3LAB's New Ginseng Skin Care Collection Is Here!

Erica Y. Chung’s passion for creating the “Perfect Product” lead her to co-found 3LAB with her husband, David Chung. Together, this dynamic husband and wife team have a combined 40 plus years of beauty retail experience and set out to create 3LAB, the perfect anti-aging skin care collection.

If you haven't tried any of 3LAB's anti-aging skin care products you are missing out!  The stuff is simply amazing and worth every penny.  3LAB's brand new Ginseng Skin Care Collection, includs, "The Cream", "The Serum" and "The Eye Cream" are all formulated to address and treat all of the signs of aging from wrinkles to skin tone imperfections.

It is this quest for the ultimate results-oriented product range that drives Erica Y. Chung to work tirelessly, along with the chemists, in her cutting-edge laboratory and state-of-the-art manufacturing facility. The result? A line of new and highly effective high-end skincare products that keep the promises to their claims by using the most innovative and technologically advanced ingredients available – like Nano-Claire GY™, the world’s first bio-engineered growth hormone and apple stem cell technology.

3LAB's "The Cream" is an ultra-hydrating cream infused with Wild Mountain Ginseng, an ancient remedy and proven healer, and modern technology and advanced ingredients to preserve a youthful complexion, prevent the signs of aging and lock in moisture so the skin remains plump, hydrated and gowing.  Rare Ginseng stem cells along with Phytofix and Oristar ADS stimulate collagen production for the ultimate lift.

3LAB's "The Serum" accelerates cellular turnover with rare Ginseng stem cells while a Yin Yang Extract blend balances the skin.  Betafin promotes collagen production and provides long-lasting lift, while powerful brighteners target hyper-pigmentation, dark spots and frekles.  Photonutrients activate the skin's metabolism and helps keep skin youthful and glowing while preventing the signs of aging.

3LAB's "The Eye Cream" combines Wild Mountain Ginseng and a peptide blend featuring Eyeseryl to provide superior hydration while lifting and firming the delicate eye area and reducing the puffiness of under eye bags.  Rare Genseng stem cells along with fermented extracts, including Gwennis accelerate turnover and keep the eyes looking bright and youthful. 


3LAB Skin Care products can be found at high end department stores everywhere and also at www.3lab.com

Sublime Sun Advanced Sunscreen by L'Oreal Paris

New Sublime Sun Advanced Sunscreen from L'Oreal Paris is here to protect you from the summer sun's menacing rays! 

The new "skin beautifying suncare" with anti-oxidants is sheer and lightweight so you won't feel like you're soaked in sunscreen.  Perfect for everyday use under your regular moisturizer, Sublime Sun's ultra water resistant formula won't let you down. In addition to protecting your skin from harmful UV rays, you're also beautifying with multi-action anti-oxidants such as Vitamin E and White Grapeseed (both keep skin healthy and youthful looking) to provide multi-layer protection.

My personal favorite of the L'Oreal Sublime Sun Advanced Sunscreen products is the Hydra Lotion Spray (pictured below).  The super fine mist applied easily and melted into my skin without me having to rub it in.  It left my skin feeling silky smooth all day and never once did I feel greasy or like I smelled as though I should be sitting pool-side rather than out running errands!

Juice Beauty - The Organic Solution for Daily Skin Essentials

Every year as the weather gears up for spring and summer, I try to adjust my skincare routine accordingly.  There is nothing I hate more than the feeling of layered face makeup when the weather turns hot!  That's why I tend to switch to a tinted moisturizer for the warmer months of the year. 

I've just recently tried and fell in love with Juice Beauty Tinted Mineral Moisturizer with SPF 30.  This really light mineral-tinted moisturizer is chemical free and contains certified organic white grape and pomogranate juices, super powerful antioxidants packed with vitamins galore.  Vitamin C promotes healthy circulation, collagen and elastin cell turnover while  vitamin E helps protect cells from the aging process.  And these are just a few of the organic ingredients Juice Beauty packs their product with.

Another thing I love about Juice Beauty's Tinted Mineral Moisturizer is that it will not clog your pores!  It's full of organic plant oils of sunflower, avocado and jojoba seed which are all high in essential fatty acids that nourish our skin and keep us looking gorgeous! 

Diminish signs of aging while deeply hydrating skin with DermaQuest K-Q10 Rich Moisturizer

I've discovered something that really, truly works after just one application!  DermaQuest Skin Therapy K-Q10 Rich Moisturizer is fantastic!  I tried it this morning under my tinted moisturizer and wow, what a visible difference I saw.  Even a friend, who sees me every single day commented how great my skin looked! 

DermaQuest K-Q10 is an ultra rich, anti-aging moisturizer that may possibly have some magical fairy dust hidden inside.  It uses powerful antioxidants and natural exfoliators to to help diminish the visible signs of aging while providing deep, rich hydration. 

DermaQuest K-Q10 is formulated for ALL skin types and is paraben-free!

