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6 Tips for Beautiful Winter Skin 500 333 Facercise

6 Tips for Beautiful Winter Skin

Cold winter air dries out your skin—even when you practice good skin care and do facial exercises. The harsher weather can irritate and cause red, itchy and parched skin. Here are some tips for restoring and maintaining moisture in the harshest winter elements.

1. Step Up Exfoliation

It’s more important than ever to shed the dead skin cells that clog your pores and dull your skin during wintertime. When there is a buildup of dead skin, moisture cannot penetrate. Find a gentle exfoliant to slough away the excess and promote cell turnover. Use our Luxe Retinol serum on a regular basis for glowing, winter-resistant skin.

2. Lower the Temp

While it’s second nature to crank up the heat on cold days, it makes the air in your living space extremely dry. Find a cooler setting to help your skin retain moisture.

3. Don’t Skip Sunscreen

I always tell clients to wear sunscreen every single day, rain or shine. Even when it’s cloudy or snowing, the sun’s UV rays are out to get you (snow actually reflects the sun). Wear sunscreen like you’re heading to the beach on a hot summer day.

4. Quench That Thirst

Keep skin hydrated from the inside and out. Drink lots of water and replenish your skin with lotions and moisturizers. Pay special attention to your hands, which can dry out significantly this time of year. Apply lotion after washing hands and wear protective gloves to do housework, garden and wash dishes.

5. Go Lukewarm

While a hot shower sounds so good during cold weather, it strips essential oils from the skin, leaving it dry and parched. Use lukewarm water whenever you take showers and wash your hands.

6. Dry Brush

Dry brushing promotes exfoliation all over the body while stimulating circulation so that your skin glows.

These tips coupled with our life-changing facial exercises will help you look and feel your very best.

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3 Unique Ways to Use Luxe Retinol Serum 500 333 Facercise

3 Unique Ways to Use Luxe Retinol Serum

retinol serumRetinol plays a critical role in your anti-aging. It’s a topical vitamin A derivative that boosts collagen production, speeds cell turnover and helps reduce fine lines and wrinkles. Our Luxe Retinol serum exfoliates the dead skin cells to impart a healthy glow and speeds cell turnover. It also smooths skin while improving skin tone and hyperpigmentation.

Retinol is one of the most effective products for promoting cell-communication. It functions as an antioxidant to help prevent free radical damage while healing and preventing acne. New research points to its ability to increase elastin production as well, making it the perfect complement to our proprietary system of facial exercises, Facercise.

Many people know to apply retinol to their faces every night before bedtime, but few realize that it can improve the skin all over the body as well. Here are three other ways that we recommend using Luxe Retinol serum.

1. On Your Hands

Retinol is very effective at reducing unsightly age spots and hyperpigmentation on hands. It smooths out wrinkles and deep creases, while adding volume by boosting collagen production. This is important since volume loss is one of the most common signs of aging on hands. The results from regular application of Luxe Retinol serum are more natural looking than those achieved by fillers and other hand rejuvenation procedures.

2. On Your Arms and Legs

Retinol can significantly reduce the appearance of crepey arms while evening out skin tone. It’s also an excellent way to lift and firm sagging skin on our legs and can even improve the appearance of cellulite.

3. On Your Stomach

Regular use of Luxe Retinol serum firms and tighten skin on the stomach. It reduces the appearance of dimply, bumpy skin in this area and promotes elasticity. When used in conjunction with a dry brushing and/or No Lipo Lipo regimen, you will see extraordinary results.

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6 Tips for Avoiding Thanksgiving Weight Gain 500 334 Facercise

6 Tips for Avoiding Thanksgiving Weight Gain

Thanksgiving is here and with it comes loads of temptation. If you’ve been exercising, dry brushing and body sculpting with No Lipo Lipo, you don’t want the holiday to turn into an all-out binge. You can still enjoy Thanksgiving without getting off track by practicing moderation and sticking to healthy habits as much as possible.

