Author: Angie

How many of your have seasonal allergies?  I know I do.  My nose itches, my eyes itch.  On a bad day (or week) my eyes puff up and my skin can even get blotchy.  I’m very thankful for the beautiful weather we’ve been having here in Pennsylvania for March but I have to wonder if my seasonal allergies will start to rear their ugly head a little sooner than normal.

Dermatologist, Dr. Helen Torok has some advice for those that suffer from seasonal allergies that can effect the skin as well:

–Be gentle when cleaning your skin.  Use a mild, moisturizing cleanser
–Use that natural anti-inflammatory properties of copper to reduce redness and inflammation.

NEOVA line of skincare products offer these benefits.

I’ve had the pleasure of trying NEOVA skincare products in the past.  You can read that review HERE.

NEOVA Creme De La Copper (pictured far right) is a restoring treatment for your skin that helps repair photodamage to skin.  It includes the Copper Peptide Complex which Dr. Helen Torok was recommending above.  It also includes ceramides, antioxidants, and DNA Repair Mitosomes.

NEOVA is the 1st skin care line to bring innovation to the photoaging category of skin care lines with the Copper Peptide Complex.

The Creme De La Copper comes in a 1.7 fl. oz pump-style bottle.  There is no noticable scent and has only a pale blue color when dispensed from the bottle.  The directions recommend applying daily.  Which I did.  As with my previous experience with other NEOVA products, I noticed my skin feeling firmer within a few days. I have sensitive skin and these products have never bothered my skin.

On thing I’ve noticed about the NEOVA brand is that all it’s products are unscented and without color.

The next product was the NEOVA Eye Therapy.  This product I actually reviewed previously as well.  I was rather excited when I saw that they sent me another bottle. As stated in my previous review of the Eye Therapy, it’s meant to reduce puffiness, dark circles, fine lines, and wrinkles.  I definitely noticed a difference with the puffiness and a slight difference with the darkness under my eyes in just over a week of use.  The last time I used it, I used it for over a month and notices a decrease in the definition of the fine lines by my eyes.  Reducing puffiness is great around seasonal allergy time.  Anything I can do to calm my skin down and ease some of the discomfort is alright with me.

 

Lastly, I tried the NEOVA Antioxidant Cleansing Milk (pictured above far left).  It comes in a 8.0 fl. oz bottle with a snap open top.  This product has the consistency of a body lotion.  It’s meant to be used on wet skin.  To be honest, I’d never used any type of cleansing milk before.  I tried to apply it with a washcloth but it didn’t work out so well.  I was better off using my bare hands and smoothing it on like lotion.  There was no scent to this product and the Cleansing Milk itself is white.  My skin felt very soft after my shower.

The description of this product is that it’s a  “Rich soap-free formula that gently removes impurities, detoxifies skin of damaging free radicals, replenishes moisture, and calms irritated skin”. Yep, that sounds perfect for someone like me that has sensitive skin and seasonal allergies.

I needed to use about a half dollar size about on each part of my body so I could see this product getting used up rather quickly.  At a price of $42 a bottle this one might be better suited for those with a little extra cash to spend.  It works nicely but the price is will turn many off I believe.

While I find NEOVA products expensive, they do work.  If you’ve been wanting to try them but hesitant to fork over the money I’d suggest starting with one product or try one of the kits available.

You can find NEOVA on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/officialneova

You can actually purchase NEOVA products from Physicians OR online.  For a list of dispensing Physicians or places to buy online you can go here: http://www.photomedex.com/neova/index.htm

As a blogger for Apothica.com I’m happy to say you can also purchase NEOVA products there, just search the term NEOVA.

***I received the above mentioned products at no cost.  I did not receive any monetary compensation for this post.  Any opinions expressed are my own.  I was under no obligation to complete this review.***

Have you seen women and girls walking around with the really cool colored hair feathers in their hair? One of my coworkers had a cute hot pink hair feather added to her hair when she last had her hair done.  I’ve been wanting to try them for a while.

Picasso Hair Feathers are flexible, kink-free, feather hair extensions that can be added to your hair or up do to add color and flair.

