Girls Beauty Tips

KOREAN BEAUTY IN THE MEDIA Have you felt a little bombarded by Korean beauty products in the media lately? Even Estee Lauder is inking a deal with Dr. Jart+ at this very moment to get in on the Korean action.  I'm here to briefly debunk and demystify a little about Korea and extrapolate the stuff you really need to know! KOREAN BEAUTY PRODUCTS Most of the products that make it to the US from South Korea are cute toys and gimmicks. The cosmetics definitely don't outperform MAC,  Make Up Forever or Nars- they're just fun.  The Japanese still rule liners and even Korean Cult brand Clio licenses their Kill Black Liner Formula from Japan. Smart move Korea. What makes a few Korean products really so wonderful is their skincare is generally safer than Indie Brands in the US, solves a problem and get you a LOT of bang for your buck. What might cost $200 in the United States or Europe is $40 (or less) in Korea and now in the states. There are some smaller brands in Korea that have...

 (Photo courtesy Gawker.com) The other day a stunning woman in her 60's dropped in for a consult. She was a client I had seen years ago before she left the Big Apple. She knew her skin had taken a turn for the worst when she came to see me, but I had waited for her to say it first. It's hard to imagine this woman being anything other than beautiful, but the skin on her neck was the hard to look at as a professional because it was just hanging (eluding to her being older than she really is). Nothing that a turtleneck or scarf won't cover, but she normally lives in a climate filled with bathing suits and works in an industry where appearances matter. Her skin had certainly never looked this thin or fragile before. She had finally admitted to getting Ultherapy, a very hot, non-ablative (non-surgical) device that uses heat to tighten in the collagen. As I've mentioned before most of the time customers don't realize that many of these hot devices are also excellent for m...