These expert tips will help you maintain your physique through the holiday without feeling deprived.

1. Don’t Arrive Hungry

One of the worst things people do is skip meals so they can go all out at Thanksgiving dinner. This is a big mistake—you’re bound to overeat if you sit down for a big meal on a grumbling stomach. Skipping meals also slows your metabolism, which can signal your body to store fat. Eat a light protein-based breakfast and lunch, and have a small snack an hour or a half hour before eating dinner.

2. Wear Form Fitting Clothes

Don’t dress in baggy, saggy clothes for your holiday meals. Wear something formfitting and snug so that you’ll feel uncomfortable faster if you start eating too much. Make it a goal to get through the meal without having to unbutton anything.

3. Choose White Meat

Skinless white meat from turkey breast is much lighter and leaner than dark meat. It’s an excellent source of lean protein and contains only one gram of fat. Lean protein is key for a meal like Thanksgiving—it fills us up and promotes healthy digestion. Turkey also contains beneficial levels of potassium, zinc, iron, B vitamins and tryptophan.

4. Limit Alcohol Intake

Alcohol is filled with empty calories, so limit it or avoid it altogether at calorie-laden meals like Thanksgiving. If you do have an alcoholic drink, alternate it

5. Avoid Gravy

Gravy is loaded with saturated fat and sodium. At a meal packed with so much flavor, you really won’t miss adding gravy to the mix; but resisting it will save you calories and help you avoid feeling bloated,

6. Stick to Your Regimen

Squeeze in some exercise Thanksgiving morning and follow your normal dry brushing and No Lipo Lipo body sculpting regimens. If you don’t have to work, try to exercise every day of the holiday weekend. This will help offset your indulgences and reduce stress.

These healthy tips and our No Lipo Lipo body sculpting technique will help you look and feel your very best this holiday season.

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5 Reasons to Indulge Yourself With Face Lift to Go 500 333 Facercise

5 Reasons to Indulge Yourself With Face Lift to Go

face lift to goOur best-selling Face Lift to Go mask is the perfect way to impart a stunning, youthful glow while giving yourself a little self-care. This amazing enzymatic mask is unrivaled when it comes to lifting, firming and detoxing your skin. The results rival the most expensive spa facial yet you can do it all in the comfort of your own home. It’s an excellent complement to a regular regime of Facercise, the best facial exercises program available.

Read on for five benefits of this revolutionary skin care treatment.

1. It Provides a Natural Lift

Face Lift to Go offers a non-surgical solution to sagging skin. It’s an enzymatic mask with powerful lifting and firming action that dramatically tightens the dermis.

2. Face Lift to Go is a Powerful Exfoliant

Exfoliation is a crucial step for maintaining healthy skin and a smooth complexion. When dead skin cells accumulate, our skin looks dull, pores get clogged and hyperpigmentation can occur. Face Lift to Go gently exfoliates yet yields results similar to those from a chemical peel, without the associated flakiness and downtime. After a treatment, skin appears much smoother and absorbs products more effectively. This powerful enzymatic mask also boosts circulation to impart a beautiful, dewy glow.

3. Detoxification

Face Lift to Go draws out the skin’s toxins and impurities. This helps prevent breakouts, unclogs pores and improves skin texture.

4. Face Lift to Go is Risk-Free

There is absolutely no risk of unsightly side effects associated with using Face Lift to Go. You will not experience any redness or irritation and there is no downtime required! You can use it the day of an event with confidence that your skin will look its very best after each use. It can be used weekly or every 10 to 12 days for optimum results.

5. Cellular Repair

Regular treatments boosts cellular repair to reduce the signs of aging. This can help repair and combat future damage from the sun’s powerful UV rays and free radicals. Results are cumulative.

A regular regimen of Face Lift to Go coupled with the best facial exercises will help you look and feel your youthful best.

