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Home SPA Summer Goals: DEESS iLight 2 IPL 3-in-1 Hair Removal, Skin Rejuvenation & Acne Treatment Device

May 2, 2018 · 1 Comment

Our Summer beauty focus includes the removal of unwanted hair and improved skin appearance, especially in areas that typically don’t show as much in cooler months. Now that warm weather is quickly approaching, tackle hair removal, acne, and skin rejuvenation at home in 6 – 12 weeks with the versatile, 3 in 1 DEESS iLight2 3-in-1 device, an at-home IPL with hair removal, acne, and skin rejuvenation attachments.

The DEESS iLight2 3-in-1 IPL Device removes unwanted hair, treats acne, and can be used for skin rejuvenation and collagen production

ABOUT IPL TREATMENTS

IPL treatments are popular in-office or in-spa for the treatment of unwanted facial or body hair, acne, and skin rejuvenation. Each treatment uses a different frequency of light or pulse to achieve its’ specific result. For example, to remove unwanted hair, the IPL uses the energy of short intense pulse light that is absorbed by the pigment within the hair follicle root. After repeated treatments, hair doesnâ€™t grow back.

WHY CONSIDER A HOME IPL DEVICE FOR HAIR REMOVAL

The downside of this effective treatment is in-office sessions get quite costly pretty fast, with larger body parts such as arms or legs costing an average of $3600 to complete over the course of about eight sessions. IPL laser treatments for hair removal at the doctorâ€™s office or the spa are effective but expensive and time-consuming.

Professional Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) technology can be done safely at home with devices designed for at-home use. While it takes a bit longer than the powerful, large devices in a spa, it is effective and less painful than in-office hair removal or skin treatments. The specific nanometer (nm) of light on the spectrum can treat different problems, such as blue and green light is helpful for acne, red and amber for skin rejuvenation. The DEESS IPL Spectrum of light is 510 -1200nm, which is safe for at-home use, as long as you wear the included UV 400 protective goggles during treatment.

Easy to use handheld IPL device with three treatment attachments, no extra cartridges to buy ever.

In-office hair removal typically spans over a few sessions, you can achieve 95% hair removal in 10-12 weeks at home.

The three treatments in this kit are:

Hair removal light 510-1200 nm: Heat energy effect on root hair follicle that full of pigment
Skin Rejuvenation light 560-1200 nm: increase partial circulation, improve collagen regeneration and reduces wrinkles. Collagen regeneration is vital to maintaining skin structure and preventing sagging and wrinkles, as well as maintaining the skin’s ability to overcome the appearance of photo-damage.
Acne Clear light 400-700 nm: Anti-inflammation, speed up the recovery of acne and reduce the bacteria present on the skin.

DEESS iLight2 comes with three attachment heads for hair removal, skin rejuvenation, and acne clearing

INCLUDED IN THIS KIT

Main body device
Hair removal light attachment
Lamp for skin rejuvenation light attachment
Acne treatment light attachment.
Goggles
Charger
User Manual
Drawstring bag to hold the device and attachments

WHAT IS SO SPECIAL ABOUT THE DEESS iLight2

Clinical results for the DEESS are impressive, especially for a three in one device.

Studies show:

Hair removal: 90% hair reduction after 6-10 treatment sessions.
Skin rejuvenation: After a multiple-session treatment course, 95% of participants are satisfied with the brightening of skin. 91% of them reported a tightening and lifting effect. 90% of women reported facial toning. 80% men reported reduced wrinkles.
Acne: An 86% reduction in acne caused by bacteria was seen within a few weeks.

Where can you use the DEESS iLight 2 3-in-1 Device?

You can use the device on the face, upper lip, chin, sideburns, armpit, arms, legs, tummy, and bikini area.

