Practical Beauty Buys

We love to help our clients look and feel their best on any budget. Sure, we carry luxury skin care brands and we love them. We also have a few of our organic BoBeauty made products that we pride. But there are so many practical, overlooked and under appreciated store bought must haves that don’t come with expensive labels. We don’t always have to sell it or make it in order to recommend it. Aquaphor, which is a glorified vaseline, is almost always what I recommend after procedures. I do not recommend products with actives after procedures. This simple ointment is a great skin protectant from dirt, germs, and other irritants. It will not clog your pores. I also recommend to apply 2 nights a week before bed to prevent what we call transepidermal water loss. A ritual we refer to as “sludging”. No cream, butter or serum has this protective effect. For your eye area, Burts Bees calming eye cream with aloe and rice milk is uniquely formulated to calm common irritation and soften delicate eyelid skin.

Let’s move on to hair. 100% Mulberry silk pillowcases will save your hair. Sure, I love the feel of cotton for most garments, but the pillowcase is an exception. We always hear about the damaging effects of washing hair and going to sleep with it wet. Let’s not dismiss the importance of what we are tossing and turning on in the night. Friction is real, and it’s brutal with cotton. Silk it up and your hair will thank you. I love Blissy brand but this more affordable Sunday Silk brand is very similar. We will have seasonal stocks of Blissy in the office from time to time. Our hair restoration program is growing and we are developing a real niche for it. I’ve had a few men admit that they will not adhere to a twice daily serum regimen. In this case, I recommend this medicated shampoo and conditioner as an augmentation to your in office treatment.