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5 Reasons to Start Dry Brushing Today 500 751 Facercise

5 Reasons to Start Dry Brushing Today

dry brushingWith the holidays around the corner, there is no better time to kick start your dry brushing body sculpting routine. One of the best ways to achieve a more toned, smooth appearance is with a daily dry brushing regimen. It’s the perfect complement to exercise and the No Lipo Lipo program. It’s safe, natural and effective—so forget the idea of risky surgical procedures like liposuction.

This body sculpting practice takes only a few minutes a day but the results are incredible. Read on to learn about some of the awesome benefits!

1. A Rosy, Youthful Glow

Dry brushing with Sisal louffas exfoliates so that you shed dead skin cells like crazy. It also improves circulation and the flow of oxygen-rich blood to your skin cells. This imparts radiance to the skin, a brighter complexion and a rosy, youthful glow. You can also dry brush your face! It’s a wonderful adjunct to the Facercise program of revolutionary facial exercises. If used regularly, dry brushing exfoliates, tones, tightens and actually lifts the skin of the face and neck. The exfoliation process initiates strong blood supply to the skin, sheds dead skin cells and allows the skin to breathe and function better. Shedding old dead skin cells effectively accelerates the turnover process, making way for new fresh cells. This exfoliation unclogs the pores and reduces the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. Your skin will actually begin to glow! Exfoliating the skin also allows the skin to better absorb your skincare products.

2. Detox

Dry brushing boosts the lymphatic system, which is responsible for eliminating toxins from your body. This helps you eliminate waste faster and is what contributes to the body sculpting and weight loss effects of this technique. When toxins build up, we gain weight and can develop illnesses.

3. Smoother Skin

The level of exfoliation achieved with dry brushing diminished the dead skin cells that makes skin appear dull and feel rough. It unclogs pores and expedites cell turnover so that your skin is softer and smoother. Your skin will also be less prone to breakouts.

4. Diminished Cellulite

Stimulating circulation and the lymphatic system leads to firmer, smoother skin. This helps diminish the appearance of cottage-cheese like bumps under the skin aka cellulite.

5. Better Health

Dry brushing has been shown to release endorphins, which promotes a better mood. It also stimulates digestion and healthy kidney function. A regular routine will help you be a better, healthier version of yourself!

 

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5 Tips for Using Luxe Retinol 500 281 Facercise

5 Tips for Using Luxe Retinol

luxe retinolRetinol is a powerful product that everyone should have in their anti-aging arsenal. Our Luxe Retinol is one of our best-sellers due to the incredible results it yields. When you use it in conjunction with facial exercises, your skin will look five years younger in a matter of weeks.

Retinol is a topical vitamin A derivative that slows down the signs of aging like nothing else. It speeds up cell turnover, exfoliates dead skin and boosts collagen production. The result is a brighter complexion, firmer skin and the reduced appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. Retinol also diminishes hyperpigmentation, unclogs pores and diminishes breakouts.

Here are tips for using retinol to maximize its effectiveness:

1. Use a Gentle Product

Incorporate retinol into your regimen with a gentle product like my Luxe Retinol. Prescription products can be too harsh—they can exacerbate the skin and cause redness or rosacea.

2. Start Slowly

When you first begin using retinol, start by using it every other night for the first week. On the second week, use it two consecutive nights and then skip the third. On the third week, your skin should be ready for nightly use.

3. Let Skin Dry Before Applying

Water can counteract the effectiveness of retinol and render it useless. Be sure to wait approximately 20 minutes after washing your skin to apply retinol products.

4. Wear Sunscreen

I shouldn’t even have to mention this, since you all should be using sunscreen EVERY SINGLE DAY! Retinol makes your skin more sensitive to the sun’s dangerous UV rays and sunlight renders it ineffective. Be sure to protect your skin and your investment by applying sunscreen daily—and re-applying it throughout the day.

5. Use it All Over

Retinol can be used all over the body to keep skin looking fresh and supple. Apply it to your hands to attack sun spots and creases, to your arms and legs to combat crepey skin and to your stomach to firm and tighten.

