Posts Tagged ‘dark circles’

Friday Fun Day! Moving Day!

On Tuesday our Marketing Team and Accounting moved into our Exciting New Building! Today, we were joined by our lovely Customer Care & Warehouse Team! We’ve missed you guys! It’s exciting to have the Spa Boutique band back together!

Check out these Before / After photos of our new Customer Care Center:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As moving is always super stressful, our team tackled some of the most common Moving Day issues:

Tired Skin: It’s really important to cleanse off all of the grime from moving with a quality cleaner, like Eminence Stone Crop Gel Wash and to follow up with a nutrient heavy moisturizer. The vitamins in the Eminence Apricot Whip Moisturizer will help restore your skin to its natural glow.

Exhausted Eyes: A quick treatment with Vivescence FreshLift Highly Active Eye Contour Concentrate is an amazing pick me up for tired, move weary eyes.

Tired Feet: Try Gehwol Fusskraft Blue to relieve icky sweaty feet.  The SpaRitual Sole Mate Hydrating Foot Balm  is AMAZING when combined with a foot massage!

Sore Muscles: First, make sure you haven’t seriously sprained or pulled your muscles. After the adrenaline of Moving Day wears off, seemingly minor injuries can present themselves as much more serious. However, for the minor aches, a targeted treatment with Biofreeze Pain Relieving Tube can provide substantial relief. Followed by a bath with our Spa Boutique Signature Line: Lavender Epsom Salt Bath, you’re ensured complete relaxation.

Nail repair: To restore weakened nails, our most popular item is Trind Nail Repair. Soon you’ll be able to pop on some fantastic Nail art like these wicked weekend styles!

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Friday Fun-Day! Cat-Eye Candy!

There are a lot of downsides to winter, especially not being able to hide my tied eyes behind a pair of sunglasses! I love my eyes, but after a long week staring at a computer screen, they need some serious attention before Girls Night! Especially now that I’ve entered my “Late Twenties”, I’ve started to notice how nights out, heavy food and a couple of drinks can really wreck havoc on my skin. Instead of layering on a rainbow of shadow, liner and glitter mascara, I’ve simplified my routine and invested quality product that won’t irritate my eyes.

The biggest secret in my arsenal is the Crystal Eye Patch by Vivescence Crystal Patch Regenerating Eye Contour Treatment (4 sets). I cannot rave enough about this mask! It’s a pre-cut gelatinous mask that revitalizes in 20 minutes. The coolness is really refreshing and you can feel it working as soon as you put it on.  It is an extremely active mask. Once my eyes are refreshed, I can move on to really making them pop.

Right now, I am really into Cat-Eye Eyeliner. It’s a lot of effect without adding a lot of shadow. Great for tired eyes. To get a phenomenal Cat-Eye, gently apply a basic line with Glo Minerals Glo Cream Eyeliner. Using an angled brush, trace a small flick where your lash lines meet and gently connect with your eyeliner. Next, take your Glo Minerals Glo Liquid Eyeliner – Coal (0.13 oz.) and fill out the wing. I like to keep mine subtle but for more punch, use the precision tip to thicken the line and expand the wing. Highlighting will help brighten the line, especially if you add your shadow after your liner.

Now, it is a hotly debated topic as to whether you apply your eyeliner or shadow first. Personally, I like to add my eyeliner first, let it dry and then do the shadow. I know that the liner can get powdery- BUT it also means I’m not scrubbing off absolutely everything if my hand slips. I may be in the minority here but I kinda like how you can soften the aggressive Cat-Eye with a touch of powder.

The past few years, it’s been a struggle quitting glitter. It’s fun, It’s Fast, It creates tons of impact… but when you find yourself fighting off a tween-age Belieber for a star specked electric purple eye shadow- It’s time to admit you have a problem.

Fortunately, there are tons of fun shimmer tones available, including some with real gold flecks! If you can’t have glitter, is there really anything better than gold? For a natural look, all you really need is a mineral shadow for underneath, a green with gold tones, a shimmery pink or for the ultimate in stunningly simple, a pure gold.  Heavy on the lid, soft up to the brow, maybe blend with a neutral, if needed. You really want to let your liner create the drama and keep the shadow simple.

TRY:
Glo Minerals Glo Eye Shadow (0.05 oz.)
Mica Beauty Single Stack Mica Mineral Shimmer Powder
Jane Iredale 24-Karat Gold Dust Powder (1.8g)

As always, Finish with Peter Thomas Roth Lashes To-Die-For Mascara (8ml)!

Still stuck for inspiration? Try adding a pop of colour for truly electrifying eyes!

 

 

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How to use concealer to cover up any type of imperfection

We all have (or have had) some sort of imperfection that needs covering up.  Using concealer sometimes requires the artist in us to come out (and some of us have a better artist inside than others!).  Let’s look at some tips for using the best shade and texture for covering up each type of imperfection:

The blasted blemish!

