Friday, October 1st, 2010
Environ Ionzyme Focus Frown Serum
Visibly decreases fine wrinkle and frown lines by softening muscle activity around the eyes and forehead areas. The three key active ingredients (Argireline, Leuphasyl, and Vialox) work together to reduce the contraction of facial muscles, thus reducing the formation of fine lines. This cocktail of active ingredients safely soften frown lines by targetting complex bio-chemical processes in a mild and non-invasive way.
Use in conjunction with Environ Cosmetic Focus-CIT (see below) for amazing visible results, available now at Beauty Moments.
Environ Ionzyme Focus Hydrating Serum
This Environ serum does the following:
- hydrates intensely
- adds volume to targeted areas of skin
- visibly decreases fine lines
- treats dry, photodamaged skin
Active ingredient: Hyaluronic acid. Hyaluronic acid collects and holds up to 1000 times its weight in water. This effect allows the skin to replenish back to natural levels leaving your skin noticeably smoother, finer and more youthful.
Want to boost the results further? Use with Environ Cosmetic Focus-CIT (see below), also available at Beauty Moments.
Environ Cosmetic Focus-CIT (Collagen Induction Therapy)
This clever little device allows you to specifically target those normally hard to treat areas, e.g. mouth and eye area.
The Focus-CIT makes microscopic channels which allow the advanced skin care products to reach the skin’s deeper layers. This is where the advanced skin care products are most effective, thus showing the best results in health and appearance of your skin.
Contact us to find out more!
Environ Cosmetic Roll-CIT (Collagen Induction Therapy)
The Environ Cosmetic Roll-CIT allows advanced skin care products to penetrate further into the deeper layers of the skin over larger areas, e.g. neck, cheeks, forehead.
When you purchase the Environ Cosmetic Roll-CIT, you will be taken through a one-to-one consultation with a highly trained Beauty Moments therapist to help you achieve the best results for your skin.
If you want to achieve the following, then this is the product for you!
- decrease appearance of scarring
- help tighten skin laxity
- improve appearance in texture of your skin
- soften fine lines & wrinkles
- effective reduction of pigmentation
- help thicken thin skin
- improve natural collagen formation
For more information contact Beauty Moments
Monday, September 13th, 2010
Environ Advanced Skin Analysis
Have you ever wondered how your skin compares to others of your own age or how you might look in a few years time, without some serious intervention? A high tech skin analysis technique by Environ is coming to Beauty Moments for a one day event that will reveal all that’s good and bad about your skin.
A skin analyst from anti-ageing skincare brand Environ is hosting the special event and will be on hand to provide free 45 minute consultations at Beauty Moments on 19th October ’10. She uses powerful Visia imaging technology to capture information and assess common problem areas, such as sun damage, brown pigmentation blemishes, capillary damage, wrinkles, scars or imperfections and congested pores. This equipment is so advanced that plastic surgeons and dermatologists use it worldwide.
She will be identifying goals for treatments and offering solutions to overcome niggling complexion concerns and take years off your appearance, without the need to go under the knife. The skin advisor recommends products for use at home, salon treatments as well as dietary and lifestyle advice, which are aimed at giving the individual clearer, more radiant, even toned, smoother and less lined skin.
The machine’s camera provides a series of images which reveal the extent of each problem and attributes a ‘score’. Clients pay a return visit to the salon after three months, when improvements are graded by comparing a new set of visuals with the originals.
“There are too many empty promises in the beauty world,” says Environ Founder Dr Des Fernandes. “By using this sophisticated system we can now prove to our clients that using active skincare products and following our advice makes a measurable and visible difference. We can even artificially ‘age’ your skin to show how you could look in five years without proper skincare.”
Beauty Moments is an authorised stockist for the entire Environ range. For more information about the Environ‘s Skin Analysis Event, call Beauty Moments on 020-8777-4343. Spaces are limited so book early to avoid disappointment.
Jane Iredale Make-Over
Try a New Look this New Season!
Receive a Professional Make-Over with our celebrity Jane Iredale make-up artist on this one day only event!
Try stunning new eye and lip colours to enhance your gorgeous features with Jane Iredale mineral cosmetics range to create a variety of dramatic looks.
Call Beauty Moments today about this one-to-one session with our celebrity Jane Iredale make-up artist.
Beauty Moments is an authorised stockist for the entire Jane Iredale range. For more information about the Jane Iredale Make-Over Event, call Beauty Moments on 020-8777-4343. Spaces are limited so book early to avoid disappointment.
Monday, July 19th, 2010
Here at Beauty Moments (West Wickham) we create a stress-free environment for our clients to experience and relax in whilst enjoying their treatments. Our treatments are described by our clients as both mentally and physically relaxing.
