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Habits that Haunt
Coloring Outside the Lines
As kids we are taught to color inside the lines, and the same logic applies when it comes to your lips. While applying thick, occlusive balms or waxy, greasy lipsticks is perfect for your pucker, layering it on the skin around your lips can cause blackheads. This is because the skin of your lips and the skin surrounding your mouth is very different. Sealing in moisture on your lips can be beneficial, but sealing in debris and bacteria on the skin around your mouth can mean breakouts.
It’s best to keep your look natural, and stick within the lip area when applying lip products. And always look for ingredients that do more than just make your lips look good. Many multi-tasking products can also improve the texture and overall health of your lip over time, while still giving you a smooth, glossy finish.
Skinpact Spotlight
Man Up
From George Clooney to Kevin Costner, it’s clear that men, like fine wine and cheese, just get better with age. But sadly, the same doesn’t always apply for women. As fertility dwindles, we tend to take on a more masculine appearance. Tune in to this week’s webisode of Skinpact News, “Man Up,” to hear from Dr. Katie Rodan and Dr. Kathy Fields on what you can do to stop Mother Nature in her tracks and look as young as you feel.
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Myth Busters
Myth: Lip Balms are Addictive
The myth that lip balms are addictive is so misunderstood there’s actually a website called LipBalmAnonymous.com, but don’t call an interventionist just yet. While your lips may need some kind of restorative rehab due to dryness or irritation, they don’t need a twelve-step program.
The truth is, lip balms are not addictive. And while applying them constantly can become a habit, it’s a relatively harmless one. The secret to keeping your lips in good health starts like any relationship: setting good boundaries. In this case, we mean using products with ingredients that deliver a lasting moisture or boundary from the elements. Waxy products just contribute to a dry feeling and super slicking glosses evaporate too fast.
Instead, opt for a lip balm that protects against the environment with a proper balance of skin-healthy ingredients that provide just the right amount of soothing moisture and sealing protection and feature a broad spectrum SPF for daytime. Once you find your perfect solution, feel free to apply as often as you’d like.
Skinpact Spotlight
Winter Hibernation
Did you know that by age 70 the average person will have lost 105 pounds of skin from natural skin cell exfoliation? In the winter, we spend much more time indoors, meaning that much of this skin ‘shedding’ is taking place in our homes, and may be contributing to at-home dusting duties. Tune in to this week’s webisode of Skinpact News, “Winter Hibernation” to hear from Dr. Katie Rodan and Dr. Kathy Fields on what you can do to keep dead skin cells in check and off your floors this winter.
Watch more Skinpact News webisodes on the Rodan + Fields Facebook page.
A Chance to Win …
Kiss and Tell
In honor of Valentine’s day, love, and all that sentimental stuff, we want to hear about your first kiss: the good, the bad, the ugly … and the funny. Tell us how your lips learned their first lesson in love by commenting on this post in the next 24 hours, and you’ll be entered to win our popular ANTI-AGE Lip Renewing Serum, ESSENTIALS Lip Shield SPF 25, ENHANCEMENTS Lip Micro-Dermabrasion and a limited-edition Rodan + Fields® Cosmetic Bag.
Ingredients of the Month
Colorless Carotenoids
When it comes to antioxidants, carotenoids are king. These potent anti-aging antioxidants come in a colored form such as lycopene from tomatoes, making them perfect for products where a faint hint of rosy color is desired, and a clear form called colorless carotenoids which come from algae. These are particularly powerful because they don’t “die” after absorbing UV light; in fact, they have an endless capacity to absorb. This makes them perfect for use in facial sunscreens.
Find colorless carotenoids (called dunaliella salina extract on the ingredient list) in Rodan + Fields® ESSENTIALS Lip Shield SPF 25. And look for lycopene in Rodan + Fields ANTI-AGE Lip Renewing Serum.
Palmitoyl Oligopeptide
This peptide is clinically proven to smooth lips and reduce lip wrinkles, making it the perfect ingredient for maintaining youthful-looking skin and lips. Made up of proteins, our lips need extra help as we age to stay full and defined and so providing them with peptides (a building block of protein) is essential for maintaining and restoring their natural fullness and beauty.
Find palmitoyl oligopeptide in Rodan + Fields ESSENTIALS Lip Shield SPF 25 and in Rodan + Fields ANTI-AGE Lip Renewing Serum.
Skinpact Spotlight
Kiss and Tell
Whether you’re looking forward to a tender kiss or a sizzling smooch, nothing says “Happy Valentine’s Day” more than a kiss. Tune in to the newest webisode of Skinpact News “Kiss and Tell,” for tips on getting a perfect pucker from Dr. Katie Rodan and Dr. Kathy Fields, just in time to celebrate St. Valentine.
Watch more Skinpact News webisodes on the Rodan + Fields Facebook page.
Letter from the Editor
Lip Service
If you’re ignoring your most communicative feature when it comes to your skincare, you’re just paying lip service to your anti-aging efforts. Lips may be the last thing on your anti-aging list, but they’re often the first thing that people notice about your face, even before you ever open your mouth.
From the puffy pouts of Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Lopez to the elegantly modest mouth of Kate Middleton, despite cultural differences and changing social trends, lips take the lead when it comes to your face.
Why? Because their primary purpose is pretty darn important: to provide you with the nutrition you need to survive. They are the focus of your face and even when they’re silent, they are telling a story about your health, your mood and your age.
Regardless of differences in size or shape, young lips are often characterized by a firm and full structure, a soft and smooth surface, a crisp vermillion border (the defined line between the edge of the lip and the rest of the facial skin) and a naturally moisturized appearance.
Over time, aging and environmental exposure diminishes these attributes. To make up the difference, we turn to lipstick for definition, balms for moisture and even invasive injections for fullness and firmness.
But it doesn’t have to be this way … there are options for getting the lips of your youth back that don’t involve a visit to your dermatologist or breaking the bank. Tune in to Derm RF this month for the full scoop on getting a perfect pout.
Sincerely,
Your Derm RF Team
Myth Busters
Myth: a Pore Is a Door
Contrary to the popular teen myth, a splash of cold water cannot close your pores. Pores are not doors that can be opened or closed and their size doesn’t change. But their appearance can. Pores that are filled with dirt, debris and bacteria certainly look bigger because they’re more noticeable.
Minimizing the appearance of pores is best done with skincare containing hydroxy acids to stop dead cells from accumulating inside the pores, kaolin clay to tighten, and advanced peptides to maintain skin firmness.
A Chance to Win
Do you have a delicious complexion-enhancing concoction? Submit your super skin-healthy recipes in the next 24 hours for a chance to win a 5 pack of our ESSENTIALS Vitamin D3, Daily Body Moisturizer and Foaming Sunless Tan to achieve healthy skin from the inside and outside this winter.
Derm RF
Mary Radford, RN
Dr. Katie Rodan
Dr. Kathy Fields
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