Age Gracefully with NuSkin ageLOC®

My celebrity trainer friend Kat Garcia always says  "Abs are made in the kitchen! Torn in the gym! 80% nutrition, 20% sweat!"

No doubt about it, nutrition is key not just to staying in top shape, but also to good health, and a feeling of overall wellness all together.

This is also the premise of NuSkin's latest anti-aging supplement, ageLOC® Y-Span which is now available in the country starting this August. That key being, to give the body what it needs nutritionally so it can continue to do what it is designed to do — live more youthful, energetic and healthy years. 

ageLOC® Y-Span has a unique capsule technology – Licap® – that allows for both liquids and solids to be delivered together in a single hard shell capsule. This technology improves the bioavailability of fat-soluble ingredients, which help ensure the delivery of anti-aging benefits

ageLOC® Y-Span was designed with highly innovative gene expression science and features a unique blend of natural ingredients that are not readily available in everyday diets. Ingredients include purple corn extract, alpha lipoic acid, CoQ10, citrus bioflavonoids, resveratrol, and vitamin K2, among others. 

If it sounds out of the ordinary, its because each ingredient was carefully selected for its unique health benefits and ability to positively impact gene expression to create a proprietary blend that delivers broad spectrum benefits. 

It supports DNA integrity, systemic cytokine responses, and antioxidant protection while promoting healthy brain, eyes, heart, skin, immune function, bones, joints, lipid metabolism, and physical performance. No doubt about it, ageLOC® Y-Span is NuSkin’s most advanced anti-aging dietary supplement, and possibly the best in the market today. Because I've never heard of an anti-aging supplement until I learned about this!

While we are on the subject of anti-aging, I might as well let you know of the other anti-aging products  and services you might want to check out at NuSkin, should you decide to drop by their Ortigas Walk-In Center. It's open to the public, Monday to Friday (11AM to 9PM) and on Saturday (10AM to 7 PM).

First of course is an introduction to the ageLOC® products: the Cleanser + Toner, Day SPF, Serum and Night Cream. I went home with the Cleanse + Tone and have been trying it out for a week now. It is quite amazing, leaving skin feeling clean and fresh without feeling tight at all.

There's a BioPhotonic Scanner which measures anti-oxidants in our system. I did this before at LifeScience, where my skin carotenoid score was pretty good, landing in the green zone. Sad to say, I fared poorly this time, finding myself in the yellow zone. I tried to figure out the demotion, and I have to admit, I haven't been eating as healthy lately. I've caved in to junk food in the last two months whereas I remember never eating a bag of chips that time I took it at LifeScience because Tepper was purely breastfed pa. See, nutrition really is key. More fruits and vegetables for me, please!

Now, I have to be honest about this. This is the blinged out, Swarovski'd version of NuSkin's popular Anti-Aging Galvanic Spa System, but it's just so donya, this is what I'm putting out here. It's basically a spa in a gadget, and helps work in products and treatments deeper into the skin. You can try it out when you go to an ageLOC® expo.

The basic version is Php21,500 and already comes with 2 boxes of Galvanic Face Gels. There's also an ageLOC® Galvanic Body Spa System too, which covers more surface area than this.

If you've always wanted to have your Body Composition analyzed, this Karada Scan Body Composition and Scale tells you more than just your weight, but also your body fat, Body Mass Index (BMI), visceral fat, and Basic Metabolic Rate (BMR).

Oh, and your body age too! I swear this machine does not lie, because it says my body age is 30 lang. 10 years younger, woohoo. Hahaha.

There's a Facial Analysis System, similar to the Visia Imaging System I've tried before. If you want to really look into the state of your skin, pores, wrinkles, texture, porphyrins and all, this is facing the cold, hard, truth.

You may also get a whiff of their various essential oils at the Epoch Essential Oils station. These can be applied on to skin or used to scent a room via diffuser. Either way, it's a natural and proven way to heal both body and mind and if you're looking for essential oils, they have it right here.

I quite enjoyed my morning at the ageLOC® expo, trying out their anti-aging services and discovering new products I would have tried if I didn't have to leave early. It was also great meeting Blaise Fortuna, NuSkin's Marketing Communications Manager, whose name sounded so familiar, I felt like we've met before. Turns out we have, on Instagram. How fun is that! 

