting very red and blotchy. I thought that maybe it was just from the water at the hotel, but after a few days it was still looking red and becoming more sensitive. So then I thought that maybe my combination of AFA Exfoliating Gel and the firming peptides which exfoliate in Stop the Clock had caused some situation of over exfoliating, so then I stopped using my AFA gel for a few days and now I have a ginormous zit on my chin...
Ugh!
So now I'm doing a spot treatment of AFA Micro-Exfoliating Masque on my little invader, it seems to be clearing up now. My cheeks are starting to look a little better, so hopefully that's all that it was.
I think it's time to change up my regimen a little bit and that will give me something new to talk about in my blog, I just haven't decided yet which product to use. I'm debating between:
Tensage Intensive Ampoule Treatments - all of my friends and coworkers who have used this product not only love it but they also look amazing! I envy the glow. But I'm not sure that this is really what my skin is needing right now, though who doesn't love a little collagen boosting!
Retriderm vitamin A serum - my boss repeatedly tells me that everyone should be using a retinol but I have never worked one into my regimen. I love the pinky glow that this product gives people, it sounds unappealing to say but it really is a healthy look for the skin. I'm just a little concerned that it will continue in my over-exfoliation path that I'm on, but I'm hopeful that it will help stop my acne breakouts.
I can always change my sunscreen too, but I was so happy with the addition of Stop the Clock to my regimen that I'm not ready to let go yet.
I'm also a little leery because I'm thinking that I need to add these products to my evening regimen and my current evening regimen consist of...nothing! I'm so bad I don't even wash my face before I go to bed most nights. I use one of my daughter's baby wipes to take off my make-up and then I call it a night. Maybe that's why my cheeks are blotchy...
And now you know my dirty little secret! Even skin care representatives are non-compliant patients sometimes.
Well, I'll try to change up my regimen this week and let you know how it goes! Thanks for reading.
Ugh!
So now I'm doing a spot treatment of AFA Micro-Exfoliating Masque on my little invader, it seems to be clearing up now. My cheeks are starting to look a little better, so hopefully that's all that it was.
I think it's time to change up my regimen a little bit and that will give me something new to talk about in my blog, I just haven't decided yet which product to use. I'm debating between:
Tensage Intensive Ampoule Treatments - all of my friends and coworkers who have used this product not only love it but they also look amazing! I envy the glow. But I'm not sure that this is really what my skin is needing right now, though who doesn't love a little collagen boosting!
Retriderm vitamin A serum - my boss repeatedly tells me that everyone should be using a retinol but I have never worked one into my regimen. I love the pinky glow that this product gives people, it sounds unappealing to say but it really is a healthy look for the skin. I'm just a little concerned that it will continue in my over-exfoliation path that I'm on, but I'm hopeful that it will help stop my acne breakouts.
I can always change my sunscreen too, but I was so happy with the addition of Stop the Clock to my regimen that I'm not ready to let go yet.
I'm also a little leery because I'm thinking that I need to add these products to my evening regimen and my current evening regimen consist of...nothing! I'm so bad I don't even wash my face before I go to bed most nights. I use one of my daughter's baby wipes to take off my make-up and then I call it a night. Maybe that's why my cheeks are blotchy...
And now you know my dirty little secret! Even skin care representatives are non-compliant patients sometimes.
Well, I'll try to change up my regimen this week and let you know how it goes! Thanks for reading.
Friday, March 12, 2010
My Skin Care Regimen
What better way to sell products than with testimonials! I hate those blogs that just regurgitate press release information and don't actually tell you if they've used the product and liked it. So I vow to not ever do that! I plan to tell you what I use, how I use it and how I like it (as honestly as possible without getting myself fired!).
Here are the products I use on a daily basis and a note on why I use them and what they've done for my skin.
AFA Cream Cleanser
It all starts with a cleanser. It seems like a simple enough thing; wash your face. But my skin tends to dry out pretty easily, so finding the right cleanser has been an adventure. Biopelle offers 6 cleansers, all of which are nice, but this is the one for me! It's gentle, it removes my make-up nicely and it doesn't leave my skin feeling dry or flaky.
AFA Exfoliating Gel
Keeping my skin exfoliated not only leaves it feeling smooth and soft, it also keeps more pores clear of the impurities that have caused my acne breakouts over the years. I've used all three strengths as my skin needs have changed, which is one of the great things about this line, being able to customize it to my current needs.
One of the first things I fell in love with was how smooth my skin feels. There were days when I would get out of the shower and visibly see the flakey skin on my forehead. No amount of moisturizer helped that. But within a few days of using the AFA Exfoliating Gel I was flake free and loving it.
