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College Skincare: one product for all skincare needs

November 13, 2017 · 7 Comments

Short on time, money, and space to keep their personal stuff, college-age women often give proper skincare a backseat to haphazard product choices and speedy solutions. But the early twenties are an important time to treat acne, keep skin soft, fade scars, mitigate sun damage and build collagen reserves. But this requires applying multiple products. And let’s face it, at the end of a late night, you can barely remove your eye makeup, much less apply both a moisturizer and treatment serum to offset some future rainy bad skin day. This is why Lordsbury Retinol+C Cream Moisturizer is ideal for the busy college student: it treats acne, smoothes and refines skin texture, moisturizes, and builds collagen all in one product. And at 2.8 ounces a bottle, it will last longer than the semester

Lordsbury Retinol+C Cream Moisturizer is the ideal skincare plan for busy college-age women

WHY PRE-EMPTIVE SKIN CARE IS IMPORTANT IN COLLEGE

Show of hands on who wishes they could go back in time and say to a younger version of themselves to stop using whatever cheapskate moisturizers and harsh drugstore acne creams we/they are using and use Retinol and Vitamin C instead?

If college us listened to older us, not only would the pre-emptive use of Retinol and Vitamin C make skin look better in college with less acne and the rapid lightening of high school incurred acne scars, but it would help refine the skin and build more collagen for later. Collagen production slows down as early as by age thirty. So during college is not too soon to start building collagen reserves. Not only can this lessen the appearance of aging, but it can stave it off by several years by keeping wrinkles, crinkles, age spots and sagging away.

Is your skin perfect? That’s wonderful!  The best way to keep it looking it’s best is starting a skincare program BEFORE signs of aging appear. Even enviable young, smooth, clear skin can benefit from the skin refining, collagen-building properties of Lordsbury Retinol+C Cream Moisturizer.

IS AN ALL-IN-ONE PRODUCT REALLY EFFECTIVE?

Often an all in one product doesn’t do any one thing really well, it does several things basically okay enough to get by. Lordsbury Retinol+C Cream Moisturizer is different in that it combines ingredients that work synergistically to empower each other to work better for the skin. It contains 20% Vitamin C Serum, a prescription strength 2.5% pure Retinol, Hyaluronic Acid to moisturize and make the Retinol and Vitamin C work better, and several soothing ingredients to soften skin while it is treating.

Lordsbury Retinol+C Cream Moisturizer contains natural ingredients including Organic Aloe Vera, Jojoba, and Wildcrafted Green Tea. Shea Butter, Vitamin E, Organic Sunflower Oil, and the amazing Hyaluronic Acid.

TREAT ACNE WHILE MOISTURIZING

Lordsbury Retinol+C Cream Moisturizer applies quickly and easily and leaves skin soft with natural, organic ingredients like Wildcrafted Green Tea, Aloe Vera, Shea Butter, and Jojoba Oil. It dries down immediately so that makeup can be applied right away. It absorbs well, so makeup does not puddle atop the cream.

I especially like how unlike acne creams or many Retinols, I never have days that my skin is peeling, red or dry and flaking because of its’ nourishing moisturizing ingredients.

WHAT LORDSBURY RETINOL+C CREAM MOISTURIZER CAN DO FOR COLLEGE AGE ACNE THAT DRUGSTORE ACNE CREAMS AND MOISTURIZERS CAN’T

Lordsbury contains Vitamin C and Retinol. Both help undo photoaging in different ways. Photoaging, or sun damage, is one of the biggest contributing factors to premature aging that insidiously doesn’t truly show until several years after the (sun) damage is done. Daily Vitamin C and Retinol application can reverse this damage before it takes its’ beauty toll.

But looking to the college-age skin present and past, Vitamin C also works wonders for lightening acne scars, even ones that are several years old. Many of us popped pimples in our youth, leaving behind scars that at times are deep in the skin. Lordsbury contains Hyaluronic Acid, a natural element we have in our body that has a molecule small enough to slip into deeper skin layers. It helps Vitamin C slip into these deep layers along with it. This enables the Vitamin C to reach deep layer scars and not only lighten them but improve the skin consistency so that rough areas, raised or sunken scars look like more normal skin.  While your twenties may be young to worry about wrinkles and aged skin, it’s an excellent time to get rid of high school acne scars once and for all. Why spend your twenties wearing a face full of foundation makeup to conceal some acne scars when your skin is young, dewy and otherwise looks the best it’s ever going to look?

