Month: February 2019

Yeah that’s right! Although Jennifer Yen has achieved much more than Power Ranger fame, I know everyone reading this right now remembers her as Vypra.  But when the metal bra came off and reviving Queen Bansheera took a back seat, actress Jennifer Yen founded beauty line Purlisse  – which you know I’ve been all about lately (SEE The Duel of the Eye Creams ).

Anand: So what are some things to help get Glowing Skin

Jennifer: drink hot water and lemon, eat almonds and avocado, take a daily probiotic and co-Q10, meditate, workout, wear sunscreen, exfoliate weekly.

Anand: OK, I recognize some of those as recommendations my Grandmother used to make! Your solutions really do come from the Asian Wisdom that a lot of people out here don’t know about.  Can you quickly list off some more of these Ancient Asian Beauty remedies?

Jennifer:  Blue Lotus, drinking tea, drinking hot water and lemon, eating Superfoods…

Wait, what’s the Cardi B part? Well just ask her make-up artist.  Cardi B’s MUA has been known to be all about the Blue Lotus.

So first off, in this article we’ll be testing out the CBD Oil products of one specific brand even though we’ll be talking about CBD Oil in general.   But to preface, I just got turned on to this Sun God Medicinals brand – and I am honestly a bit excited because check out all the Anand-style good stuff they make: List of Sun God Products @ https://amzn.to/2UvqZEe

So long story short (I’m sure you’ve googled CBD Oil and got a bunch of chemistry class gibberish or over-hyped up blog posts with a ridiculously long list of “benefits” so let’s skip to the chase and tell it like it is) – CBD Oil is oil that comes from the Hemp plant, but not exactly the same thing as Marijuana people smoke to get high. Or even medicinal oil that has “high” effects.  It’s different.  It has nothing that would show up on a drug test, and it has a ton of antioxidants and good fats.   Although people tout that CBD Oil is good for all sorts of stuff, its main intended use is for pain, sleep, inflammation, stress, and anxiety.

So this is why it makes for an interesting massage oil either post workout, during intimate moments, for people under stress or with insomnia, for arthritis etc.

We tried out two different oils, a muscle rub and something called a hypnos massage oil.  Now, chamomile oil is said to do similar and I happen to have some from a recent trip to the Philippines where it’s used for everything from sore muscles to constipation. So we lined up and tried these out alongside the chamomile oil to see if there is a difference.   (hint: there is, for starters the CBD products smell better and have more ingredients than just CBD Oil).

The Hypnos Massage Oil has stuff that I would normally add to a collection of essential oils like ylang ylang, lavender, and sandalwood.   Just smelling the bottle instantly relaxes me. At first the feeling on the skin was no different than ylang ylang oil would feel on its own.  But my muscles started to lighten up after a few minutes.  May take as long as 15 according to the bottle.  LOL, it has a “creep” – there’s a sentence I haven’t said since college.

The Muscle Rub (which is also a massage oil) is called the Hercules Massage Oil, and also has esential oils I would normally use – like basil.  This one is noticeably more invigorating.  Again, basil oil on its own would do this but you wouldn’t usually use basil straight, you’d cut it anyway with other stuff.  The other stuff in this bottle are pretty great.   I am looking forward to loaning this bottle out to someone who has arthritis/spasms.

At first I was like, “Why is a soccer player sending me man-beauty products?”  Turns out he’s got a whole brand of stuff going on. And really, is it any more unusual that a rock star having a hot sauce line 😉 ?   But let’s take a look at this eye cream @ https://redcarpetblog.certaire.com/the-duel-of-the-eye-creams/

Once again, we’re at it to figure out the holy grail of eye creams and why there are so many options yet so few that actually work.  Eye health is a bit of a medical mystery when it comes to beauty regimes.  We did a one day test on some  interesting contenders and TWO CAME OUT AHEAD.  What two eye cream brands stood out?  Let’s find out!

These eye creams were assessed by the following criteria:

1. Ease of use (how greasy is it, how hard are the instructions, how often do you have to use it etc.).
2. Subjective impression (do we as the users, feel like it is working when both looking in the mirror and how it feels).
3. Effectiveness to others (similar to #2, but a 3rd party opinion of if it works or not).

HOUSE 99

David Beckham has an eye cream?? When I first got this tube of eye cream, my first thought was “Isn’t this dude a soccer player?”   Turns out he’s got a whole line of products. And really, is it any more unusual that a rock star having a hot sauce line 😉 ?   But let’s take a look at this eye cream!

While I’m not a fan of dimethicone and other such ingredients, I do have to say it feels pretty good on the skin.  The other challenge is you have to snip the tube in order to start using it, can’t just pull off the cap and use it out of the box.  HOWEVER, the size of this tube is IDEAL for travel. It’s the perfect travel eye cream, it is thin and small and easily fits into those draconian quart size bag requirements for toiletries.

Purlisse Blue Lotus 4-in-1 Eye Adore Serum

The ingredients in this are stellar, far above the competition. There are still some scary sounding things (there has to be unfortunately if you want it to work) but for the most part it has all our favorite natural ingredients.

The 4-in-1 Eye Adore Serum feels pretty nice.  I like the way it looks, it is debatable of others notice though.  This one is kind of expensive, but if you’re up for treating yourself :

GET THE PUR LISSE BLUE LOTUS EYE CREAM HERE: https://amzn.to/2WAeqcE

SEE ALL PUR-LISSE PRODUCTS HERE: https://amzn.to/2SmPkia