The A Method Reset for Your Brows, Lashes and Neck

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The A Method makes first-rate skincare products that are formulated by the dermatologist, Dr. Tina Alster. Her formulations are effective, fuss-free and definitely worthy of great praise. 

I have been testing The A Method 24K Gold Eyelash & Eyebrow and The A Method Neck Firming Cream and I am quite impressed by both of them. If your brows and lashes need a boost, or tech neck (from the countless hours logged into all of your devices) has taken a toll, then these products should be on your radar.

About The A Method,

The A Method was developed by world-renowned dermatologist Tina Alster, M.D. to provide medical-grade skin care formulations for at home use. Each product is formulated with the highest quality ingredients, at guaranteed safety profiles that are stabilized without sacrificing efficacy. Made in the USA. Free of Parabens, Gluten, Fragrance, Colorants and 100% Vegan.

The A Method 24K Gold Eyelash & Eyebrow ($98.00 for .027 oz. from The A Method and Amazon): If you have lashes or brows that could be more full, then this growth accelerator is definitely worth using. I have only used it on my brows, but they are conditioned, hydrated and more full after just a month of use.

According to The A Method,

Growth accelerator with 24K Gold and Peptides for longer, fuller, more luminous lashes and brows.

Improves circulation beneath the skin surface with pure 24K Gold Leaf to reduce hair loss and make lashes appear more radiant. Formulated with ultra-hydrating ingredients that coat and condition cells for moisture retention, to encourage cell growth and improve skin elasticity for longer, fuller eyelash and brow hair.

Directions: Apply serum twice daily at the base of the lashes (along the root-line) and eyebrows near the edge of the brow-line, focusing on areas you want new hairs to grow. AM • PM | All Skin Types.

Ingredients: Water, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Rhizobian Gum, Panthenol, Octapeptide, Myristoyl Pentapeptide Collagen, Chamomilla Recutita (Chamomile) Extract, Avena Sativa (oat) Kernel Extract, Gold Foil, Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E), Hydroxyethylcellulose Hexylene Glycol, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate.

The A Method Neck Firming Cream ($90.00 for 4 oz. from The A Method and Amazon): If you are looking for a product to combat the effects of tech neck or crepey skin from aging, then this is definitely an effective cream worth trying. This night treatment stimulates collagen production while you sleep, and tightens and lifts the appearance of sagging and lined skin. It is non-irritating, and it thoroughly sinks into the skin without leaving an oily residue on your pillow. Skin appears lifted, lines are softened and it is beautifully hydrated.

According to the A Method,

Firm, tighten and smooth crepey skin under the neck for a more youthful look. This nightly skin treatment will stimulate collagen production with All-Trans Retinol while tightening and toning the appearance of saggy skin. Applied nightly, expect to see visible results after 4-6 weeks of consistent use.

Directions: Apply a thin layer to the neck and décolleté nightly for 4-6 weeks for optimal results. PM | All Skin Types

Ingredients: Water, Glycerin, Carnitine, Arnica Montana Flower Extract, Isopropyl Palmitate, Caffeine, Taurine, Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Retinol, Polysorbate 20, Aleurites, Moluccana Seed Oil, Cetearyl Alcohol, Dimethyl MEA, Magnesium Aspartate, Zinc Gluconate, Copper Gluconate, Tetrahexyldecyl, Retinol, Ascorbate, Rosa Moschata Seed Oil, Elaeis Guineensis (Palm) Oil, Tocotrienols, Tocopherol, Sodium Hyaluronate, Hydrolyzed Oat Protein, Citric Acid, PEG/PPG-18/18 Dimethicone, Polysorbate 60, Dimethicone, Ammonium Acryloyl, Dimethyltaurate/ VP Copolymer, Carbomer, Phenoxyethanol, Caprylyl Glycol, Sorbic Acid.

Overall Assessment: The A Method makes such high quality skincare products that are effective and fuss-free.

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Arbonne RE9 Advanced Firming Body Cream and RE9 Advanced Age-Defying Neck Cream | Review

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Arbonne, a wonderful botanical based skincare line, recently introduced three new products to their wildly popular RE9 Advanced healthy aging range of products: A neck cream, retexturizing serum in lotion and a firming body cream, and I have the body cream and neck cream to share with you.

According to Arbonne,

These three new body care products feature cleaner formulas with gold standard ingredients that deliver even better results. RE9 Advanced body products support healthy-looking skin thanks to the amazing power of vitamin C – a skincare gold standard that helps support healthy-looking skin at any age.

