Wax and Bubbles

Many, many times Wax and Bubbles has talked about how to reverse the signs of aging within a wide range of products from creams, to elixirs, and it depends on your personal taste of course. But, there could be that one product that comes through that many over look because it isn’t as popular as the rest of the bunch. That’s what Valmont ends up doing.

Valmont is a company that produces products that help reverse aging signs as well has help bring the face the break it needs form pollution, free-radicals., and other skin-damaging elements.

Their newest product the AWF Cyto Complex Eye I, II, III offers three different options depending on the skin’s neediness’ to target the fragile eye area that always seem to show the fine lines and wrinkles before anywhere else on the face.

Along the same lines as many of the other products on the market, the only difference is the Valmont eye system is formulated to offer the benefits to your own custom eye needs.

The Nature by Valmont offers products that help bring back the skin’s glow that can otherwise be lost. The products like the Cleansing Care, Hydration Correction Care, Energy Correcting Care and the Glow Correcting Care products. These products are produced with nature in mind and through that your face will become a glowing example of how great nature can really be.

No matter what you want to reverse on the signs of aging on your face or even on your skin, look to Valmont for those needs. Ask your skin care specialist about samples or even how to order your full amounts supply.

Brazilian waxing is one of the most common forms of waxing anymore, for just about any area you are wanting to get rid of unwanted hair on the body.

GiGi Brazilian Body Hard Wax offers waxing that can be done to remove hair in an irritation-free way. It also helps to keep the skin clear with its combination of plumeria flower. It can be used on sensitive skin, sun-damaged skin and even the most delicate areas of the body. The other ingredients that include calming rose oil, soothing chamomile and calendula the wax can remove the hair on just about any surface of the skin and on any skin type as well. The floral extracts help to smooth and reduce hair-removal irritation in one pull.

Through this technique the hair on the delicate sides of the legs and around the bikini area are removed and the skin underneath the waxing area is left with soothing and comforting benefits.

Waxing hair as a removal technique will eventually retard the hair from growing in as thick as before and eventually over a period of time with waxing the hair in some places will stop growing through the top layer of skin. In some areas of the removal area the hair follicle will be killed and therefore remain that way indefinitely.

Brazilian Waxing can be done on the sides to leave only a thin strip of hair or remove the thin strip all together. Waxing is gaining in popularity for bikini areas because it is effective and less painful than other forms.

Doing a pedicure yourself in your own home can save you tons of money over time. You can also learn a lot about your own feet that you might have over looked otherwise with someone else looking at your feet.

Many nail techs are educated to look for warning signs on the skin or moles or spots that may not have been there before. You know more about your own skin, hands and feet than anyone, so why not give yourself your own pedicure at home. Here is a quick way to give yourself what you deserve.

What you will need:

1. Base Coat Nail Polish
2. Top Coat Nail Polish
3. Bath Salts
4. Nail File
5. Massage Oil or Lotion
6. Sugar Scrub
7. Scented Body Lotion or Cream
8. Soaking Foot Bath or Bowl (Massaging foot bath)
9. Towel
10. Orange Stick
11. Nail Brush or Scrub Brush and Mild Soap
12. Pumice Stone

What you need to do:

If there is polish already on the nails remove it with a cotton ball and nail polish remover. Fill the footbath with warm water and drop in the bath salts. Place your feet in the water and soak for about 5-10 minutes.

Remove one foot from the water and using the soap and scrub brush clean the foot completely removing any dirt or grime. Shape or file the nails as needed and trim if necessary.

Apply some massage oil and massage the foot for about five minutes taking special care of the areas that are sore. Remove any dead skin with a pumice stone and apply the sugar scrub and run in circular motions all around the foot.

Place first foot back into the water and repeat the above steps with the second foot.

Pat the foot dry and remove any calluses you first missed. Rinse foot in water and pat dry completely. Apply cream to foot and legs and massage for about 5 minutes more.