The pre-loop system really did make it very easy to apply the hair feathers.  The loop helps to pull your hair through the metal loop at the end of the hair feather extension.  I tried to show a close up of what the pre-loop on one of the hair feather extensions look like.

Once my hair was pulled through.  All I had to do was take a pair of pliers and pinch the metal loop at the top of the hair feather to apply it to my hair.

The first time I tried to apply these I don’t think I crimped the metal loop enough.  One of the extensions slid out within a few hours.  I lost another one overnight in my bed. Still haven’t found it.  The good news is, I kept my loops as they tell you to do and I was able to reapply them very easily.  This also good for if you place one and you decide you don’t like where you placed it in your hair.  I made sure to crimp it tightly the 2nd time I tried to apply it.  Since the second application I’ve actually left them in for about 3 days now.  I’ve been able to wash and dry my hair as normal.  I haven’t been as aggressive with brushing my hair to make sure I would pull them out that way.  

Here is a pic of what they look like in my hair.  

I trimmed them so they would work with my new hair cut.  And here’s another view:

The color combo I reviewed here was the “Breaking Dawn” 5 pack.  It included 3 purples and 2 blues.  Picasso Hair Feathers has lots of cool color combos and different size packs.  I had such a hard time choosing one color pack.  The 5 packs are $19.99 on their website and go up to 25 packs for $59.95.  The hair feathers are resusable.  Put them in for one night, take them out then put them in for a weekend, take them out, you get the idea.

Here’s one of their model picks with the feathers on blonde hair.  Looks great with blonde hair too:

 

You can also find Picasso Hair Feathers on twitter: @Picassofeathers

on Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/PicassoHairFeathers

and on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/PicassoHair

I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.

Lady Soma offers a line of health and beauty products that are made with natural and healthy ingredients. They only use high quality and high potency ingredients in all their products.

 

This includes the Antioxidant Berry Masque I tried from LadySoma.com.  The Antioxidant berry masque is made with blueberries, cranberries, and pomegranate.  This team of berries make up free radical fighting antioxidant complex that contains vitamins A, C, and Amino Acids.

The glycolic and alpha lipoic acids create a microderm like effect that removes dead skin cells and reveals the healthy layer of skin.

When I first opened the container the sweet scent of berries was lovely.  It smelled just like a berry smoothie.  In the container it almost looked like a berry smoothie too.

I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.

Costumes are fun to have around any time of the year.  Especially for your children.  It’s funny how a simple hat can turn my son into a police officer or how a toy sword can make him believe he’s a knight.   My toddler does this all the time.  Actually even my older elementrary school age boys still do this.  It’s great to see their imaginations at work and funny to see what they’ll come up with next.  


My toddler loves to watch a newer cartoon out called “Mike the Knight” made for toddler and pre-school age children.  He grabbed one of my vacuum attachments one day and said “Mom a fight” and handed me another attachment.  We were dueling in no time.  Anything I can do to have my children use their imaginations and get active is great.  


When I saw this costume on AnytimeCostumes.com I just had to get it.  

I was really impressed with the way the costume was made.  The sleeves look like chain maille but are actually a shiny silver and stretchy mesh.  The front of the costume is a shiny silver, sort of vinyl like material.  The dragon adornment on the front is actually attached well to the chest area and is secured well.  The shoulders actually attach with velcro so they can be left off if you’re little one doesn’t like them.  The helmets face mask moves and actually comes down to the cover the face.  My toddler didn’t particularly like the face mask down and wouldn’t hold the pose long enough for me to snap a decent picture.  The costumes itself is one piece and velcros from about the waist up in the back.  


The little dagger in his hand is a plastic one that came with one of my older boys’ action figures.  It did not come with the costume.  


This costume is called “Toddler Knight of the Dragon” and is actually on clearance on the site right now for only $29.99 (org. $45).  


I received my toddler’s costume in the mail very quickly.  My toddler has been asking to put on his costume at least once a day since we received it.  This costume was well worth it and so cool looking on him.


AnytimeCostumes.com offers free shipping on orders over $39.99 and flat rate shipping of $4.99 for all orders under $39.99.