Mykos Juice Cleanses – Be Healthy

May 2nd, 2013

If you are looking to get healthy quickly, juicing is one of the best, most natural and healthiest way of doing it. I have talked about the benefits of juicing for a very long time on this blog. Juicing your vegetables and fruits is a great way to get your daily allowance of vitamins and minerals, consume lots of fresh vegetables and fruits. Mykos organic cold pressed juices and healthy drinks helps keep me healthy and strong. I like to have my juice for lunch when I am on the go! There’s an all vegetable juice (Just Greens), a vegetable juice sweetened with fruit (Green Juice), a spiced lemonade that helps rev my metabolism, Pink Cooler which is alkaline water infused with fresh berries and a hydrating Alive Tea which is a raw green tea which has never been heated and is made with alkaline water. Mykos also offers juice cleanses (3 dat, 5 day or 7 day).  Mykos is bottled in glass and offers raw, vegan, gluten free, non gmo, wholesome nutrients with a taste that is amazing.  Mykos is fresh organic, delicious and natural! Try Mykos Natural Juice Drinks! Here’s to your health! Visit Mykos.com for more product information & to purchase. The website is currently being updated but you can leave your info!

and Remember…healthy is beautiful (not a dress size or number on a scale!) YOU are beautiful because you are YOU!  Talk with you soon!  Liz

*photo credit Jody Lynn Photography

Sock Buns & Great Fun at Miss Universe 2012

December 27th, 2012

Me w/my friends Emily (center) & Rubeena (in white) at the Miss Universe Pageant

Last week I got to go to the 2012 Miss Universe pageant to witness the glamour, fashion, hair & makeup trends live at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas.  It was so different than watching from my living room! It was a lot of fun & really exciting! The one thing that I can tell you is that I saw A LOT of sock buns (both on the Miss Universe stage and in the audience).  Some big, some small, some tight and some loose, some worn on the top of the head and others low like a chignon. All were elegant and beautiful. Even the woman who won the pageant, Miss USA, had her hair up in an elegant bun!  A sock bun is easy to do no matter what your hair length and looks perfect with virtually any outfit! Give this look a try this holiday season!

and Remember…The universe is yours, wear your invisible crown and YOU are beautiful because you are YOU!  See you soon!  Liz

TriSystem Edge nourishes skin & hair from the inside out

December 4th, 2012

I spoke to Jeff Kotterman, creator of TriSystem Edge nutritional supplements about why they are not only good for your body but good for preserving your youthful wrinkle free glow.

Jeff said “Most people know what the term antioxidant means. TriSystem Edge is full of a combination of hand picked antioxidants known for their cancer fighting and recovery abilities. That’s why they are in there, to maximize the effects of eating healthy and exercise. However, there are other wonderful benefits to this combination of botanicals. TriSystem Edge has ingredients that are proven anti-aging agents, directly related to skin and hair, prevent loose skin and wrinkles, keep hair strong and prevent hair loss!”

Jeff discussed with me the many studies performed to establish the wonderful & powerful benefit of these botanicals.  Recently, it was shown in research that that EGCG [an ingredient found in TriSystem Edge] is useful in the prevention or treatment of androgenetic alopecia by selectively inhibiting 5α-reductase activity.  TriSystem Edge also contains phenolic phytochemicals with promising properties to benefit human health includes a group of polyphenol compounds, called catechins. Another interesting finding was that these same ingredients may help to protect hair follicles from γ-ray–induced apoptosis.  Sounds complicated? Translated into simple Engish, this means that TriSystem Edge will help many people from going bald and/or losing their hair!

In a separate study, this time about skin, preliminary lab research showed, a full dosage of another ingredient (curcuma longa) found in TriSystem Edge, prevented an increase in skin thickness and a reduction in skin elasticity induced by chronic UVB exposure. It also prevented the formation of wrinkles and melanin as well as increases in the diameter and length of skin blood vessels and in the expression of matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2). Prevention of UVB-induced skin aging by this TriSystem Edge ingredient may be due to the inhibition of increases in MMP-2 expression caused by chronic irradiation. What does that mean?! It means Try System Edge keeps you from getting wrinkles, prevents damage from prolonged exposure to sun such as wrinkes and hyperpigmentation (sun spots aka age spots!).

