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Salon-Grade Products to Use at Home

Laura Thonnon — Wed, 29 Mar 2017 18:18:59 +0000

At-home products have come a long way in recent years, giving us wider choice and better results than ever before.

Now, in a trend set to continue, we have salon equivalent products that can be used safely and effectively at home- it’s time to delete that filter app…..

Now for something totally new: a 4-week reset programme to reboot your skin, stimulate cellular communication, reduce wrinkles and restore the skin’s texture. This really is as current as you can get when it comes to skincare. We are exposed to so many different types of products and ingredients these days and our skin can get confused. The confusion results in our skin reacting to things that it previously hadn’t and not enjoying products that it used to.

The Rejuvenescence Activation Treatment (or RAT as it is affectionately known) takes your skin back to its virgin state. The treatment contains 4 numbered vials and a marine activator that you add to each vial creating a milky emulsion you apply (on its own) morning and night. The entire VETIA MARE range is incredible; centred around marine plant life and its ability to regenerate, adapt and thrive in an ever-changing, often-polluted environment, and RAT is at the heart of the collection.

For the first 3 weeks I didn’t see any improvement (in fact, my skin seemed to behave stranger than ever), but at the start of the 4th week I started to see it! Skin cell turnover is on a 4-week pattern, so it makes sense that I wouldn’t see results right away – this product is working well beneath the surface! By the end of the 4-week treatment my skin was beaming with vitality; it felt more supple and generally looked healthier – as though it was lit from within! This is the perfect treatment for times when you feel at a loss with your skin, when it isn’t looking or behaving like it should, or for those big occasions that you must look your best for! I personally plan to use this twice a year for radiance maintenance!

Originally published March 29 2017, Stylenest By Danielle Hudson

Danielle is a London based Makeup Artist who has worked in the industry for over 10 years, building up a loyal clientele and trustworthy reputation. She is passionate about bringing out and enhancing the natural beauty in every face, so is regularly booked with high profile clients for flawless daytime and evening looks. Her discretion and friendly nature keep her in high demand.

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2 Incredible Products You’d Find on a Private Yacht

Laura Thonnon — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 15:54:44 +0000

Known for their luxuriousness and Swiss origins, VETIA FLORIS is one of those brands you just have to get your hands on, just to say you’ve tried it. They’re one of the most lavish natural beauty product ranges I’ve come across with every bit of finesse and extravagance packaged in a small black and gold tub.

Having tried and tested their Intensive Treatment Mask, I can attest to the luxuriousness and the high class vibe it oozes. Served in a glass jar with a golden lid, the mask is in a balm form that initially got me checking the packaging to see if i’d mistakenly picked up a lip balm instead. With the same enriching, smoothing, loving texture that lip balm has, this face mask is every bit as nourishing for the skin as it effortlessly melts into the face, neck and decolletage.

The calming bio-sensitive mask is one of those natural beauty products quickly relieves any unpleasant feelings of tension and dryness on your face and gives the skin vitality as well as a fresh, youthful glow. The macadamia nut oil, babassu oil, rosehip oil, cocoa butter, cupuacu butter and shea butter really bring moisture to the skin, leaving it glowing and ready for the day.

Not a mask that you’d wash off, you’re able to complete your morning/evening routine by layering on the makeup or tucking up into bed. The calming oils bring about a sense of wellbeing and relaxation, perfect for either time of day.

As seen in Vogue, Elle, Style.com, Harper’s Bazaar and found in deluxe yachts across Lac Leman and around the mediterranean, there’s no wonder it’s considered the ‘First Luxury Organic Brand in the World’ and been commended for both their formula and its packaging, this swiss brand made up of natural beauty products, have been tried and tested by the real experts.

Applying the mask a few times a week just before bed will ensure that your skin is radiant, youthful and wrinkle free in the mornings. Follow up with their Super Radiance Elixir for an added dose of their unique complex of active substances such as hyaluronic acid and pentavitin, which significantly increase the skin’s moisture content with a long-lasting regulating effect.

After a week’s worth of use, my skin had never felt so soft and smooth, with no excessive oiliness or breakouts as I suspected there might be using an oily balm, just calmed, soothed skin.

Originally published March 2017, My Beauty Matches By Jasmine Taylor-Moran

Jasmine Taylor-Morgan is a Beauty Blogger from Hertfordshire who loves adding to her lipstick and nail polish collections. As a lover of travel, she’s always looking for products that can withstand the natural elements and last all day.

