GLOWING

Shiseido
Radiant Lifting Foundation Broad Spectrum SPF 17 ($45.00, shiseido.com)

PRODUCT 101: An antiaging foundation with innovative light technology to eliminate shadows and give skin a radiant, youthful glow. Revive your skin with light.Radiance Reflecting Powder provides a soft-focus effect and luminosity for a more youthful, lifted appearance for 12 hours and a rich moisturizing effect for 24 hours.

What else you need to know:
Smooth wrap oil, hydroxyproline, and rose apple leaf extract provide abundant moisture to help counteract wrinkles and firm the skin.

FLAWLESS

Shiseido
Foundation Brush ($30.00, shiseido.com)

PRODUCT 101: A versatile foundation brush for use with all formulations. Shiseido’s innovative technology combined with traditional Japanese brush-making techniques create the perfect foundation finish. Perfect for liquid, cream or powder, this brush picks up all types of formulas for a uniform application and impeccable finish.

What else you need to know:
Gently tapered strands create an angled slant that best allows bristles to reach all facial contours. A short handle allows for precise control during application and portability for travel.

REGENERATE

Shiseido
Future Solution LX Eye and Lip Contour Regenerating Cream ($130.00, shiseido.com)

PRODUCT 101: A restorative eye and lip cream that improves signs of aging. This luxuriously hydrating eye and lip treatment is formulated with Shisedo’s Form Support Veil to visibly diminish the appearance of wrinkles, fine lines, dark circles, and sagging around the delicate eye and lip areas. Regular use leaves skin with a velvety radiance.

What else you need to know:
Shisedo brings together centuries of Japanese wisdom with the latest advancements in skincare to bring you the future of beautiful skin. The Future Solution LX collection of products delivers powerful formulations in rich textures for incomparable results. Each product contains Skingenecell 1P, a breakthrough in age-defying skincare that increases skin’s smoothness and firmness, while reducing signs of damage, stress, and age.

SUPPLE

Shiseido
Benefiance WrinkleResist24 Night Cream ($55.00, shiseido.com)

PRODUCT 101: An age-defense nighttime moisturizer. This moisturizer creates a visible reduction in the appearance of existing wrinkles, intensively addressing lines before they become more serious. Its advanced formula works while you sleep to promote a silky-smooth skin texture by morning.

What else you need to know:
Shiseido Benefiance WrinkleResist24 is a complete line of skincare products that targets every step of wrinkle formation. Each product contains a breakthrough ingredient, mukurossi extract, which directly inhibits the activity of a wrinkle-triggering enzyme. Skin is made resistant to future signs of aging while existing wrinkles are visibly improved.

SMOOTH AND SUPPLE

Shiseido
Benefiance Protective Hand Revitalizer SPF 8 ($38.00, shiseido.com)

PRODUCT 101: A silky hand cream that defends against roughness and dryness while providing a healthy, youthful clarity to skin. Provides moisture for smooth skin and protects hands from daily UV damage. Invisible, non-oily formula massages easily and quickly into the skin. Use daily after washing for continous protection.

CREAMY

Shiseido
Shimmering Cream Eye Color ($25.00, shiseido.com)

PRODUCT 101: A lightweight cream eye shadow with a radiant, lustrous finish that maintains a just-applied fresh look for 16 hours without smudging or creasing. This gorgeous eye color, available in an array of lustrous shades, maintains a just-applied fresh look that lasts all-day long without smudging or creasing. Super Hydro-Wrap Vitalizing DE hydrates the skin. Shiseido Shimmering Cream Eye Color is an Allure Best of Beauty Award Winner.

PREVENTION

Shiseido
Urban Environment UV Protection Cream SPF 40 ($30.00, shiseido.com)

PRODUCT 101: A feather-light daily sunscreen that provides exceptional hydration while protecting against external aggressors such as UV rays, dryness and air pollution for beautiful, healthy-looking skin. Exceptionally powerful formula effectively protects skin from harmful UVA/UVB rays that cause photo-aging. Hydro-Restoring Complex contains moisturizing amino acids that naturally exist in skin. Provides long-lasting moisture for skin that is smooth to the touch. Scutellaria Baicalensis helps prevent UV damage to essential fibroblasts which produce collagen and elastin, the key elements to resilient, youthful-looking skin. Rose Apple Leaf Extract counteracts oxidation, the process which accelerates skin aging, and helps prevent DNA damage caused by UV rays. Invisible on skin. Can be used as a makeup base for a beautiful foundation finish. Easily removes with daily cleanser.

