Choose the right spring products for your face

Mineral Makeup is great in the spring and with all the multipurpose spring collections that can fit anyone’s style - it is easy to choose healthy makeup.

With the My Steppes Makeup Kit by Jane Iredale, you get a highly innovative and very convenient package that makes this product perfect for travel of any kind and on-the-go touchups too! What also makes this kit wonderful is that there are various different color selections for warm or cool skin tones, making this a pleasing product for any woman - especially in the spring.

There is also the new and highly talked about Revitalash. Everyone dreams of the perfect lashes and this wonderful eyelash conditioner will help you achieve the look of longer, thicker and more luscious lashes. You simply apply this liquid eyeliner type of liquid to your lashes once a day and usually within three to ten weeks, your eyelashes will be beautiful! Fuller, thicker and lovely is the look all women want.

With summer upon us, we must take a closer look at our sunscreens and self tanners. Make sure that you are purchasing makeup with a SPF factor and also applying a good sunscreen when you go out in to the sun this Spring and Summer. We know that women like to have a little "color" so investigate the best self tanners and make sure that it fits your skin tone. You can also check into Elta MD's Sunscreen - we recommend it!

Now while we are a medical facility, and are redirecting our focus on medical based skin care products instead of cosmetics, if you have purchased cosmetics from us before, or if there is something you need - we definitely might have it, and are happy to get it for you at La Beau Visage Medical Spa anytime!

Looking Your Best - Makeup On The Go

Sometimes life’s trials and errors can get in the way of our self-care. Sometimes being a Mom or wife and staying at home gets you into a groove that's not so groovy - like not doing hair and makeup. It's easy to get in this pickle - if you rarely need to leave the house. This happens a lot to new moms, or work-from home ladies.

Grooming is as important as taking little Suzy to school, or giving your boss that file he wanted on his desk the day before he ever asked you to get it. Self-care is necessary because if you don’t care for yourself, it then becomes difficult for you to care for others.

You don't have to be that boring and bland person who never leaves the house.

Women who have the weight, yet blessing, of multiple roles like wife, mother and worker will find it really hard to find some time to do their make up every morning or to do their hair in some kind of presentable/fashionable way. Well, we have some tips for you to keep in the routine of looking your best:

1. Twist and PIN! (your hair!) You should have a few hair pins, clips and decorative sticks always handy. In most cases, you can simply twist your hair up and pin it back in less than thirty seconds with the help of some hair accessories, and you look great and like you spent way more than thirty seconds on your hair. Then you can use non sticky hair spray or spray gel in order to keep that great look in place.

2. You can apply mascara on your eyes in just a couple of seconds! A layer of mascara can take you from plain to plain-fabulous in seconds - and you can even dust it softly - if only to bring your eyes out more if you want.

3. Get glossy... Applying some tinted or flavored lip gloss will give your lips a soft look, but you can attract much more attention to yourself by using some simple lipstick to give your lips more color!

Taking care of your body and implementing some skincare can improve your lip health, your dark eye circles, and can even help hide, or even reduce, those wrinkles that every woman worries about as they age. It's a must-do for consistent positive self-image. Get up and go!

Summer time is coming up quickly! That’s right ladies and gentlemen - bathing suit time!

Perhaps you are wondering what sort of hazard might surround the wearing of bathing suits, enjoying the Vitamin D and sunshine, and summer air...

Well, it's all of the exposed skin that exists when wearing a bathing suit that can ever so easily be harmed – and, unintentionally of course. Before bathing suit season even comes, and throughout the summer - you must take measures to protect your skin. This way, you're not only protected - but your skin will already sport a healthy glow - even before you slip on the suit!

How do you prevent this harming of your skin and make it to where your skin is already summer ready before summer even comes along? Here's some pre-summer skincare tips:

• Try to protect yourself from the sun - sit in the shade, or stay indoors when possible -and.,. more specifically - try to avoid the sun, if at all possible, within the hours of 10 A.M and 4 P.M, because that is when the sun’s rays are at their strongest.
• Wear clothing that protects your skin! Even if it may sound a little odd, especially when it’s so warm outside during the summer heat, try to wear long sleeve shirts, long pants, and even a big hat if you want, to try and keep the sun from getting to you.
• Use Sunscreen - When it is summer time, and you are in a bathing suit, make sure you apply plenty of sun screen 30 minutes before going outside and try to put some more on every two hours.
  

Be Kind to your Skin. It really is important to incorporate these tips and others into your daily routine - and make your great skincare HABIT!

• Limit your bath time, because a lot of times hot water and long showers or baths can remove oils from your skin.
• Avoid strong soaps because these can strip oil from your skin.
• Shave carefully! To protect your skin, put on some shaving cream, lotion or gel before shaving.
• Pat your skin dry after washing or bathing, gently, so that some moisture stays on your skin.
• Moisturize dry skin by finding a moisturizer that fits you and your skin type!

Don’t worry, though. If for some reason you forget these things, Le Beau Visage Medical Spa is here to help with our many different cosmetic services, ranging from microdermabrasion, which is a painless and quick treatment that helps to improve the appearance of skin texture, wrinkles, and color, to chemical peels, which leaves you with fresh, vibrant skin in the end - to injectable cosmetic treatments, dermal fillers, medical grade skincare products and more.