FEATURES

This Multi-function device comes with 3 attachment heads.
There are no hidden costs with the DEESS iLight 2, as there are no cartridges refills and no gels to apply. The attachments will last for a full three years of treatment. (Hair Removal: 350,000 flashes, Skin Rejuvenation and Acne treatment attachments are each 95,000 flashes).
There are two modes: Manual operation (flash one by one) & Automatic operation (continuous flash every 2 seconds). This makes each treatment session go very quickly, but also allows for custom spot treatments as needed.
LARGE PANEL FOR FASTER TREATMENT SESSIONS: This device has an especially large window for an at-home IPL device. A bigger window means more area covered with each light flash, making quick work out of hair removal, especially on larger areas like arms and legs. For a full treatment of full arms or legs, it takes about eight minutes.
Pain-free. No cooling gel needed.
24-month warranty.

WHY WE LIKE THE DEESS ILIGHT2

The device fits easily in the hand, and the controls are very easy to use. The instruction manual covers any questions you may have about use. It is lightweight but not flimsy. The three interchangeable attachments are easy to switch out, and the treatment light window is fairly large, making for faster treatment sessions. It is easy to switch the attachments for doing different types of IPL treatments in one day, such as hair removal on the legs and an acne or skin rejuvenation treatment for the face.

A unique feature of the DEESS is most home devices are not able to handle both delicate facial hair removal and more the difficult underarm and leg hair removal, this device does both very effectively in a cost-effective, pain-free way that is quick and easy. Achieve spa-level professional results at home, it takes no special talent or strength to work this device.

WHERE TO BUY IT

Find the DEESS iLight2 flower 3-in-1 Device with Hair Removal, Skin Rejuvenation, and Acne Clearing lamp attachments at https://www.amazon.com/

Style Chicks readers get 15% off ($30) with code 7R8TGUHU (Expires 5-31-2018).

DEESS iLIGHT2 3-in-1 Home IPL Device comes gift boxed

Style Chicks received the DEESS iLight2 flower 3-in-1 Device with Hair Removal, Skin Rejuvenation, and Acne Clearing in exchange for our unbiased review. However, our experience with the product and the opinions expressed in this review are 100% ours. in exchange for our unbiased review. However, our experience with the product and the opinions expressed in this review are 100% ours.

Why We Love reVive dpl IIa for Wrinkles and Acne

March 6, 2018 · 25 Comments

As part of our Style Chicks Hair and Skin Care Series, we’re exploring the advantages of home light therapy for improving skin.

LED light therapy builds collagen, reduces wrinkles, improves acne, fades discoloration and scars. A high-quality light therapy device is a worthwhile investment.

We recently tried the reVive dpl® IIa“ Professional Wrinkle Reduction and Acne Treatment Light Therapy, which is an FDA-cleared, OTC Class II medical device. It is a lightweight panel big enough to cover the entire face at once. It uses powerful LED diodes that emit safe light therapy that tackles acne and wrinkles while building collagen.

WHAT LIGHT THERAPY DOES FOR SKIN

Backed by numerous clinical studies, blue and red light therapy are both effective, pain-free, chemical-free, non-invasive way to improve the skin’s texture, tone, and firmness.

WHAT THE REVIVE dpl® IIa PANEL DOES

This device is for acne treatment and wrinkles. Today we focus primarily on the anti-wrinkle/anti-aging aspect of this device.

It reduces wrinkles by promoting collagen production. More collagen means stronger, more elastic skin with less sagging.

The device also improves skin tone, texture and reduces hyperpigmentation, which promotes the appearance of healthy, glowing, and youthful skin.

The reVive dplÂ® IIa is the only full-face professional light therapy devices with FDA clearance for in-home use.

THE REVIVE DPL® IIa SET INCLUDES:

Device
AC/DC power supply
Instruction manual
Goggles
One year warranty

HOW DOES THE REVIVE DPL® IIa RATE?

As beauty bloggers, we’ve tried many at-home light therapy products. The reVive DPL® IIa is in a class by itself. This light is powerful and consistently even, and feels much more like an in-office caliber treatment than other commercially available light therapy devices we’ve tried.

GOGGLES

The goggles say optional, but in my opinion, they are mandatory. The reason is that even with the goggles AND my eyes closed, I can still see the brightness of the light, just like a professional in-office IPL or light therapy treatment.

