There's Nothing Better Than Free Stuff.....

Discoveries always make me smile and this is no exception. I found a wonderful little ebook with simple recipes for home made bath and body products that I will give away as a little gift to those who subscribe to Beauty Market Buzz or Black Market Beauty news letters and/or feeds.

As the months roll on I hope to widen the collection to include recipes for more complex skin care items, but will always include recipe blends that can be created with items form the health food store, including vitamin C serums, specialty facial masks, exfoliating cleansers....well, you get the idea!

All you have to do is join and the freebie will be emailed. Don't worry, I have no intention of flooding your email like many sites do with daily fluff. Just what I find that will help everyone recover stretch their beauty and skin care dollars!

What are you waiting for?

Hyaluronic Acid: The key to Moisture

I get tons of questions from people who, while cruising through Black Market Beauty, need help with subjects more akin to skin care aspect of beauty. It's kind of tough to figure out what to put on before you use your mineral make up. Since most questions address issues common to mature skin we usually end up talking about moisturizers. The beauty market's buzz is all about holding more moisture in place to create a more youthful appearance, and delivering what has been lost from the skin through time and weather.

Moisturizers have always been the backbone of most skin care products that address aging or sun damaged skin. Where some are very obvious and have been used since ancient times, like olive oil, coconut oil, lanolin, or avocado oil, others are not. One of the items we see often see now is Hyaluronic Acid. It sounds pretty fierce, but then anything with the word “acid” attached makes our minds wander to drain cleaners and glass etching. It also makes those who want to keep anything that might be a “chemical” out of their beauty basics, cringe. Have no fear, all is not lost.

Hyaluronic Acid occurs in nature and can be extracted from ground cockscombs..poor little roosters, but often is produced through bacterial fermentation, which is a process that most people find much less objectionable. It has super moisture retention potential and is found in human skin along with the two other, crucial components, collagen and elastin. It forms a gel when exposed to water, and is used in those lip plumping injections that are all the rage.

A “cocktail" of vitamin C, Hyaluronic acid, Co-enzyme Q-10, and hydrolyzed elastin results in an anti aging cream that holds moisture in place, plumping up wrinkles to create a smooth surface for make up application. Companies like Nivea, Avon, and Prescriptives all rely on Hyaluronic acid to create their most effective anti aging products. You can also blend this with lipsticks to create plumper lips without injections. Add a little DMAE for an added boost, but do so gradually.

We who make our own skin care products also use this wonderful ingredient, saving money by blending it ourselves instead of paying for the advertising budgets of the bigger commercial skin care houses. Once you feel comfortable making less complex facial creams, consider venturing into those that include Hyaluronic acid. It will definitely elevate your facial creams to a new level of effectiveness, drop a note at Black Market Beauty to find out where to get it for your very own creations. You can find out what the beauty market's buzz has been about.

Too Much Tan?

Find 6%Bleaching Cream at Skincare RX

One thing I cannot stand is having to change my make up shade. Being African American with hefty sprinkles of Native American wreaks havoc with my beauty aspirations if I spend any time in the sun during the summer months. Those little seasonal factors are what drew me to mineral make up and blending my own shades, but that is for another entry. Buzz in the market tells me there are some products to help with unwanted tanning issue.

If you are in the same boat, not the heritage mix necessarily, but hate changing your make up shades for each season, think about giving your skin's shade little lift with Physician's Complex 6% Bleaching Cream. I found it while investigating what the beauty market had to offer.

Bleaching creams are extremely popular in Asia, especially Japan, where a pale, almost porcelain skin tone is prized by women. In the west, bleaching creams are used for spot problems and dark under eye circles. Regardless of where you are, there are some common factors that cause the skin to lighten.

Physician's Complex 6% Bleaching Cream has almost all the known bleaching ingredients that are safe for skin, primarily Kojic Acid, Hydroquinone, and Vitamin C in the form of pineapple and lemon extracts. The creators of this little wonder were also wise enough to include moisturizing ingredients to help soften the outer layers of skin and allow the nutritive value of grape extract to penetrate.

I haven't tried it yet but have my eye on it in case I don't feel like blending my late summer mineral foundation soon. The market buzz says it's fair, going by the 3 star rating, but in my mind that's better than many products I have seen that only had hydroquinone as the main bleaching ingredient.

If you manage to sample this product, let us know and your comment will be added to the beauty market buzz.

Regenerist Night Recovery Moisturizing Treatment

The Beauty Market Buzz still finds Regenerist Recovery Moisturizing Treatment a worthy weapon for over night skin care.

Buzz in the beauty market has centered around products with simple ingredients that help the skin recover from harsh conditions during daylight hours. Deep, penetrating moisturizing that also delivers nutrients needn't be expensive, though, as many moderately priced night creams are effective. Regenerist Night Recovery Moisturizing Treatment, brought to us by Oil of Olay, fits nicely into any budget.

Even though Regenerist Night Recovery Moisturizing Treatment relies heavily on cyclomethicone and dimethicone, it also has Glycine, Lysine, Threonine, and Arginine which support cell growth and health. Skin is bathed in VitaminB3, Pro-Vitamin B5, Vitamin E, and Lavender extract while you sleep. There's no need to worry about it's safety as cyclomethicone and dimethicone can be used without being part of a blend. In fact, many in the beauty market have done so!

Waking up to smoother and more vibrant skin is bound to start the day off with a smile. If you have mature skin then I suggest you give Regenerist Night Recovery Moisturizing Treatment a try. The buzz in the beauty market says you will probably see improvement within a couple of weeks.