•yellow neutralizes red so choose a color with a yellow base

•use a concealer with built in bacteria-killing ingredients like tea tree oil, green tea, zinc oxide, or benzoyl peroxide

•clean your concealer brush with an antibacterial soap & water or brush cleaner in between each application to prevent the spread of infection

•dry mineral powder can when applied with a concealer brush for an added SPF (to prevent post inflammatory scarring or ‘brown spots’)

Best Blemish Concealing Picks:

 

Jane Iredale Zap & Hide Concealer,  Jane Iredale Botanical Brush Cleaner

The dark under eye circle with blue-purple tones

•Peach neutralizes blue so choose a peachy-colored concealer

•If you have lines/crow’s feet use a creamy texture as dry textures tend to emphasize lines

•Try to match the shade of the rest of your face – many people make the mistake of going really light under the eye which looks too obvious

Best dark circle picks:

Jane Iredale Active Light Under Eye Concealer, Jane Iredale Circle Delete Concealer

The bruise with blue, purple, red, or yellow tones

 

•Use a thick, full coverage concealer

•Peach neutralizes blue/purple, yellow neutralizes red, and lilac neutralizes yellow

•Apply concealer in layers and follow each layer with an application of mineral powder to set

Best bruise covering picks:

Jane Iredale Disappear Camouflage Cream, Jane Iredale Corrective Colors, Jane Iredale Pure Pressed Mineral Powder

 

Applying concealer is always easier when you use the right tool.  If you find you are having a hard time getting your concealer to look right you may need to get a good concealer brush.  I also recommend that you finishing concealing one spot before you move onto the next, this way you won’t accidentally walk out of the house with a glob of concealer on you that hasn’t been blended in!

 

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Combat dark circles, puffy eyes, crow’s feet with GM Collin Instant Radiance Anti-Aging Eye Patch

We hope you’re as excited as we are about the new anti-aging eye patch from GM Collin!

It’s called the Instant Radiance Anti-Aging Eye Patch and it’s made for all skin types and works great for tired eyes, wrinkles, dark circles, and puffiness.

How to use:

Each box comes with 5 packets.  Each packet contains 2 eye patches.

The eye patches can be used as often as desired for instant radiance or as a 2 week intensive treatment. They can even be left on overnight for more severe eye concerns.

•Remove eye patches from packet and place on clean skin under the eye are

•Press lightly to ensure the gelled surface adheres to the skin

•Leave on for 20 minutes

•Remove and apply your favorite GM Collin eye cream

How it works:

Thanks to ingredients like a specialized green tea & oak complex, tri & tetrapeptides, watermelon & apple fruit extract your eye area will be left soothed, vitalized, and firmed.  Fine lines, wrinkles, dark cirlces, and puffiness are greatly diminished.

Clinical Trial:

In a clinical evaluation the total surface area of lines and wrinkles was reduced by an average of 42% (up to 76%). Crow’s feet were decreased by an average of 27% (up to 83%) and hydration was improved by 38% (up to 79%).

I was lucky enough to get a sample of the GM Collin Instant Radiance Anti-Aging Eye Patch to try out and I couldn't believe the results.  I've tried this type of eye treatment before with minimal results, but this one was love at first try.  My eye area was instantly firmed, brightened, and revitalized and I didn't even leave it on the full 20 minutes! I will definitely be using this eye patch again.

 

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Jan Marini Age Intervention Dark Circle Eye Defense: Product Review

When I heard about the Jan Marini Age Interention Dark Circle Eye Defense I just had to try it.

I’ve had dark eye circles for as long as I can remember and none of the eye products I have tried in the past have worked.

This unique eye treatment comes in a capsule form which means you get a fresh dose of ingredients every time you use it.  You apply a small amount of product to the dark area (under the eye only) and I found that there was so much product in each capsule that I could use the same one 3-4 times!  It’s a clearish, velvety, gel-like consistency that just melts right into the skin.

Jan Marini Skin Research is a medical grade skin care line that is a pioneer in the field of anti-aging and intensive, result oriented skincare solutions.  Jan Marini uses the latest technology in Dark Circle Eye Defense and has utilized specific ingredients to address the main causes of dark circles: clogged capillaries, iron discoloration in the blood, thin/fragile skin, pigmentation in the skin, and inflammation.

Retinol 

This form of vitamin A penetrates into the skin to rejuvenate, smooth fine lines & wrinkles, reduce pigmentation, and increase the production of collagen.

Peptides

Peptides strengthen the skin and reduce fine lines & wrinkles

Chrysin

This enzyme clears out backed up hemoglobin in the blood vessels and allows for greater micro-circulation under the eye.

Results: After just a couple of weeks I started to notice that the skin in my eye area was firmer. I wasn’t sure if the dark circles were being diminished until I looked at the before and after pictures and as you can see there is quite a difference!

Would I recommend Jan Marini Age Intervention Dark Circle Eye Defense? Definitely!

See How to get rid of dark eye circles, puffy eyes, and eye bags: Causes and Treatments  to learn more about these conditions.

 

We would love to hear your thoughts on the topic of this blog!  Feel free to post your comments or questions below.  As always, just for being a follower of our blog, enter coupon code BLOG10 for 10% off your next purchase! Also, remember to follow us @spaboutique on Twitter, like our Facebook  page, and check out our boards on Pinterest! You could be the lucky winner of one of our many contests!