K-Q10 is formulated to fight free radical damage, reduce fines lines and wrinkles and and lift and firm the skin. 

DermaQuest offers a variety of scientifically proven formulas to help achieve healthy, youthful, and clear skin.  Now that've I seen first hand what one day of using DermaQuest K-Q10 does I can't wait to try some of their other skincare products!

True Beauty From The Inside & Out with IO Beauty Booster

Reveal your true beauty inside and out! IO Beauty Booster is a true skin care innovation.  It's the first anti-aging treatment than can be applied topically OR used as an ingestible treatment!  IO Beauty Booster is packed with a blend of antioxident-rich "beautrients" such as Wild Australian Blackberry, Goji Berry and Acai to name a few that combat free radicals and helps to build the skin's collagen and elastin reserves.

A couple drops of IO Beauty Booster can be mixed with IO's Beauty Treatment Concentrate to create a powerful hybrid serum that penetrates your skin's deepest levels, helping it look visibly younger and firmer looking.

IO's Beauty Booster can also work wonders as an ingestible (how I've been taking it!).  I just mix two full droppers of the Beauty Booster in with my favorite drink every morning and night and let the state-of-the-art concentrate fight my skin's battle against aging for me! 

My Face Works - I Need Damage Control

My Face Works – I Need Damage Control
If you’re anything like me, when the seasons change, your skin changes right along with it, and I was hit pretty hard this season. My skin was looking dull and blotchy and when I don’t feel like I look good, I don’t even want to leave the house!
I got my hot little hands on My Face Works Coenzyme Q10 Facial Masks (adorably titled I Need Damage Control). Loaded in these soft and silky little cloths (made of 100% silk) are powerful anti-oxidants that protect your skin against free radicals as they strengthen skin deficiencies against wrinkles and natural degradation. The key ingredients are Sodium Hyaluronate, Imperata Cylindrica Extract, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8 and Glycoprotein. All of these things work together to improve skins overall appearance and texture.
Each Coenzyme Q10 Facial Mask comes individually packaged and ready for use. Just open up the mask-like cloth and place gently on your face. The mask conveniently comes in two pieces, one for the top half of your face, the other for the lower half. Then sit and relax for 20 minutes. No messy mask to clean up….just peel mask off your face and you’re done. It’s genius!

Original post can be found at HelloDollface.com

Wrinkles, acne, aging…Murad to the rescue!

Murad’s Most Wanted Complete Skin Renewal Kit is right on target. Included in the kit is the Refreshing Cleanser, Complete Reform with Glyco Firming Complex, Perfecting Day Cream SPF 30, and Hydro-Dynamic Ultimate Moisture. Since these are perfectly compact, I decided to bring them along on my recent trip to NYC and give them a whirl. I had all of my eggs in one basket, so to speak, since I hadn’t packed any of my old, trusty skincare standbys, but Murad came through for me!

The Refreshing Cleanser removed all of my makeup, even my eye makeup, and left my skin soft. I went light on the Complete Reform because my skin tends to be sensitive but I had no problems with Murad. Before bed I used the Hydro-Dynamic Ultimate Moisture since my face had been out in the grimy NYC all day long and needed some serious moisture and paired that with Murad’s Hydro-Dynamic Ultimate Moisture for eyes. Then in the mornings I moisturized with the Perfecting Day Cream with SPF 30 full of powerful antioxidants and a broad spectrum of sunscreens for max protection. I found that the combination of Murad’s Complete Skin Renewal Kit gave my face a youthful texture and tone and was super simple to follow.

I love the multi-purpose problem solving Hybrids Soothing Skin, Lip and Cuticle Care pen. I’ve been using the pen mainly to rejuvenate and condition my dry lips, but I did swipe some on a hangnail the other day and it helped sooth and smooth the skin down. I’ve been keeping it in my purse and using throughout religiously throughout the day.

I also want to mention two products from the Murad Hybrids collection; Hybrids Skin Perfecting Primer, Acne and Shine Control and Hybrids Absolute Bronzing Boost SPF 15/PA++. I added a tiny bit of each of these to my regular foundation and it added just the right amount of sun kissed glow to my face. Both go on smooth and silky and don’t leave any of that funky bronzy build up.

Murad’s Acne Treatment Concealer comes in a sleek “stick” type dispenser for easy touch ups on unsightly imperfections. I also slipped this into my purse for any touch ups during the day. Since it looks a little like a skinny tube of lipstick, no one was the wiser. The stick contains Sallicylic Acid so it’s working to fight acne while concealing at the same time.

Cindy’s note- *Also fabulous is the Murad Treat/Repair Rejuvenating Lift for Neck and Decollete. I apply this after my nightly shower. The delicate skin around the neck and chest often goes neglected. These are areas that show aging so be sure to apply this often to keep skin smooth and supple!