With daily use of my Luxe Retinol, you will see extraordinary results—and quickly when you combine with my powerful facial exercises and advanced skincare products.

 

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5 Reasons to Sleep on Your Back 500 333 Facercise

5 Reasons to Sleep on Your Back

facial exercisesBeauty sleep is everything! It’s essential for restoration and rejuvenation and helps you look and feel energetic and youthful. A good night’s sleep is the perfect complement to a consistent regiment of facial exercises and anti-aging skincare. To make the most of sleep, it’s extremely important to sleep on your back. Across the board, doctors and sleep experts agree that it’s the healthiest position to sleep in.

Here are five reasons why you should retrain yourself if you’ve been sleeping in other positions.

1. Sleeping on Your Back Protects Your Face

Sleeping on your back helps protect your facial skin against the formation of deep lines and creases. Sleeping with your face in the air is healthier overall and helps you avoid the lines that form when your face is smashed against a pillow. We’ve all seen those sleep lines when we wake up and prayed they would disappear. The reality is, if you continue sleeping in the wrong position, over time, those lines will remain.

2. It Protects Your Decollete

As with your face, sleeping on your side or stomach causes deep creases in your decollete that are very difficult to get rid of.

3. It Maintains Perky Breasts

Sleeping on your back ensures that you don’t put too much pressure on your breasts, which leads to sagging over time. It’s not very comfortable either!

4.  It Provides Spine Support

When you sleep on your back, your spine can maintain neutral position and you don’t force your back and neck into any contortions. In addition, sleeping on your back allows your mattress to provide support for your spine.

5. Sleeping on Your Back Fights Acid Reflux

When you sleep with your head facing upwards and elevated, your stomach will be lower than your esophagus. In this position, food and acid won’t be able to come back up.

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How Facercise Eliminates the Wattle

facial exercisesMany clients write me in search of facial exercises to eliminate their double chin, aka “the wattle.” It’s a telltale sign of age and one of the hardest things to get rid of. The wattle can also be caused by weight gain—once the extra weight is lost, the area can appear saggy or droopy. A double chin can be a major source of insecurity for those who suffer from this condition.

The Risks

Many people go under the knife or try liposuction to spot treat this area with very disappointing results. Some patients suffer dimpling, asymmetry or only slight improvement after trying these surgical methods. Others try injections—up to 50 in the area per treatment—to diminish the appearance of a wattle. However, there is the risk of infection and it can take months and several treatments to see an improvement in chin fat. Then there is a list of nasty side effects that can occur, such as swelling in the entire region, hardening, numbness and difficulty breathing. Some even suffer from hives when receiving injections in the chin area.

A Safe Solution

The good news is, you don’t need to pour your savings into injectables, laser treatments and invasive surgery to get rid of a double chin. You can reduce its appearance in a matter of weeks with diligent practice of Facercise, our synergistic system of facial exercises. By doing these every day, you will experience significant lifting and tightening of the area. Within weeks, you’ll see marked improvement. After months, you may eliminate the double chin completely.

While one of our facial exercises specifically targets the area, it’s best to perform all of the exercises available on the Ultimate Facercise DVD. This is because the muscles of the face are synergistic, which means they all work together to accomplish the same movements and function. So while your goal may be to eliminate the wattle, your entire face will appear more lifted and toned. With consistent practice, you’ll experience dramatic, long-lasting results and look younger than ever.

Click here to learn more about our facial exercises that help you eliminate the wattle and other concerns.

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6 Fall Foods for Anti-Aging 500 333 Facercise

6 Fall Foods for Anti-Aging

face exercisesThe sunny days of summer are behind us, which means the anti-aging foods of fall are here! It’s an excellent time to work on better skin since we’re outdoors less and there is so much antioxidant-rich food to choose from. So hit the grocery store, book a skincare treatment and schedule time for face exercises!

