Beauty Buzzwords: Fast Track to Healthy Skin

You may have heard these 5 words being tossed around by beauty experts on TV and magazines: Avobenzone, Glycolic Acid, Hyaluronic Acid, Peptide and Retinol, but what do they actually do for your skin. Well I'm gonna break it down!

• Avobenzone: It's an ingredient in sunscreen that blocks UVA rays which can lead to wrinkles.
• Glycolic Acid: It's a fruit-derived acid, it helps exfoliate the skin.
• Hyaluronic Acid: It's an ingredient that attracts moisture and allows skin to hold onto it.
• Peptide: It's a chain of proteins that helps reduce wrinkles and improve texture and pigmentation.
• Retinol: A derivative of vitamin A that stimulates collagen production, smooths skin and fades brown spots.

So now when you are staring down the skin care aisle with a ton of choices you are a bit more armed with the knowledge to make the right choices for your skin.

Hope this helps,
Elisa L'Amour

New Blog Features= Fun Times Ahead!!!

I'm sure you can tell immediately that I have a new background! F-U-N!!! I was playing around today with some new ideas and widgets that I really like! So if you look at the bottom of my page you will see books that I recommend to everyone looking for fashion tips, make-up know how and craft ideas. Honestly these books are so helpful!

Also in the sidebar on the right you can now preview the latest songs on amazon.com. I need to check out Katy Perry's 'California Girl' and Lady Gaga's 'Alejandro'. It's like a mini-DJ for my site. So scroll through and see if anything strikes your fancy.

Feel free to feed the fish too!!! You just click in the middle of the box and your cursor will drop food in their bowel. You can watch them eat and play!

I hope you enjoy!

Elisa L'Amour xoxo
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Clean Correctly: The Face

Interesting 'How To' from dermatologist Dr. Jeannette Graf

Did you know that in order to clean your face correctly you should:

1)Splash skin with luke warm water.
2)Massage cleanser onto your entire face for 30 seconds in a circular motion.
3)If you are normal to oily, rinse thoroughly with luke warm water and pat dry.
3a)If you are on the dry or sensitive side, gently remove cleanser with a damp cloth or tissue.

So there you have it folks...THREE easy steps to getting a clean face!

And as Elizabeth Taylor shows us...if you wash your face you too can look as lovely as she! :p

Wink and a smile,
Elisa L'Amour
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Purple Rain: Hollywood Forever Cemetery

There are parts of the 80s that I think everyone should keep alive. I suppose it's because I remember the 80's (I was a but a wee babe) but I still can't get past the MUSIC. Give me Duran Duran, Prince, Cindi Lauper, Madonna, The Cars and more any day!!! Also my cousin was a teenager in the 80s and I thought she was incredibly cool for wearing a stud earring in one ear and a large plastic pink dangling '7' earring in the other. Plus she had these magazine pull-outs of all the 80s musicians of the time all over her bedroom walls... Prince, Michael Jackson and Boy George come to mind.

So when I had the chance to go to the Hollywood Forever Cemetery this past weekend to see Purple Rain on the side of a huge mausoleum with some of my home-girls (yes I am inappropriately keeping that saying alive) I jumped at the opportunity and it was amazing! Granted the hipster quotient was a bit out of control but everyone was in a great mood and had fun.

It was a picnic situation so the Purple Rain fans laid out their blankets and chairs in the "empty" cemetery grounds and ate everything from vegan dishes to BBQ. My friend, forever the the Italian Momma, brought a sandwich spread that would make a grown man weak in the knees. I couldn't have asked for a more special night with my friends. I want to urge anyone that lives in So Cal to go to one of these movie viewings.
http://www.cinespia.org/calendar/

Oh and for the record we didn't sit on any graves so no worries!!!

So in honor of that fun evening I want to put up two lil' videos for your enjoyment!

Elf Make-up for $1! SCORE :p

New Pollution Designs Presents Hello Kitty Inspired Headbands and New Flower colors on my etsy shop

And kitty was her name-o! Come one, come all to my etsy shop where you'll find kawaii kitty headbands and funky flower colors that will tickle your fancies!

Come check out New Pollution Designs at newpollutiondesigns.etsy.com

Items range from $25 to $35 and I ship world wide!

Hope to see you there!
~Elisa L'Amour of New Pollution Designs

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