Original post can be found on HelloDollface.com

The VI Peel Experience That Made My Skin Glow

Recently I found myself sitting anxiously in Dr. Kalil’s office in Santa Monica, California ready to experience my very first chemical peel.  My first peel of any kind actually.  My stomach was a little uneasy that morning as I wasn’t sure what to expect.  Thankfully I was armed with my friend Cindy Bokma of HelloDollface.com who was also there for the treatment and who had volunteered to go first!  I had seen a handful of before and after photos of women who had had the VI Peel and the results were noticeably improved and I so wanted to be one of the improved after shots!

Dr. Kalil is the creator and mastermind behind the VI Peel, so I felt 100% confident that I was in the right hands.  I was pleasantly surprised to find the whole process took no more than ten minutes.  Dr. Kalil began by swabbing acetone, that’s right, nail polish remover, all over my face.  I was told the acetone served as an astringent and is often used before chemical peels to help boost saturation of the chemicals (interesting!).  After that dried he swabbed the VI Peel contents on my face one layer at a time.  I braced myself for pain that never came.  The scent is unpleasant, but the burning sensation was merely three on a scale from one to ten.  The tingling lasted only seconds and Dr. Kalil had a small fan nearby that eased any momentary discomfort.  The final touch was a quick swab of the VI underneath my eyes and across my eyelids.  Those areas tingled a little longer than the rest of my face had, but a quick lean toward the fan and all burning sensation was gone.  Afterwards, I was pleasantly surprised to see that my face wasn’t red at all, but looked more like I had a bit of a suntan.  I was instructed to leave the VI Peel on my face for the next four hours then wash my face with the VI Cleanser. 

I was given a post-peel kit that contained VI Derm SPF 55, a rich and soothing VI Derm moisturizer ,two moist towelette type cloths I was to use the next two nights before bed, and step-by-step, day-by-day instructions on what to do and what to expect of my skin in the week to come.  Very simple.

Hours after the peel I found myself at a Katy Perry concert and my face still had that sun tanned glow. I had used the VI Derm Cleanser and applied my regular foundation to cover some of the blotchy spots that were starting to surface.  My face felt a little hot to the touch, but nothing I couldn’t handle.  Day 2, my skin began to tighten, but with generous applications of the VI Derm Moisturizer throughout the day I was out and about running errands.  Toward the end of day 2, the peeling really began.  It started around my mouth first and by the end of day 3, my entire face was flaky and peeling, which is exactly what is supposed to happen.  I endured a peeling face for a couple of days and stayed close to home.

The morning of day 5, the only dry area left was around my mouth, which I was thankfully able to cover up as I was off to a party in the Hollywood Hills that day.  I loaded up on the VI Derm SPF 55 Dr. Kalil had given me and kept the VI Derm Moisturizer in my bag for any touch ups I would need that day.  I felt a little self-conscious about my skin but no one seemed to notice.

By day 9, I looked in the mirror and saw the results I was hoping for!  My skin is glowing, my blemish, problem area is clear and my skin is smooth.  I now see why Dr. Kalil’s assistant Marya, (who also doubles as his gorgeous daughter) recommends doing the VI Peel four times a year.  I would absolutely have another VI Peel and will recommend the simple procedure to everyone.  I was hoping for visible results and that is exactly what I got.  Dr. Kalil has a professional and witty charm about him that will put you right at ease. Marya promptly emailed me that same afternoon to see how I was doing and continued communicating with me all week when I had questions.  All in all, my first experience with a chemical peel was a breeze!

Dr. Kalil was generous enough to send me home with some products from his VI Derm line including, Cleanser, SPF 55, Body Wash, Advanced Firming Lotion, Exfoliating Body Lotion, Complete Care and Ultra A which is perfect for resurfacing and treating acne prone skin such as mine.  Now that the VI Peel has run its course I can continue on the VI Derm skin care regime with all of the fabulous products.

You can learn more about Dr. Khalil and his VI Peel by clicking here www.vipeel.com   or www.kalilmedical.com

Overnight results with Sadick

My review of Sadick for HelloDollface.com

As I forge deeper into my 30’s and realize my 22 year old skin is long gone, I find myself borderline obsessing over the fine lines, wrinkles and sun spots that seem to be multiplying on my face. In search of that one fabulous skin care product that works and that I can afford to maintain, I find Sadick. With seriously visible results after 3 days (no lie!) Sadick Dermatology Groups’ Park Avenue Prescription delivers. AND it’s paraben and sulfate free, the two major things I check for while shopping for skin care products.

The three step system begins with the Night Serum, which made my skin silky smooth and dewy all on its own. It was almost a shame to waste this amazing skin on sleep! After the serum has soaked in, you head into step two with the Rejuvenation Cream then it’s off to bed while Sadick does what it does best, fight those pesky wrinkles and skin discoloration. The final step, step three, is a light and oil free Protection Cream that is the perfect start to your morning make- up regime. I even found that it worked doubly as a primer! My makeup went on smoother than ever!