Late last year, I was invited to Paris by Dior for a day of pampering and sneak peek at their latest skincare development, Capture R60/80 XP. It's yet another anti-aging range, but what makes this one so different is that unlike its rivals, it doesn't promise just to reduce the appearance of wrinkles. If you believe the research, it can even cure them.
Airbrushed photographs of Sharon Stone might not be the best way to persuade us these claims are true, but the research we were presented with in Paris (see video above for the cut-down version) is definitely interesting. The products in the range (a serum, a moisturiser and an eye cream) target adult stem cells in the skin, the cells that are responsible for the growth of all new cells in the organ...
Contrary to appearances, this young woman isn't auditioning for a role in Star Trek, they're actually wearing Safetox - an electronic device that claims to erase wrinkles. Sadly, I believe that this will erase wrinkles about as much as I believe that Star Trek was filmed in space. There's no conclusive evidence that it works and the before and after pictures are taken with different lighting, angles and hairstyles, and don't actually show any improvement.
Over on Shiny Gloss they've been discussing the merits of VonNatur's skin tightening, anti-depressant cream. Apparently it contains an ingredient called DMAE, which when used internally can help treat depression, and when applied externally can give you a face lift of sorts. There's rather a lot of controversy surrounding the ingredient, but Shiny Gloss have been researching like mad to present all the facts.
When it comes to bling beauty, Chantecaille's Energizing Cream is where it's at. Not only has it got the suitably bling price tag of £350 (that's £70 per 10ml, or in other words, £70 per modest scoop) but it's actually got real bling in it. Yup, it's a pot of real, pure gold. That, and pineapple juice, rosemary leaf extract, and an algae-and-fermented-protein compound.
So what will this pot of gold and various other things do for you? Well it's another fountain of youth, in case you hadn't guessed, promising to ensure skin retains optimal health and youthful vitality. If you believe the hype and you've got sufficient coins, you can buy it here.
I don't usually fall for marketing and empty promises, but this new roller ball from By Terry certainly sounds like something I could do with. If, like me, you're feeling stressed and your skin is beginning to take the toll of too many late nights (who isn't?) then roller-balling your face is the latest skin pep-up solution.
There's been plenty of other ideas before this one (including magnets and jade rollers ) so how does this claim to be different? Well, apparently the roller-balling acts as a circulation simulator, and helps drain tense or puffy areas, while the serum contains anti-oxidants to help protect skin from free radical stress damage.
At £38, it's a little more expensive than a stress ball, but hopefully a lot more useful than a stress ball too.
Rodial, purveyor of expensive products that promise the seemingly impossible, are back with their latest wallet-emptying beauty solution. This time they're asking £98 for their version of botox in a bottle. Glamotox is not even on sale for another three weeks, but if you have the cash and are prepared to wait, it promises to instantly fill wrinkles and freeze muscles to reduce lines.
Over at the Daily Mail an incredibly un-technology-savvy Tanya Gold (she compares a Nintendo DS to a Prada wallet and says it makes her hands itch. Go figure.) has been testing out the new Face Training game on the DS. The game basically involves copying the facial exercises shown by the on-screen character (otherwise known as making lots of silly faces). And although the idea has not really been seen in computer game form before, it's been around for many years in the shape of Facercise (and probably before that in some other incarnation)...
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Over on Shiny Gloss they've been discussing the merits of VonNatur's skin tightening, anti-depressant cream. Apparently it contains an ingredient called DMAE, which when used internally can help treat depression, and when applied externally can give you a face lift of sorts. There's rather a lot of controversy surrounding the ingredient, but Shiny Gloss have been researching like mad to present all the facts.
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