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Reduce The Effects Of Stress On Your Skin ASAP

Laura Thonnon — Sun, 26 Feb 2017 10:44:46 +0000

With a new year, comes new stresses – we can’t avoid them. As much as we pledge to be more relaxed, make time for ourselves, or start afresh, there’s always going to be something that’s over-thought, makes you nervous or causes you a bit of stress, which then reflects in your appearance.

Stress can cause people to age much faster and can wreak all sorts of havoc to your skin if left untreated. It can become visible on your skin through wrinkles, breakouts or bouts of dry skin. Your skin reacts to stress in a number of different ways so it’s important you look for tips for healthy skin and reduce the signs of stress, which in turn can reduce your actual stress as there are a lot of skincare products out there that can double up as aromatherapy treatments to help relieve you of stress

Getting healthy skin helps achieve a healthier mind. Some tips for healthier skin could help you de-stress both mentally and physically through your skin.

Using skin care products that are full of natural antioxidants and herb based ingredients will give you the revitalising boost your skin and pressure points need in order to de-stress. I gave Vetia Mare’s Revitalizing Cleanser a test for just over a week to try and see if these tips for healthy skin is really the secret to reducing stress.

Removing impurities from skin that’s breaking out is easy with natural ingredients from the Swiss Luxury brand Vetia Mare. Taking extracts of algae and sea mayweed to calm the skin and aid with hydration, stress and general fatigue, massaging into the face daily keeps you thoroughly cleansed and is a great tip for healthy skin.

Spending more time on myself and my skin care made a huge impact to both my mental and physical levels of stress very quickly, with my breakouts calming down, the dry skin on my face vanishing and the overall glow of my skin had returned as well as feeling more calm myself. Simply by spending 5-10 minutes every morning and evening cleansing, toning and moisturising my skin and taking my time when doing it. These things shouldn’t be rushed and you’ll see results much faster if you take your time.

The massaging motion on my temples, jaw and forehead were great stress relievers and concentrating the Smoothing Eye Contour Cream around my eye sockets really helped with built up tension behind the eyes as well as plumping the skin to reduce visible signs of stress and ageing – although, as I’m still young, these aren’t likely noticeable to anyone but me.

Energising your skin and lifting both your skin and your spirit, the Energizing Serum will invigorate your skin’s functions, stimulate your natural defense system and sustain hydration with the brown algae and seaweed ingredients within.

Following these tips for healthier skin, you should see your mind and body de-stressed in no time.

Originally published February 2017, My Beauty Matches By Jasmine Taylor-Moran

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How to Be Beautiful Inside & Out

Laura Thonnon — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 16:23:27 +0000

On average, women currently spend £340+ on beauty and skincare each year and with wellness becoming an ever more important part of the beauty industry, it’s no wonder that the healthy eating, nutrition and weight loss sector grew by 108% this past year. Consumer demand for wellness products and services is higher than it ever has been, more women are wanting to take care of themselves both inside and out by eating natural, organic foods and using organic and natural skin care.

Health food stores are cropping up everywhere and the public are becoming more aware of how their diets affect not only their fitness and the shape and size of their body, but also the appearance of their skin and how they feel on the inside, their mood, their health – both mental and physical.

Organic, natural, and more increasingly, vegan foods are now bought as a weekly staple for many households. Products such as chia seeds, hemp and quinoa find their way into breakfast smoothies, soups and our everyday lives, searching for those all important ingredients such as cacao, baobab and moringa to reap the amazing health and skin benefits that they offer.

Healthy, glowing skin, plenty of vitamin E, antioxidants and healthy blood circulation are just a few of these benefits and can be enhanced by using the right products on the outside as well as looking after your insides.

The preventative and personalised health sector increased by 78% this year to a huge $243 billion and is set to grow further still with demand for healthy, organic, natural products that are tailored to the individual increasing. At My Beauty Matches, there’s lots of opportunity to find products that are both good for you and good for the environment – products that are made with natural and organic ingredients, that take advantage of the plants and seeds that the earth has given us to make a product that is kind to the skin and can help prevent or eradicate any skin concerns.

Our beauty matchmaker quiz can help you discover products that are not only highly recommended, but are also matched specifically to your skin and your skin concerns, such as acne, wrinkles, dark spots, eczema etc. But it doesn’t stop there, we also match haircare and makeup too, giving you completely unbiased recommendations based on the information you give us! It’s so easy!

Looking for eyeliners that are paraben free and kind to the skin? Not a problem, Eye Care Cosmetics has the black felt pen eyeliner for you. Looking for a premium natural skincare brand that helps target the signs of ageing? VETIA MARE and VETIA FLORIS are the experts.