Here are some of the top anti-aging foods of fall.

1. Pumpkin

Pumpkin helps fight wrinkles while giving you a healthy glow. It’s packed with vitamin C, which boosts collagen production and softens the skin. Pumpkin is also one of the best sources of vitamin A, which helps repair sun damage such as wrinkles and hyperpigmentation.

2. Pumpkin Seeds

These delicious seeds are rich in the essential fatty acids that help skin stay plump and hydrated. They’re also an excellent source of zinc, which promotes skin renewal and stimulates collage production.

3. Yams

Yams contain diosgenin, a natural steroid derived from plants that yields amazing anti-aging benefits. Their vitamin A and C content combats free radical damage and is anti-inflammatory. Yams are also good for your waistline due to their high fiber content, which fills you up and promotes healthy digestion. Their vitamin A content is so high that you can use them topically to help remove dark circles and reduce crow’s feet.

4. Beets

This colorful root veggie stimulates the lymphatic system, which flushes and detoxes our system. This helps deliver oxygen to your cells, resulting in brighter, glowing skin.

5. Pomegranate

This juicy fruit has long been considered a superfood due to its high levels of anti-aging plant compounds that fight wrinkles and sagging. Pomegranates contain potent antioxidant polyphenols that protect skin from sun and oxidative damage. Eating this delicious fruit ultimately improves skin texture, boosts elasticity and reduces inflammation. Their high water content also helps keep skin hydrated.

6. Brussels Sprouts

These dark green leafy veggies are loaded with vitamin C and other antioxidants that boost collagen production to improve elasticity and reduce the appearance of wrinkles. They’re also a remarkable source of glucosinolates, which helps detoxify our system.

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4 Tips for Boosting Collagen 500 390 Facercise

4 Tips for Boosting Collagen

facial exercisesOne of the great benefits of facial exercises is that they boost collagen production. Collagen is an insoluble, fibrous protein found in our skin, muscles, bones and tendons. It’s the most abundant protein in our bodies and provides elasticity, structural support and cellular regeneration. Collagen literally holds the body together like a glue.

As we age, collagen production slows down. This results in sagging skin, wrinkles and the breakdown of cartilage in your joints. The good news is, there are ways to boost collagen production that result in firmer, smoother skin, healthier joints, stronger teeth and nails, and a reduction in cellulite and stretch marks.

Here are four excellent ways to boost collagen production and improve your overall health.

1. Boost Vitamin C Consumption

Vitamin C is renowned for boosting immunity, but it is also essential to the formation of skin cells. Studies conducted by Tulane University found that it increases collagen production and many other studies show that individuals who consume high quantities of vitamin C develop fewer wrinkles than those who don’t. Apply it topically with Vitamin C Complex Serum and eat vitamin C-rich produce such as oranges, lemons, tomatoes, red peppers, berries, kiwi and green leafy vegetables. You can also take a daily supplement, such as Ester-C, which is a gentler version of the vitamin.

2. Eat More Amino Acids and Lean Protein

Eggs, poultry and fish are excellent sources of both amino acids and lean protein that boost collagen production. Other good sources include bone broth and collagen powders.

3. Protect Your Skin From the Sun

The sun’s damaging rays show up as photodamage while depleting collagen under the surface. The result is unsightly, long-term damage that is difficult to repair. Wear sunscreen religiously every time you step outside—even if you’re just running to the store for five minutes. Apply it to your face, neck, hands, décolletage and anywhere else you want to have nice skin. In addition, eat foods that are rich in lycopene, which acts as a natural sunblock. Good lycopene sources include watermelon, tomatoes, papaya, grapefruit, beets and bell peppers.

4. Do Your Daily Facial Exercises

Facercising on a daily basis improves circulation and collagen production. It also prevents muscle atrophy, which results in sagging skin, fine lines and wrinkles.

Learn more about the many benefits of our proprietary system of facial exercises: Facercise.