The new year may still be young, but the list of must-have beauty and health products is already long… and growing.
From high tech body shapers, to phenomenal hair growth products (and everything in between) here are 13 products that are well worth getting your hands on and 3 that you should stay far away from.
1. Revlon Photo Ready Cream Blush
Blush is the ultimate instant picker-upper. Be it rose, apricot, raspberry, or fuchsia, gel, cream, liquid, or powder, nothing livens up the face faster than faking a fabulous flush with a pretty pop of color swiped across the apples of your cheeks. The Revlon Photo Ready Cream blush is a lightweight formula that leaves a silky soft feel on the skin, and blends evenly over your cheeks.
2. Crepe Correcting Body Complex
You’ve seen women in their 60’s and 70’s with that crepey, thinning skin on their arms, neck and legs. Well guess what, that doesn’t have to be you! And if it already is, there’s something you can do about it right now.
This Crepe Correcting Cream was made by two of the leading plastic surgeons in Beverly Hills and truly is a breakthrough, but it requires two things from you; patience and consistency. If you can do that, you will see a tightening and firming effect on your skin and minimized wrinkles, and less sagging and thinning in all the right places. (You won’t want to live without it!)
3. Keranique Hair Growth System
If you’re starting to notice your hair isn’t full and bouncy like it was in your 20’s, this is your saving-grace. This high tech hair growth system called Keranique is the most successful one out there and has been reviewed by thousands of women. It’s was created by a female doctor specifically for women who are noticing their hair is getting thinner, weaker or are even starting to notice patchiness and balding. We recommend it for anyone wanting thicker, healthier, longer locks because it is clinically proven to work. Your hair will act like it’s 20 again. Okay fine, 25.
4. Dermacare Custom Skincare
Say goodbye to going to see your dermatologist in 2018. Now you can meet with a physician online and they will prescribe the perfect skincare package for you! All you have to do is fill out a 5 minute profile about your skin, send in a selfie, and a custom Rx skincare package will arrive at your door~ You don’t even have to get out of bed!
They will customize your products based on your needs, weather it be wrinkles, fine lines, acne, dark spots, blackheads, rosacea or redness, they will fix it. And yes, the reviews are insanely good!
5. Marz Sleep Spray
When it comes to your beauty routine, sleep may be the closest thing there is to a fountain of youth. Women who get 5 hours of sleep per night may have twice as many wrinkles as women who get 7-8! This small, yet effective sleep spray is formulated with safe doses of sleep aids that help you konk-out quickly and stay asleep through the night. (with zero side effects in the morning!) We’re in love.
6. Too Faced Lip Injection Extreme
Screw lip injections! Too Faced took everything you love about lip gloss, got rid of everything you don’t, and formulated the perfect Lip Plumper. This gloss gives you cushiony, crystal clear shine, and plumped up, kissable lips—without the gluey, sticky feeling. Better yet, your lips appear fuller from first application and plumper as time goes on.
Your lips will be lookin’ like Angelina in no time!
7. Charcoal Teeth Whitening Powder
We all want gorgeous pearly whites, but getting your chompers chemically whitened at the dentist is as expensive as it is uncomfortable. That’s why we’re in love with this natural charcoal powder! It goes on black, but leaves teeth white (up to 10 shades lighter) without any painful or harmful side effects. This stuff is worth adding to your 2018 beauty regimine.
8. Biore Cleansing Charcoal Pore Strips
These little miracle strips are a necessity for every woman’s makeup bag! Just one strip will pull a weeks worth of dirt, oil and blackheads to the surface leaving you with squeeky clean pores that look smaller and more refined! They won’t prevent blackheads from popping up, but if you use them regularly, your blackheads and oil will be kept under control.
9. Apple Cider Vinegar!
Models, athletes, and actors alike have been using ACV as a natural cleaning and beautifying elixir for years and it has never steered them wrong! It is ideal for healing dry skin, acne, bloating, cramps, low energy, brain fog, cold and flu symptoms and more!