For more about NuSkin, visit www.nuskin.com, follow @nuskinph on Instagram, or visit NuSkin Philippines at the 15/F of Octagon Center, Ortigas Center, Pasig City.

Meet the Miracle Duo from Olay Regenerist

Here’s my Mom with my Dad. Everything I learned about beauty, I got from her.

But her concept of beauty is different. It’s the French kind. We don’t have a drop of French blood, but it has always been her kind of thing, you know what I mean? 

She is never one to put makeup on, but she is serious about skin care. Boy is she serious about skin care. Creams and all that. She swears by Oil of Olay, or just Olay, as we younger ones call it. 

The effects are pretty obvious though right? Her hair may be salt and pepper, but her face is virtually unlined. For a woman in her mid-60s, this is no mean feat. I mean, look at me, I’m two years shy of 40 and my crow’s feet should be hiding in shame next to hers. 

I guess what I’m driving at is, we should all be serious about skin care. The rewards outweigh the time and effort we invest in religiously applying serums and creams at night. We don’t want to be 60 and thinking, “OMG I should have have started a skin care regimen when I was much younger.” 

If you think anti-aging skin care is something you shouldn’t be worrying about now, well you better know that French women start their anti-aging regimen at 25 years old. 

Make no excuses, any 25 year old can definitely afford the Miracle Duo from Olay Regenerist.

The Pre-Essence is Php999 at the Microsculpting Cream is Php1299

The Olay Regenerist Miracle Boost Youth Pre-Essence is the latest trend in Asian skin care. The Pre-Essence is meant to jump-start your skin care regimen with just a drop, regenerating millions of cells and boosting surface cell metabolism to levels comparable to younger skin. 

Where does it go into your skin care regimen you ask? Just apply it after cleansing and drying your face, in the morning and before retiring at night. 

Once absorbed, it is best used with Olay’s award-winning Regenerist Micro-sculpting Cream. 

Together with the Pre-Essence it becomes a Miracle Duo that brings: 

1. 2X key active penetration into the epidermis; 

2. Skin that looks up to 10 years younger. 

And isn’t that what women want? 

Olay Regenerist Miracle Boost Youth Pre-essence is exclusively available at Lazada.com.ph/Olay.

Olay Regenerist Microsculpting Cream is available in Lazada, leading drugstores, department stores, and supermarkets. 

P.S. I’ve been using SK-II (another amazing skin care product from P&G) since I was 26 and I cannot stress enough how using the SK-II Facial Treatment and Cellumination Essence with the moisturizing cream has helped me look much younger than my current 38 (fine, going on 39). But why spend a fortune on SK-II when there’s the Miracle Duo from Olay Regenerist ;)

MFO's Verdict On: Kosmea Skin Clinic Certified Organic Rose Hip Oil

The Product: Kosmea’s Skin ClinicTM Certified Organic Rose Hip Oil 

Rose hip oil is the multi-tasking beauty product everyone is talking about. The much- hyped miracle ingredient was first bottled by the innovative, Australian family-owned Kosmea in 1993.

Kosmea sources its rose hip oil from a 100% USDA certified organic wild crop from the Maluti Mountains in Lesotho, South Africa. This process helps provide a sustainable economy for an otherwise poverty stricken community.

Setting itself apart from the pack, Kosmea extracts rose hip oil without heat or solvents, retaining all the anti-ageing vitamins, essential fatty acids and antioxidants to give your skin a healthy glow.

The Promise:

The benefits of Kosmea’s Skin ClinicTM Certified Organic Rose Hip Oil are undeniable – it protects, repairs and adds radiance to your skin like nothing else can.

Rich in essential fatty acids, vitamins and antioxidants, this easily-absorbed oil is a real treat for the skin. It may:

• help smooth wrinkles 
• heals wounds and reduce appearance of scars, from minor burn scars to acne scars
• moisturise and soothe dry, sensitive and sun-damaged skin
• helps treat pigmentation, stretchmarks, cradle cap and nappy rash
• nourish and hydrate ageing skin
• balance oily skin
• reduce the appearance of blemishes
• Great for giving that glow to dull, tired skin!

It is free of harmful chemicals, colorants, fragrances, mineral oils and animal products – it is simply ‘skincare as nature intended.’