LORDSBURY: A ONE STEP TIME-SAVING PRODUCT

The early twenties is an excellent time to establish a routine for the golden rule of youth-maintaining skincare: Vitamin C topical serum during the day and Retinol cream at night, followed by a facial moisturizer and eye cream applied over that. Lordsbury Retinol+C Cream Moisturizer is a moisturizing enough base with a pleasant scent that the treatment aspect may seem like an afterthought, but it’s a time-saving measure in that by using the same Lordsbury Retinol+C Cream Moisturizer product twice a day it meets four skin care objectives: Vitamin C delivery, Retinol delivery and buffering moisturization of a facial cream and eye cream. It also works for the throat and decolletage.

Apply Lordsbury Retinol+C Cream Moisturizer on the entire face, around the delicate eye area, the throat, and decolletage to treat and moisturize twice a day

COST EFFECTIVE

What college student isn’t on a budget? Lordsbury Retinol+C Cream Moisturizer comes in a 2.8-ounce bottle for under $30, less than the price of a department store gentle daily moisturizer, and certainly cheaper than buying the four products individually at even discount drugstore prices (Moisturizer, Vitamin C, Retinol, and eye cream). Even if you just pay a co-pay for Retinol, Lordsbury still works out better price wise for having Moisturizer, Vitamin C and Retinol in one bottle.

In grad school, funds and time are often especially tight. But this is a very important time to make sure your skincare includes proper care of the skin to avoid premature wrinkles and sluggish looking skin.

CONCLUSION

College is an excellent time to start the transition from the harsh, abrasive skin care products we tend to use as an oily-faced teen and start to treat our skin gently but effectively with a skin care system of an adult. Lordsbury Retinol+C Cream Moisturizer has a combination of Retinol and Vitamin C to build collagen, treat acne, fade old scars, and improve skin texture. Do you know a college student who could use a grown-up skin care plan? Then put a Lordsbury Retinol+C Cream Moisturizer in their next “College Care Package” box, it will lead to improved skin now and better skin in the years to come.

The college essentials include good skin care.  Lordsbury Retinol+C Cream Moisturizer is an easy way to start a lifetime of anti-aging skincare that also makes skin look its’ best now.

WHERE TO BUY IT

Find Lordsbury Retinol+C Cream Moisturizer at Amazon here:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M3PSEQX/

Style Chicks received compensation for our time and effort to test this product. However, our experience with the product and the opinions expressed in this review are 100% ours.

Posted by Style Chicks / Filed In: Beauty, Skincare
Tagged: Anti-Aging, College skin care, Fast Skincare, Lordsbury, Prevent Skin Aging, Skin Care in Twenties, Teenage Skincare, Vitamin C Serum

JEWELRY LIFE HACK: No Knot Necklace & Jewelry Carrier For Tangle-Free Jewelry Storage

November 4, 2017 · 9 Comments

Love to wear long or multi-tiered necklaces? Have a handmade, delicate or heirloom piece you want to keep free of tangles and scratches while traveling? Whether you’re traveling for a destination wedding, business trip, or just as a space-saving home solution at home, the No Knot Necklace Jewelry Carrier keeps your jewelry safe and tangle free.

No Knot Necklace Jewelry Carrier

OVERVIEW

The No Knot Necklace Carrier is a space saving jewelry storage solution for travel and home. Its’ award-winning patented design won the 2015 InventHelp Gold Merit Award. No Knot holds various jewelry pieces in padded compartments including storage space for multiple necklaces ranging from 15 to 24 inches long.

Hold earrings, pins, necklaces and rings tangle-free in this multi-pocket organizer

THE LOOK: NO KNOT DESIGN AESTHETIC

Cloth folded carrier with an outside decorative pattern. The pattern seen here is “Tropical Vacation” a bright teal green with a white leaf tropical pattern and aqua blue border, but it also comes in red cherry blossoms on a tiffany aqua blue background, as well as a black and silver gray geometric pattern.

Tropical Vacation patterned No Knot Necklace Jewelry Carrier

INTERIOR DESIGN LAYOUT

The No Knot Necklace Jewelry Carrier folds lengthwise to encase two rows of padded pockets.

  • One row has two small deep pockets for earrings, rings, pins, clips, and brooches.

POCKET CLOSE UP: The side with three small pockets can hold pins, earrings, rings, clips, and some bracelets

Earrings in one of the three mini padded pockets that close securely with strong velcro

  • LONG POCKET: The row has one long pocket for holding larger and longer items such as necklaces, bracelets, clips, long dangling earrings and hair jewelry. This pocket is ideal for necklaces with a large focal point piece or choker necklaces

LONG NECKLACES

Long necklace with a large focal piece in the long pocket side

Use the long pocket to hold chains longer than 24 inches, such as this vintage Sterling necklace with a large but delicate focal piece at the end of the drop.