Better yet? A well-known company called Paleo Eats is giving away their FREE book with over 81 tips on how you can heal, cleanse and beautify yourself at home with apple cider vinegar!
10. Embryolisse Moisturizer
This 24-Hour miracle cream the must have product for makeup artists, models and celebrities. This cult favorite that has found its way onto countless photo shoots, television and film sets internationally because it works in so many different ways and provides powerful hydration!
It really is like buying four products in one: primer, moisturizer, makeup remover and hydration mask! Its formula remains extremely simple and effective with nourishing ingredients that restores the skin’s natural glow and gives a boost to tired dehydrated skin without becoming oily or greasy under makeup. 5 stars!
11. Aztec Indian Healing Clay
This hidden gem is known as the world’s most powerful facial, and for good reason, you’ll literally feel your skin pulsate when you use it! Bentonite clay is known for its ability to absorb and remove toxins, heavy metals, impurities and chemicals from the body and skin, helping you keep gorgeous a complexion all year long. This mask is perfect for acne, blackheads, skin tightening, shrinking pores and getting rid of impurities that are way deep down. (use twice a week!)
We can’t recommend this one enough!
12. Goddess Face- Firming Sonic Depuffer
This tool is already a viral beauty hit in Japan and throughout Asia, but has only recently come to the states! The Sonic Depuffer is specially designed to tighten and contour your face while boosting skin radiance. Its micro-current vibrations sends stimulating energy at 6000 beats per minute through it’s gold-plated head directly into your skin. Use it to tighten skin, reduce fine lines and wrinkles, reduce facial puffiness, boost elasticity, increase skin care absorption and more! In just 3-5 minutes, it helps you to achieve firm, glowing red-carpet-ready skin!
13. Invisible Body Shaper
Have you ever felt bothered by your wobbly bits and don’t feel comfortable showing them in front of other women? A lot of women tried unhealthy weight loss diets or even underwent harmful surgeries. Thankfully, now there’s a better way smooth out your figure instantly. Millions of women are already wearing it including most of Hollywood celebrities.
Lets face it ladies, after kids and life… and gravity takes an effect then nothing is in the same spot they were 10 years ago. I have a pair of jeans that fit great but my butt looks saggy in them and that is due to aging. However, this Invisible Body Shaper did a great job of getting my confidence back! All in all, it takes only 5-10 seconds to make you look instantly smoother. Besides, what’s the point of not looking great in your favorite collections?
Now here are 3 trending beauty products you need to stay away from.
1. Charcoal Black Mask
We know that everyone has been rushing to try these Charcoal Black Masks but here’s the thing. Not only do these black peel-off masks not actually do what they say on the packet, they also have the potential to damage your skin. We spoke to Andy Millward, facialist, aesthetician, and member of the British Association of Beauty Therapy and Cosmetology to find out if these masks are worth the pain of ripping off all the tiny hairs on your face, and he warned us of just how much damage they could be doing. ‘They effectively act like glue binding to the cells on the skin’s surface as well as any vellus hair,’ Andy said. So stay away from this fad.
2. Eyelid Trainer (yes, this is a real thing.)
Now this one’s just plain hilarious. This product was made by Japanese beauty enthusiasts to help women with “monolids” get a double-fold shape to their eyelids. All you have to do is wear this super weird glasses-type, horror-movie contraption every day and boom, you have prettier eyelids?? (And we thought waist trainers were ridiculous…) *shudder*
3. Brow Stamp
Eyebrows are hard enough to perfect when you’re armed with pencils, gels, pomades and powders – let alone when you have to hope for the best and stamp them straight onto your face. This brow stamp kit is trending on social media but Beauty gurus are saying this product is a bust because the powder slowly comes off, the formula is chalky, and you can never quite get the brows to line up in the right place.
(byeeeee!)
So there you have it! The best and worst beauty and health products for us women over 40! We hope this helped you navigate your way through the thousands of products out there and get gorgeous results!
