KEY TO HEALTHY SKIN—HYDRATION

Do you feel that your skin is missing that radiant, glowing, supple look? Hydrating your skin on a daily basis will result in healthier, more youthful looking skin. Being in the younger adult demographic, I didn’t realize how beneficial starting to moisturize my skin earlier in life was. Turns out, hydration can help young adults to maintain their youthful look longer and older adults to reduce fine lines and improve skin elasticity. Win-win for all ages!

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What Hydration CAN do

There are many benefits to hydrating your skin. As we get older, our skin decreases in its ability to regulate water balance—making moisturizing daily even more essential. There is no miracle moisturizer or serum out there to magically make wrinkles disappear, but dry skin tends to lose elasticity sooner making wrinkles more pronounced. Like I stated earlier, it is never too early to start this process because your skin will age slower over time. This goes for the men out there too—ladies, make your men start hydrating their skin! Yes, we want you to look good as well  Skin will look smoother, plumper, and healthier in general.

What Hydration CANNOT do

Starting to moisturize even multiple times a day will not open the door to your past and allow your skin to magically go back in time. (Bummer) It won’t suddenly turn you into a supermodel either—don’t get your hopes up!
Here are a few tips to follow:

• First and foremost, invest in a good moisturizer. I suggest Skintelligence® Skin Perfecting Complex (US Link). Only takes a few drops to cover your face, neck, hands or whatever you need it for
• Drink plenty of water—no better substitute for water; it’s good for our bodies and our skin
• Steer clear of soft drinks…this one is hard for me because Diet Mountain Dew is my bestie, but these sugary drinks only de-hydrate our skin. (I’ll at least work on cutting back)
• Don’t stay in the bath/shower very long—this can actually cause our skin to lose natural oils and dry out more. Also use warm versus hot water
• If you smoke or drink alcohol excessively, don’t! Or at least take baby steps to getting these things out of your life. Note: I said don’t drink excessively; there is nothing wrong with having a few drinks on occasion—just don’t get sloppy every weekend
• Finally, don’t over cleanse your skin. Of course, washing is a necessity to maintaining healthy skin, but over-doing it can cause dryness or irritation

Now that we know how important daily hydration of our skin is, we can all start to improve the overall texture of our skin. Remember, moisturizing doesn’t discriminate against age or gender!

Who out there has tried Skintelligence® Skin Perfecting Complex?

BePretty.ca FIXX Lash Extend Serum contest has just ended!!

We have just wrapped up our first contest on our Bepretty.ca Facebook Page and we have drawn a lucky winner @Cindy Leung who shared their expectation/experience with the FIXX Lash Extend Serum (USA Link) with us with a Free tube of the FIXX Lash Extend Serum giveaway; And everybody else who shared will receive a 15% discount on the next purchase of the serum! 


Now, Let's take a look at what our customers say about the Fixx Lash Extend Serum in the contest! 



@Jovy Leung 
This product really WORKS!!..talking from personal experience..and got feedback from a co-worker that I recommended this product to!! Even though it says it takes about 2 weeks...but my eyelashes already looked visibly longer in just a week!!
My co-worker tried quite a lot of products before that said it would promise longer eyelashes..but never worked!! Not until I recommended Fixx Lash Extend to her!! Even our other co-worker noticed that her lashes looks longer!! Now she is plans to continue on to use this product!!
THIS IS a MUST BUY product if you all are looking towards longer/fuller lashes!!


@Jojo L. 
yes it works! haha my lashes got longer and more volume and people actually noticed and complimented!!!!! Greatest part is people noticed!!!!! And this serum also stopped my lashes from falling off when I remove mascara!


@Ah Sue
It is an AMAZING product!! It WORKS on me, a lazy person whom she would rather spend time on sleeping than doing make-up in the mornings...@.@ I tried Fixx only for a few months, but my lashes got much longer...and all I did is to use Fixx every night before I go to bed!


@Joseph Lam
The product is amazing! Worked wonder on my lashes too - highly recommended.


@Angela Wong
 I always have short eyelashes and I always envy my girlfriends that they have long eye lashes. I had tried some many different brands or different types of eye lash lotion or serums, just to hope that one of them can work. Unfortunately, I either allergic to the lotion or serum - which cause eyelash easier to break, or the product didn't work as not growing. So, I was quite upset that I was going to give up. Fortunately, my friend introduced me this FIXX Lash Extend product. At first, I didn't want to try the product, but since this is a new product for me, so I just give it a try. Therefore, I put on the serum on my eyelashes before I go to bed. I used the serum every night for 2 weeks straight. After 2 weeks, I am not allergic to the serum and I noticed that my eyelashes grow stronger, fuller and longer. It is a big surprise for me. I never thought my eyelashes could be as fuller, stronger and longer as my girlfriends. I thank my friend everyday because she introduced my about this product. And FIXX Lash Extend has become one of my favorite products on my shelf! It is AMAZING!!!


