Face

Dr. Owusu Skincare Review

June 21, 2013 By Brande Greider

Disclaimer: The Fashionable Housewife received the following product in exchange for writing a review. While we consider it a privilege to receive free products to review, our reviews are our honest opinion and thoughts of the product.

I took the Dr. Owusu’s Skin Care Challenge! “Give us one week and we will give you softer, smoother, looking skin!” Were they right? Keep reading to find out!

I’m very happy to say that Dr. Owusu products are against ALL animal testing and are made in the USA.

Let’s get to it!

Dr. Owusu Detoxifying Facial Masque – First off, it has a very pleasant scent. The product looks and has the color of a clay like material. This masque can be used 3 times a week, wash off after 30 minutes or can be used for overnight. The masque is smooth to apply; as it dries I had a warming feeling. One I took the masque off my face felt smooth and healthy looking.

Dr. Owusu Exfoliating Facial Scrub – Another great smell when you open it. The facial scrub has the consistency of sugar or sand. Apply a small amount and exfoliate, then wash it off, the difference is amazing. I could almost feel my face breathe.

Dr. Owusu Sangria Shea Soap Bar – It is a vegetable soap base, packed with cocoa butter, shea butter, oat flour, and fragrance. This is such a wonderful smelling and refreshing soap.

Dr. Owusu Revitalizing Facial Serum – This is a must need for us that are getting older. Such a wonderful product that help those problem spots smooth out. Use this in your daily routine on your face and neck. Your confidence will grow and you will look fabulous!

To answer the question from above – YES, they are right!

You can find Dr. Owusu products on her site at www.buydro.com.

Filed Under: Beauty, Face, Fashion Advice, Reviews, Shopping, Skin Care

Spa Sonic – The Affordable Skin Care System

May 3, 2013 By Brande Greider

Spa Sonic where have you been all my life! The Spa Sonic Face & Body Polisher is a 7 piece professional kit. Each kit comes with the main device which runs on 4 AA batteries, 2 small brushes, 1 large brush, a facial sponge, and a pumice. The Spa Sonic has you covered face to toes!

The small brushes are to be used for your face, they are very soft. No more scrubbing with those pads in the cans. Use your favorite cleaning product to the brush or your face, it is very gentle on your face. The large brush is for your body, apply your soap and use this in a circular motion. I’ve never used a facial sponge before, they are meant to improve the elasticity of your face. I put on my facial lotion and what a difference when I used the facial sponge! With summer right around the corner, I couldn’t wait to use the pumice on my feet. They’ve been needing TLC for some time now. My heals are soft and callus are gone.

One of my questions was can I use this in the shower, and yes I can! The brushes are easy to change and clean.

Spa Sonic is available to your local Costco, Target, Walmart, Walgreens, & CVS Stores, as well as online at the Spa Sonic Site.

Mother’s Day is right around the corner! Why pay for all those expensive services when you can do it at home!? Plus, The Spa Sonic tested comparably to the Clarisonic® Plus Skin Care System in an independent study conducted by the leading consumer testing laboratory. Notably, the Spa Sonic is much more affordable so it would make an excellent Mother’s Day gift!

The Spa Sonic will be $39.99 from April 21st to May 18th at Walgreens. It’s listed on the weekly deals page – that’s 40% off of $64.99!

Filed Under: Beauty, Body, Budget Beauty, Face, Hands & Feet, Reviews, Skin Care Tagged With: Clarisonic, Facial care, Facial Scrub, Mother's Day, Mother's Day beauty gifts, Mother's Day Gift, mother's day gift ideas, skin care system, Spa Sonic, Spa Sonic Skin Care System

I’m Positively Radiant with AVEENO Intensive Night Cream

April 28, 2013 By The Fashionable Housewife

Have you ever seen The Fashionable Housewife sans makeup? Well things are about to get interesting…

me and Aveeno

Well my night time routine is something I actually look forward to now that I’m using a new night cream. I’m loving the Total Soy Complex in AVEENO® POSITIVELY RADIANT Intensive Night Cream that I got from the Influenster program.

Aveeno

The AVEENO® POSITIVELY RADIANT® Intensive Night Cream, formulated with ACTIVE NATURALS® Total Soy Complex and vitamin B3, helps to reduce the appearance of discoloration, uneven tone and blotchiness, revealing healthier-looking skin.

I love the texture and it applies so smoothly. It’s not oily and heavy like most night creams. It’s just very moisturizing and creamy – the perfect balance. I cleanse my face with Avalon CoQ10 Cleansing Cream (which I am OBSESSED with) to remove the makeup and mascara, then I pat my face dry with a clean washcloth and apply the night cream all over my face and neck. I then follow with Yes to Grapefruit Dark Circle Correcting Eye Cream. Bliss!