Spring EXPO Is In The Air

Spring is in the air, and our twice-annual and hugely anticipated SPRING COSMETIC EXPO event is just around the corner. What's more - we've got a theme this year and it'll be extra fun with glam-packed product specials, goodie bags, demonstrations and giveaways! And as always - the food will be A-list! Mark your calendars!

WHEN: Thursday, April 28th 2011
WHERE: Le Beau Visage Medical Spa, Frisco Texas

Specials on ALL products and treatments - giveaways and demos - and - as always - bring a new friend and you'll receive a $50 gift card.

Call Donna at 214-705-7676 to RSVP and save your spot TODAY! Space will fill up fast!

Are you SEEING SPOTS?

Spring is just around the corner and with that, we all love to get outside among the beautiful, new flowers and take the annual Spring pictures in the Texas Bluebonnets. While the bright, beautiful sunshine makes for some amazing photos, it also captures EVERY skin imperfection you may have. While Photo Facials don't actually involve “photos” of your face (except for your stunning before and after shots...), they use light to treat the skin, and are the perfect solution to address a number of specific skin problems you may have. What is even greater, they are easy, fast AND SAFE! (AND - there MIGHT just be a special on Photo Facial coming up soon - that can save you tons of money! Stay tuned!)

Le Beau Visage Medical Spa offers Photo rejuvenation, or IPL (Intense Pulsed Light) Photo Facials with the Prolite II. It is one of our most popular and tried and true technologies - developed to rejuvenate the skin. The results include overall improvement in the skin texture, tone, reduced pore size and collagen building. It's used for many different skin problems - including the treatment of sun damage, vascular lesions, rosacea, angiomas, hyper pigmentation, melasma (and many more). Most patients who have spent a lot of time in the sun, and have tons of pigment issues (like freckles, sun and even age spots) use Photo Facial therapy to literally REMOVE these spots - and turn back the hands of time. A very positive side effect of IPL treatment for most patients is a general tightening of the skin - allowing for better tone, texture and reduced lines and wrinkles too!

For more information about the technology - and the Prolite II Intense Pulse Light system, contact Dr. Riehs at Le Beau Visage Medical Spa for your free skin care consultation, so your skin will be “picture-perfect” this Spring! Don’t forget to check back in March for our amazing PhotoFacial Special!

Sring Time Renewal With Exfoliation

Springtime is the best time to renew, restore and rejuvenate! Spring is all about turning over to new life - and it can be translated to your skin care too - at a cellular level. How can you do this? Why,exfoliation of course!

Exfoliation is the process of removing old and dead skin cells from your outermost layer of skin. It's a tried and true method of taking care of one's skin - and is used in many skincare products, medical procedures and cosmetic treatments.

You can exfoliate manually, or through the use of chemicals or medical-grade skincare products and treatments. What areas need to be exfoliated? Your whole body will benefit from exfoliation. Most people scrub up in the shower or bathtub - and are able to remove most of the oldest dead skin cells by this simple daily task.

Of course, exfoliation has been going on for centuries - from the ancient Egyptians (Cleopatra had some kickin' skin!) to present day - people have been removing the dead skin cells. It's said that wine was used as a chemical peel during the Middle Ages!

As skin cells die, they become saturated with keratin - which protects the skin from elemental damage. This makes the cells thicker, and through the aging process, causes the skin to become dry, uneven, and rough.

Exfoliation gently and naturally encourages removal of this outer layer of skin, revealing the new skin beneath. It also keeps skin clean and pores clear of clogging.

At Le Beau Visage - we offer several medical grade skincare products that will help the exfoliation process - as well as chemical peels and other treatments to help turn over the old... to bring forth the new skin, just like SPRING.

Finally - Rescue for ADULT ACNE

I know I'm not alone - suffering from adult acne. I just knew for sure - in my twenties - that the outbreaks of acne would go away. Breakouts still came. I figured certainly - in my thirties - that the unattractive and painful bumps would subside. They didn't. And every product on the shelf at the drugstores - was geared towards young skin - for those who were dealing with the trials of puberty - only to experience flawless skin the rest of their lives. Unfortunately - some of us aren't that lucky.

But now, SkinCeuticals - one of our premier skin care brands - has an entirely new line dedicated to acne-prone skin - ADULT acne prone skin. They've found the skin of people who have acne breakouts into adult hood ages differently - and possibly more quickly than other types of skin due to slower cell renewal. Signs of aging like rough, uneven and discolored skin and skin texture, larger pores and wrinkles - are all a result of the aging process and seem to be amplified with acne-prone adult skin types.

The secret to the line (specifically the SkinCeuticals LHA Serum) is the LHA, glycolic acid, and aminosulfonic acid compound which enhances keratolytic activity, eliminates surface cells by stimulating enzymes and encourages the natural sloughing and exfoliation process, and finally - opens and cleanses pores, all of which in turn improves the skin's texture and minimizes the look of fine lines.

It's brand new - and we've got it. Call us at 214-705-7676 to find out if it's right for you - and how our medical based skincare lines can help you achieve the results you're looking for.