All About the Eyes: Kinerase Beauty Exclusive at Nordstrom.

How appropriate for my All About the Eyes feature this month. This All About Eyes Wrinkle Set from Kinerase sounds like a good one to get.

If you are serious about working on your eye area, as in correcting the little bit you can and preventing further damage, Kinerase has you covered. In this set you get the following:

• Extreme Lift Eye - This cream is clinically proven to reduce the appearance of crow's feet in just five minutes.
  
• Intensive Eye Cream - This eye cream contains the highest concentration of kinetin, Kinerase's plant-based anti-aging antioxidant, to help improve the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles around the eyes.
  
• C8 Peptide Intensive Treatment - The ultimate treatment to conquer damage at every level for noticeably younger-looking skin in just 28 days.
  
• Cream - The original Cream to be used on face and neck will improve the skin's ability to maintain up to 26% more moisture and helps to reduce the appearance of aging.
  

If you were to purchase these products separately, you would spend $304, but the Beauty Exclusives deal is sweet at just $150, more than half off the regular price.

Pre-orders for the Nordstrom Beauty Exclusives are being taken now, so if you really want this beauty, now is the best time to grab it, as many of these sets sell out.

All About the Eyes: RIMMEL Sexy Curves Waterproof Mascara.

There are those times when we absolutely need to pull out all the stops at the beach or by the pool. You know, when you need to look extra "hot" without looking like you have tried too hard. Obviously, no ordinary waterproof mascara will do. Next time you are faced with such a fete, give this new mascara a try: RIMMEL Sexy Curves Waterproof Mascara.

Sexy Curves is just that. First it is waterproof. Next, it does not compromise in the volume or curl department. This formula plumps up the lashes with an effective, gentle, easy to remove formula, that stays put.

Check out the unique brush in the photo above. That hourglass shape. RIMMEL calls it their full-figured Triple Plump Brush - love it. Notice how it curves in to "capture" mascara for maximum lash loading and curving out. The brush uniquely helps to curl the lashes and de-clump at the same time.

I could tell you all about the fancy "aquatrap system" and how the formula is enriched with such great vitamins as B & E, but I won't bore you with the science. More important is the fact that this mascara works. It holds up all day, in and out of the pool and out on the boat where I tested it. I got splashed all day and not a smudge or smear was in sight. The only thing seen were really long, full, curvaceous lashes. I also noticed that it never felt hard or brittle at all and was easy to remove with my regular eye makeup remover (Bi-Facil).

Sexy Curves comes in the color Black only. It is readily available now for just $7.49 at chain drugstores and mass retailers nationwide.

All About the Eyes: SkinCeuticals A.G.E. Eye Complex.

The first signs of aging seems to always appear around the eyes. Take out the sun factor, the squinting, rubbing etc.. I am talking about internal processes that are naturally occur as we age. Some internal factors include hormonal shifts and metabolic slowdown. This unfortunately results in puffiness, sagging, creping, and an overall thinness.

One cream that helps penetrate this delicate eye and target these internal factors is from SkinCeuticals called A.G.E. Eye Complex.

This very thick, almost balm-like cream is a unique treatment. It provides three dimensions of action and results.

• On the surface, the optical diffusers in the cream immediately improve the look and gives off a slight radiance to the eye area. It diminishes the look of the fine lines, dark areas, and capillaries. 
• Just under the skin, specialized ingredients such as haloxyl and flavagrum improve the lymphatic drainage to start to eliminate puffiness and dark circles.
• Within the skin, 4% blueberry extract pauses the internal reactions that occur within the collagen and elastin fibers along with 5% Proxylane to improve and strengthen the elasticity of the skin.

In studying the before and after pictures, (which I had trouble scanning - sorry) there was noticeable improvements after 4 weeks of using this cream and a pretty remarkable difference at the 12 week mark. My 66 year old mother is going to take this eye cream to the test and I will be posting her follow-up results.

SkinCeuticals products can be found through med spas, spas, physician's offices or online at SkinCeuticals.com.