What is your night time routine consist of?

DISCLAIMER: I received Aveeno product complimentary from Influenster for testing purposes.

Filed Under: Aging / Wrinkles, Beauty, Budget Beauty, Face, Reviews, Skin Care Tagged With: active naturals, Avalon, Avalon CoQ10 cleansing cream, Aveeno, aveeno positively radiant, Influenster, intensive night cream, night time routine, Yes To Grapefruit

5 Ways To Get Ready for Spring

March 26, 2013 By The Fashionable Housewife

Spring is officially here, even though I still see about 2 feet of snow in my yard, I’m holding out hope that I will see Robin’s soon! I’m itching to break out the pastels and floral prints. Meanwhile, here are 5 ways to get ready for Spring!

Get Clean!
with
Target, Oral-B, Listerine

Got spring fever? Dial knows just how you feel and they want you to feel like you can escape without even having to leave your own home! Dial’s new Coconut Water Body Wash and Skin Therapy Body Wash with Himalayan Salt. Dial brings the super popular and ultra-hydrating powers of coconut water right into your own bathroom! You’ll be ready to face your busy day with a essence of the tropics. These new Body Washes pair perfectly with their new 7-Day Moisturizing Lotion that I’m already totally in love with!

Clean your mouth out with Listerine Mouthwash, Listerine Whitening Toothpaste and an Oral-B Power Toothbrush. You’ll blast the winter layers right off your teeth and your mouth will feel as fresh as spring smells. Delightful!

Don’t forget your pores! Unclog those holes with Biore Deep Cleansing Pore Strips and Biore Blemish Fighting Ice Cleanser for a clean start that you’ll be able to see AND feel.

Get Bikini Ready
with
Bliss, Mama Mio, Delfin Spa

If you have around 20 pounds to lose, you might think it’s impossible to lose that weight before summer… Guess what? IT’S NOT! I lost 18 pounds in 8 weeks on the Dukan Diet and a total of 20 pounds total so I am now down to the weight I was when I got married almost 10 years ago! I’ve had two children and I gained 50+ pounds with both my pregnancies. I thought I would never lose the weight, but I DID! All thanks to The Dukan Diet!

If you don’t need to lose weight (Good for you!) you still want to firm and tone your skin before slipping into that new swimsuit. Products like Bliss FatGirlSlim coupled with the cellulite-fighting power of the Bliss Lean Machine will get those gams ready for the beach. I also love the Mama Mio Bikini Confidence Travel Kit and the Bootcamp for Butts Kit is amazing!

Every woman should own a pair of Anti Cellulite Shorts! One of the fastest ways to lose a few pounds (along with diet and exercise!) is Anti Cellulite Shorts. They help to increase your body’s core temperature which makes you sweat, dumping excess water retention. It also helps to increase the rate at which you burn calories, making your exercise routine more effective. A must-have for every girl!

Check out our article Get Fit Quick Just Like A Celebrity and How To Get Back In Shape After Holidays Binging for more tips on losing weight quickly and find out how you can Lose 2 Jean Sizes in 2 Weeks with Zaggora Hot Pants.

If you are desperate for fast results, consider i-Lipo Laser Liposuction Treatment. It costs about $250-$500 per session and you will visibly lose INCHES within an hour. Check out my before and after photos from just one session!

BB Beauty Balm Cream – What’s The Best?

March 22, 2013 By The Fashionable Housewife

Are you looking for the best BB cream for oily skin? Which BB cream brand is the best? Have you been searching for the best rates BB cream in the US? Well, we tried a bunch of Beauty Balm Creams to see which ones rated the best in our book!

1. Urban Decay Naked Skin Beauty Balm

At the number one spot is Urban Decay! It is hands down the best BB cream tinted moisturizer I have ever tried. Period. It is the perfect shade, blends into skin seamlessly while minimizing the appearance of pores, lines, wrinkles and redness instantly. It even promises significantly firmer, more lifted skin in 8 weeks. Hell, I don’t even care about that part! I just LOVE how my skin looks after I put this on. It’s the main component of my 5-minute 5-product beauty routine. It’s a must-have for ALL skin types! I highly recommend it!!!!

Get it: Sephora.com – $34

2. Miracle Skin Transformer BB Cream

Really not in second place at all, this is truly another favorite of mine and I would buy it in bulk if it were just a tiny bit more affordable! This five-in-one formula is designed to hydrate, prime, enhance, mattify, and protect skin in a single step. It goes on smoother than any other BB cream I’ve tried, looks totally natural, protects your skin with SPF 20 and leaves your face looking refreshed, rather than weighed down. I also like this one because it’s available in 8 shades!

