NEW LINE OF ‘SMART’ ANTIOXIDANT SKIN CARE FROM NINAPHARM ADDRESSES SPECIFIC SKIN CARE NEEDS FOR FLIGHT CREWS

Chicago, July 17, 2009 (word count: 368)

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ACTIAGE® is a revolutionary duo of products which comprises a Facial Serum – ACTIAGE® SERUM INTELLIGENT and an antioxidant food supplement ACTIAGE® BEAUTE BIO-ACTIVE. This kit now provides women with an excellent solution for the skin aging process. Created specifically for flight attendants, ACTIAGE® insures one-of-a-kind protection for healthy skin on skin’s surface and from the inside-out. Clinical tests demonstrate that ACTIAGE® supplement and serum improves the skin firmness after just two weeks of use. It also brings profound hydration and protection to the skin – enough to exceed most aerial expectations.

The product of the successful collaboration of researchers’ team from Japan and France, ACTIAGE® innovation kit focuses on improving blood circulation at the cellular level to improve both skin and body. By using a patented delivery system (ADS®), ACTIAGE provides a high dosage of antioxidants derived from a specific variety of watermelon – ACTISOD®.  This innovative formula insures protection and deep hydration even in extreme conditions. Furthermore, a highly bioavailability ceramides complex is aimed at improving the skin firmness.

“This is the first time to combine such powerful antioxidants with a patented ceramides complex allowing visible results in a time of weeks and not months as other products on the market. We are excited to bring this smart formula to help air crews who suffer from dry air, high UV exposure and bad blood circulation,” commented Dr. Mizuho Nasu from the NINAPHARM R&D center in Japan.

The originality of this formula is its ability to deliver the bio-actives deep into the skin, where typical skin care products do not reach. This formula also improves the overall body blood circulation, especially at the skin level, which assures its efficacy.

ACTIAGE® is now available on the French market, and will soon be available on the other international markets.

About NINAPHARM SAS:
Created in 1993 in France, by a team of nanotechnology experts, NINAPHARM’s laboratory focuses on the development of antioxidant active ingredients. NINAPHARM’s demonstrates constantly strong ability to progress in health, nutrition and beauty advancements and offers today unique innovative solutions which meet customer’s needs. With strong international presence and the best research teams, NINAPHARM intends to keep a leadership strategy and offer its international clients “the Best Antioxidant for Tomorrow.”

For more information, please contact:

NINAPHARM
Emma Cartier
Communications
16, Place Vendome
75001 Paris
FRANCE
Tel.: +33 1 53 45 28 60
E-mail: ecartier@ninapharm.com
Web: www.ninapharm.com

or:

FRENCH TECHNOLOGY PRESS OFFICE
205 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 3740
Chicago, IL 60601
Fax: (312) 327-5261
E-mail: contact.ftpo@ubifrance.fr

[JUNE 2009] – CURES by Avancé proudly announces its partnership with Innovative Spa & Salon Solutions.  With over 50 years of combined industry experience, Innovative prides itself on enhancing and impacting the professional beauty industry by providing superior service, exclusive salon products and innovative solutions.

“We at CURES by Avancé are extremely excited to partner with Innovative Spa and Salon Solutions.  We are proud to be aligned with such a well-respected organization and are confident that it will be a successful endeavor to broaden our reach of curative and corrective skincare,” said Dee DeLuca-Mattos, Vice President of CURES by Avancé.

At Innovative Spa & Salon Solutions, knowledge is power.  By understanding that salons and spas need to continually define themselves in today’s ever changing environment, Innovative is able to set its partners apart from the chaos of professional brands today.  Innovative not only offers the highest quality and most exclusive brands available, but they focus on helping their clients build their services to new levels.

In addition to offering customized promotion programs and business systems to fit their partners’ needs, Innovative is also proud to be the only distributor offering a 2000 sq. ft. educational learning center used exclusively to help the beauty professional improve their artistic and business skills.

CURES by Avancé represents a collection of skincare and bodycare products that are curative and corrective. Our goal is to focus on skin conditions and not on skin types. CURES by Avancé has created services and treatments that treat the root cause of the condition, offering long-term results.

Beautique.com is Urban Retreat’s online store, the luxury hair, beauty and Spa Company with salons in Harrods, Harvey Nicholls (Manchester) and Kingston.

With beauty tips and tricks on site, and a blog about pregnancy skincare, this beauty website really helps its customers to look and feel beautiful.

Beautique and Mizani, an afro Caribbean hair care range have also launched together a blog with many tips about how to style and care black hair http://black-haircare-blog.beautique.com/.