RE9 Advanced Age-Defying Neck Cream ($85.00 for 1.7 oz. from Arbonne): This rich, and ultra-emollient, neck cream is remarkably lightweight and fast absorbing, and yet it leaves behind no greasy residue. It leaves skin very soft, supple, smooth and deeply moisturized. Furthermore, it improves and softens the appearance of fine lines by plumping and smoothing the skin. It is worth noting that it has no discernible aroma, and therefore shouldn't bother people with sensitivities to fragrance.

According to Arbonne,

A rich cream, formulated with peptides, that helps improve the appearance of firmness by adding moisture to the delicate neck and décolletage area, while stabilized vitamin C boosts and maintains moisture to support collagen. This cream moisturizes to help improve the appearance of the most stubborn signs of aging, including fine lines, wrinkles, loss of firmness and elasticity; neck, décolletage and jawline appear redefined as skin regains a smoother, more lifted appearance.

Directions: Apply to the contours of the chin, jawline, neck, and décolletage. Massage in upward, circular motions.

Ingredients: Aqua/Water/Eau, Caprylic/CapricTriglyceride, Dimethicone, Glycerin, Cetyl Ethylhexanoate, Steareth-2, Steareth-21, Cetearyl Alcohol, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Callus Culture Extract, Hippophae Rhamnoides Oil, Laminaria Digitata Extract, Leontopodium Alpinum Callus Culture Extract, Panax Ginseng Root Extract, Ruscus Aculeatus Root Extract, Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil, Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate, Tocopherol, Acetyl Tetrapeptide-2, Caffeine, Calcium Gluconate, Caprylyl Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Gluconolactone, Xanthan Gum, Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate, Carbomer, Aminomethyl Propanediol, Citric Acid, Sodium Hydroxide, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate.

RE9 Advanced Firming Body Cream ($75.00 for 6.7 oz. from Arbonne): I don't really have any dimpled skin, which this luxurious cream is intended to treat, but my arms and legs have been unusually dry and chapped lately, and in much need of serious hydration. Therefore, I have been slathering this rich ultra-luxe cream all over my arms and legs and I have noticed a distinct improvement in hydration, the parched dry patches have abated, and my skin is very supple, smooth, soft and quite luminous after use. The texture of my skin is improved overall, particularly since this cream banished the chapped skin. While the texture and consistency is really quite rich and thick, it melts into the skin and doesn't leave behind a greasy residue. There is a very slight orange aroma, that smells lovely, but it is quite faint and fades as soon as it absorbs into the skin.

According to Arbonne,

This luxurious cream deeply nourishes the skin with hydration, formulated with red algae extract, to smooth the appearance of dimpled skin and promote a shapelier-looking silhouette. It immediately improves the look of skin tone and texture leaving skin soft and silky with a renewed glow.

Directions: Apply liberally to body, concentrating on the thighs, stomach, bust, and upper arms. Massage gently using circular motions.

Ingredients: Aqua/Water/Eau, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Glycerin, Stearic Acid, Dimethicone, Squalane, Cetearyl Alcohol, Coco-Glucoside, Carbomer, Caesalpinia Spinosa Fruit Extract, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Callus Culture Extract, Imperata Cylindrica Root Extract, Jania Rubens Extract, Kappaphycus Alvarezii Extract, Laminaria Digitata Extract, Panax Ginseng Root Extract, Ruscus Aculeatus Root Extract, Hippophae Rhamnoides Oil, Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil, Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate, Hexapeptide-10, Biotin, Caffeine, Glucose, Xanthan Gum, Calcium Gluconate, Caprylyl Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Sodium PCA, Gluconolactone, Tocopherol, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Caprylhydroxamic Acid, Aminomethyl Propanediol, Sodium Citrate, Citric Acid, Sodium Hydroxide, Phenoxyethanol, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate, Fragrance/Parfum, Limonene, Linalool.

Overall Assessment: If you are seeking a luxurious ad effective neck cream and body cream, these are quite nice.

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VENeffect Firming Neck & Décolleté Creme | Review

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As you may remember from my VENeffect Anti-Aging Lip Treatment and VENeffect Anti-Aging Intensive Moisturizer reviews, I am completely in awe of VENeffect products. Their ultra high quality luxury skincare products are antioxidant-rich anti-aging power-brokers that make a visible difference in the condition of the skin. It was created by two sisters, Rebecca and Cecil Booth, who wanted to created effective anti-aging products that delivered on their claims, and that counteracted the effects that hormonal fluctuations and changes have on the skin.

About the Founders,

VENeffect was founded by sisters Rebecca Booth, M.D., a nationally recognized gynecologist and hormonal wellness expert, and Cecil Booth, a skin care expert with twenty years of beauty industry experience. They discovered that while all women are affected by hormonal aging, there is little awareness of this universal issue and few solutions in the beauty world. VENeffect is the breakthrough anti-aging solution they developed to reverse the signs of hormonal aging and restore skin to peak hormonal vitality.