Making sure lotion is removed from nails, push the cuticles back and apply a base coat to the nails. Allow to dry and apply the top coat in two layers. Allow to dry and finish with a protecting top coat if needed.

Adonia Stemulift Serum can help turn back the hands of time. Along with organic chamomile flower, which contains azulene that helps to reduce puffiness on the skin and helps to remove impurities from the pores along the skin layer as well? Chamomile also helps soften the skin and moisturize where needed.

The formula also contains organic patchouli that has properties that help to revitalize the skin and helps to repair the damage. It also contains antimicrobial ingredients that are pH balanced and brings the skin back to its once former suppleness.

The formula doesn’t contain anything cell wise other than plant stem cells unlike it’s counterparts that seem to contain human stem cells. It contains zero parabens and is made with all-organic ingredients that can come together to bring forth a great combination of ingredients.

As the skin ages it starts to sag which can make or leave the appearance of “turkey neck” along with sagging checks and on some a sagging forehead as well. The use of the Organic Adonia Stemlift Serum helps offer the moisturizing and suppleness to reduce the appearance of deep wrinkles and rejuvenate the skin’s own natural stem cells. The product uses an exclusive bioactive blend of plant cells to help give your skin results in just days.

The product is a 90-day supply that will give you a face lift in a jar in only 9 days. Each bottle of Adonia Stemlift Serum that will help with skin discoloration and repair sum damage on the skin as well. Ask your skin care specialist about the Adonia Stemlift Serum now to help your skin renew itself naturally.

Keep your skin feeling fresh, smooth and hydrated through the summer season with a little bit of body frosting. Pinnacle Body Frosting offers the best the skin care lotions, oils and creams.

The Pinnacle Body Frosting works with rich vitamins and powerful antioxidants to help bring back moisture and replenish moisture that has been lost. It also helps to improve the skin’s texture and helps to rebuild and repairs skin cells with use over all as well. It is combined with aloe vera, and jojoba oils to bring the best moisture capturing ingredients to your hands, feet and all over your body.

The Dew-Lusious Hand and Body lotion has advanced moisture complex that helps to nourish the skin by using rich oils and natural extracts. Along with its patent Polymer, it is formulated to help protect the skin against even the harshest of environmental conditions during any time of the year.

The Mountain Oil Nail and Cuticle Treatment has rich vitamins and antioxidants that help protect, nourish and moisturize the nail bed and cuticles with use. It also helps promote cell renewable and the natural growth of the nail over time with regular use.

No matter what your skin looks like the body butter, lotion and even the Mountain oil can help the skin get back to its once supple-looking condition even during the harsh summer moths that can end up drying the skin out. Try one or all three treatments from the Pinnacle brand from FPO Products. Ask your skincare specialist which one works best with your skin dryness.

When it comes to slowing the effects of aging, it seems to stand to reason that the lips should be considered as well. Needless to say, a lot of people forget the lips until they start seeing those little fine lines around the mouth and by that time, it seems to be a hopeless journey to get them to appear less aged and to where we feel comfortable with them once again.

With Darphin, the company is hoping to stop those signs of aging before they even appear. Their age defying lip balms helps the lips maintain the best hydration level throughout the entire day as it help to repair the damage that has already shown through to the area that is delicate around the lips.

The company has taken the ingredients of essential oils of argan, virgin prunusm sunflower and rosemary and combined them with candelilla wax, kokum butter, and mango butter to create a product that will leave the lips soft and supple and feeling wonderful while preserving the aging process that occurs naturally.

The lip balm will leave the lips nourished, smoother and helps to renew suppleness with the results of softer, and even plumper lips overall with continues use of the lip balm products.

You can pick up a 0.28 ounce container of this remarkable Darphin lip balm for about $40. The best part of the lip balm is the fact that it can be used throughout the day and as many times as needed to refresh the lips. It helps fight the signs of aging while bringing the moisture to the lips that everyone needs.