But I do like using these goggles, though, as they’re designed to fit just over the actual eye, exposing the maximum amount of orbital skin area for treatment. This allows dark circles, sagging upper lids and browbones, and the general orbital skin to get treatment, including crow’s feet.

The goggles are adjustable to be secure but comfortable.

FULL-FACE TREATMENT AT ONCE

This book-sized device covers your entire face (and much of throat) at once, making for faster and evener treatment.

DEEPLY SATURATED COLORED LIGHT

This device produces a powerful light! The whole wall behind you will be illuminated with color like a neon sign. Once you see that, other at-home light therapy devices pale in comparison. It’s not that other devices can’t deliver results, but if I’m going to spend the time and money do light therapy at home, I want a powerfully effective device.

The reVive dpl IIa bathes you in colored light

MULTIPLE LIGHT THERAPY MODES

Choose the red or blue light setting, or use both at once.

RED LIGHT WRINKLE SETTING

RED LIGHT jump-starts tissue rejuvenation by increasing blood flow and collagen stimulation. Red light therapy significantly improves skin complexion, tone, and texture. It also reduces roughness, wrinkles, and fine lines. In clinical studies, Ultrasonographic tests show red light therapy increases collagen.

BLUE LIGHT ACNE SETTING

BLUE LIGHT is used to treat acne because it eliminates bacteria, reduces inflammation and redness, stabilizes oil glands, fades old and new scars and discoloration. This is especially helpful for adult acne, as the harsh drying methods we may have used as a teen are too rough on adult skin, especially wrinkling skin.

COMBO MODE: BOTH RED AND BLUE AT ONCE SETTING

Treat wrinkles and acne simultaneously with both red and blue light. This mode uses all of the colored light diodes for a super powerful light therapy treatment. The combo of works very effectively for wrinkles and maximizes light therapy based collagen production while fading discoloration and redness.

Interested in the expanded details on how these specific colors of light therapy work from a clinical view? Read our upcoming post covering all the need to know science behind home light therapy.

Using the device for a dual red and blue light therapy treatment. The diodes are powerful enough to cover my face, neck, palms, and the wall behind me in intense colored light

EASE OF USE

It’s comfortable on the skin, there is no burning or any discomfort at all, it’s quite relaxing. The device opens like a book, and it’s easy to hold the device for treatment right on the face. It’s lightweight like a Kindle tablet and can be propped up if needed.

It beeps at every minute interval until the treatment is over and it shuts itself off.

TIP: Before a light therapy session, apply an SPF-free serum or moisturizer for maximum benefit.

This device is a collagen-building lifesaver for those with sensitive skin who cannot tolerate Vitamin C serums or Retinol because it works without any irritation, redness or dryness.

The device is lightweight like a Kindle tablet and opens like a book for a double paneled treatment display

RESULTS

The reduction of wrinkles, fine lines, and crows feet are the hallmark of this light therapy device. My eleven lines appeared less deep and long even after a few uses. I find both eleven and smile lines look much smoother the day after I use the reVive DPLÂ® IIa and my skin appears brighter.

I’m particularly happy with the ability to treat the eye area including crows feet, my undereye area gets a nice treatment of wrinkle reduction and lightening discoloration. The long-term ability to build collagen along the upper eyelid and browbone turns back time in a way that a topical eye cream alone cannot.

When I use the device at night before bed, my skin also has a lovely glow to it in the morning, I look more vibrant and awake, my skin tone seems more rosy and even.

Since using the device, I tend to use less foundation and concealer so the glow of my skin can shine through.

CONCLUSION

An outstanding addition to your at-home anti-aging arsenal, the reVive dplÂ® IIa â€“ Professional Wrinkle Reduction and Acne Treatment Light Therapy provides powerful, professional quality results in an easy-to-use device that takes just minutes to use. This highly worthwhile investment treats face, throat, decolletage, and hands whenever you want.

