Product Spotlight : Microdermabrasion Paste

 So many times, I have people ask me what one product I would choose if I could only choose one.  I'm torn between a great moisturizer and a great exfoliate....but, twist my arm...

In my opinion, investing in a good exfoliate is the single best thing you can do for your skin.  There are so many benefits!  Wanna know what they are?

1.  Improved Texture: I love my baby-soft cheeks when I regularly exfoliate!  Even The Big Guy, who never goes overboard in the complementing department, has commented on my soft skin.  Soft skin = more cuddles and kisses. Win/Win.  Dry skin? Exfoliate it away!

2. Closer Shave: I exfoliate my legs a few times per month before shaving to get super smooth legs and The Big Guy exfoliates before shaving his face. It really does clear the way for your razor to be more effective so you don't clog up your blade with dead skin cells. Try it!

3. Battle Aging: Help your body shed those aging skin cells! It gets harder and harder to do so as we age, and dull cells on the surface make fine lines and wrinkles more visible! Exfoliating gives your skin a beautiful polish and helps you age more gracefully.

4.  Help Prevent Breakouts:  Dead skin cells can block your pores, trapping dirt and oils under the surface that can create blemishes.  Keep your pores and your skin clear!

5. Even Skin Tone: This is the more common reason women wear make up! Exfoliation helps turn over the sun damaged cells on the surface, revealing the new cells underneath.  It has an added benefit of ridding the surface of your skin of left-over make up from cleansing!

6. Helps Products Penetrate:  Make your investment in quality products count by eliminating the layers of dead cells between your products and your skin!

7. Improve Sunless Tanner Performance: Exfoliating gives you a smooth canvas that allows the tanner to penetrate and create a natural looking glow.  Dead skin cells = orange streaky tan 

8. Improves Skin Tone: When you eliminate dead skin cells, you stimulate your body to create more. Cell turnover = brighter, tighter skin

 Rodan+Fields Micro-Dermabrasion Paste is an amazing exfoliate! You can use it alone, or pair it with a variety of other products to solve TONS of skincare issues.  Here are just a few...

 

Questions?  Comment or email me - hopestudios1 (at) Gmail (dot) com 

Can't afford good skincare? I can tell you how to earn your products for free!

Dreams - progress report

I'm mid-way through the summer and I've been able to maintain the 5 hours/week work schedule with my Rodan+Fields Business pretty easily so far.  Getting up and working about 1 hour a day M-F on my phone and computer.

I got my biggest paycheck so far in June (enough to cover my car payment on my Acura MDX, AND pay for my plane ticket to Vegas for conference!!!).  I maintained pretty well over vacation, working about 3 hours that week and hit Level One shortly after I returned!

My 5 goals this month are to get myself organized!  On my list:

1.  Consolidate all my many notebooks into 2 - one for customers and one for training call notes
2. Organize all my scattered files pertaining to training my new team members into one place.
3. Focus on business goals each month
4. Write down my changing story as to "Why" I want this business for myself.  It seems like it changes as I become more confident and successful and fulfills different parts of me over time.
5. Set working hours so I'm not looking at my phone when my kids are around!

Progress Report

As I was going through old photos the other day, I noticed a selfie where I had a large age-spot on the end of my nose I had never noticed before!  I can see in the photo I am wearing makeup but there is the spot front and center.

I took another photo the other day straight out of bed, no makeup, to take a look at my progress and there is no age spot there.  It's pretty cool that my Reverse Regimen is taking care of skin issues I never even noticed before! Liking the progress I'm seeing with my skin.  I'm turning 44 tomorrow and I have some lost time and sun damage to make up for.

On the business end, I have a friend who approached me about joining me in my Rodan+Fields business last month. I have my first partner in crime and I'm loving having my own person to mentor and bounce ideas off! Happy birthday to me!

Last month, I made enough in my paycheck to take over the payment on my Acura MDX so it's been a great few months for me so far!

If you have any questions about Rodan+Fields the business or the products I'd love to try to help.  Go ahead and email me or comment below and we can connect.

Have a great week!

Why You Should Wash Your Face

Why Wash Your Face?