Jan Marini Skincare Research Inc. is a respected national skincare authority in research and development of skincare technology. The company leads the way with innovative development delivery of results. With the help of research from some of the top skincare scientist she has developed some of the best skincare products on the market such as the Jan Marini Marini Lash Eyelash Conditioner and the Marini Mascara High Performance Mascara.

The Jan Marini/Marini Lash Eyelash Condition you can have the lashes your face has been craving for. It is a spectacular non-prostaglandin eyelash formulation that can help condition and bring out the best lashes from being unnoticeable to dense and lush lashes that will get you noticed. The formulas are combined with essential brow enhancements that bring out the eyes and the lashes over extended use.

The Jan Marini/Marini Mascara High Performance Mascara offers the same formulated conditioning treatment as the conditioner but also contains super agents that are designed to bring out the lashes in a beautiful, enhancing and intensified result to every lash on your eye lid. The mascara pairs wonderfully with the conditioning lash treatment and within the first use you will see a difference right away.

With Jan Marini you can have the best looking lashes you have never had before just with the use of the Eyelash Conditioner and the High Performance Mascara. Ask your skincare specialist about the Jan Marini brand of lash treatments and start having the lashes you have only dreamed about, all you have to lose is dull lashes.

Boots Beauty Formulas is based in Nottingham, England and pairs quality ingredients to make affordable beauty products for men and women worldwide.

The company partners with The Botanical Gardens in Kew, London to bring forth some of the best ingredients on the planet.

The Boots Beauty Formula is sold in Target stores nationwide and is the number one top selling beauty product for men and women in the United Kingdom. The company offers everything for the body from cuticle cream to bath foam. The first store was opened in Goose gate, Nottingham by John Boot in 1849. Since then the company has developed itself into a trusted retailer of quality beauty care products and during that time developed trust as well. Here are some of the top selling Boots Beauty Formula products that you can find at your local Target store and other quality retail stores nationwide.

Boots Beauty Formula Hand Cream: This hand cream is light and leaves your hands hydrated, soft and smooth. The cream can be used on the face, feet and everywhere else you feel the need for moisture. $8. (Look at the other balms and cream from Boots as well such as the Skin Balm $10, Body Cream $13, and the Body Lotion $13.)

Boots Beauty Formula Cuticle Oil: This cuticle oil is non-greasy and helps bring back moisture and helps to sooth the cuticles to help prevent and rid your nails of dry cracked and brittle cuticles. You should never cut your cuticles and with this oil you can guarantee that you nails will remain protected by a smooth and pushed back cuticle. $8. (Look to the Body Oil from Boots to bring all over moisture to your entire body as well.)

Febreze® has made getting rid of odor almost like an adventure. They were the first company to come out with the odor eliminating spray and pet odor eliminator. They have even paired with major laundry companies to help remove odors from clothing and other fabrics as well. Now they have come out with three new scents to help you eliminate the odors even more.

The new exotic scents of Hawaiian Aloha, Moroccan Bazaar and even Brazilian Carnival can help make your home smell as if you are literally in Hawaii, Morocco and Brazil.

The Hawaiian Aloha brings the smell of tropical island, hibiscus and rainforest together to create Air Effects, Fabric Refresher, Febreze NOTICEables and even candles.

The Moroccan Bazaar brings together the scent of ginger and nutmeg similar to what you would smell at a Moroccan spice market. This scent comes in Air Effects and NOTICEables to make your home smell one of a kind.

The Brazilian Carnival brings together the smell of açaí berries similar to those that blow in the Amazon wind in Brazil. This scent can be found in the Air Effects or Candles that bring wonderful scents to your home or office.

Febreze is a great way to bring wonderful scents to your home, office and now would be the best time to pack away a few different scents for that college-bound student as well.

*Tip: Using nail polish removed to loosen a sticky cap is the best way to dissolve what has the lid stuck in the first place. Try nail polish that contains acetone to loosen glue bottle lids and other lids in sticky situations.