Over time I saw a great improvement in my acne, I still may get a random pimple here or there, but that's usually because I skipped using my Exfoliating Gel. Even still, the days of having a chin full of pimples or even those deep down, really painful pimples, are long gone.
I love that this gel is so light; it dries fast so I can keep going. It's easy to apply; fragrance and dye free, all great things for my regimen and my sensitive skin.
PRESCRIBEDsolutions The Eyes Have It !
Okay, I know that this term gets used loosely sometimes, but I just have to say...MIRACLE PRODUCT!
I mentioned in my previous post that I'm a new mom. My 8-month old sleeps like an angel most nights, but when she is sick she tends to wake up a lot throughout the night. Not long ago we were having a rough week. After a few sleepless nights, I was looking pretty haggard. I decided it was time to try The Eyes Have It. That day at work, several people stopped to say it looked like she was finally sleeping through the night again and I was actually excited to tell them that she had been up most of the night and that it was just this amazing product that was making me look so rested.
For me it is all about the firming ingredient, a hibisucs esculentus extract. This extract has a "Botox-like" action, causing muscles to freeze, giving them a firmer look. Unlike Botox, this only lasts for a day, making it the perfect fix for new moms. You can really feel the lift around your eye area.
There are also ingredients to combat puffiness and dark circles under the eyes. I can't really speak to the results there as my eyes don't usually get too puffy or dark, but maybe that's because I've been using this every day!
PRESCRIBEDsolutions Stop The Clock Triple Action Anti-aging Day Cream with SPF 50 PFA+++
I'm really big on protecting my skin now so that it will look great 20 years from now, so the SPF 50 and PFA +++ rating make me feel that I'm doing all that I can to prevent UV damage.
I also really liked the idea of a Triple Action sunscreen; I don't have a ton of time to layer products. So the DNA Repair, Anti-oxidant Protection and Firming Peptides all sounded like good things to add to my regimen.
So those are all of the reasons I tried Stop the Clock, here's why I keep using it:
I GLOW!!
My skin has never looked better than it did while I was pregnant. After I had my baby, my skin looked dull and lifeless. I kept using my AFA Exfoliating Gel, hoping that it would bring my skin back to life, but I soon realized I needed a change. After a few months of using Stop the Clock my skin was looking radiant and healthy, to the point that people stopped to ask me what I was doing for my skin to look so healthy.
I don't know which of the ingredients in the product brought back my glow, but I'm loving it!
And as if that weren't enough already, PRESCRIBEDsolutions products can be boosted to address additional concerns. So I added the Brightening Booster to mine to help clear up the little bit of melasma (pregnancy mask) that I had. It worked like a charm!
OC Eight Professional Mattifying Gel
As much as I love Stop the Clock, it leaves me looking pretty shiny. A dab of OC Eight and I'm back to True Matte and ready to apply my make-up! OC Eight is my baby, the little product that could. I think I'll write an entire blog about OC Eight, because there are lots of tricks on how you can use the product better and many reasons for you to love it!
And that's my daily regimen! I've been playing around with a few new products and also have some others that I use on occasion that I'll review in other blogs. Did I mention that I'm a Biopelle addict?
Here are the products I use on a daily basis and a note on why I use them and what they've done for my skin.
AFA Cream Cleanser
It all starts with a cleanser. It seems like a simple enough thing; wash your face. But my skin tends to dry out pretty easily, so finding the right cleanser has been an adventure. Biopelle offers 6 cleansers, all of which are nice, but this is the one for me! It's gentle, it removes my make-up nicely and it doesn't leave my skin feeling dry or flaky.
AFA Exfoliating Gel
Keeping my skin exfoliated not only leaves it feeling smooth and soft, it also keeps more pores clear of the impurities that have caused my acne breakouts over the years. I've used all three strengths as my skin needs have changed, which is one of the great things about this line, being able to customize it to my current needs.
One of the first things I fell in love with was how smooth my skin feels. There were days when I would get out of the shower and visibly see the flakey skin on my forehead. No amount of moisturizer helped that. But within a few days of using the AFA Exfoliating Gel I was flake free and loving it.
Over time I saw a great improvement in my acne, I still may get a random pimple here or there, but that's usually because I skipped using my Exfoliating Gel. Even still, the days of having a chin full of pimples or even those deep down, really painful pimples, are long gone.
I love that this gel is so light; it dries fast so I can keep going. It's easy to apply; fragrance and dye free, all great things for my regimen and my sensitive skin.
PRESCRIBEDsolutions The Eyes Have It !
Okay, I know that this term gets used loosely sometimes, but I just have to say...MIRACLE PRODUCT!