“Because the world is gross and dirty. Your own skin is covered in a layer of dead skin cells, bacteria, pollutants, viruses and dirt. (In fact, every single day you shed about 50 million dead skin cells)   And that layer will get thicker over time unless you take drastic action and wash your face twice a day. Washing our faces not only gets rid of various antigens (tiny unwanted foreign invaders), it also provides our skin much-needed hydration. (This is why it's important to moisturize your skin shortly after bathing; the moisturizer's function is to seal moisture within the skin.)”

-The Discovery Website

Why Wash with Rodan + Fields?

“Dr. Katie Rodan is a board certified dermatologist and is recognized as an expert in the field of cosmetic dermatology by the medical community, her colleagues and the media. A researcher and practicing cosmetic dermatologist, Dr. Rodan writes and speaks on a variety of skin care issues while continuing to research new ingredients, technologies, products and procedures to help her patients and the public find the best solutions to address their cosmetic concerns. Dr. Kathy Fields is an expert on skin disease and skin aging as well as disorders of the skin, hair and nails. Much of her medical and surgical dermatology practice is applied to cosmetic dermatology and helping patients minimize the the appearance of sun damage and premature aging. Dr. Fields educates doctors and consumers about many different skin conditions and treatments as well as teaching the cosmetics industry about proven dermatological solutions to skin care problems. She was recently named one of America’s Top Dermatologists.”

-Examiner.com 

So Proud to have those 2 Doctors in my corner! Smart, strong women who have given their business to us to share and learn and grow for ourselves.

 

Bottom Line?

Everyone should be washing their face. Period. But there are so many products out there, why are we the best? We use 4 Step, multi-med therapy: BAM!

 If you wash your face with ONE bottle, two things can happen: nothing, or everything. 

If a wash does what it should, it will pull impurities out of your skin, open up the pores, and clean the dead skin, dirt, and bacteria away from your face. If it is a cheap wash, it will just push the junk around your skin instead of cleaning it off.  (Two simple facts to add; bubbles and foam=bad. They destroy the delicate lipid barrier of the skin and ruin the skins natural moisture process. If you have oily skin, it will become more oily; if you have dry skin, it will become more dry.)

SO, let’s say you have a “good” wash and you are successfully cleaning your face. Then what? Take advantage of the open pores and get those important ingredients in while you have the chance (approximately 3 minutes to be exact from the time you wash). A toner is extremely important for delivering ingredients deeper into the skin. Liquid is much less dense than a cream, BUT it also balances the ph level of your face, resolving oil or dryness and killing the bacteria that may still be stuck deep inside the pores. 

So why a step 3? Because your pores are STILL open to the environment.  A third step is required to close the pores, keep the good ingredients in, and the bad stuff OUT: pollutants, bacteria, environmental elements, etc. Without that third step you mind as well not even wash your face.
 

While you are washing the bad stuff away, it is nearly impossible to avoid losing some of the good stuff. Restoring the skin's natural moisture will slow down the aging process, ease sensitivity, and keep your face feeling and looking better in general. 
So what's the fourth step? Sunscreen is a MUST. No ifs, ands, or buts. Even one day in the sun unprotected can reverse a year of good skin care.  

Want proof R+F works?

 

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HOW ABOUT.......

• We have had more free media coverage than any other beauty company in the nation
  
• We won the American Business Award, Stevie Award, that Apple and Microsoft both won in previous years
  
• We are the only company to have a tool like the Macro Exfoliator
  
• We have less than a 1% return rate on products
  
• We were created by the Stanford trained doctors who first created the Proactiv treatment
  
• We were the number one seller in Nordstrom stores in 2007
  
• We are the only beauty company to have so much faith in our products that we offer a 100% guarantee or your money back within 60 days. 
  
  
   
  
  I have a fun, informative Facebook Event coming up next week I'll share more about next Sunday.  You can learn about the products and the business in a non-pressure format - in your PJ's, on your couch!  There will be lots of opportunity to ask questions and win products, prizes, perks...So watch here and Facebook for your Girls Night In invitation coming soon!
  
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