SILKY SMOOTH

Shiseido
Benefiance WrinkleResist24 Day Cream SPF 15 PA++ ($52.00, shiseido.com)

PRODUCT 101: An age-defying daytime moisturizer that helps protect skin from damage caused by external aging factors such as UV rays. This product provides skin with an intensive emulsion of hydration and powerful antiaging ingredients. It addresses lines and wrinkles before they become more serious while promoting a skin texture that’s silky smooth. Apply this cream daily to shield skin against environmental aggressors and a broad spectrum of UVA and UVB radiation.

What else you need to know:
Shiseido Benefiance WrinkleResist24 is a complete line of skincare products that targets every step of wrinkle formation. Each product contains a breakthrough ingredient, mukurossi extract, which directly inhibits the activity of a wrinkle-triggering enzyme. Skin is made resistant to future signs of aging while existing wrinkles are visibly improved.

FACIAL MASKS

Facial masks are more than just silly tricks to get your “beauty rest”. Facial masks are a great way to condition, clean or treat the skin. With the variety of facial masks you can apply to your skin, anyone can use them for a multitude of benefits. They are an important part of skin care. It is recommended that you use a facial mask at least once a week. A weekly facial mask session cannot only help your skin receive moisture, but it can also ease skin disorders, though it is not necessary to go overboard and wear one every night.

The type of mask you can use depends on skin condition. Oily skin gets a great benefit out of mud or clay masks, because the ingredients cleanse impurities causing acne. Masks that contain alpha-hydroxy acids act to exfoliate, cleaning away dead skin cells, and hydrating masks are made with anything from glycerin to aromatherapy oils.

Masks from green tea help calm irritated skin, especially after a deep cleansing facial. Facial masks are usually left on for no more than 20 minutes, and rinsed off with warm water. After rinsing the facial mask off, apply a thin layer of moisturizer to your face that works best with your skin type.

Shiseido
Purifying Mask ($27.00, shiseido.com)
PRODUCT 101: A creamy, rinse-off facial mask formulated with Marine Mineral Clay to absorb dulling surface sebum and impurities and leave skin visibly refined and refreshed. Reveals radiant new skin for a more youthful look. Contains a unique combination of highly-porous Marine Mineral Clay, kaolin, and powder ingredients to absorb surface sebum and impurities and minimize the appearance of pores.

Shiseido
Pure Retinol Intensive Revitalizing Face Mask ($62.00, shiseido.com)
PRODUCT 101: A concentrated treatment that targets fine lines and wrinkles as it saturates skin with moisture. Restore youthful suppleness and radiance with a single application of this vitality-enhancing complex. Suitable for all skin types, this advanced formula features Shiseido-original Pure Liquid Retinol and anti-photowrinkle system with Chlorella plant extract.

THE MIRACLE VITAMIN

The purest and most active form of Vitamin A. Retinol aids in the resurfacing and rejuvenating of skin, helping to impart a clearer, more vibrant complexion for all ages and skin types.

• Retinol is another name for vitamin A, one of the most important vitamins for the appearance of your skin. It plays an important role in anti-aging skin care.

• Retinol belongs to the family of chemical compounds known as retinoids, and is particularly effective due to its small molecular structure. This allows for penetration deep beneath the skin and promotes cellular renewal.

• Retinol has the ability to smooth wrinkles and lines. It also increases moisture and elasticity and assists the skin in repairing itself. Retinol is acknowledged as a powerful antioxidant that assists in creating stronger, healthier skin cells and increases the amount of skin-support substances.

• Retinol products are an important component in any quality skin care regimen and for those looking to maintain a youthful glow.

Shiseido
Pure Retinol Instant Treatment Eye Mask ($62.00, shiseido.com)
PRODUCT 101: A concentrated under-eye treatment sheet mask for all skin types. Developed with Shiseido exclusive Pure Liquid Retinol Delivery System, this complex is designed to visibly improve fine lines, crow’s feet, and uneven texture, in just 15 minutes. It can also be used around the lips for exceptional smoothing benefits.