This FDA-cleared, OTC Class II medical device is lightweight and covers the entire face at once for fast, even treatment. The three light mode settings deliver precious collagen building therapeutic light, which over the course of a few months, makes a meaningful difference in the strength, firmness, texture, and appearance of skin.

Treating adult acne and wrinkles at the same time is tricky business. Up next is all the details on using reVive dplÂ® IIa â€“ Professional Wrinkle Reduction and Acne Treatment Light Therapy for acne treatment.

WHERE TO BUY IT

Find the reVive dpl® IIa Professional Wrinkle Reduction and Acne Treatment Light Therapy at https://ledtechnologies.com/collections/revive-light-therapy-skincare/

Style Chicks received the reVive dpl® IIa Professional Wrinkle Reduction and Acne Treatment Light Therapy Panel for review purposes. However, our experience with the product and the opinions expressed in this review are 100% ours.

New Mascara Application Hack: The Clump Cleaner

January 11, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Urban Decay Big Fatty. Benefit Bad Gal. Too Faced Better Than Sex. Dior DiorShow. Maybelline Great Lash. Lancome Monsieur Big. There are some big, fat, wet, blacker-than-your-heart mascaras out there. But if you prefer a big, buildable yet well-defined lash, many of these go-to mascaras also are too wet and clumpy to apply straight out of the tube. Typically we wipe a mascara wand on a tissue before application. But after investing in pricey mascara doesn’t this feel like throwing away more than you use in the name of removing a few clumps? A superior method is the Clump Cleaner, a patent-pending device that quickly removes the clumps without the mess and doesn’t waste lots of mascara in the process.

The Clump Cleaner removes clumps and debris from all types of mascara wand brush sizes and shapes

THE PROBLEM: HOW TO GET THE CLUMPS OFF THE BRUSH

The problem with common de-clumping techniques is you either use the tissue trick or try to use the open lip of the mascara tube to scrape off the excess.

The tissue trick is not that reliable or consistent with results, especially on shaped brush heads. Wiping the brush on a tissue also gets micro lint fibers on your brush bristles, leaving the potential for errant mascara placement, black stringy bits getting on your lashes and into your mascara tube. It also delivers inconsistent results – you can wipe away too little or too much, which leads to uneven application. And it often still leaves a blob of mascara on the tip, which is crucial for best application on lower lashes. And the tissue trick is messy, I always get mascara on myself.

The other option is attempting to scrape the excess off back onto the tubes’ opened lip. But the excess mascara doesn’t go back into the tube, it’s deposited on and around the lip and dries up and embeds onto the screw thread that is supposed to keep the mascara tightly closed. Instead, this wastes mascara and makes it increasingly more difficult for the top to close securely, drying out the tube contents faster.

Scraping bristles on the tube lip causes dried debris on the mouth of the lid, resulting in more flakes and dried out mascara

THE SOLUTION: CLUMP CLEANER

Cue the Clump Cleaner: this ingenious little contraption doesn’t crush your wand, attract lint or a mess, and also cleans the mascara off of the tip of the brush.

Meet the Clump Cleaner

SUITS ALL BRUSH TYPES. It works with all types of brush wands skinny to fat, shaped or curved. I like that it works with shaped brushes because I find the tissue trick particularly not helpful with shaped brushes that are geared towards definition. There are three hole sizes to accommodate skinnies and fatties.

Three holes to accommodate different brush head sizes

I tried it with several mascaras including Shu Uemura, Kevyn Aucoin, Too Faced, MAC, Clinique, Tarte, Benefit, Maybelline, Cover Girl, Loreal, Lancome, and Urban Decay

Clump Cleaner works with all my favorite mascara brands and completely removes clumps and debris

Clump Cleaner works with all my favorite mascara brands and completely removes the clumps, debris, and excess fibers from various kinds of brush heads

Skinny brush examples include a few MAC mascaras, Tarte Best in Faux, and Kevyn Aucoin The Essential Mascara.
Fat, fluffy brush examples: Urban Decay Big Fatty and Benefit Bad Gal
Silicone brush heads such as Benefit Cosmetics Roller Lash Curling & Lifting Mascara
Shaped brush examples: Too Faced Better Than Sex is fat and hourglass shaped, Hypnose Drama Instant Full Volume Mascara is sort of an S-shaped squiggle, Givenchy Phenomen’Eyes is a thin brush with a spikey ball shaped tip, and a few MAC mascaras and Make Up Forever Extravagant Mascara all have Christmas tree-shaped brushes.