All we need to do is to use one packet before and after exercise. That’s it! It’s a simple as that!

For all of you brainy beauties that love to read medical journals about scientific stuff, the research listed below summarizes the findings of studies using these polyphenols as chemopreventive, natural healing, and anti-aging agents for human skin, and discusses possible mechanisms of action or in plain English…how these botanicals affect skin from getting old, wrinkling, age spots and how it heals skin from within.

I’m sold! I started to take TriSystem Edge and have felt great! Nourishing your skin & hair from the inside out with ingredients that are natural and pure is right up my alley.  The fat burning, powerful antioxidants in this product make it even better!!

Want to buy some TriSystem Edge click here.  Jeff is offering all of our BeautyMinute subscribers a discount!

and Remember…Health & Science is Beautiful and, YOU are beautiful because you are YOU!

See you soon!

Liz

Original Research:

**Human hair growth enhancement in vitro by green tea epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) OS Kwon, JH Han, HG Yoo, JH Chung, KH Cho… – Phytomedicine, 2007 – Elsevier
**Green tea and the skin, S Hsu – Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 2005 – Elsevier
**Effects of a turmeric extract (Curcuma longa) on chronic ultraviolet B irradiation-induced skin damage in melanin-possessing hairless mice, M Sumiyoshi, Y Kimura – Phytomedicine, 2009 – Elsevier

November is here!

November 2nd, 2012

play with you makeup!

October was lots of fun! Creating different looks & experimenting with colors & products is one of my favorite things about October.  It doesn’t matter how weird or wacky!  I’ve attached some photos of some of the fun I had with my makeup this past October.  I was so inspired by so many great artists doing some fantastic work, & sharing their talent with us all! I just added my own little twist.  I hope you send me some of your fun October looks!

Now it’s November!! YAY! It’s time for holiday parties & glam events! Make up looks are fun & festive this month!! I can’t wait to start experimenting with new colors, trends and reviewing some new products for you!!

So lets all start planning our holiday outfits complete with some beautiful makeup & hair styles!!  Talk with you soon!

and Remember…no mater what you wear or what you decide to do with your makeup (or not wear any at all!), YOU are beautiful because you are YOU!

It’s October!! Play with your Makeup!!

October 4th, 2012

Lime Crime Lipstick in Loop de Loop

It’s October!! Or as I like to call it “Play with your Makeup” month! This is the time of the year when you can do pretty much almost anything with your makeup and get completely away with it! I like to wear darker lip colors, bold lashes and even paint spiderwebs on my face! Why not?!

Right now, I am completely obsessed with Lime Crime’s lipstick in Loop De Loop! It’s sexy, shimmery, glittery and lasts all night long!! oh and it’s BLUE!! Like all Lime Crime cosmetics, it’s vegan, cruelty free and absolutely bewitching!! Get out of your makeup box comfort zone and try something new this month!!

BEAUTY MINUTE GIVE AWAY!

August 5th, 2012
Ahn Palette in Bronze

Ahn Skin & BeautyPalette in Bronze

Happy Sunday!! Today is the start of our weekly giveaway for the month of August! To commemorate this special occasion this week we are choosing one lucky member to gift this gorgeous makeup Palette from Ahn Skin & Beauty valued at $175.  All you have to do is register to be a beauty minute member.  It’s free.  I will never ever give your email address away to anyone…not ever! I will also not send you daily messages or annoying emails.  If there is something spectacular that I think is something you absolutely must know about, I may send you an email, but for the most part, I know that you all regularly visit this blog for reviews, beauty news and coming super soon, video tutorials & reviews! Once you register, you will automatically be entered into the drawing.  You can also enter a second time by following me on Instagram (search Liz Eddy) & like the photo of the Palette & a third time by following me on twitter (LizEddy) & mentioning me & Ahn Skin! Our winner will be announced next Sunday. Register by filling out the form on the right of your screen —–>

This week, I am gifting a lucky winner this gorgeous Complete Face Bronze Palette from Ahn Skin & Beauty Cosmetics.  It includes 3 beautiful eye shadows, 2 blushes and one invisible blotting powder which is perfect for all skin tones because it’s…yes…invisible!  It also comes with a glitter eye pencil in brown spark, a neutral lip liner and gloss all from Ahn as well as a $15 gift card to spend as you see fit in any Ahn Skin & Beauty Product! Check out Ahn Skin & Beauty on Line.  Our winner will be announced next Sunday.  Total gift value is over $175!