I remember growing up and seeing the latest Softsoap container on the bathroom sink or kitchen sink in my parent’s house. It was always comforting to know that my mom would stay up on the latest Softsoap containers that seemed to change with the seasons. Now Softsoap has come along way since then and through that came the change to the 3D bottles that offered all sorts of designs like a panda in a tree eating or a fish swimming through the ocean of soap that it helped display.

Softsoap has been the go to soap for many people, and has stayed the go-to soap through years and years of use and trust. Anymore Softsoap has changed through the years to keep up with the demand and now can be found in bulk to help with refilling the smaller containers to save on money and waste.

The company has even expanded to a collection as apart of their soap line called Softsoap Ensemble that has a decorative design that will look great in any bathroom decor. They still offer the clear bottles that help blend with their background and won’t hamper your bathroom decor in anyway.

With Softsoap changing with the times and the demand you can guarantee you will find one or two designs that will fit your lifestyle and your bathroom or kitchen decor with ease. Look to the newer Ensemble designs maybe the key to try Softsoap in your own home or to come back to Softsoap to your home once again.

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Tom’s of Maine was started in 1970 in Kennebunk, Maine by Tom and Kate Chapell. They started the company after wanting to go healthier with choices in their lifestyle and unable to find anything suitable.

With the statement that their products won’t harm the environment or you, they have been following these goals for their company ever since. And with the soaps it means a healthier option for you and your family that won’t leave an impact on the earth that could harm it over time.

With their soaps you can get a healthier option that can leave you feeling and smelling amazing and there is no animal testing done in any way for you to get the good stuff that is made from Tom’s of Maine. Here is a run down of the soap options the company currently has on the market.

1. Tom’s of Maine Deodorant Bar: With it’s lemongrass and unscented options the deodorant soap has it’s natural odor fighting properties with sage and palm and coconut to help wash away easily.

2. Clear Body Bar: This soap lasts longer than glycerin soaps and helps to leave the skin feeling soft and smooth as well as refreshed. The soap comes in lavender scent and even unscented.

3. Moisturizing Body Bar: This soap contains vitamin E, jojoba and olive oil to help leave the skin smoother after use. Comes in calendula, lavender and unscented varieties.

Tom’s of Maine also offers body wash liquid and other body care products, such as floss, toothpaste and deodorant as well as other items. If you haven’t tried Tom’s of Maine, give them a try, you may stick with them over all.

It’s amazing what you can use in your own cabinet to clean just about anything around your home everyday. Here are some quick tips to keep in mind when it comes to cleaning and tidying up your home.

1. Glycerin: Glycerin can be used to remove waxy substances and works great on candle drips from a candle stick or other. Peeling off as much wax as possible then dabbing the area with glycerin can remove all of the waxy substance completely.

2. Club Soda: The old saying holds true about removing red wine stains with club soda, but it can remove other stains as well when treated with the soda right away. Club soda can also help stainless steel regain its former glory if it’s scuffed up. Just dampen a cloth with the solution and wipe the area, and then dry with a cotton rag to bring back the shine.

3. Hydrogen Peroxide: You can use peroxide to disinfect hard to reach areas like buttons and other tight areas as well.

4. Cornstarch: Use cornstarch to help soak up grease spills or other oily spots that are hard to clean. Let sit on the area for about 30 minutes then vacuum up.

5. Rubbing Alcohol: Takes away permanent marker markings and helps to remove sticky residue on glass surfaces or other smooth areas.

*Here’s a quick tip to keeping your makeup fresh: Place round or square yard sale stickers with the date to replace and throw out makeup. This will help keep things fresh and you will always know what needs to be replaced when. Never use makeup or other products that smell funny or look different than they did when you purchased them.*

The best way to protect your skin from a sunburn is to apply sunscreen, but even the best sunscreen can’t guarantee 100% protection if you don’t reapply or keep your sun time to a minimum. When that happens the next best thing is to apply a sunburn cream or wrap to help the skin heal. Here are four recipes to make in your own home to help with sunburned skin on you or your family.