Christmas tree shaped brushes frequently get globs of mascara on the tip, rendering them ineffective for vertical application

MY CLUMP CLEANER EXPERIENCE

Select the hole size that best accommodates the brush and bristle size

It’s pretty easy to use:

Open the mascara, brushing off excess while still inside the tube

Line up the base of the brush head (where the brush meets the wand, not the entire wand) with the best matching hole size.

Put only the bristled head into the hole, not the whole brush

Close the box and pull the brush through.

Close and hold the top with your thumb and slowly pull the brush out of the Clump Cleaner

All the clumps, debris are removed and the mascara is evenly distributed on the bristles.

To clean the brush head tip, use the other side of the Clump Cleaner. This works for orb shaped tips as well.

Clean the tip of the wand with this side of the Clump Cleaner

It is NOT at all messy. It removes just the perfect amount of mascara, leaving the right amount on the brush to give a full, thick and most importantly, even coat without the clumps or mess. And no mascara got on my fingers when cleaning or applying. No clumps!

REUSABLE

If you need do re-dip and feel it is necessary to de-clump again, you can use the Clump Cleaner immediately without the brush picking up the residual from the previous use. This also works if you use two types of mascaras on your lashes, such as a Waterproof final coat or a different mascara for the top and the bottom lashes. The removed mascara will not re-deposit onto the brush bristles.

I also like using it with disposable one time use mascara want brushes for a very clean mascara line.

CLEANING

Clean out with the included tool as needed once the mascara has dried. It can be cleaned wet but there is not really a need.

Included cleaner tool

CLUMP CLEANER ENABLES BETTER MASCARA BASECOATS AND REFRESHER APPLICATION

While not cited as an “official” intent of the Clump Cleaner, we also found Clump Cleaner to be quite useful with mascara base coats or builders. Mascara base coats are often so clumpy that they can’t apply thinly and evenly enough for mascara to coat evenly over it.

Urban Decay Subversion Lash Primer, Lancome Cils Booster, Shu Uemura Lash Builder and Tarte Opening Act Lash Primer are some examples of primers that are an opaque white base coat that serves as a pre-coat to mascara to add some oomph of volume or length to lashes. They are often a thick and clumpy consistency, but because they need to go on wet, so wiping them down with a tissue defeats the purpose.

If you liked the idea of a pre-mascara base coat but found them too problematic, you may be able to finally make this idea work by trying it with a Clump Cleaner.

TIP: Using the Clump Cleaner with a lash primer, I work the tip cleaning a bit extra since it’s needed for best defining the bottom lashes.

HAIL MARY MASCARA HACKS: USING THE LAST OF THE MASCARA

Yes, yes, we shouldn’t hold onto mascara more than three months, but sometimes… you want to eek out just a bit more. Placing your mascara tube into a mug of hot water softens up the mascara to get that last bit out, but the consistency is slightly different. I found the Clump Cleaner quite helpful with getting an even coating on the brush head while removing the clumps and excess wetness.

Use Clump Cleaner to get the last useful product out of an older mascara by straining out dried pieces, clumps, and debris, smoothing product evenly onto the brush

CONCLUSION

I really like the Clump Cleaner! It’s much neater and reliable than using a tissue, the results are more even, and for all the money I spend on pricey mascaras, Clump Cleaner lets me use more of it instead of throwing most of it away when I wipe the wand off on a tissue. The means of cleaning the tip off the mascara, which is vital for vertical application to lower and outer edge lashes, is much more effective than trying to wipe it back onto the mascara tube top, which just leaves messy and dried out bits on the mascara. I can use my very black and very thick, wet mascaras without clumps and get a natural, defined lash line each time.

