Miss Ivana

For the ultimate, translucent “finishing touch” to your makeup, Mineral Veil melts into your skin, infusing it with softness and light, giving the look you see with a soft focus camera lens. Buff on Mineral Veil over bareMinerals Foundation to lend extra staying power.
Completely sheer and ideal for all skin tones, Mineral Veil gently absorbs oil and minimizes the appearance of lines and pores without the buildup of pressed or loose powders that contain parabens, waxes, dyes and binders.

This comes in three colors….Feather light, Mineral Veil, and Tinted Mineral Veil.  I do not recommend the tinted tone unless you are really dark.  You may feel you want it so that it will compliment your tan or make you look tanner, but all it does it make your makeup look wrong. Go with one of the other two colors.  The feather light gives a bit of a sparkle.  The choice is yours.

I am a  huge fan of this product.  If you are looking for a fast acting self tanner under twenty bucks, then this is your saving grace.

This product runs $9.99 at most drug stores.  It sprays out with a fine even mist and delivers a tan glow within a couple of hours.  When i do not have time to get my more expensive brand or if i just feel like saving money, this product is my first choice.

Body Bling adds on all over bronze glow and shimmer that creates SEXY highlights to every curve you own.  Bare legs, arms, shoulders, chest….put it anywhere you want to glow.  Illuminate yourself with body bling….Its the perfect way to light up your world.

It comes in bronze and platinum and runs only twenty dollars.  Affordable product that makes you look expensive. Perfect!

Fake tanning is something to do on your own and in private.  Focusing on making it look as natural and real as possible.  Start by purchasing the right tanner for you.  I recommend a spray tan. You never have to touch it with your hands, which saves on the orange palm look.  A good one to use is St. Tropez.  They specialize in all sorts of self tanners.

Always exfoliate first and get all dead skin off of your body.  Secondly stand in the shower and procede to spray every inch of your body at every angle you can image.  You will feel the product as it lands on your skin, so do your best to put the same amount in each area.  Continue to spary back and forth as evenly as possible.  Do not apply moisturizer before or after tanning yourself as this will make things very uneven.  In the morning take a shower and moisturize as usual.

I recommend doing two treatments to get the best look.

FYI…Self tanner dries out your skin, so moisturize double time

 New Definity Spot Treatment and Restorative Night Cream.

The new concentrated Spot Treatment has a precision applicator you can target resistant brown spots with.  This treatment is for putting on before and bed and working through the night on diminishing those icky age and brown spots we get through sun exposure….When we forgot to wear our darn sunscreen!!

You can buy this product at any of your local drugstores or grocery stores.

A luxurious gel that moisturizes dry, dehydrated, or weathered skin.Vitamin E, rich in curative antioxidants, helps fortify the skin against the damaging effects of sun, wind and pollution.

This uniquely soothing formula is one of Jo’s favorites and can be combined with most other products to create countless benefits or the face, hands and feet

 Clarisonic Skin Cleaning System

Heaven Sent!…….This is the best product i have purchased all year long.  The clarisonic is made by the folks that invented the sonicare oral hygiene system.  Its sonic powered!!! The clarisonic cleans six times better than regular washing.  I purchased the pink clarisonic system.  I love the pink color and some of the proceeds go to fight breast cancer.  The clarisonic also comes in a charcoal color for the gentlemen.

I wash my makeup off, which is not necessary since the clarisonic will sonic…ly clean your makeup off as well.  I then put the cleanser on the brush and continue to go over my face until i feel i am done.  I tend to do it longer then needed but it kind of feels good.   After i am done, my face is super clean and smooth.  I continue with my skin care cream and i am done.

After less than a week of using this product morning and night i noticed changes in my skin.  My pores were becoming smaller, acne disappeared, texture was smoother, and color was improving.  I cant wait to see what long term use produces.

I purchased my system at Sephora’s.  It is also available at www.clarisonic.com and at Nordstrom.  If you are looking for the pink one, I suggest purchasing through www.sephora.com. 

Each system comes with three trial cleansers, charger, handle and brush head for $195.  Additional full size cleansers are $25 and extra brush heads are also $25. ( i prefer to use my own cleanser from Philosophy)

 ARBONNE anti aging skin care kit

Have you heard of ARBONNE? Have you ever tried it?  I thought i would try out this highly talked about product ARBONNE.  It boasts of anti aging properties, natural ingredients, and many other positive skin care concepts. 

I was very excited about using this product, since i am obsessed with anti age products, wrinkle fighters, and any youthful age defying product.  I mean how could i go wrong with this product claiming to only offer the highest quality ingredients made from bio chemists and herbalists?

So i begin to try…..i use every morning and every evening. Wash, eye cream, face cream etc.  After a week and a half i start to notice the lightening of a dark spot near my eye….i am ecstatic….then the bumps come.  Many many small little bumps all over my face like sand paper. I figure i am just breaking out, i continue to use my new product but the face never seems to get any better. Now i am freaking, using all my acne products.

I call my consultant and order the acne pills that ARBONNE sells and i hear they work wonders.  I know two other girls whom have used them and they love what they do.  Ofcourse i use the pills and….nothing…..no change what so ever.

I quit using this product and start with something else, which is working and making me happy.  I don’t mean to be negative about ARBONNE.  It just didn’t work for me.  A friend of mine is using it regularly and really seems to like it.

I will say that i loved the night cream. I used it all over and its wonderful.  The lifting serum seems to roll off the skin after a few hours, and we all now how gross that is.  The sunscreen is also a little thick and keeps the face shiny, but in defense of ARBONNE……..i have never found a sunscreen that isn’t a thick, sticky, pore clogging mess anyways.