Put to the Test:

The instruction reads like this:

Apply 2-3 drops to slightly damp skin morning and night after cleansing and before applying your daily moisturiser. Applying to slightly damp skin will allow for the oil to absorb quicker and deeper into the skin.

This is how one drop of Kosmea's Rose Hip oil looks like:

And it covers a lot of area as it is. I use about 2 drops to massage onto 2 cm. long stretch marks on each butt cheek, which I got while pregnant with Xavi. In two months, the angry, red stretch marks faded well enough for me to expose my butt cheeks if I wanted to. Not that I want to, but just to say, they're practically indiscernible unless scrutinized. Wahaha.

I love that it absorbs easily and does not leave an oily film. While the oil is dark, it does not stain clothes.

Seeing how effective it is, I now use it in lieu of an eye cream. Let's see in a few months how it works for the skin around my eyes. I realize, I can also use it for the kids' minor scratches and booboos because of its healing properties.

Let me point out that this does NOT smell like roses, just because it's called a rose hip oil. It has a plant kind of smell, not entirely pleasant, but not gross in any way. It disappears eventually, so it's not a bother at all.

Passing the Verdict: I would buy again in a heartbeat before I run out. Because it has so many uses, it's useful and just handy to have around the house, doubling as an anti-ageing/beauty serum, moisturizer and first-aid for minor wounds.

Practical Tip: Kosmea suggests mixing the oil with foundation then applying onto our skin for a dewy, glowing complexion. This could be worth a try, and maybe I will do it soon.

While it has moisturuzing properties, it is also recommended that it be used in tandem with a moisturizer and should be applied prior to applying your favorite lotion or cream.

Price: Php600 for a 10 ml bottle, Php1000 for a 20 ml bottle

Point of Sale: In this Philippines, get Kosmea at Glamourbox.ph. Elsewhere, there's Amazon and Kosmea.

P.S. Glamourbox recently came out with the very first Special Edition Glamourbox in partnership with Avon Cosmetics.

The first special edition box reveals a line of products that highlights vividness and color—capturing exactly the message that Glamourbox and Avon would like to relay. Each and every one of us is beautiful—and that we should embrace this beauty and be proud of our individuality. 

Hurry over to www.glamourbox.ph to avail of this Special Edition Avon Glamourbox for just Php595. Box is valued at P2,865, you also stand a chance to join the exclusive Makeup Workshop when you subscribe to the Special Edition box.

What's New from Celeteque Brightening

Eye to eye with aging: La Roche-Posay Anti-Wrinke cream & Celeteque Eye Tuck plus Dark Circles Lightener

Yes, it cannot be denied. Age ain't nothing but a number, until your wrinkles tell you otherwise. It doesn't even whisper at the hint of it. It just stares you right in the face.

So yes, that is why I am all about creams, moisturizers and serums now. When you are in your late 30s, you just got to grab aging by the horns and deal with it.

Homegrown brand Celeteque (yes! Celeteque, while sounding French, is actually owned by Unilab) has new products that promise to keep the signs of aging at bay. To start with, there's Eye Tuck plus Dark Circles Lightener which is clinically proven to reduce puffiness around the eye area and to significantly lighten the skin around the eyes in just 4 weeks. Did I just say lighten dark eye circles? Well, hello! Nice to meet you!

I am writing this post at 1 am, and boy am I glad to know this: Many believe that lack of sleep is the main cause of dark circles and puffiness that form around the eye area, but the real culprit is accumulation of water and fat. Fat deposits under the eye create the puffiness, not only fatigue and lack of sleep. And because the skin under our eye area is thinner and does not have oil glands, the skin gets looser and fine lines and wrinkles develop faster. 

Céleteque Eye Tuck plus Dark Circles Lightener contains EyeserylTetrapeptide Complex, which counter the formation of loose skin surrounding the eye area and fight water accumulation. It promises to do the trick in 7 days or less by improving skin elasticity in the eye area, and lightening the skin around it in only 3 weeks. 

Aside from the Brightening Eye Tuck plus Dark Circles Lightener, other products in the Céleteque DermoScience Brightening line include the Brightening Facial Wash, Brightening Tri-benefit Power Cream, Brightening Dark Spot Corrector and the Brightening Multi-benefit BB Cream. 

While I'm onto the CC cream these days, I cannot wait to try Celeteque's BB Cream!

Anything that would make my skin look flawless, I like!