Many influences affect the aging of skin, including sun damage, hereditary factors, and simple chronological aging. For women, one of the least discussed, but most compelling ways we age are the shifts and changes in hormones throughout the month and as we age. In particular, the decline of the feminizing hormone estrogen leads to a number of challenges, including for our skin. As the influence of estrogen declines from its peak in our twenties, our skin loses elasticity resulting in fine lines, wrinkles and loss of skin tone. VENeffect was created by two sisters, one a gynecologist and hormonal wellness specialist, and the other a beauty industry expert, with the goal to help reverse lost elasticity directly related to the decline in estrogen as we age. Their discovery is an exclusive and highly effective complex of 100% natural plant-based phytoestrogens to safely and effectively reverse the signs of aging that are directly the result of decreasing estrogen; to preserve and restore the youthful glow of healthy, vibrant skin.

Who can use VENeffect: "Women of all ages and all skin types. Collagen peaks along with estrogen in our twenties and begins a decline that accelerates in our thirties, forties and fifties, at which point our fertility function as women is programmed to retire. VENeffect has the ability to both preserve and restore collagen and will enhance the skin of women at any age."

How it Works: "As we age, the influence of estrogen declines resulting in loss of collagen and elasticity in our skin and increasing the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles."

Claims: "VENeffect is the only anti-aging skin care line formulated with a unique and powerful blend of 100% natural phytoestrogens to enhance collagen and improve elasticity in skin. The small molecular size of phytoestrogens allows them to easily penetrate the skin and bond with estrogen receptors present in both the dermis and the epidermis in order to stimulate collagen production."

The Result: "VENeffect reverses the signs of aging to preserve and restore the healthy glow of skin at peak vitality."

VENeffect created a proprietary formula, which is a blend of 100% natural plant-based phytoestrogens, that help reverse the effects that hormonal aging has on the skin. As we age, our estrogen levels decline, and lower levels of estrogen results in skin becoming less taut and toned than it was in our youth, and sadly this decline begins in our twenties!

In addition to being highly effective, VENeffect products have the distinction of luxurious textures that make their use a very pleasurable tactile experience. My latest VENeffect obsession is their Firming Neck & Décolleté Creme, and if ever there was a luxurious neck cream, this is it!

VENeffect Firming Neck & Décolleté Creme is a rich and emollient, yet fast absorbing, luxurious cream that was specifically formulated to address the needs of the delicate skin of the neck and décolleté. It has a silky-smooth ultra luxurious texture that is rich enough to impart high levels of moisture, but it leaves behind no greasy residue. It is fragrance-free– therefore those among you with fragrance sensitivities can experience all of the benefits from this cream without being inundated by unwanted fragrance, and it also will not interfere with fragrances that perfume-wearers put on and around the neck and décolleté.

Given that the neck and décolleté often do not receive the same level of pampering and protection that the face enjoys, this already delicate and vulnerable skin has a tendency to be among the first areas to show signs of aging. When used daily, VENeffect Firming Neck & Décolleté Creme visibly improves the texture of the skin by plumping and reducing fine lines and wrinkles and lifting the skin. Skin appears visibly more taut and firm without any discomfort. Furthermore, it leaves skin hydrated, soft, supple, more even in tone, and with a pronounced luminosity.

According to VENeffect,

This ultra firming, luxurious moisturizing formula with advanced phytoestrogen technology targets the delicate and vulnerable skin of the neck and décolletage, often one of the first areas to show the signs of aging. Free of fragrance, this highly effective treatment moisturizer will not interfere with other scents or perfumes. Used daily, it reduces the appearance of lines and deep wrinkles and dramatically enhances elasticity for younger, brighter, skin. Skin will be firmer, with a luminous, even tone.

Apply to neck and chest area with an upward sweeping motion morning and evening after cleansing. For optimum results layer over VENeffect Firming Phyto-Lift Serum.

Claims:

• Diminishes and helps prevent the appearance of deep wrinkles
• Firms and smooths the delicate skin of the neck and chest area
• Increases elasticity
• Brightens and evens skin tone
• Inspires collagen resulting in a youthful glow

Ingredients: Water (Aqua, Eau), Isoeicosane, Glycerin, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Cetyl Alcohol, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, PEG-100 Stearate, Glyceryl Stearate, Arachidyl Alcohol, Butylene Glycol, Resveratrol, Beeswax, Citrus Grandis (Grapefruit) Seed Extract, Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Extract Trifolium Pratense (Red Clover) Flower Extract, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Extract, Soy Isoflavones, Palmitoyl Oligopeptide, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7, Trifluoroacetyl Tripeptide-2, Sodium Hyaluronate, Dextran, Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate, Mannitol, Behenyl Alcohol, Arachidyl Glucoside, Squalane, Polysorbate 60, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Polysorbate 20, Carbomer, Disodium EDTA, Phenoxyethanol, Caprylyl Glycol, Chlorphenesin, Biotin.