Philosophy
Help Me ($45.00, philosophy.com)
PRODUCT 101: An advanced, age-fighting night treatment featuring time-released retinol. This winner of Allure magazine’s editor’s choice “Best of Beauty” award for best antiaging treatment helps keep pores clean and minimized, reduces wrinkles and discoloration, and boosts tone and firmness. It delivers the key ingredient, retinol, through encapsulated microsponge technology, which offers stability for gradual release into the skin. The time-release innovation, along with a soothing dose of bisabolol, increases efficacy and helps prevent irritation.

EYE BELIEVE IN YOU

HOW TO DIMINISH PUFFINESS AND DARK CIRCLES

What ages you most? Surprisingly, it might not be wrinkles or gray hair but dark circles under your eyes. Although dark circles under eyes usually aren’t a sign of exhaustion or serious illness, they can make you feel old, unhealthy and exhausted, and most of us have experienced the “raccoon eyes.”

Handle with care. The skin under the eyes is the thinnest on the body. The many blood vessels in this area can show through the delicate skin, contributing to the appearance of dark under eye circles, especially if the vessels become dilated. Fat pads surround the eyes, and the muscles that enclose the upper and lower eyelids hold the fat pads (and skin) in place. As we age, skin and muscle lose elasticity, which can result in sagging around the eyes. With this known fact, as a makeup artist and avid beauty addict, I stress out the importance of a proper rigid eye care system to almost everyone that I encounter. I will always go out of my way to get my eye cream fix.

Puffiness under the eyes occurs when you retain water and your under eye tissue swells. Dark circles indicate blood vessels or hereditary pigment. To reduce puffiness, look for an eye cream containing caffeine, which causes blood vessels to temporarily constrict, or shrink. You should also avoid salt and drink plenty of water. For a quick at-home fix, apply cool compresses (tea bags soaked in ice water or cucumber slices work well) and rest with your head elevated for as little as 15 minutes or as long as overnight. To lighten dark areas, use a cream containing hydroquinone or kojic acid; both brighten hyper-pigmented skin. To cosmetically improve the appearance of dark circles, apply eye cream that contain mica or light-diffusing particles to make the skin seem lighter and brighter, if necessary, follow with concealer.

Shiseido
Benefiance Concentrated Anti Wrinkle Eye Cream ($50.00, shiseido.com)
PRODUCT 101: An ultra-rich, age-defense eye cream that protects skin from dehydration and dramatically minimizes the appearance of wrinkles and lines to promote a youthfully smooth, radiant look. Developed with Shiseido-exclusive Anti-Photowrinkle System, consisting of plant extract chlorella to counteract the appearance of future wrinkles. Recommended for dry and very dry skin. Pat around eye area, morning and night, as last step of skincare routine.

Murad
Lighten and Brighten Eye Treatment ($75.00, murad.com)
PRODUCT 101: A patented, triple-action formula targets the signs of environmental damage around the eye area. Scientifically proven to fight multiple signs of distress around the delicate eye area by lightening dark under eye circles and diminishing under eye bags and puffiness. Clinical testing has shown that using this product lightens dark under eye circles by an average of 59% and diminishes under eye bags and puffiness by up to 50%.

PLEASE, WASH YOUR FACE

SIMPLE STEPS ON HOW TO REMOVE YOUR MAKEUP

Everyone likes a fresh start. If you want to wake up with clean, glowing skin, then you absolutely must take off all your makeup. No excuses! I cringe when I hear about women going to sleep with a full face of makeup on. Not only it will clog your pores, but it will also age your skin. The process of taking off your makeup should be gentle and should never leave your skin dehydrated or irritated.

I like to use a cleansing oil, which won’t dry out your face. Using your fingers, swipe a small amount of oil across your lids, eyebrows, and lips, and then lightly massage it all over your face. This will soften your skin and loosen the makeup, you don’t have to rub too hard.

Then take a flat, square cotton pad, try Shiseido Facial Cotton ($9.00, shiseido.com), I like these better than the balls, which can be rough, and pour a little cleansing oil on it. Go over the same spots again, being careful not to scrub back and forth. Just gently skim the surface in one direction to pull up the color.

Get it wet. Once my eye makeup is gone, I wash my skin with a mild foaming or gel cleanser to remove excess of dirt and oil. Then I rinse with warm water using a soft, damp washcloth to gently exfoliate the skin and ensure my pores are thoroughly clean. I always finish with a repairing moisturizer.