After going through chemo nine years ago, (I’m a breast cancer survivor), and just the natural aging process, my eyebrows had all but disappeared. For my 60th birthday in February, I promised myself the gift of eyebrows, so I booked an appointment with Ruth Swissa, who I remembered hearing about on local TV.
After beating breast cancer, Meryl Marshall’s skin was “ultra-sensitive” and reacting to all kinds of makeup and skincare products, so she began the journey of extensively researching the safety of the food she ate, the cleaning products she used for my home, and the products she used on her body.”
I was shocked to learn that many of the products I used were potentially harmful to myself and my family. Even some natural products will trigger a negative reaction, since my skin now is ultra sensitive,” Meryl said.
Following years of research, Meryl partnered with beauty chemists and launched Hynt Beauty, which offers luxurious color and skincare lines that are “free of all ingredients known to be, or are questioned to be, harmful and irritable for the skin and body,” she claims.
FOF talked to Meryl to learn about her research and what gives Hynt Beauty an edge in the market. (more…)
One of the beauties of aging is learning to figure yourself out. Maybe you wore mini skirts, shoulder pads and big hair in the 80s because everyone else did. But today, your style is your own, and you love it!
Perhaps you’ve let your hair go gray, you don’t wear a stitch of makeup, and your go-to pieces are jeans and white shirts. Or, you adore the auburn hair color you use, the creamy blush and lipstick you discovered last year, and your closet full of sweaters and skirts.
Bah humbug to “growing old gracefully,” whatever that means, anyway. Grow old however YOU want. And let your sisters grow old just the way THEY WANT, too.
LET US KNOW HOW YOU’RE DOING IT,
BY ANSWERING THE ANONYMOUS QUESTIONS BELOW. (more…)
We recently sat down with beauty industry insider, chemist Jules Zecchino, who left Estée Lauder after 18 years to create a game-changing skin cream– a topical competitor to Botox, that also improves skin tone, dark spots, and other problems Botox can’t fix. Jules holds a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Bridgeport and has helped develop dozens of products for Estée, Clinique, Vaseline, Elizabeth Arden, and Avon.
Why did you leave a leading beauty brand to start your own skincare line?
I always wanted to create products on my own, but first I had to learn the science behind great products. Big companies gave me the opportunity to study with the best teachers in dermatology departments at large universities, and to test thousands of compounds and their combinations, to see first hand what works, from the petri dish to clinical testing. (more…)
Scientific research on autoimmune diseases uncovers breakthrough beauty discovery
“While using the venom from cobras to research treatments for autoimmune diseases, we stumbled upon something so significant we couldn’t just brush it aside,” said Dr. Paul Reid, a Florida-based neuroscientist and pioneer in the clinical study of snake venom. “We discovered that king cobra venom could not only visibly soothe skin, the unique cell-penetrating peptides in this venom could help enhance entire skincare regimens.”
Although synthetic venoms that contain only one or two lab-created peptides have become increasingly popular in the beauty industry, Dr. Reid’s proprietary formula, Venin Royale Concentrated Neuropeptide Renewal Serum, is the first to use all natural king cobra venom, which is packed with over 27 natural peptides and neuropeptides and is backed by decades of biotechnology research. According to Dr. Reid, it is this “cocktail of natural peptides” found in king cobra venom, which is impossible to recreate in a lab, that separates this natural skincare technology from currently available synthetic venoms and lab-created peptides.
(more…)
After spending 18 years leading the innovation and research teams at Estée Lauder, Jules Zecchino was determined to use his extensive knowledge of the most potent ingredients to create a superior anti-aging product. A few months ago, Jules and his team launched Erasa XEP 30 ($160 for 1.7 fl oz).
“Erasa XEP 30 is the single most technically advanced, anti-aging concentrate in the high-end professional product performance arena. It has been created to deliver a total activity of anti-aging benefits, normally requiring three or more products,” Jules claims.
This is a “sponsored post.” JeNu compensated FOF with an advertising sponsorship to write it. Regardless, we only recommend products or services that we believe will be helpful for
our readers. All insights and expressed opinions are our own. —Geri Brin
Vitamin C. Vitamin A. Retinol. Peptides. Stem Cells. Take a close look at the skin care offerings at any beauty counter, and you’ll be inundated by a whirlwind of ingredient “buzzwords.” Rows of product labels call out, urging you to snap up the latest, cutting-edge formulas. And hey, they really are on to something. Effective anti-aging skin care does begin with the right ingredients. But it doesn’t end there. In fact, ingredients are just half the equation. How they absorb into your skin is the other.
Beauty’s next buzzword—and why it’s sure to stick around
Absorption hasn’t reached buzzword status just yet, but that’s about to change, and for good reason. Without it, your serums, creams, and lotions simply sit on the surface of your skin, and it wouldn’t matter if they were made of the most advanced ingredients known to beauty science. They won’t do a thing if they can’t travel where they need to, and do things like stimulate collagen, which keeps our skin tight and youthful.
What absorption used to mean
Dermatologists and plastic surgeons have long known that absorption is critically important for any anti-aging strategy to be effective. That’s why they use procedures such as micro-needling, ablative lasers, and chemical peels, but they are expensive and often painful. And, they often require downtime of at least a week, something few of us can afford these days, unless we’re willing to walk around in public with a red, peeling face that can’t take makeup.
The game changer
Costly in-office procedures used to be the only ways to prepare our skin to properly absorb products, so it would stay healthy and beautiful. But now, a ground-breaking skin care innovation, called the JeNu Infuser, can produce the same effect, for a fraction of the cost, right in the comfort of your own home. With no pain and not a minute of downtime!
It’s no wonder that VOGUE magazine named JeNu a top game-changing product to own in 2015, “The slim high-tech wand utilizes ultrasound energy to increase the skin’s absorption of any product—from retinol creams to free radical-fighting gels—by a factor of ten”, Vogue wrote. Best of all? It’s pain-free, quick, and safe for home use.
In fact, in the short time that JeNu has been around, there have been 7 different studies in which hundreds of women have tested it out. Time after time, 
JeNu has been shown to be safe as well as effective, with 100% more women reporting softer, smoother skin, decreased fine lines and wrinkles, and a brighter, more radiant complexion when using a leading anti-aging serum with the JeNu Infuser versus alone.
Try it today!
to order the JeNu infuser today and SAVE!
Plus, you will receive FREE GIFTS, FREE SHIPPING and 30-day MONEY BACK GUARANTEE with your purchase.
Hurry, this offer won’t be around for long.