Clump Cleaner is small and portable

Clump Cleaner is small enough to keep in a makeup bag, but depending on your mascara, you may only need to clean the brush off periodically.

I’ve abandoned some mascaras and pre-mascara bases that I expected to love but they were just too messy to apply, but now I am giving them a second chance now that I can get a good clean application wand out of them by cleaning them up first with Clump Cleaner.

Clump Cleaner allows for clean, natural, clump-free mascara application.

WHERE TO FIND IT

Find the Clump Cleaner at http://www.clumpcleaner.com

Style Chicks received Clump Cleaner 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.

Boost your Organic Hair Care Game with Complete Organics InstaNatural Avocado Oil

December 29, 2017 · 6 Comments

We eat Avocados to improve our skin, hair, nails, and bodies from the inside, why not apply it topically to enhance the beauty benefits? Complete Organics InstaNatural Avocado Oil makes for an excellent addition to a pre-shampoo conditioner, whether on its’ own or combined with other oils or even store bought hair conditioners. It adds shine, thickness, hydration and bounce right down to the very ends. Use it to rejuvenateÂ hair made crunchy by alcohol riddled styling products, hot styling tools, and environmental stressors such as cold air, wind, and forced indoor heat.

Unlike some brands of Avocado oil we’ve used, Complete Organics by InstaNatural actually smells like Avocado and has a thick, golden-green color. It absorbs well and is not greasy.

Complete Organics Instanatural Avocado Oil is a USDA Organic oil ideal for moisturizing the face, body, hair, and nails

TIPS & TRICKS

For hair, so far I’ve used Complete Organics InstaNatural Avocado Oil on my hair in two ways:

I pump some into my hand, rub my palms together and apply it directly to my hair ends and work up to the scalp to smooth, plump and add bounce. It makes brittle hair more pliable in as little as 15-20 minutes, which makes it an ideal multi-tasking workout conditioning treatment that doesn’t leave hair sticky or greasy looking.
I mix a few pumps of InstaNatural Avocado Oil in a bowl with just a basic hair conditioner to turn my conditioner into a super vitamin packed pre-shampoo hair masque treatment.

Also great on stubborn cuticles, legs and for soothing chapped lips and dry winter facial skin. A little goes a long way.

WHAT AVOCADO OIL DOES FOR HAIR

Massaging avocado oil into your scalp also prompts blood flow to your hair follicles.
Avocado Oil is 72% monounsaturated fatty acids (higher than the trendy Coconut or Grapeseed). Monounsaturated oils readily penetrate into the hair strand.
Avocado Oil also has a slight polarity (it mixes with water better than other oils) meaning it can uniquely penetrate the hair cortex. This polarity also makes it excellent for blending with other hair or skin conditioning agents, whether water or oil based.
High levels of antioxidants like Vitamin E, are well absorbed into our scalp and hair strands.
Avocado Oil doesn’t sit on the scalp like many oils (I’m looking at you, Coconut), it absorbs, making it an ideal moisturizer for dry, itchy scalps

What does this mean for you? A good Avocado Oil, like this Complete Organics InstaNaturals Avocado Oil, can super-size any basic hair conditioner or skin moisturizer, into an effective hair masque or skin masque treatment.

Complete Organics InstaNaturals Avocado Oil comes boxed and sealed with a convenient pump-top for ease of use.

It also makes for a non-greasy, highly absorbent skin moisturizer. I like to apply it to my face after a shower before bedtime, or even apply it lightly after a shower in the morning and let it sink in while I dry my hair, then I apply my sunscreen and makeup. I find in the harsh winter, that the Avocado oil gives a nice bit of moisture to my dry skin without making my makeup run or making my face greasy.

WHERE TO BUY IT

Find Complete Organics by Instanatural Avocado Oil at https://instanatural.com/products/complete-organics-organic-avocado-oil

Plus, right now, until January 2nd, it is on sale for 35% off!

Style Chicks received this product for evaluation and testing purposes. However, our experience with the product and the opinions expressed in this review are 100% ours.