Other natural skincare brands include Seascape, which are well known for their relaxing ranges names Unwind and Soothe, whilst also being organic and kind to sensitive skin, they are also suitable for expectant mothers, making them the perfect for everyone. Bee Good are our next favourite brand. Founded in the UK by a husband and wife duo, these beekeepers have come up with the best honey-based natural skincare products to hit our site, including their range of lip balms, hand creams and this beautifully packaged NectaPerfecta Beautifying Mask which is lovingly made with wildflower honey, beeswax, fruit acids and bisabol which helps bring radiance and luminance back to the face, giving you a very natural glow.

There are over 3200 brands to choose from meaning there are natural skincare products suitable for everyone, no matter your skin type because we’re here to help you find the products that are right for you.

Originally published February 2017, My Beauty Matches By Jasmine Taylor-Moran

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Why Algae Could Be the Key to Nourished Skin

Laura Thonnon — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 17:23:37 +0000

Using the minerals found deep in the ocean, your skin could become the best it’s ever been with products containing deep sea algae – which are not only natural, but are rich in minerals that will banish the dry skin on your face for good.

If you suffer from dry skin on your face, it’s important to keep it nourished and full of moisture. How better to do this than to use a product that is made from the ocean’s nutrients. The VETIA MARE Age-Defying 24h Dry Skin Cream can eradicate any flakiness and itchy patches on your face. With a blend of algae and seaweed, which are both well known for their skills in stabilising minerals to aid the skin’s retention of moisture and ability to treat acne and lighten skin.

These ingredients are so good at what they do, they’re becoming more widely used in the cosmetics and beauty industry. Dependent on where it’s sourced from, how much is used and how it’s harvested greatly affects its ability to solve all your skin concerns, however VETIA MARE, being the luxurious brand that they are, only put the best in their products to ensure your skin is as nourished as possible and banish that dry skin on your face for good.

Apply the ‘Elixir of Youth’ Rejuvenescence Activation Treatment across your face and décolleté for 4 weeks before applying the cream and combine its two elements – a water based phase and an oil-based which emulsify to plump and smooth your skin back to a youthful, moisture-rich state.

Originally published January 2017, My Beauty Matches By Jasmine Taylor-Moran

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How to Prevent that Dreaded Bad Skin Day

Laura Thonnon — Mon, 14 Nov 2016 16:47:15 +0000

Seeing dry skin or spots pop up out of nowhere is a horrid thing to wake up to, especially when you have a busy day ahead. Keeping your head low and avoiding eye contact is one way to go about it, but as skin is our first defence against harmful toxins, it doesn’t make much sense to put products on our skin that contain them. Using natural skin care will help keep your skin full of moisture and help combat those pesky spots without using any man-made chemicals.

VETIA FLORIS, a swiss luxury skincare brand is completely natural and is developed using alpine flowers and botanical fruit water to create their indulgent, skin replenishing products. Their range boasts to increase firmness, slow signs of ageing and improve the skin’s overall tone and texture to preserve a youthful, radiant complexion.

Starting a skincare regime is really easy as it can be incorporated into your existing morning and nighttime rituals, alongside brushing your teeth. So long as you keep it up, you should start seeing results after 28 days (this is the normal time it takes for skin cells to regenerate) [Read more: 4 Things All Dermatologist Want you to Know].

Using the VETIA FLORIS Replenishing Cleanser and Hydro-Mist Tonic, you can wipe away even the tiniest trace of makeup, remove any impurities and prevent the skin from drying out. The cleomilk complex found within these natural skin care products also speed up the process of cell regeneration, making impurities go away even faster! Sealing in the moisture with the Intensive Treatment Mask, you can be sure that there will be no bad skin day this winter.

Originally published Nov 2016, My Beauty Matches By Jasmine Taylor-Moran

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Complexion Enemy Number 1

Laura Thonnon — Thu, 13 Oct 2016 15:38:00 +0000

My uneven pigmentation is the bane of my life! No matter how clear or bright my skin is, all I see when I look in the mirror are sun-induced splotches all over my face caused by sun abuse from years gone by. That’s the irony actually; I stopped sunbathing 8 years ago (with no real signs of sun damage) and have religiously worn a daily spf on my face ever since, but the deep damage caused in my teens and early 20s is working its way to the surface and becoming *very* noticeable to me.
Let’s be clear, I’m not a hater of freckles, in fact I think they can look incredibly beautiful but there is a huge difference between a spatter of neat freckles trailing across a nose and uneven splodges covering an entire face and eyelids- this is pigmentation damage, and ‘damage’ is not a word I want associated with my skin!