The blog readers had the opportunity to enter a competition through this blog, in order to celebrate the arrival of the premium black hair range, Mizani, at world renowned salon Urban Retreat, Harrods, and win a luxurious makeover and chauffeur driven to Harrods.

Black Hair is quite difficult to handle and to style, so find out here the 10 commandments to keep your hair curly and in an incredible shape:

1. Always use a conditioner after shampooing such as Mizani Fulfyl Conditioning Treatment or Moisturfuse Moisturizing Conditioner
2. When combing Afro or excessively curly hair, always comb from the ends working your way up to the root in order to reduce the risk of breakage
3. Always use a wide-toothed comb to detangle, preferably with a conditioner
4. Always gently blot dry hair instead of rough towel drying
5. Always use heat protection such as Mizani Thermastrength Style Serum when using heated styling tools
6. Have a conditioning treatment at least once a month such as Mizani Renew strength Shampoo, gelée, or Masque 7. Visit a professional stylist as often as possible to maintain the shape of your style and the condition of your hair
8. Protect your hair at night from loss of moisture and friction by using a night time treatment such as Mizani H2O Night Time Treatment and covering your hair with a silk scarf
9. Never have a permanent colour service less than two weeks before or after a relaxer service
10.Always protect your hair from the sun and damaging UV rays with a finishing product such as Mizani Shimmer Reflects Spritz witch contains UV filters.

For more tips about how to style your black hair visit this blog http://black-haircare-blog.beautique.com/.

For more general tips and skincare, hair care, makeup, or wellbeing products you may need and fancy, visit www.beautique.com

Chicago, May 8, 2009 (word count: 437) 

Since its creation, Ecocert is actively involved in environment protection and social responsibility. Its wide range of products and services — organic cosmetics, fair trade products, organic textiles, organic farming and inputs, ecological green spaces, organic home fragrance and cleaning products — makes this French company a key actor in sustainable development.

As an international certification body, Ecocert has been accredited to ISO Guide 65 by internationally recognized governmental authorities, ensuring complete confidentiality, independence, impartiality, and competence in the delivery of its certification services. The Ecocert name and seal are registered trademarks worldwide, and trusted by consumers, businesses, industry, and governments.

The Ecocert Standards for Natural and Organic Cosmetics were released in 2002 following a two-year-long consultation process involving scientists, consumers, industry leaders, and governmental representatives. It is legally registered and its implementation is overseen by governmental authorities. The main objectives of the Ecocert Standards are to define and promote a higher level of quality for cosmetics in general, to maximize the use of organic ingredients, and to ensure the optimal usage of true natural ingredients and ingredients from natural origin by setting minimum content requirements.

The standards cover key points that need to be fully evaluated and approved in order to achieve certification. These include: ingredients, processing aids, formulations, manufacturing equipment and processes, packaging material and usage, labels and marketing material, quality assurance and control, storage and handling practices, sanitation chemicals and practices, environmental stewardship, and record keeping.

Manufacturers, distributors, brand owners, and any operator wishing to use the Ecocert name on labels and marketing material must apply to and be duly inspected and certified by Ecocert.

Above all, Ecocert-certified cosmetic products give a guarantee to consumers, not only in the organic ingredients contents, but also in the strict choice of all the other ingredients according to environmental criteria, recyclable packing,  an audited traceability, manufacturing and distribution processes.

Ecocert is the only certification body that demands the display of the real organic percentage with an explication of its calculation.

The Standards are internationally recognized of the fact:
• That it has been exclusively developed for cosmetics, and therefore it is not an adaptation of a food regulation (that is, the main ingredient in a cosmetic product is the water, then there are processed ingredients and organic ingredients)
• That it has been developed along with scientists, consumers, industry leaders and governmental representatives
• That it is controlled by specialist chemical engineers

The preparation of the Cosmetics European Standards (COSMOS) was based on these Standards.

 For more information, please contact: 

 ECOCERT (France)
Julie Basdevant 
Communications
B.P. 47 – 32600 L’Isle Jourdain – FRANCE
Tel.: +33 (0)5 62 07 34 24
E-mail: julie.basdevant@ecocert.com
Web: www.ecocert.com

or:

 FRENCH TECHNOLOGY PRESS OFFICE
205 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 3740
Chicago, IL 60601
Phone: (312) 327-5260
E-mail: contact.ftpo@ubifrance.fr 

Beautique.com is Urban Retreat’s online store, the luxury hair, beauty and Spa Company with salons in Harrods, Harvey Nicholls (Manchester) and Kingston. It appeals to the discerning beauty buyer, she/he offering premium brands with exclusive products, expert help and beauty tips and tricks.