Ahn is also offering 10% off to all BeautyMinute Members if you mention you heard about Ahn Skin & Beauty right here on Beauty Minute (mention Beauty Minute at check out)! So register today by filling out the form on the right of your screen! —->

Good Luck to you all! Gifting amazing products to amazing people is beautiful!

So go and gift someone the warmth of your beautiful smile & remember…You are beautiful because you are you!

Liz

Maker Place – A heaven for Designers & Artists!

July 25th, 2012

Local San Diego Jewelry Designer GARY WELSH takes things that perhaps you might think should be thrown away or donated & turns them into beautiful jewelry.  These earrings were made from upcycled (read recycled) forks! They are edgy & fun!  I absolutely love them! He also makes them at Maker Place in San Diego, a heaven for designers & artists.

I recently visited San Diego Maker Place. Maker Place is exactly what it sounds like…a place to make!  Local designers & inventors come to this amazing place to MAKE! Make their own designs whether it be clothing, metal, wood…anything! Designers, Artists & Inventors go to Maker Place and use all of the incredible tools & machines that are in the spacious work rooms and make their designs come to life. They even have an independent Patent & Trademark attorney, Michael Eddy that they can refer you to, to give an entrepreneur designer inventor the right information to launch their dream into reality.

Maker Place also offers classes to learn how to use the available tools, machines, programming, makeup, laser cutting…anything really! All you need is a membership.  They have several different plans available.

Check them out! And remember being creative is beautiful!

So go and create & remember…You are beautiful because you are you!

Liz

 

SIGMA BRUSHES! New Addition: The F88 and P88

July 18th, 2012

New Addition: The F88 and P88

 These are definite must haves in your make up brush set.  The F88 – Flat Angled Kabuki and P88 – Precision Flat Angled are the latest edition to the best-sellingSigmax collection. Both brushes are engineered to provide an efficient and superior application of cream and liquid products. The innovative flat angled design is completely unique and not offered by any other brush supplier in the industry.

Get a Complimentary Mini Eye Shadow Palette from Sigma Beauty!!

July 7th, 2012

Get glam with a sample of the season’s hottest hues! Throughout July, we’ll be sending complimentary mini eye shadow palettes with all purchases over $30. The mini palette features one color from each of our best selling eye shadow palettes, Bare, Dare and Flare.

Note: The sub-total of the purchase must be over $30 to receive the complimentary gift.

Microphototherapy – Younger Skin Instantly

July 5th, 2012

I recently started to notice that my skin wasn’t looking as young as usual. I also had some large pores and my skin tone wasn’t even.  So I decided to do something about it but I didn’t want to have any down time. I didn’t want to get red or sore.  I decided to try a series of Microphototherapy.

MicroPhotoTherapy (MPT), emits gentle, soothing pulses of light and heat energy to work beneath the skin’s surface.  MPT process uses gentle forms of light and heat it is treatments even out skin tone, smooth texture and enhance the absorption of creams and lotions.  It’s safe, painless and ther’s no downtime.   Microphototherapy produces a brighter, more luminous complexion, evens out skin tone, smooths overall skin texture, reduces fine lines and wrinkles, increases skin elasticity, stimulates collagen production and decreases pore size.

After just one 45 minute session, my skin looked smoother and felt firmer.  I decided to have a series of 8 sessions.  After my final session, I have noticed that my skin continues to improve because it is now producing more collagen. The results have been amazing & dramatic. My skin looks younger, firmer has a more even skin tone.  The great thing about MPT is that my skin continues to improve.

I’ll have a give away for a free microphotherapy session to one lucky reader! Contest rules and entry will be up tomorrow!

Until tomorrow, have a beautiful day! and remember…

YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL BECAUSE YOU ARE YOU!!

Liz