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BEAUTY BREAKTHROUGHS: PaloVia and IBS Tradeshow

and The Wedding Salon NYC words/images Judith Ecochard About a month ago, we journeyed downtown for a beauty bloggers round table, introducing "us" to the PaloVia Skin Renewing Laser-   the FDA approved for home use-hand held device to smooth away the crows feet around the outer eye area. Essentially a consumer-friendly laser that lessens the depth of the wrinkles of aforementioned facial area- with proper consistent use--- Based on the company's ( Palomar Medical Technologies )- patented fractional laser technology - that many medical professionals employ/deploy for office only treatments,  PaloVia is an easy to use device with a lot of backstop safety features built in (automatically shuts down after 25 zaps in an eight hour period---and 'it' can tell when it is in contact with the skin, 100% or it will shut-off ---), based on "tons of testing" -that works below the surface of the skin, to stimulate collagen and elastin---the buildin...

THE MAKEUP SHOW 2009: ECO FRIENDLY PICKS

PARIAN SPIRIT®, KOH GEN DO, NAKED COSMETICS, STILA, NU SKIN GALVANIC SPA SYSTEM II The Metropolitan Pavilion, West 18th Chelsea NYC Words, Images Judith Ecochard Also Images courtesy of respective companies. There was a significant push to go “Green” by many cosmetics companies at the 4th annual The Makeup Trade Show. IE. We like the mindset of Levon Parian …the founder of Parian Spirit., a non-toxic product for makeup brush cleaning. That REALLY works- dissolving adhesives and serious glunk used by special effects types--- without acetone or dry cleaning fluids . (YIKES). A former biochemist/photographer, Parian and his wife-a makeup toiler at Universal Movie Studios… conjured up several cleaning, disinfecting and conditioning liquid solutions for the tools of the trade that get splattered with makeup----including clothes, wigs, false eyelashes, false facial hair, and brushes. Parian demoed the aptly named Parian Spirit for us---housed in a portable cannister that traps the makeup an...