There is a new approach to skin care – psychodermatology. This is the relationship between the mind and the body.
Stress can have bio-chemical affects on the body resulting in inflammatory conditions e.g. psoriasis, eczema and premature ageing. A large part of this is affecting by fluctuation in hormone levels. Regulating these hormone levels can have a profound affect on our health and the appearance of our skin.
A little stress is good for you
Cortisol is the hormone secreted by the adrenal glands when we feel the need to “fight or flee”. It helps provide urgent energy to handle an apparent threat. Cortisol also controls important body functions and is responsible for ageing effects if its levels are too high or too low. This catabolic hormone is able to break down tissue in all parts of the body, affecting the collagen in the skin more than others.
Testosterone and DHEA are anabolic hormones, meaning they build up tissues.
Deficiencies in reproductive hormones such as oestrogen, progesterone and testosterone causes formation of wrinkles and fine lines and affect our sleeping pattern making you feel more tired. These hormones thicken and strengthen the epidermis, hydrate and maintain the skin’s elasticity, and strengthen the small muscle fibres in the skin. Tiny vertical lines around the lips are due to a lack of oestrogen.
Sleeplessness, exhaustion, anxiety and fine lines are also due to low levels of growth hormone. A combination of hormone deficiencies results in double chine or wrinkled skin.
Hormone replacement therapy is recommended by Dr. Thierry Hertoghe as a way to correct hormone levels causing premature ageing as a result of stress. Although hormone replacement therapy and psychological counselling therapies are available from medical professionals, we here at Beauty Moments have products and advice on ways you can treat yourself at home.
Beauty Moments strategies
Massage therapy has been found by several studies to be extremely effective in reducing stress both physiologically and psychologically by reducing levels of cortisol and increase molecules of serotonin and dopamine (‘feel-good factor’ molecules). Massage therapies on offer Beauty Moments are:
• Aromatherapy
o Clinical Aromatherapy Massage
o Aromatherapy Massage
• Swedish Massage
o Full Body Massage
o Full Body Massage (including face)
o Back, neck and shoulder massage
o Foot and leg massage
• Hot Stone Massage with Aromatherapy
o Full Body Massage
o Back, neck and shoulder massage
• Indian Head massage
• Reflexology
• Osteopathy
Make-up helps relieve stress
Make-up has also been found to improve mood and reduce stress. Studies have shown reductions in mental stress and anxiety levels occurs in people when they wear make-up. In a study conducted in 2008 showed when a group of participants not wearing make-up were placed in mentally stressful environment, a significant increase in cortisol hormone and reduction is enzyme activity was noted. In another study, a decrease in cortisol and increase in protective enzyme activity was observed when make-up was worn.
Beauty Moments use and recommend Jane Iredale make-up. It is also used by stars such as Nicole Kidman, Victoria Beckham, Madonna and many others. Here is a list of the in-salon treatments available.
• Make-Up
• Make-Up Lesson
• Bridal Make-Up
Environ products here to help
Dr Des Fernande, plastic surgeon and founder of Environ, recommends the use of certain ingredients as being safe and helpful with treatment of inflammatory skin conditions such as eczema. Such conditions often flare up with stress and cause a lot of damaging free radical activity. Therefore nourishing the skin with Vitamin A and major free radical scavengers of the skin, e.g. vitamins C, E and beat-carotene.
Studies have shown skin cells live up to 1.8 times longer when Vitamin A was added to the skin cultures.
Beauty Exercise
Keeping fit has also been shown to reduce stress levels when carried out correctly. Exercise helps in the production of testosterone is related to hormones such as DHEA and DHT, according to Dr David Goldberg (clinical professor at Mt Sinai Medical Centre, New York). Our resident Osteopath Mr Trishul Vadi recommends effective stretching after exercise to maintain a balanced musculo-skeletal system.
Eat your skin healthy
Stress uses up twice as many vitamins, collagen production is reduced, there is a lack of energy to make new skin, the skin is drier and more reactive. B-complex vitamins are required to produce energy to make new skin, Vitamin C helps build collagen, magnesium helps you cope with stress better, aids in hydration and reduction of inflammation of the skin. Calcium is important in the reduction of free radicals, but this is lost when stress occurs in person. Increased adrenal activity caused by mental stress can be inhibited by taking essential fatty acids, which also protect cell membranes (which can be damaged by stress).
By adopting a healthy lifestyle, which includes improved nutrition, using products and treatments provided by highly trained therapists here at Beauty Moments, you can massively reduce the inflammatory effects of stress which can affect your health and skin’s appearance.