CHOKERS

Choker necklaces also fit perfectly into the secure padded long pocket

Choker necklace in the long pocket

NECKLACE COMPARTMENT

  • The center has an innovative compartment the loops each necklace in the safe padded compartment to keep it from tangling up upon itself or other necklaces. By looping the necklace or necklaces in this compartment, it not only keeps it tangle-free but the soft padding keeps focal pieces or gemstones safe from scratches or damage and away from other necklaces.

Innovative compartment of the No Knot Necklace Jewelry Carrier that keeps necklaces tangle free

HOW TO PUT A NECKLACE INTO THE NO KNOT CENTER COMPARTMENT

STEP ONE: Unclasp the necklace. Drop one end of the chain into one of the square compartment openings while holding the other end

STEP TWO: Feed the necklace down the length of the compartment until it comes out the other end.

STEP THREE: Grab both ends and re-clasp the necklace

Done! The No Knot can hold multiple necklaces at once and still keep them tangle free.

IDEAL FOR HANDMADE OR BULKY HAND STRUNG BEADED JEWELRY

Beaded and handmade jewelry can be delicate and not necessarily fit into a drawstring bag due to the size of the beads. But handmade necklaces, such as this piece, fit perfectly onto the No Knot without damaging the threadwork or beading.

Keep beaded gemstones with delicate threadwork safe and tangle free

SIZING

While ideal for carrying jewelry while traveling, No Knot fits nicely into a handbag, suitcase, gym bag, overnight bag, or as storage in a dresser or vanity drawer. The discrete size and shape of the No Knot make it easy to have your jewelry with you at all times if you prefer to keep valuables with you instead of leaving them in a hotel room or in the hotel vault.

The No Knot zips closed into a conveniently sized case that fits into a bag, gym bag, suitcase or home storage

Thin profile with sturdy zipper

Another use I found for the No Knot Necklace Carrier Jewelry Carrier is keeping jewelry in a safety deposit box. Most of the smaller safety deposit boxes are too narrow or short to hold the original gift box for a necklace, which makes it tempting to put valuable necklaces in a less safe container than the original gift box for storage. This can subject the necklace to scratches and damage. The No Knot not only fits in a small safety deposit box, but it keeps family jewelry securely packed without scratches or tangling even in a smaller safety deposit box.

CONSTRUCTION

It is well made of strong weave, padded material and sturdy construction with impeccable stitching.

Sturdy construction, strong, stick-free zipper, and padded pockets with velcro attachments to not scratch jewelry

MY EXPERIENCE

It is very easy to loop the necklaces into place, and it works very well. When I first heard about No Knot, two necklaces immediately came to mind. One is my grandmother’s diamond necklace that typically only comes out for special occasions and the other is a modern necklace that has lots of extended hanging adornments that always get entangled onto itself. Both necklaces remained tangle-free in the No Knot.

Trying other necklaces, it easily holds necklaces of various lengths from chokers to longer chains without tangling and my focal pieces stayed protected and scratch-free.

My necklaces stay tangle free and it is so easy to pack the No Knot Necklace Carrier Jewelry Carrier

Rings, pins, cufflinks, and earrings and other jewelry fit easily into the small pockets, and the long pocket held chain bracelets and bangles.

My Great-grandmother’s watch and fob protected in a No Knot padded pocket

MAKE A GREAT GIFT

Do you know a bride with an upcoming destination wedding? A frequent traveler? A super-organized jewelry lover? Someone who makes and wears their own beaded jewelry? No Knot makes a great gift.

Fits into a handbag, carry-on or suitcase

CONCLUSION

The No Knot Necklace Carrier Jewelry Carrier is an attractive, convenient, innovative way to keep your necklaces tangle-free, scratch free and safe while traveling or stored at home. If you need to buy a gift for someone you don’t know someone well but have seen them wear jewelry, you can’t go wrong with the No Knot.

No Knot Jewelry Holder keeps necklaces tangle free and your jewelry secure and safe

WHERE TO BUY IT

Find the No Knot Necklace Carrier Jewelry Carrier at Amazon here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01NCWTUSI

From now until November 30th, you can get 20% off your purchase of one item with code 2UNT2CNA

No Knot Necklace Carrier Jewelry Carrier keeps long necklaces tangle-free!

Style Chicks received the No Knot Necklace Carrier Jewelry Carrier in exchange for our unbiased review and received compensation for our time and effort. However, our experience with the product and the opinions expressed in this review are 100% ours.

Posted by Style Chicks / Filed In: Jewelry
Tagged: Bride, Jewelry, No Knot Necklace Carrier Jewelry Carrier

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