In the last 6 months Beautique has expanded its offer, bringing on board several new brands such as the innovative Dr Lewinn’s which offers women an alternative to surgery, Happy Cosmetics, a French company whose products contain only natural and organic ingredients, Dr Bragi, the Ukrainian Omorovizca, Skin.NY and many others.

Mizani, a L’Oreal brand dedicated to afro hair care, is also joining Beautique to provide black women luxurious and quality shampoo, conditioners and styling products. And as black women in UK struggle to find adapted products and services to afro hair, Beautique and Mizani are also creating a blog dedicated to this specific hair type.

Blooming Babe, a British company providing natural products for pregnant women, is now part of Beautique family. Working as partners, both companies launched a new blog dedicated to pregnant women. This blog will enable everyone to find answers, tips, and get solutions to skin and health problems during pregnancy.

In April the Danish firm Ole Henriksen with a large range of organic and high performance products will also be available on the online store with exclusive offers on Beautique website.

Beautique is not only providing products through the internet, but also offers a large LEARN section created in collaboration with the British Beauty Experts (Daniel Sandler, Margarett Dabbs, Roja Dove etc.), Beautique and the brands it works with.

Many tips and advices on makeup, body care, inner beauty, hair and fragrances are available on the website. Samantha Hamilton is recently publishing every month a beauty horoscope on that section. For astrologic reading addictives it is also possible to pre-order phone calls from Beautique.com to get coached by Samantha.

Hence, for any tips, skin problem, or just if you want to nurture yourself and get prepared for summer, do not hesitate in visiting www.beautique.com

Beautique.com, an online beauty store based in London, is working along with different famous and luxurious cosmetic brands such as SKIN.NY, Temple Spa, Dr Lewinn’s, Aveda, TIGI, and many others, to provide customers quality products but also beauty tips.

So Beautique.com doesn’t only give tricks to get better appearance, but it also tries to give healthy habits to its customers by explaining them human body mechanisms.

When your work-hard, play-hard lifestyle starts to feel as tired as the all-too-familiar tune of Oasis’ Cigarettes & Alcohol, you know that toxic living is taking its toll. It could be your wake up call to stop bombarding your body with chemicals and give it some time off.

With coffee bars to get us through the morning and cocktail bars to lead us into the night, it’s hardly surprising that our systems are loaded with dietary toxins like alcohol and caffeine -  our favourite non-prescription drugs that offer medication for every mood.

And if you’re still resolutely smoking despite the ban, you probably don’t need reminding about the 4,000 chemicals that you inhale every time. Among the list of industrial substances are acetone, ammonia, arsenic, butane, formaldehyde, lead and turpentine. It’s a real drag.

Then there are all the environmental toxins found in everything from cleaning products to flame retardants, which are absorbed through our skin. Plus all the pesticide residues, food additives and the chemicals in our water supply that we ingest every day. You could get a headache just thinking about it.

Indeed, signs of toxicity can include headaches, fatigue, aches and pains, mucus and digestive problems. And who doesn’t suffer from these from time to time?

Hence the stratospheric rise of the Detox, which promises everything from weight loss, a faster metabolism, better digestion and more energy to a stronger immune system, less stress, improved sleep and revitalised skin… It’s the cure-all for every contemporary complaint. Well maybe.

All you have to do is cut out all fats, sugar, refined foods, dairy products, meat, caffeine, alcohol and tobacco in favour of a strict diet of fresh fruits, vegetables, whole grains and as much water as you can stomach. It’s a bit like old-fashioned fasting, but with much more fibre. Just don’t plan on going anywhere that week.

Of course, you needn’t go as far as some eccentric souls in their pursuit of modern day purification. Reality TV celebrities have even drunk their own urine for the dubious pleasure of the extreme detox viewing public. But if this bottoms up approach makes you feel rather queasy, take comfort that there are many more relaxing ways you can indulge yourself, while cleansing your system at the same time.

Lymphatic drainage massage is an excellent way to encourage the removal of waste and excess fluids from the cells, while boosting the body’s natural immunity. This massage technique combines gentle pressure with soft pumping movements to boost the function of the lymphatic system, which is responsible for the elimination of waste, toxins and bacteria from the body. It can ease fatigue, bloating and aching muscles, leaving you feeling invigorated and energised.

For a treatment that you can do at home, dry body brushing is a highly effective way to stimulate the lymphatic system and the circulation. The skin is the largest organ of the body and is therefore the greatest area from which toxins are eliminated.

