Can bacteria be good for beauty?  Yes! Probiotics are another weapon in the arsenal for great skin. These tiny warriors can help to clear up acne by preventing inflammation and infection.  They can also help alleviate eczema by assisting in oxygen release, blood flow and better skin breathing.  Who would have thought that microbiology could have such a macro effect?

Try New Chapter Organics Probiotic All-Flora Vegetarian Capsules with Live probiotics for optimal digestive and immune system function.

Topical probiotics can also slow down the aging process by improving moisturization, stimulating cell function and regenerating mature skin cells. All of this leads to a softer, smoother complexion. Bioelements Probiotic Anti-Aging Serum helps to strengthen the skin’s natural barrier protection.

Summer is almost here and spaghetti straps and halter tops are soon to follow.  So let’s go ahead and look “back” for clear skin. Body washes with salicylic acid help to clear pores and minimize their appearance. Murad Acne Body Wash banishes body breakouts with this powerful, patented body wash.

A few good tools can also help to get you “back” inline. The Clarisonic PLUS Skin Care System with Spot Treatment has an amazing body brush attachment that works wonders and sends ultrasonic pulses down your spine.

Tone that down with an easy to use spray like Glytone Back Acne Spray. This treatment for back acne uses a 2% salicylic acid blend to help treat and prevent blemishes. The spray bottle is packaged in a new innovative pump bottle that allows for convenient upside down spraying.

Peel out of that dull uneven skin with Philosophy the Microdelivery Multi Use Peel Pads now in a larger size! Great for use on the neck, décolleté, and back – anywhere you crave smoother, softer skin.

With all our hands do on daily basis it is so important to give your hands a hand. Washing dishes, gardening, typing, and any other prehensile manipulation can leave the hands feeling rough and dry. Hands can suffer from a loss of volume, the skin becomes thin and loose. The brightness can disappear and discolorations set in.

Products with Shea butter and Sodium Hyaluronate can infuse moisture and give hands a soft supple appeal. StriVectin-SD Volumizing Hand Treatment is a super-charged formula that fights 5 signs of aging in hands. Also NIA24 Sun Damage Repair for Décolletage and Hands is also a nutrient-rich cream that visibly diminishes age spots and discolorations.

Using a hand treatment that renews and resurfaces can be a lack luster fingers new found friend. DermaQuest Skin Therapy SkinBrite Hand and Body will achieve luminous skin on your hands and body with this pigment-reducing cream.  Another option is Dermelect Timeless Anti-Aging Hand Treatment to restore the youthful appearance to your hands.

With so many ingredients and buzz words in skin care it can be hard to keep up. But don’t fret because we are going to keep you in the know by defining peptides.

Peptides are naturally occurring chemical messengers, each one instructs the skin to behave in a certain manner. Some peptides can reduce the signs of aging by increasing collagen production, which will firm the skin from the inside.  Other peptides send the message for the skin to “relax” and the result is wrinkle reduction.

Here are some peptide-powered products:

DermaQuest Skin Therapy Peptide Mobilizer uses Argirilene (Hexapeptide-3) a wrinkle inhibitor that will reduce pre-existing wrinkle depth and relax facial tension.

Euoko Y-30 Intense Lift Concentrate has Leuphasyl peptide that helps regulate muscle contraction. This is especially beneficial for reducing the depth of wrinkles around the eyes and forehead areas.

Kinerase Pro Therapy C8 Peptide Intensive Treatment & Kinerase C8 Peptide Intensive Treatment incorporates the peptide Octapeptide to extend and lengthen the muscle, reducing wrinkle depth.

Kate Somerville HydraKate Line Release Face Serum has the peptide Matrixyl 3000 (Pentapeptide-3) to aid in the synthesis of new collagen. It is stronger than Vitamin C and works faster than Retinol without the irritating side-effects.

Peter Thomas Roth UnWrinkle has the peptide Tripeptide, synthetic snake venom that temporarily debilitates the muscle, keeping it from contracting and thereby smoothing lines in the wrinkle prone area.

Are you looking to achieve a younger looking face without going under the knife?  Anyone who is looking to firm, tone and improve the overall appearance of their face is a great candidate for a micro-current device.  Micro-current tools are designed to soften wrinkles and rejuvenate skin, including skin damaged by sunburn, acne, stretch marks, cellulite and scarring. When used on the face, the treatments have become known as a “non-surgical facelift” and “facial lifting”.  Micro-current mimic the body’s own bio-electric currents and works by passing low frequency, direct current through muscle tissue to stimulate the muscle fibers.  At home micro-current devices are a very effective option and growing in popularity.

The NuFace Trinity delivers beautiful, unparalleled professional results in an easy to use at-home system.  The NuFace Trinity is beautifully engineered with an improved ergonomic design to deliver an amazing user experience. With the addition of interchangeable heads (coming soon) for added functionality, the NuFace Trinity will make it even easier to achieve beautiful results in as little as 5 minutes a day.

The WrinkleMD Eye System is a Hyaluronic filler system that uses a gentle micro-current to deliver Hyaluronic Acid — the wrinkle-filler injected by dermatologists — and peptides by infusing them into the layers of your skin, deeper than creams or serums can reach. Each 40-minute treatment targets wrinkles with an intensive boost of Hyaluronic Acid. Visible results are immediate and continue to improve with as little as one treatment per week. All you feel is a gentle, euphoric tingle and all you see is beautiful, younger-looking skin.