I mentioned in my previous post that I'm a new mom. My 8-month old sleeps like an angel most nights, but when she is sick she tends to wake up a lot throughout the night. Not long ago we were having a rough week. After a few sleepless nights, I was looking pretty haggard. I decided it was time to try The Eyes Have It. That day at work, several people stopped to say it looked like she was finally sleeping through the night again and I was actually excited to tell them that she had been up most of the night and that it was just this amazing product that was making me look so rested.
For me it is all about the firming ingredient, a hibisucs esculentus extract. This extract has a "Botox-like" action, causing muscles to freeze, giving them a firmer look. Unlike Botox, this only lasts for a day, making it the perfect fix for new moms. You can really feel the lift around your eye area.
There are also ingredients to combat puffiness and dark circles under the eyes. I can't really speak to the results there as my eyes don't usually get too puffy or dark, but maybe that's because I've been using this every day!
PRESCRIBEDsolutions Stop The Clock Triple Action Anti-aging Day Cream with SPF 50 PFA+++
I'm really big on protecting my skin now so that it will look great 20 years from now, so the SPF 50 and PFA +++ rating make me feel that I'm doing all that I can to prevent UV damage.
I also really liked the idea of a Triple Action sunscreen; I don't have a ton of time to layer products. So the DNA Repair, Anti-oxidant Protection and Firming Peptides all sounded like good things to add to my regimen.
So those are all of the reasons I tried Stop the Clock, here's why I keep using it:
I GLOW!!
My skin has never looked better than it did while I was pregnant. After I had my baby, my skin looked dull and lifeless. I kept using my AFA Exfoliating Gel, hoping that it would bring my skin back to life, but I soon realized I needed a change. After a few months of using Stop the Clock my skin was looking radiant and healthy, to the point that people stopped to ask me what I was doing for my skin to look so healthy.
I don't know which of the ingredients in the product brought back my glow, but I'm loving it!
And as if that weren't enough already, PRESCRIBEDsolutions products can be boosted to address additional concerns. So I added the Brightening Booster to mine to help clear up the little bit of melasma (pregnancy mask) that I had. It worked like a charm!
OC Eight Professional Mattifying Gel
As much as I love Stop the Clock, it leaves me looking pretty shiny. A dab of OC Eight and I'm back to True Matte and ready to apply my make-up! OC Eight is my baby, the little product that could. I think I'll write an entire blog about OC Eight, because there are lots of tricks on how you can use the product better and many reasons for you to love it!
And that's my daily regimen! I've been playing around with a few new products and also have some others that I use on occasion that I'll review in other blogs. Did I mention that I'm a Biopelle addict?
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Introducing Biopelle at the AAD
This past weekend was the 68th Annual American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) meeting in Miami Beach, Florida. Biopelle has attended in some capacity for the last 5 years, but this year was really the first time that we were able to start from scratch with our booth and really create a presence that was all our own.
I was able to convince my boss to go with a new look and feel for the booth this year, which also included an entirely new strategy for how we would manage our traffic within the booth. It was a big gamble and I'm very excited to report that it was a big success!
Our new booth design encompassed our new corporate strategy of providing a global spectrum of skincare. Dermatologists really seemed to be on board with our corporate strategy of being a "one-stop-shop" for all of their skincare needs.
This was also our opportunity to launch our new Synergies kits and to announce our new distribution rights for Heliocare. I was really surprised to see how popular Heliocare is; I think it was one of the main brands that people recognized, especially with the international attendees. I really need to start taking a Heliocare capsule each morning to give me that added protection from sun damage.
So another big "to-do" list item checked off the list, with a big smiley face next to it! I'm just so excited that we had such a good show after I convinced my boss to make so many big changes. Could this be The Tipping Point?
I was able to convince my boss to go with a new look and feel for the booth this year, which also included an entirely new strategy for how we would manage our traffic within the booth. It was a big gamble and I'm very excited to report that it was a big success!
Our new booth design encompassed our new corporate strategy of providing a global spectrum of skincare. Dermatologists really seemed to be on board with our corporate strategy of being a "one-stop-shop" for all of their skincare needs.
This was also our opportunity to launch our new Synergies kits and to announce our new distribution rights for Heliocare. I was really surprised to see how popular Heliocare is; I think it was one of the main brands that people recognized, especially with the international attendees. I really need to start taking a Heliocare capsule each morning to give me that added protection from sun damage.
So another big "to-do" list item checked off the list, with a big smiley face next to it! I'm just so excited that we had such a good show after I convinced my boss to make so many big changes. Could this be The Tipping Point?
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