Use a natural bristle brush, a dry wash cloth or loofah and make small, circular strokes, moving upwards from your legs in the direction of the heart, then from the top of the neck downwards to the same point. Skin brushing in the morning is invigorating and will help combat cellulite, sloughing away dead skin, leaving it smooth and glowing. Once you’re tingling all over, hop in the shower or bath to complete your treatment, because hydrotherapy is another great way to cleanse and stimulate the lymphatic system.

For total relaxation and skin rejuvenation from head-to-toe, you cannot beat a Paraffin Wax Bath. Very few places still offer this age-old treatment, although at Urban Retreat at Harrods, therapist Mitzi Scheiderer has been practicing this vintage treatment for twenty eight years; Helene Pavlo for nineteen years.

Suitable for women of all ages, the Paraffin Wax Bath treatment was historically used in hospitals to treat patients suffering from aches and pains. 15 litres of wax is heated up to a temperature of 38/39 degrees then poured over the body. After being wrapped up warmly in towels and a blanket, you are left to relax for 30 minutes. Pure bliss.

If you can’t afford Spa treatments and massages you can find some great products to protect you body from toxic environment such as

-Exposure® Dermatological Detox Mask which is recommended for regular skin protection against environmental stress and toxic substances, and to soothe and regenerate sensitive or irritated skin.

-Colonic Hydrotherapy

-Murad Clarifying Body Wash is a refreshing yet gentle scrub that can be used daily to exfoliate, deep clean pores and prevent future breakouts.

-Rodial Body Sculpture is a gel that stimulates tissue drainage to firm, tighten and tone your skin while stimulating pomegranate extract, bio marine active and wheat protein help break down fatty deposits.

For further information about how to detox your body, the products and treatments in Spas mentioned in this article, do not hesitate in visiting the website www.beautique.com.

Top New England dental practice first to offer skincare to the Boston area

Dr. Damian Meola is one of the first dentists in the Greater Boston area to begin offering a wide array of skincare treatments. He finds that providing additional aesthetic options for patients provides them a unique setting of coordinated care at one location. Reports Dr. Meola “When people change or alter a smile, there is often a need or desire for extra services to compliment those changes. We launched Smile Spa to respond to that.”

What is the Smile Spa? Located within the same practice as Damian Meola and Associates, Smile Spa offers a range of non-surgical cosmetic treatments to enhance skin and correct certain conditions. Advanced Facials, microdermabrasion, peels, light treatments and many other highly advanced options are available to enhance skin tone and correct issues.

“There is a synergy between the smile, the skin and a sense of confidence that having both in great shape brings.,” says Dr. Meola. “Patients have really responded to the idea that they can enjoy pampering services within a dental practice.” Adds Stacey Powell, Smile Spa’s certified aesthetician.

“The best results I have found in either correcting specific troubling conditions or maintaining healthy skin is with a product line called Environ. We are proud to offer a range of treatments which are results oriented and highly effective yet gentle using this intelligent medical line.” Says Stacey.

Dr. Meola says of his new Smile Spa, “We are constantly in search of new ways to offer our patients services that enhance the way they look. Our Smile Spa has now given us an edge in this search.”

Watch for seasonal special offers.

Contact – Stacey Powell at 781-893 7500

Main Street
Waltham, MA 02453
781-893-7500

After being an esthetician for 10 years, and never having Restalyne or Botox or any type of fillers, I’ve been on the hunt for a home care device that would give me the lift without possible side effects later in life… And I’ve found it. It is a micro-current unit that takes five minutes per day.

Muscles have memory. When you continually concentrate (which tends to cause frown lines) or smile (which causes the ‘parenthesis around your mouth’, these lines tend to stay put.

I’ve tried to stop smiling, but that’s just not my nature.

After using this unit one time, I was flabergasted by the lift I got all through the night. I felt like I had a face lift or even injection (even though I can only imagine the pain and feeling of that).

I am the spa director and licensed California esthetician in Orange County, and would love to show you my new secret. Book a 75 minute facial with a micro-current lift. Kim, Skinsations Spa 714-731-7300 x0.

What is Cellulite? (www.beautique.com)

Scientists suggest that 8 out of 10 women will have cellulite to varying degrees at some point in their lives, regardless of their weight, diet & exercise. So you are not alone!

Cellulite is a term used to describe the encrustation of fat cells by the body’s waste products. The effects of the calcified waste products building around the fat cells restricts metabolism. The metabolism is also restricted during hormone fluctuations as the cells swell and increase in water content. This basically means the flow of nutrients and oxygen to the cell and waste from the cell is inhibited. The cells weaken, connective tissue breaks down and the fat cells push through into the Dermis resulting in an orange peel effect on the Epidermis.

