AdvertisingIsGoodForYou.com
You would think people who are promoting a service related to aesthetics would know enough to insist on communications materials that are exceptionally well designed and attractive.  Yet, that’s usually not the case with advertising for plastic surgeons’ offices.

This is a charming exception.

These cups are impeccably designed and even witty — one wouldn’t assume wittiness would be appropriate for a service that requires cutting one’s face open, yet it works very well here.  Read More

MenScience.com
Everyone knows your body needs hydration for optimal performance, especially during sweaty, summer months.  But a new study might have you reassessing how much beverage you should actually drink.

According to a study performed at Purdue University in Indiana, subjects who "drank" a controlled lunch of specially-prepared liquid test foods ended up consuming more calories than those that ate a solid food-and-water meal.  The study concluded: All three groups consumed the most total calories on days when a meal supplement was liquid (be it milk, watermelon juice or coconut milk), consuming 12 percent to 20 percent more calories than on solid-food days.  Professor Wayne Campbell says that prior studies have measured feelings of hunger but it has been "a leap of faith to believe that feelings of hunger correspond to the amount of calories consumed."  This experiment stands out, he says, because calorie intake was directly measured—revealing that people drinking liquid foods later consumed more calories even though they had reported feeling just as full.  Read More

msnbc.com
When the Cappo family vacationed at a San Diego resort two years ago, Pam Cappo treated her daughter to what she’d always viewed as a grown-up indulgence: a spa experience.

“I got a massage and I loved it! It’s sooooo relaxing,” says Ashley Cappo, who is now 11.

Since then, Ashley has been hooked. And so have her friends in her hometown of Westlake Village, Calif. They’ve had numerous birthday parties at spas and can now converse about the merits of various massages, facials and professional hair and nail treatments.  Read More

About.com:Longevity
The human growth hormone (HGH) is a hormone that is made by your body in the pituitary gland.  It is often marketed as an anti-aging hormone.  In children, it is important for normal growth.  In adults, HGH helps regulate and maintain your tissues and organs.  Children sometime receive HGH injections because a lack of HGH in their body is impacting their growth rate.

HGH and Aging

Like many hormones, HGH levels decrease as a person gets older.  This is a normal part of aging.  HGH is becoming a popular anti-aging supplement.  Because HGH is only available in injection form (other forms of HGH have not been proven effective) HGH must be given by a doctor.  The cost for one year of HGH injections can be more than $15,000.  The saddest part is that there has been little research on HGH and aging –- one study shows that lower HGH levels correlate to increased longevity compared to people with high HGH levels.  Read More

TreeHugger.com

Though we may not like the idea, there’s a good chance that we’ve all been the beneficiaries of animal testing at some point in our lives.  Nowhere is this more true than in the world of cosmetics, chemicals and drugs where it is common for tens of thousands of various animals to undergo lab trials each and every year.

Yet help is on the way: a team of researchers at L’Orèal have just invented an artificial skin, dubbed "Episkin," that may soon take the place of all those beleaguered creatures in future trials.  Grown from cells obtained from the top layer of pieces of skin, Episkin can be manipulated and adapted based on the tester’s needs: it can be made to resemble older skin, can be made to tan and, by using donor cells from women of different ethnicities, can assess the efficiency of sunscreen for various skin tones.  Read More

NewBeauty.com
Millions turn to Botox to erase the external signs of sadness.  Conversely, Darwin first suggested that facial muscle and skin movement might contribute to our moods and emotions.  So Eric Finzi, MD, PhD, and Erika Wasserman, PhD, set out to see if alleviating furrowed brows could impact depression.

Ten clinically depressed patients between 36 and 63 who had never been treated with Botox were given injections.  Two months later, the patients were found to have an absence of frown lines and given a repeat test for depression.  Read More 

Last year over 10,000 beauty products flooded the market.  Some are good, but most are bad.  Knowing that, how can anyone tell which product truly performs as advertised?  Well, we can thank CEW for taking the time to sift through the madness.  They’ve taken the time to review and vote on the best and most innovative treatments for acne, aging, cleansing, and moisturizing.

Some of the finalists include:

St. Ives Apricot Face Wash Blemish & Blackhead Control
Bare Escentuals RareMinerals Skin Revival Treatment
Burt’s Bees Soap Bark & Chamomile Cleansing Crème
Estēe Lauder Rectifiance Intense Eye
Sally Hansen Line Freeze for Lips
SK-II Whitening Source Intensive Mask

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Astonishingly gorgeous and beautifully well spoken Kate Winslett will be the new face of TRÉSOR, Lancôme’s new fragrance.  To see a clip of her Parisian unveiling click here.

[ Via BeautifulMakeupSearch.com ]