Face

Tantejoan here! As the youngest of three girls, I often found myself on the low end of the totem pole, last to the table, holder of the short stick – you get the picture.  Wherever I went, my sisters -- seven and ten years older -- had been there before me, and as memorable and talented as they were, late arrival moi was saddled with their brilliant reputations as not-very-added-value.  “Oh,” chirped the teacher, “you are (enter sister’s name here)’s sister.  You must be wonderful at dramatics/rope climbing/creative writing/pottery/butter churning.”  Whatever I wanted to do, or was expected to excel at, my sisters had been there, done that, and had left me a daunting legacy as they moved on to their next triumphs, literally years ahead of me.

Ah, but there was one arena in which I was the clear leader, superior in every way, and it has lasted me all of my life.  I have inherited all of the good calcium genes both parents had to offer.  While my sisters were plagued with cavities in virtually every tooth, spending Saturday after tortuous Saturday clamped into the dentist’s chair, I skipped blithely through my childhood and young adulthood with but three cavities.  Ever.  My hair was strong and thick, while theirs was fine and thin.  My bones were strong; even now, when I have a bone density test, the result shows that I have the bones of a thirty year old, leaving me to conclude that somewhere in the world there is a poor young woman cursed with my elderly bones.  My sisters?  They are charter members of the Sally Field School of Bone Maintenance.

Meg here! Please ignore that I am a total hypocrite and sun burnt to a crisp in this video. I am with the lovely Susan and we have a great give away for some lucky reader (or as I say in the video like 100 times ONE LUCKY READER!) A wonderful skin treatment to reverse sun damage from the famous Dr. Duo behind a little bitty line called Proactiv. I'm sure you've never heard of Proactiv.

Any how you can win the complete ant-sundamage line from Rodan + Fields. YOU WIN THE ENTIRE LINE! All you have to do is be committed to the program and really let us know if it really works! I mean we want to see pictures and hear all about your progress!!

Gigi here! Tommy Townsend became my first love when we were eight years old.  I will admit that there were others before him, like Gino, Robert, and Joey, who competed daily to spend their own milk money in order to purchase cartons of orange drink, potato chips, and long pretzel sticks for me at recess.  The others, I am ashamed to admit, I used for treats.  But Tommy was "the one."

Our relationship started in the typical way.  Always seated behind me in alphabetical order, he would pull my hair, write with his finger on my back (that was daring and we were never caught), and hide my red rubber snow boots. That tickled me pink and outside waiting for the bus I began to kick him--he came back for more.  I knew he was committed to me in the summer between third and fourth grades, as he circled my house at least five times daily and would call, "Sommers!  Looking for Sommers!  Are you in there?"  I was generally in the backyard with a group of girls and highly flattered.  He called for me in front of his buddies.  We were a younger version of Romeo and Juliet, star-crossed lovers destined to be together.

Sweetassgal here checking in for this weeks edition of Green Chi Tuesdays!  If there is any ONE beauty secret I learned from my mother it's to take good care of your skin.  From a very early age Mom was always trying to teach me the best ways to take care of our sensitive and redness prone dermis.  When most mom's were busy nights watching Johnny Carson (pre-Leno for you young one's) or diving for bon bon's, my gorgeous mother was giving all of my best girlfriends lessons on steam facials and mud masks.  She even set up little individual mirror and face cloth stations around our kitchen table so we could get a good look at before and after pore sizing.  That and the constant reminder to "brush your face and wash your teeth"...yes she said it just like that...every night really helped me develop conscientious skin care habits.  Now if she could only keep me from picking at my blackheads, but that's another habit that will take Pavlov himself and enough pharmaceuticals to take down Shamu to cure!

As mentioned in a previous post I tried out the Dr. Hauschka Daily Face Care kit courtesy of Stylemama just before my sojourn to Hawaii in September.  I really do love trial kits because you get a chance to see what works and what doesn't and you also get to test beauty companies theories that you HAVE to use their products in conjunction with each other to really work at optimal effectiveness.  I can say without a doubt that I DID find some things that work for me and I DON'T think you have to use it all to really get the best results.  Off the bat I absolutely could not recommend the Cleansing Cream.  I found the smell horrific, the texture unpleasant and the consistency not in the least bit pampering.  It made it hard to want to continue with the rest but I was certainly glad I did.  The Normalizing Day Oil and the Clarifying Toner, however, are absolutely wonderful!  I started out with it in Hawaii and the humidity combined with the change in air really wrecked havoc on my skin so I decided to postpone the test and try it out on my home turf.  I'm SO glad I did because its so much more effective for me that way.  The Normalizing Day Oil hydrates me enough to not have to use a moisturizer and the Clarifying Toner is the perfect companion to keep my skin from going into oil over-production.  

MissRo here! In the land of skin care, there are women who prefer using only a couple of products. Whereas in places like Japan, they have a very specific cleansing process, especially at night and can use several products. My regimen is the same morning and night. I use a cleanser, eye cream, and day cream with SPF and then at night I cleanse, use my eye cream, and then put on night cream. It's been that way for a while.

I have, every now and again, used a serum, but I'm so used to my three product regimen, that I never really stick to using it. When I was checking out Dr. Dima's Galactic Glove serum, I was quite surprised that they suggested you put it on after their SPF day cream. I don't mind layering at night to give my skin the treament it needs while I sleep, but not too keen on it during the day. Regardless, I gave it a try.

I wore it a couple of days without makeup and a couple of days with makeup. For me the biggest test was putting on makeup and see how it lasted throughout the day. It honestly had the same effect as those primers you use before putting makeup on. At least this serum actually benefits your skin, while the primers are usually an extra layer of nothing.