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I always knew seaweed was good for the skin. It contains calcium and other minerals according to my mother and aunts. So eating lots of them was always a yes-yes. It’s real good if you buy those seaweed (Nori) packets and eat them with rice. Mmmmm.
Browsing through the July 2007 issue of Lucky, the featured secret ingredient for the month was Seaweed. From candles to foundation, they featured products that contained the powerful ingredient. Seaweed as Lucky writer, Dawn Spinner explains, filters in hundred of gallons of water daily, leaving the seaweed to soak up minerals like zinc, selenium, and magnesium, and synthesizes at least a dozen vitamins (a dozen vitamins!! No need for Centrum?), seaweed is then one of the most nutrient-rich substances on earth. In products, it restores both skin and hair, and also your inner spirit since it has a subtle, calming marine scent. Here is the list of products featured and I’ve added their links (either click on the name of the product or the picture of the product), in case you’d like to read for yourself what these products are made of and if you’d like to buy them yourself. Enjoy.

Candle: D.L. & Co. Seaweed Absolute Candle - ensures a light and sweet scent with the pretty kelp pattern to brighten up any day.
Hair Mist: Nexxus Phyto Organics Sea Swell Texture Mist - strengthens your hair and protects your color from the sun.

Foundation: Sue Devitt 70% Triple Seaweed Gel Foundation - covers redness, smooths lines, and leaves the right amount of glow!

Body Scrub: Davie Gate Sea Grass Skin Smoothing Body Scrub
Shampoo: Freeman Beauty Sea Kelp Smoothing Shampoo
Conditioner: Bumble and Bumble Seaweed Conditioner

Shower Gel: Molton Brown Energising Seamoss Bath & Shower

Moisturizer: AquaTanica Spa Sea Moisture Gel Souffle - Cool texture, a gel-cream hybrid that sinks in instantly, and leaves you with a dewy, sexy sheen.

My sisters and I got this for our dear mother for Mothers day!
We got the face lifting serum, the line diminishing serum, and the Creme de la Mer that should firm up the skin.
Our very friendly LaMer sales consultant went through each and every step that should be taken once applying the serum and finishing up with the cream. The face lifting serum should be applied and patted across the face (you only need two drops on your palm), then with the line diminishing serum go over the wrinkles using your ring finger pat them on the lines gently. My mom apparently felt a tightening feel once she was done applying this serum. Finish up with the cream, where you literally PAT them on your face and neck instead of the usual rubbing it in.

The cream can be applied once or twice a day. Also, the serum and the cream last for about 8 - 12 months, regarding how much you apply to your face.

My mom was really happy about it by the end of the day and her face did look extra glowy too. Happy Mothers Day to all Mothers out there!

How is water good for you skin? According to Diane Iron, who wrote the book The Worlds’ Best Kept Beauty Secrets, water is the best beauty treatment you can give your skin. Drinking 8-10 glasses a day will replenish your skin and of course you may not realize it but give you the beauty treatment you’ve always been dying for. Drinking water moisturizes your skin. Water is essential to maintaining elasticity and suppleness and helps prevent dryness.

Water gives the ability to maintaining skin health as well as overall health. Drinking water helps flush toxins out, appropriate water intake lessens the burden on your kidneys and liver.