Category: 90 Day Challenge
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When is the right time to start using Botox?
When it comes to non-surgical options, Botox is one of the most well-known ways to maintain a younger, fresher face. FDA-approved for both fine lines on the forehead and crow’s feet around the eyes, Botox was the number one minimally invasive procedure performed by plastic surgeons in 2012, according to the 2012 Plastic Surgery Statistics Report…
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Want to look great? Don’t forget your skin.
Taking care of yourself is more than just focusing on one part of your body. Nobody would recommend going to the gym and only working out only your arms, or only your legs. In order to really feel and look your best, you have to see yourself as an entire package. The exhilaration of…
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90 Day Challenge: And the winner is…
After months of chemical peels, new serums to teach people about, and photos to analyze, we finally have a winner selected for our SkinMedica 90 Day Challenge. Her name is Jennifer Bengston, and her dramatic results over the course of 90 Days impressed everyone here. Congratulations, Jennifer, on committing to the goal of changing your…
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90 Day Challenge: What I’ve Learned From 3 Months of Skin Care Bootcamp
Posted by: Rhonda Shrum Going from someone who barely had time for moisturizer, to a skin care addict in 90 days provided me with some valuable insights into my new routine. It’s not the easiest thing in the world, to start a regimen that’s healthy, but it’s worth it, as long as you remember a…
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90 Day Challenge: Now THAT is a Chemical Peel!
Posted by: Rhonda Shrum Being a novice at times has its advantages. You don’t always know what you’re getting into when you plunge blindly into new endeavors, and therefore you’re saved from a lot of the trepidation that occurs when you know what’s coming. Being new to higher level chemical peels, I scheduled my second…
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90 Day Challenge: Is Natural Always Better?
Last week, I read an article about French women: an article that discussed their natural beauty, their confidence, the general allure that makes them so attractive. While I love the concept of natural beauty, I have many doubts about those that we bestow the title upon. Inner beauty aside, we usually consider someone a natural…
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90 Day Challenge: Why are healthy habits so easy to break?
Posted by: Rhonda Shrum hab·it (noun) An acquired behavior pattern regularly followed until it has become almost involuntary. We all have many habits in life; some good, some bad. The bad ones seem to come with ease; I mean, how swiftly we can fall into the habit of eating pizza and chips for dinner, or…
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90 Day Challenge: Jumping in and Making Mistakes
Posted by: Rhonda Shrum For a tactile learner like myself, staring a new project is always exciting. Instead of reading directions or asking for help, I just like to jump in and get going. I’ve never read through a manual for a computer or a phone, I don’t properly lay down cloth and edge tape…
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90 Day Challenge: Challenging what I see in the mirror
About a month ago, when I decided to do this challenge publicly, I was still very naive. Bolstered by my friends and co-workers and excited to have something huge like this to kick off my blogging experience here, I confidently chose to put myself out there as a guinea pig, assuming embarrassment would be…
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New to Skin Care? So am I, so help me take the 90 Day Challenge!
Originally posted in October 2011 Confession: Before I came to work for St. Louis Cosmetic Surgery and Medical Spa as their Marketing Director, I occasionally went to bed without washing my face. And by “occasionally,” I mean “pretty much always.” You’re squirming right now, I know. And so were our lovely estheticians when I first…