For mild pigmentation issues there are some amazing products on the market now; a targeted moisturiser and exfoliant will have you brightened up in no time. I like the Murad Intensive C Radiance Peel for exfoliating (don’t be put off by the word ‘peel’ it is simply an enzymatic exfoliant rather than a physical, i.e. scrub, exfoliant). Vitamin C is essential for pigmentation control as it is the only free-radical-fighting vitamin the body can use to protect against UV rays. Vitamin C also stimulates collagen and is anti-inflammatory, which is exactly what damaged skin needs. The Murad peel is fantastic at slothing off dead cells and noticeably brightening the skin but it is ESSENTIAL to use a high spf after any exfoliating product otherwise you are leaving your fresh new cells vulnerable to new damage, defeating the object! To moisturise, the SKN-RG Advanced Brightening Moisturiser is very, very clever, its unique Ultra Luminance Complex actually helps to inhibit melanin production (melanin is what determines the darkness in colour of the skin) making new pigmentation marks less visible. It also brightens the skin and targets fine lines and wrinkles! It has quite an unusual smell but I choose results over smell any day!

For more serious pigmentation problems, the only way you will get rid of it completely is with a laser I’m afraid. Chemicals peels can help, dermaroller has a good result, as does mesotherapy (injecting vitamin cocktails directly into effected areas) but the only thing I have ever seen to actually clear the skin, is a laser. The big problem with lasers though, is the ‘downtime’ needed after a treatment. Downtime is simply time where you might want to hide away! It is when the skin looks and feels very red and sore, and can possibly peel or flake off. Hence why I have not gone down that road before!
So when I heard about the Picoway Resolve Laser Treatment that rejuvenates the skin, clears pigmentation damage and has no downtime, I didn’t hesitate to try it! Originally designed for tattoo removal, the Picoway has been getting amazing results with pigmentation issues too. Without getting too techy; the Picoway uses the shortest picosecond pulse duration laser, which basically means it doesn’t penetrate too deeply, enabling it to clear up surface imperfections (including minor scarring) as well as penetrating the epidermis for skin rejuvenation. It doesn’t create nearly as much heat as other lasers (it is the heat that creates the post treatment redness/soreness) which is why there is no downtime. That’s not to say you won’t be a bit red for a few days, you may even have some little blood spots and your pigmentation will probably look darker initially but all this can easily be covered with makeup if needed. I have had 2 treatments so far and the results are incredible, my skin looks so much fresher! Dark patches are looking paler yet my skin overall is looking brighter, I still have a lot of ‘freckles’ but they look neater somehow and less dominant to my complexion. A course of 3-6 is recommended for the best results.

The most important thing to take into consideration when choosing to have any kind of ‘intense’ treatment is your pre and post skin prep. To head off to your local medispa without preparing your skin first and without planning your aftercare is asking for trouble, in fact you will probably end up in a worse condition than before you started. When I was working as a skincare therapist, I would never book anyone in for a chemical peel unless they were using an antioxidant on their skin for at least 2 weeks before treatment (I’ve even asked people to quit smoking before a peel as cigarettes deplete all the body’s vitamin C reserves! I was very strict!) and I would make sure they were using spf 50 every day. My antioxidant of choice was always Skinceuticals Phloretin CF or the Skinceuticals Serum 10 for more sensitive skins. Antioxidants fight free-radicals (environmental skin agers) to protect the skin and help prevent further damage. The most effective of the intense treatments are the ones that cause a superficial wound to the skin, thus tricking it into repairing itself and therefore rejuvenating. So it is paramount that your skin is in good health beforehand as the healthier it is the easier and better it will respond to repairing the ‘wound’.

The skin is at its most vulnerable to further damage immediately post laser so protecting it and reducing inflammation is the priority. Swisscode Bionic Stem Cell Recovering Complex is a miracle in a bottle! It contains Summer Lilac which is one of the most potent anti-inflammatory ingredients there are and stem cells to repair damage, I have a feeling it contains a bit of magic too because I have never used anything with such rapid results before! Another winner from Swisscode is the Swisscode Pure Kiribirth, this serum will further reduce the pigmentation damage using amino acids, algae and a range of antioxidants to supress excess melanin- it’s a fantastic product and a range really worth looking out for (Dr Nigma Talib is an ambassador of the brand, need I say more?!).

The products and treatments available these days are so incredible and can make ‘filtered’ complexions a real life possibility but please take precautions, invest in the extra products needed and protect, protect, protect!

Originally published on 26 Sept 2016 Stylenest by Danielle Hudson

Danielle Hudson is a regular at London Fashion Week and has a raw talent for creating catwalk looks. She is passionate about bringing out and enhancing the natural beauty in every face, so is regularly booked with high profile clients for flawless daytime and evening looks. Her discretion and friendly nature keep her in high demand.

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