OK, not really. Late Fashion Week news of the beauty variety … while the shows at Lincoln Center were in full swing, SkinMedica participated in the GBK Styling Lounge across the street at the Empire Hotel (gawd I want to go there and channel Chuck Bass) where celebs Lindsay Lohan (Mean Girls was on TV the other night … oh the days!), Kirstie Alley (she’s teeny now), America’s Next Top Model judge Jay Alexander, American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi and several Real Housewives stopped by for treatments and products.
I am now at least as famous as Phaedra Parks from Real Housewives of Atlanta...
To make me feel just a smidge like a celeb, SkinMedica sent me two of their award-winning products, the Vitamin C+E Complex and the TNS Lip Plump System. The Vitamin C+E Complex is the closest thing I’ve found to the Paula’s Choice serum I’m obsessed with. C+E Complex is an antioxidant serum featuring a concentrated cocktail of 15% stabilized Vitamin C and Vitamin E to work together to provide amazing anti-aging benefits to the skin. It improves skin tone, texture, and increased firmness to reduce the appearance of wrinkles. It also protects against UV and free radical damage. For me, the most important thing is that it feels like silk on skin. It’s also weightless, so you can use it under sunscreen/makeup/whatever and not feel at all clogged. Love it. ($95)
The TNS Lip Plump System was more terrifying … I have pretty full lips already, so I’ve never been concerned much with them—I don’t even own lipstick. But the TNS Lip Plump system is not actually scary, and is pretty sweet in the end. It features two tubes, a renewal formula and a plumping gloss. The renewal formula (that improves lip texture and shape by rejuvenating and stimulating collagen spheres, while smoothing out the fine lines around the lips) is super moisturizing, so that’s really nice in the dry mountain air! ($55 for both).
SkinMedica products are only sold in professional dermatologist offices, which can be found on SkinMedica.com.
No, these products do not fall under the “clean” beauty guidelines I am so fond of. I don’t mind stepping out of that zone to try something and then if I like it, for exceptional products—I still use Paula’s Choice cleanser almost daily. Read the ingredients, know the possible side effects, and decide for yourself!
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