NOC-Out Cover-Up Compact.

If you are anything like me, you use more than one concealer on a regular basis. Covering dark spots, under eye circles, while trying to lighten and brighten, needs more than one shade. That is what makes this compact perfect. It is from Redpoint Anti-Aging Cosmetics, and this is their NOC-Out Cover-Up Compact.

You will notice three different shades in the compact. And each shade has a different texture, as each one is designed to cover and treat different areas of the face. The three shades and what they are designed to do:

1. The Yellow color is designed to cover up red areas. Think blemishes, redness around the nose or on the eyelids, rosacea. Just a bit of this creamy formula blended out with your fingertip, conceals the redness.
2. The Salmon color is formulated to disquise age spots, sun spots, hyperpigmentation, freckles, etc. I like to use a concealer brush to apply this color and blend over and around any dark spot to make it appear as though it was never there.
3. The Beige color is the color most typically found in concealers, as this one is made to cover up under-eye circles. Not only does this conceal the dark circles, it is thick enough to stay in place under the eye without caking.

As a bonus feature of this product, each cream is infused with ingredients to treat the specific problem it is covering.

NOC-Out Cover-Up Compact is available online at Redpoint Beauty for $38. But... I need to tell you that this compact, in it's full size, is included in the first BeautyFix kit. If you have not read about BeautyFix yet, please read my earlier post and add up the savings yourself! You might want to stay in touch with latest about BeautyFix too, and you can do that right through it's page on Face Book: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Beautyfix/41929438808

Ole Henriksen Mini Peel.

I was more than excited to try this three step peel as I read about it in a few magazines and saw it talked up on a recent Ole appearance over on HSN. The Ole Henriksen Micro/Mini Peel System lived up to the hype - and then some.

The kit contains three products plus measuring spoon and sponges to get the job done in three steps - Polish, Strip and Comfort.

You start by measuring out the Almond Polish and gently apply and rub over the face and neck. It is abrasive, so if you do not like the feeling of an abrasive scrub on your face, then this is not for you. It smells divine and feels a bit rough as it sloughs away skin. My skin burned just a bit as I came close to circling it over my skin for about two minutes, and my face was red when I removed it with water. I could already see a difference though, and went onto the peel.

The peel portion is called the Lemon Strip. Again, I used the spoon to scoop out this gel and applied over my face. It is thick and had a very fresh scent. It didn’t burn at all, which surprised me as it contains orange and lemon extracts along with lactic, glycolic and aspartic acid. I left it on for about three minutes and moved onto the final step.

For the last step, you leave on the Lemon Strip and then apply the Chamomile Comfort to make a mask. Scooping out the perfect amount with the spoon, I applied this very thick cream, which felt a bit clay based but with more of a mud mask feeling. I don’t know why this happened now, but my face really started to burn. Not too uncomfortable, but it did get very warm and more than tingly. I actually sat in front of a fan for a few minutes until it started to cool down. I honesty don’t know if this is supposed to happen at this point because I thought that the Chamomile was the soothing part of the treatment. Either way, it cooled down within the first five minutes as it began to tighten and dry for about thirty minutes.

Removing took a bit of effort but was easy nonetheless. A natural sponge is included (looks like paper, forms into a sponge when wet) to help remove. I had to rinse the sponge a lot to remove all of the mask. As I did remove it though, I could not believe my skin. It looked so even and refreshed and seriously - 100% better after the treatment. I waited a few hours before I did my night cream as my skin felt so smooth and moisturized.

This Micro/Mini Peel System is definitely making it’s way into my regular routine, as I plan to use it once a week. This kit costs $95, is available at sephora.com and on the Ole website as well. I would guess that there is enough in this kit to use a good 8 - 10 times.

L'Oreal Skin Genesis.

My friends over at Total Beauty recently asked me to try out two products from the L'Oreal Skin Genesis Line. I used L’Oreal Skin Genesis Multi-Layer Cell Strengthening Daily Treatment together with the Multi-Layer Cell Strengthening Daily Moisturizer for a few weeks now. My initial reaction - impressive.

I have written an entire review on these beauties, but you will have to check it out over on Aging Fabulous. I really liked these products, and I actually surprised myself as I am usually a skin care snob - meaning the more expensive the better, which I know is not true. And these products are a perfect example.

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