VENeffect Firming Neck & Décolleté Creme is hypoallergenic, non-comedogenic, fragrance free, gluten free, and paraben free. Made in the USA.

Overall Assessment: Exceptional quality and real results from a phenomenal antioxidant-rich anti-aging line that needs to be on your radar for 2016.

$155.00 for 2 oz. from VENeffect, Space NK, Bloomingdale's, Neiman Marcus and Dermstore (Affiliate Links).

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StriVectin TL Advanced Tightening Neck Cream | Review

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StriVectin TL Advanced Tightening Neck Cream is among the new breed of anti-aging products to employ cutting-edge technology in conjunction with high quality ingredients in an effort to offer consumers real results. I have been thoroughly impressed by everything that I have tried from StriVectin, and one of my greatest surprises is the speed with which their products begin to work. This is precisely what I experienced with their new TL Advanced Tightening Neck Cream, and I was astounded to see a slight difference after the first application.

The neck often tends to be a neglected part of the body, and this is compounded by the fact that it is also very vulnerable to the elements. This part of the body has a tendency to age faster than the face– and as a result there is often a visual disparity in ones apparent age based upon this sometimes striking contrast.

StriVectin TL Advanced Tightening Neck Cream was formulated to tighten, lift and firm the vulnerable  neck area and jawline, and it actually fulfills its claims. Unlike many of the lightweight neck creams on the market, this one is instead a very thick, and nourishing, cream. The moisture-rich formula instantly mitigates the effects of dry or crepey skin by infusing it with deep hydration, and their proprietary Gravitite-CF Lifting Complex™and patented NIA-114 technology, which was designed specifically for the neck and profile, causes the skin to be tighter, smoother, hydrated and visually more supple.

According to StriVectin,

StriVectin TL Advanced™ Tightening Neck Cream features breakthrough Gravitite-CF Lifting Complex™ to provide visible lift in the neck and profile area- immediately and over time.  Gravitite-CF Lifting Complex™ contains a powerful blend of technologically advanced ingredients that address the appearance of sagging due to gravity and improve skin elasticity. Instantly, skin is hydrated and feels tighter, smoother and more supple. Over time, the visible effects of gravity appear reversed for even more refined and toned definition of the neck line, profile, and décolleté.

As we age elastic tissue degenerates, causing loose, sagging skin around the neck line and jawline. We formulated StriVectin TL Advanced™ Tightening Neck Cream to even more effectively address this concern. The neck and jawline is optimally hydrated and appears sculpted for a more youthful looking silhouette.

Clinical claims based on consumer evaluation at 12 weeks:

• 96% felt tighter skin
• 96% saw improved firmness
• 89% saw significant lift

Ingredients: Aqua (Water, Eau), Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Myristyl Nicotinate, Butylene Glycol, Isononyl Isononanoate, Glycerin, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Glyceryl Stearate, Peg-100 Stearate, Hydrogenated Ethylhexyl Olivate, Dimethicone, Ethylene/Acrylic Acid Copolymer, Pentylene Glycol, Steareth-2, Polyacrylamide, Behenyl Alcohol, Sodium Polystyrene Sulfonate, Acetyl Dipeptide-1 Cetyl Ester, Algae Extract, Ceramide 2, Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid, Tetrapeptide-21, Zingiber Of_Cinale (Ginger) Root Extract, Caprylyl Glycol, Panthenol, Sorghum Bicolor Stalk Juice, C13-14 Isoparaf_N, Bisabolol, Sorbitan Laurate, Pullulan, Laureth-7, Cyathea Cumingii Leaf Extract, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Hydrogenated Olive Oil Unsaponi_Ables, Parfum (Fragrance), Xanthan Gum, Sodium Hydroxide, Tetrasodium Edta, Bht, Phenoxyethanol, Benzoic Acid, Sorbic Acid, Chlorphenesin, Benzyl Alcohol, Limonene.

Overall Assessment: I have to confess that I was very surprised to see a slight difference after the first use, and even more surprised to see the improvement in the overall appearance of my skin after a month. If you feel the need to moisturize, lift and improve the overall appearance of your neck, then StriVectin TL Advanced Tightening Neck Cream is definitely worth your serious consideration.

$95.00 for 1.7 oz. and $139.00 for 3.4 oz. from StriVectin, Nordstrom, Bloomingdale's, Macy's, Beauty.com, Drugstore.com,  Lord & Taylor, Dillards and B-Glowing (Affiliate Links).
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