Get it: Sephora.com – $48

3. Stila Stay All Day® 10-In-One Beauty Balm

I like this one because it has a touch of shimmer to it that illuminates the skin and gives you an amazing “glow” that looks natural – not sparkly. It’s an all-in-one, high-definition, age-defying beauty balm that is packed with broad-spectrum SPF 30 and ready for action. This would be my “date night” BB cream pick because the added touch of shimmer that illuminates skin is my idea of “dressing up” considering my busy-mom lifestyle. I found that this one was also good for oily skin and did not clog my pores. Bonus! I recommend this one for sure.

Get it: Sephora.com – $38

4. Clinique Age Defense BB Cream

If you have mature skin (35+) and you are looking for a double-duty BB cream that will not only make you look great today, but help improve your skin for tomorrow, then you will want to try Clinique’s Age Defense BB Cream. I am a huge fan of almost ALL CLinique products and this one is no exception. Expertly shaded to match so many skin tones and yet, it’s available in three shades, just in case you want to get picky. Goes on smooth, hide fine lines and feels light as a feather. Perfect for the spring and summer months. I definitely recommend it!

Get it: Sephora.com – $37

5. Perfekt Skin Perfection Gel

Last but certainly not least is this multitasking all-in-one vitamin enriched, sweat-resistant and water-resistant skin perfector that is a lot like a BB cream. It glides on skin effortlessly to instantly improve your skin tone all while reducing redness and helping to minimize the appearance of enlarged pores and fine lines. It’s one of my favorites but I have to put it in spot number 5 because of the price alone! It’s $57.50 for just 1 oz!!!! Still, it’s one of my favorites and I recommend it for all skin types.

Get it: Sephora.com – $57.50

Disclaimer: Some of the products in this post I received to review and some I purchased on my own. I only write about products I personally like and use, regardless of how they were acquired.

Filed Under: Acne, Aging / Wrinkles, Beauty, Face, Foundation, Primers, Rosacea Tagged With: bb cream, bb cream for oily skin, beauty balm, best bb cream, best bb cream brands, Clinique, miracle skin transformer, naked skin, Oily Skin, Perfekt Skin Perfection Gel, stila, tinted moisturizer, Urban Decay

5 Ways to Soothe and Treat Dry Skin

March 16, 2013 By The Fashionable Housewife

Dry-skin I don’t know about you, but winter certainly took a toll on my poor skin. I ended up with a dry, eczema-type patch under my nose – above my top lip. I tried about half a dozen different beauty products on it that promised to deliver “extreme moisture” but none of them worked. That is until I tried Miracle Skin Transformer Heal Everything Balm. Not only did it repair the dry, red patch of skin but also locked the moisture in so it wouldn’t happen again. I ended up with smooth, supple, nourished looking skin after just a week of using it. I was so relieved to have finally found something that WORKED!

The unique formula of this “Heal Everything Balm” blends waxes, essential oils, botanical antioxidants and reparative ingredients like Manuka Honey and Japanese Licorice Root Extract to help hydrate, enhance and protect the skin.

5 Ways to Soothe and Treat Dry Skin:

1) Moisturizer: Apply after cleansing skin to prevent skin from drying out.

2) Mask: Refrigerate overnight and apply to skin in the am for a cold soothing mask.

3) Spot-treatment: Apply to pimples to help reduce redness and to soothe inflammation

4) Night Cream: Apply as a night time moisturizer anywhere you need extra moisture

5) Lips: Apply on winter chapped lips for soothing relief to puckered pouts

miracle-skin-transformer-heal-everything-balm

Retails for $26 (Worth every penny!)

Available at Sephora and Nordstrom stores nationwide, Bergdorf Goodman NY, www.nordstrom.com, www.sephora.com, Amazon.com and www.miracleskintransformer.com

Other products I tried that did not work on my under-nose dry patch of skin includes:

Vaseline Lip Therapy

Jack Black Intense Therapy Lip Balm

Vermont’s Original Bag Balm Protective Ointment

Nivea Cream

Melvita Lips Stick

Jafra Daily Extra Care Body Balm

* Normally, I like most of those products and they are very moisturizing but for some reason, the dry patch under my nose was hardcore and required a tougher product to get the job done. After 2 weeks of using “Heal Everything Balm” morning and night, my dry patch was completely healed and unnoticeable. I now use it once a week just in case it decides to come back!

Disclaimer: We received a sample of some of the products mentioned above for the purpose of product testing. This does not effect our opinion of the products in any way. We only write about products we personally like and use, regardless of how they were acquired.