1. Sunburn Cooling Towels:

10 drops lavender essential oil
5 drops peppermint essential oil
2 cups luke warm water
Small hand towels
Glass bowl

Pour water into the glass bowl and add the essential oil drops. Stir slightly and add the towels one at a time. Soak the towels completely and wring out the excess water and apply to burned skin. Keep on the skin until the towels go chilled and re-soak and apply as many times as desired.

2. Sunburn Relief Mist:

2 drops German chamomile essential oil
8 drops lavender essential oil
5 drops frankincense essential oil
3 drops peppermint essential oil
2 oz. white vinegar

Mix all ingredients together in a spray bottle and apply to skin as needed throughout the day.

3. Sunburn Relief Gel:

2 1/2 oz. aloe vera gel (Available in supermarkets everywhere)
20 drops German chamomile essential oil
20 drops lavender essential oil
6 drops peppermint essential oil

Mix ingredients together and apply to skin as needed throughout the day. Store leftover gel in the refrigerator in an air-tight container.

4. Sunburn Relief Cream:

2 drops German chamomile essential oil
5 drops frankincense essential oil
11 drops lavender essential oil
4 drops peppermint essential oil
Cream base (use unscented natural or organic lotion or cream)

Combine all ingredients together and apply to skin where needed.

Product is the name of the product. Confused yet? The company was started in 2007 and has been getting rave reviews since that time. The best thing about “Product” is the fact that it gives you the results you are looking for with your hair in a natural and easy to use product. No other name suits this better than Product.

This product has been featured in write ups with Lucky Magazine, Elle Magazine, Positive Changes Magazine, Genlux Magazine and others. Statements made about the product have been everything from “soft ropiness”, “works with all hair types”, “adds texture and shine”, “recommended and any hair type will be rejoicing”, to “can be used as a lip and eye balm as well”.
Product is made from all natural ingredients and the make up of the product only consists of five products which include, organic Shea butter, aloe vera, natural source vitamin E (tocopherol), organic beeswax, and tangerine essential oil. All which work naturally to bring you the soft, supple and manageable hair quality you all crave daily.

Product has taken simple, earth-friendly ingredients and made them work for your hair in ways that most other products can’t achieve. With this combination of ingredients you can guarantee you will get the hair you have always desired.

Product has come out with a Lil product for young people as well. It works with the same ingredients but is formulated for younger hair to help it become healthier and more manageable day by day. Pick up a 1.5 ounce jar of regular Product for under $15, and a .75 ounce jar of Lil Product for under $10.

Wickless candles are being made by many companies anymore, but only one stands out to be the best, that is the wickless wonders produced by Scentsy.

Scentsy gives you the scent of a candle without the harm of a flame. It just makes perfect “scents”.

Scentsy warmers are beautifully crafted ceramic that contains a low-watt bulb that helps to slowly melt away the wickless candle bar that the fragrance is contained in. It will fill our home or office with a long-lasting scent similar to a candle but, of course without the flame.

It is safer than a candle by far and it won’t burn your skin or even children’s skin if tipped over or knocked off a counter space. The best part is there is no soot or smoke that could lead to dangers when inhaled.

Scentsy also makes room sprays and car scent candles that offer the smell good benefits that will hang in your car or can be sprayed within the car, home, or office, or just about anywhere.

The scent bars come in a pack of six or a brick of twelve. You simple break off one of the squares and place in the ceramic oil burner and sit back and relax. If the ceramic burner that sits on the table isn’t your thing then the night light burner bay interest you.

It’s a nightlight plus the warmer that releases scent into the air as it warms. It’s a plug-in warmer that will bring great scent plus a decorative touch to you kitchen, bathroom or even office.

The Scentsy company offers over 75 different scents ranging from leather to silk and everything in between to tempt even the pickiest of scents. Find a hostess here or start your own business with the Scentsy company.