What causes Cellulite?

Medical evidence suggests that the prime cause of cellulite is hormonal. The hormonal fluctuations that occur during the normal course of life are thought to be triggers. This includes: puberty, monthly menstruating, pregnancy, HRT and oral contraceptives.

Other proven causes are free radical damage which can cause a break down in the cell wall allowing leakage from the cell, this can cause, inflammation and Oedema in the tissue. The cell is 80% water and 20% protein. Water is Oxygen, Oxygen is energy and essential to life, if the cell dehydrates it depletes in energy and mitotic activity is restricted. The tissue then becomes slack and congested with toxic waste. In severe cases this could also mean a breakdown in the immune system.

Contributing Factors include:

Congested tissue and free radical damage can be the result of anything which inhibits the body in its attempt to rid itself of waste products:

• Not drinking enough water – the fountain of life!
• Sun exposure
• Smoking
• Drinking alcohol
• Coffee
• Poor diet
• Not enough exercise
• Additives in food
• Chemicals in products
• Medication
• Prolonged illness
• Stress
• Not enough exercise
• Lack of daily bowel movements

Cellulite is laid down over a period of time and has four stages of progression.

In the normal healthy cellulite free condition the adipose cell is allowed to function properly and both the blood and lymph circulate freely. The air we breathe and the foods we eat are metabolised by the cell; their function is to separate the nutrients and oxygen from the waste. The blood flow will then transport the nutrients and oxygen to feed and nourish the body while the lymphatic system transports the waste to the nearest draining node.

Stage 1
In the first stage of cellulite the permeability of the capillary walls changes. This causes the plasma to leak into the interstitial fluid where it accumulates and stagnates between the adipocyte cells. This causes them to become dissociated and disorganised or what we know as free radical.

Stage 2
In the second stage of cellulite the network of fine reticular fibers or connective tissue starts to multiply and thicken causing obstruction of the microcirculation. Metabolic wastes and nutrients are then not sufficiently exchanged between the circulatory system and the adipocyte cells.

Stage 3
By this time the adipocyte cells have become encrusted with metabolic wastes. They will now begin to harden and significantly slow down the metabolism.

They start to cluster together and become encapsulated in the fibers of the surrounding connective tissue, thus forming micro-nodules and becoming separated from the rest of the functioning tissue. As the cells merge to form micro-nodules they can trap the nerve endings that serve them.

Stage 4
This is the most sever stage and can be felt as hard granules when palpated. Groups of micro-nodules now begin to merge forming macro-nodules in the connective tissue.

At this stage the cellulite can become very painful to the touch and bruise easily due to the inhibited circularity system. This person is likely to have broken capillaries.

StyleBell combines shopping, content and community to showcase the latest must-have hair appliances with down to earth editorial and an innovative Blog focused on the specific needs of their customers for a more personalized shopping experience.

There are so many different flat irons and hair dryers on the market, all with different, confusing technologies. As online retailer StyleBell grew their hair appliance e-commerce site, they quickly recognized an overwhelming need for education and information about these products and created the StyleBell Blog to fill the void.

“While we all can’t wait to read the latest issues of InStyle, Allure and Elle, and would love to recreate celebrity hairstyles,” explains StyleBell Editor Shelley Nicoletti, we aren’t always sure which appliances are best for our individual styling needs. This confusion inspired us to create a user friendly blog geared towards education through conversation. Our friend-like dialogue is extremely beneficial to the consumer trying to navigate through many pricey hair appliances loaded with unintelligible perks like nano-fuzeion technology and far-infrared heating she states.

StyleBell sets itself apart from the competition by acknowledging the smart, savvy individuals who do their homework before buying an expensive hair appliance. Everyone wants to find the products that work best for them – but how do you really know? The StyleBell Blog gives all the answers in a conversational tone that endears them instantly with their target market. Explaining why certain technologies work, and more importantly, for whom they work best, has been met with overwhelmingly positive response and the growth potential is outstanding.

“StyleBell’s explosive growth has been organic. By maintaining a fantastic relationship with manufacturers, magazines and the blog community, we were able to grow virally very quickly. Our word of mouth advertising has been phenomenal” explains Shelley. “We have an obsession with listening – some customer service calls can last 20 minutes or longer. In our industry, that’s rare.”

“Everyone loves to tell a friend about a great shopping experience. Our editorial gets passed around the web as a valuable resource” states Shelley. “We’ve even seen our articles on competitive websites – it’s unfortunate, but we have the best information so we don’t mind being the leader.”

“At StyleBell, it’s not about a sale; it’s about creating a valuable online experience. That’s the future of online shopping. How stylish.