Filed Under: Beauty, Body, Face, Lip Balm / Treatment, Skin Care Tagged With: Bag Balm, heal dry skin, heal everything balm, Jack Black, Jafra, Lip Balm, Melvita, miracle skin transformer, Moisturizer, NIVEA, sooth dry skin, treat dry skin, Vaseline

Get Fit Quick Just Like A Celebrity

February 27, 2013 By The Fashionable Housewife

Post-Oscars, are you wondering how you can get a perky chest like Catherine Zeta Jones, a waist like Jennifer Lawrence, and legs like Kelly Rowland? We got some tips for you that will help you get fit quick just like a celebrity!

Mama Mio has some awesome products such as Boob Tube, Get Waisted and Lucky Legs. I have personally tried and LOVE all three of those products and can attest to their awesomeness. Boob Tube helps tighten and tone saggy breasts (Use in conjunction with Skin Tight for an at-home boob job!), while Get Waisted has caffeine and other natural ingredients that help stimulate your body to tone the area. Lucky Legs is a must for the summer months when you need to bare those gams.

mama mio products

Here is what Mama Mio has to say about these products…

· Boob Tube: Go from saggy and crepey to firm, sexy and supple. Boob Tube is amazing because the quality of your skin changes so quickly.

· Get Waisted: Dramatically increases the destruction of fat leading to a tighter, less wobbly tummy

· Lucky Legs: A mini-spa treatment that glides on to instantly cool and ease weary limbs from knees to tippy toes. Leaves a super-subtle sparkly-shimmer on your shins and a spring in your step.

These Mama Mio Products range in price from $19.50 – $56.00 and can be purchased at http://www.mamamio.com

I recommend using Get Waisted in conjunction with Delfin Spa Bio Ceramic Anti Cellulite Capris!!

You’re thinking… “Seriously? Anti-Cellulite Capris?” Yeah, I’m not kidding around. These things have become a essential part of my life and I can’t imagine living without them. I’m literally wearing a pair of them, right now.

What are Anti Cellulite Shorts, you say? Let me tell you all about these little miracles…

They are fitted shorts (or capris) that feel a lot like a wetsuit (that you would wear when scuba diving). These babies are not your average workout wear that wicks away moisture… Quite the opposite! These help to increase your body’s core temperature which makes you sweat like mad and rid excess water retention. It also helps to increase the rate at which you burn calories, increases your metabolism and makes your exercise routine more effective. Um, is that the Hallelujah chorus I hear? Yeah, I thought so.

I have personally tried and can wholeheartedly recommend Delfin Spa Bio Ceramic Anti Cellulite Shorts which retail for around $39.99 and come in sizes Extra Small to Extra Large. They can be purchased on Amazon.com for $39.99, Drugstore.com for $35.09 or Delfinspa.com for $39.99.

Bio Ceramic Anti-Cellulite Shorts Make Inches Disappear, quite literally. It says to wear them for 2 weeks to lose up to 2 pant sizes! No, that was NOT a typo! I was elated when I tried them out this past summer and lost a whole pants after just THREE DAYS of wearing them. Read more about Delfin Spa Pants >>

Another item you might take into consideration as bikini-season approaches…

There is a new product on the market that promises to not only reduce wrinkles, decrease body fat, increase lean muscle mass, boost energy, but it will also rev up your sex drive and make you look and feel DECADES younger! Um, yeah, sign me up for that boat!

Here is the latest news on the Anti-Aging product that is sweeping the nation…

A recent article on favorite celebrity gossip site Radar Online listed “The 10 Most Flawless Faces Of Awards Season,” highlighting the creamy complexions of beauties like Ann Hathaway, Jennifer Lawrence, and Helen Hunt. Then the always-hip site revealed a little secret to its readers: “But you don’t have to be a celebrity to look younger and achieve flawless skin.” Rather than touting a new skin cream or cosmetic, however, it joined the ranks of media moguls like The Today Show, Good Morning America, Fox News, CNN, and The Dr. Oz Show, who’ve all been running features on human growth hormone (hGH) therapy. hGH therapy is rapidly becoming the hottest new “it” treatment among Hollywood A-Listers due to its touted ability to reduce wrinkles, decrease body fat, increase lean muscle mass, boost energy, rev up sex drive, and make you look and feel decades — not years, but DECADES — younger.

With all the attention SeroVital-hgh has been getting, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to find. It’s currently available at select Ulta stores, and will be available on a limited basis at prestige retailers across the U.S. If you can’t wait, try ordering it directly from the manufacturer at www.SeroVital.com or 1-800-544-2671. Use promo code SERO18 at checkout and get free shipping.*

And last but not least, if you need to lose weight, we HIGHLY recommend The Dukan Diet! I lost 18 pounds in 8 weeks on The Dukan Diet and finally got my pre-baby body back!