@Cindy Leung
I haven't try this product before, but I heard from Jojo this product really help u obtain longer eye lashes! I wish this product can be a life saver for me because I have really short eye lashes!!! :(


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WRINKLE REMEDIES: IT’S NEVER TOO EARLY

Although I am not quite at the age to be worrying about wrinkles, this seems to be an issue that most women detest because it shows their age—we can’t have that! Wrinkles come about not only due to age, other factors such as stress, an unbalanced diet, and smoking can all cause an early appearance of wrinkles. To all you youngsters out there, it is never a bad idea to keep these things in mind because we will have the same problems our mothers do before we know it!

courtesy of TheBeautyInsiders.com

Do-it-yourself techniques:

• For the first one, you’ll need 1-2 Tbsp of sugarcane juice and 2-3 tsp of turmeric powder. Make a paste out of those ingredients, gently apply the paste to all of your wrinkly problem areas, and let it dry for about 15 minutes, then wash your face (or neck or hands—depends on where you need it). This is said to be a successful natural remedy.
• Place egg whites or castor oil under your eyes, to your forehead or any other area that is wrinkle prone. This will help to nourish and tighten skin—great way to naturally reduce wrinkle appearance.
• Gently massage coconut oil around your eyes, neck, or hands every night before you go to bed. This will increase your circulation and encourage relaxation to your skin. The coconut oil combined with a couple drops of Vitamin E oil is an amazing deep wrinkle cream you can make yourself and facial massages will support the results you wish to get!
• Practice yoga regularly—it minimizes aging signs, controls your body weight, gives mental and physical strength, and increases your life span! Makes me want to start doing yoga myself. Certain yoga positions will increase your facial muscles and naturally remove wrinkles from your face, neck and hands.

Serums and creams:

Of course if you want convenience, there are various options to choose from to help with your aging issues. Although it’s on the pricey side, Matriskin™ Collagen MP Serum (USA Link) has very good reviews. This serum reduces the look of lines and wrinkles with its advanced peptide technology. Another good option is  Fixx™ Stem Cell Serum. This is a cream that, if used daily, will promote elasticity, smooth your skin tone, and reduce wrinkles, especially around your eyes are on your forehead. Finally, try Timeless Prescription® Face Firming Moisturizer with MDI Complex (USA Link)—this is known to reduce redness and irritation, (it works on sensitive skin too!) and protects your skin while minimizing fine lines you happen to accumulate.

Whether you want to get handy and make your product yourself or buy one of the creams or serums that many people will testify for—you can finally look the way you feel!

Did these home remedies give you any noticeable differences? What helped you look younger?

FIXX SCOOPS CLINIQUE! Secret to 10 years younger?

In our continual quest to stay ahead of the curve and bring you cutting edge skin care products, we constantly keep track of new ingredient developments as well as breaking news stories. Recently, a press release was published about a new product to be launched in March 2012 by Clinique. According to this press release, this new product is going to contain a “new, multi-tasking” ingredient to fight the visible signs of skin aging.

Because of our efforts to bring you cutting edge products, this new ingredient can already be found in our Fixx™ Stem Cell Serum, launched nearly eight months before Clinique’s new product is scheduled to hit the market!

This new ingredient, called Mitostime™, is a concentrated extract of the brown algaeLaminaria digitata. Studies with Mitostime have shown that it maintains healthy mitochondrial DNA in skin to help keep the skin energized. It also gives skin cells exposed to UV stress a younger appearance and supports healthy skin collagen. In one human study, these multiple benefits of Mitostime translated to a 15% reduction in the appearance wrinkle depth and resulted in the skin of the volunteers looking 6 years younger on average. Mitostime is clearly an effective, cutting edge ingredient for skin care products to help you fight the effects of aging and maintain a more youthful appearance.

But, we didn’t stop with just Mitostime. Because we know that you want the best for your skin, we infused Fixx™ Stem Cell Serum with three additional, cutting edge skin care ingredients: DermSRC™, Phyko AI-PF™, and Thiotaine™. Each of these ingredients works through a unique mechanism to support a healthy, younger looking skin. Thiotaine is a powerful antioxidant to protect your skin from oxidative stress. Phyko AI-PF supports the skin’s natural defenses and soothes the skin. DermSRC helps maintain your skin’s normal hyaluronic acid, a natural moisturizing agent, and elastin to help keep your skin hydrated and supple.

One study with DermSRC showed that it can help reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles and help the skin look about 10 years younger. The inclusion of all four of these cutting edge ingredients means that Fixx™ Stem Cell Serum fights the visible signs of aging from multiple fronts, making Fixx™ Stem Cell Serum a uniquely important part any good skin care regimen.

While you enjoy the beautiful benefits of Fixx™ Stem Cell Serum, we’ll keep looking for effective, cutting edge ingredients to help you keep your skin looking healthy and young.

Have you tried Fixx Stem Cell Serum yet? What do you think of the results?