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• I am a total sucker for designer baby rags. As a mom, I find myself drooling at the boutiques over darling handmade things.  It doesn’t help that I am currently expecting, so I have cute baby gear on my mind a lot these days.  One of my best friends (who is super crafty and oh-so talented) started her own company (Krissi Lu’s) and makes the most darling rags.  She custom made some “Spa Baby Designer Rags” for Balance Skin Care.  How fun!  Value:  $25.00

• One of my favorite beauty secrets!  I admire people with naturally long lashes. There are so many lash products on the market today.  I tend to freak-out at the thought of putting crazy chemicals near my eyes, so this plant based lash growth product is something I use everyday.  I actually use DermaLash in the black liquid liner.  I love it!  My lashes ARE longer.  Value $93.00

Watch a video! DermaLash featured on Rachael Ray

• Some of my very favorite skin care products are found in the DermaQuest Age Management Kit.  The products in this kit are of the highest standard and include ingredients such as peptides, Kinetin, powerful antioxidants and AHA’s.  The kit includes:  C-Lipoic Cleanser, Glyco Creamy Cleanser, Peptide Mobilizer, C-Lipoic Antioxidant Serum, K-Q10 Firming Cream and Solar Protection SPF 30.  Value: $128.00

  

Are you a sucker for Aromatherapy candles and bath and body lotions that make you feel balanced and refreshed?  This basket includes our signature scent candle at Balance Skin Care (Savory Fig) and aromatherapy shower gel and lotion.  Value: $47.00

 

• Good makeup brushes can make all the difference in how your makeup looks.  I love these cruelly-free, shed-free brushes.  They are so soft, and help to give you that amazingly natural look!  I am giving away my favorite brush…THE KABUKI!  Every girl needs a good Kabuki.  Value: $44.00

 Now how do you enter to win one of these fabulous prizes?  All you have to do is become a fan of Balance Skin Care on Facebook by Tuesday, October 20th.  If you are currently a fan already, you are automatically entered to win.  Balance Skin Care also has a profile page that we will be taking down shortly, so be sure you are not becoming a “friend” but becoming a “fan”.  Good luck!

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What is Acne Cosmetica?  It is a form of acne that was brought on my cosmetics – yes ladies, that means your makeup might be the cause of your acne.  I have been thinking a lot about acne cosmetica lately.  I have helped so many people clear up this skin condition.  Sometimes it is as easy as changing their makeup, others take quite a bit more effort to undo the damage caused by their cakey makeup. 

A lovely client (I will call her Mary) came into see my over a year ago.  She had the cutest brown freckles that she worried about.  I thought they were darling, but she hated them.  I didn’t see Mary for over a year.  She called a few weeks ago to say she desperately needed my help.  There were some life changing, stressful things she had dealt with over the past few months, and on top of it all- she had developed ACNE.  When she came in for her acne treatment with me, I discovered her LOVE of Sephora and the Cargo/Smashbox base foundation, primer, blushes and bronzers she had been piling on her face.  She first started to use these products to cover up her cute freckles, but now she “really” needed the makeup to cover all the acne her cosmetics caused. 

I decided to get her on the Dadashie Acne System.  We spent a lot of time doing extractions and cleaning up her skin during that first treatment.  She left with a couple of products to help clear up her skin.

Mary came back 2 weeks later, and despite the new skin care products she was on, her skin didn’t look any better.  She was still using the pore clogging- acne causing foundation/primer/bronzers and blushes.  I switched her makeup, even though I really am hesitant that she wear any liquid foundation makeup at all, at least she is on mineral makeup now.  I know that this treatment will help, but if you are using liquid foundation while on the Dadashie Acne System, it will take twice as long to achieve the desired results.  It’s a trade off, since she won’t even need foundation once her skin clears up!  I will update this post when I see Mary again – and keep you posted on her progression.

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Treatment Room

I love our new treatment room.  This is where all the magic happens.

Buildable Coverage Pressed Mineral Powder SPF 15

DermaMinerals pressed their powder without the use of pore clogging oils.  They used an anti-aging peptide to press these powders.  It gives you a really nice matte finish.  It comes in 10 shades, and has the same benefits as a loose powder, but you will find this is not as messy.

• Free of parabens, talc, oil, synthetic dye
• Vitamins A, C, E, Green tea and chamomile
• Soothes irritation
• Great coverage!

Build your perfect complexion. DermaMinerals™ Pressed Mineral Powder SPF 15 allows you to create the perfect canvas for the rest of your makeup regimen, depending on how much or how little coverage you desire. Suitable for normal to oily skin.

$46

Purchase Buildable Coverage Pressed Mineral Powder SPF 15!

Buildable Coverage

I very much love the natural look of mineral makeup.  I love how long it stays on your skin, I love how you can layer it for more coverage, and I love how it gives luminosity to the skin.  This line has 10 great shades that won’t look grey on darker skin types. 

• Free of parabens, talc, oil, synthetic dye
• Velvety feel on the skin
• Calms irritations and rebalances the skin
• Contains vitamin A, C, E, Green tea and chamomile

Build your perfect complexion. DermaMineral’s™ Loose Mineral Powder SPF 20, a triple milled, ultra-fine formula, allows you to create the perfect canvas for the rest of your makeup regimen, depending on how much or how little coverage you desire.

$45

Purchase Buildable Coverage Loose Mineral Powder SPF 20!