Showing posts with label cellulite lotions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cellulite lotions. Show all posts
Nivea GoodBye Cellulite Challenge - I'm Going to Do It
Monday, March 16, 2009
Last summer I bought a bottle of Nivea's Goodbye Cellulite, but just used it now and then so can't really say if it had an real effects or not. However, being as I'm now a blogger on the topic of cellulite, and today is the start of Nivea's official Goodbye Cellulite Challenge for 2009, AND a lot of people are curious about this product, I'm going to do it! It also helps that I ran out of my regular moisturizer today. :-) I already have opinions about this cellulite lotion, but I'm going to keep an open mind. Stay tuned for regular updates.
And if YOU are taking the Goodbye Cellulite Challenge, tell me what you think!
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You Don't Have to Spend Money to Reduce Cellulite
Recently I wrote about the benefits of caffeine applied to the skin (see A Cellulite Lotion Ingredient that Actually Works).
The good news is that for pennies you can give yourself a spa-like cellulite-wrap at home, with that same effective active ingredient. The main drawback to doing it yourself is that it's messier and a bit more time consuming than using a store-bought cellulite lotion.
Still want to give it a try?
Here's how to do it:
You'll need:
- ¼ cup of warm used coffee grounds (must be caffeinated! Obviously, decaf won't work!)
- tablespoon of olive oil
- roll of plastic wrap
As I wrote above this can get messy since you're using loose coffee grounds, so there are some extra instructions to take care of that.
1. Mix about a quarter-cup of used coffee grounds with a tablespoon or so of olive oil. (You can microwave them for about 20 seconds to warm them up)
2. Lay a few sheets of newspaper on the floor (the bathroom would probably be the best place to do this!).
3. While standing on the newspaper, apply the coffee grounds "paste" to your cellulite-afflicted areas. Don’t worry if a lot of the coffee grounds fall to the floor; enough will hold to your skin to do the trick.
4. Wrap the area in plastic wrap and let it remain on for several minutes. If you have time, for maximum results leave it on for 20 to 30 minutes.
5. Remove the plastic wrap and any remaining coffee mixture. Shower as usual.
*According to most of what I've read about this treatment, you get the best results when you repeat it twice a week.
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Lose Cellulite in Four Weeks?
Sunday, March 15, 2009
I feel it's my duty as a Cellulite Blogger--somehow that sounds less glamorous than Celebrity Blogger-- to let you know that this Monday, March 16th, is the start of Nivea's Goodbye Cellulite, Hello Bikini Challenge. Tyra Banks pretty much went insane over these Nivea products on her show last year. This is one product that has a LOT of hype.
It's a 4-pronged attack-- focused on:
- diet: cutting down on chips and cookies, for starters
- fitness: mostly simple exercises with dumbbells
- cellulite: applying the Nivea gel cream 2x's a day, patches 2-3 times a week, and optionally taking the new Nivea Goodbye Cellulite supplement. The supplements come packaged together with the gel cream.
- style: which swimsuits are "in" this season, choosing the right sunglasses for your face, pedicures, and of course getting a (fake) tan. Their resident dermatologist says, "Tan cellulite looks better than pale cellulite." We needed an M.D. to tell us that?
Nivea's Goodbye Cellulite Body Gel Cream ($12.99 x's 2) = $25.98
OR
Nivea's Goodbye Cellulite Gel Cream+Smoothing Supplement ($18.99 x's 2) = $37.98
+
Nivea's Goodbye Cellulite Patches( $13.49 x's 2) = $26.98
Total: $52.96 to $64.96 (depending on whether or not you take the supplement)
The numbers above are a minimum if you follow their program as instructed. You may need to buy more than two bottles of the gel-cream if you are applying it two times a day as instructed. The patches come in boxes of 6 and you are supposed to use them 2-3 times a week. The capsules you can take 1 to 3 times per day, and they come in packs of 30.
You can sign up on their website for the details of their plan, laid out week by week, and to get support from other people taking the challenge.
Does this stuff work? It's active ingredient, in both the gel-cream, patches, and the supplement, is fat- burner L-carnitine.
L-carnitine is found naturally in avocados, dairy products, red meats and tempeh (thats a fermented soybean product). L-carnitine helps your body use fat as an energy source and is commonly taken in supplement form as a diet aid. I wasn't able to find information about the effectiveness of L-carnitine when applied to the skin for the treatment of cellulite, though it has been patented for topical use.
Have you tried Nivea Goodbye Cellulite? What do you think of it?
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A cellulite lotion ingredient that actually works?
Thursday, March 12, 2009
This article appeared on CBS news today:
Many of us just can't live without that daily caffeine boost. And now beauty regimens are getting a java jolt too. A growing number of products are energizing the skin with caffeine.
"I'm hoping to lighten up the dark circles, and to tone down some of the redness around my mouth especially (touches problem areas)," Lisa Nizzari said.
According to dermatologist Dr. Ariel Ostad, Nizzari is the perfect patient for caffeine.
Ostad said it can also help her other complaint -- cellulite.
"Well sometimes, in the summer especially, you can see it through clothing. It's a little embarrassing," Nizzari said.
"Cellulite, which women hate, which is that lumpy, bumpy skin on the outer thighs, basically can be improved by applying products that contain topical caffeine," Ostad said. "It primarily works by dehydrating those fat cells, which means that it shrinks those fat cells temporarily and therefore the skin is smoother."
Coffee is full of healthy antioxidants, so the caffeinated creams made with it are thought to make the skin look younger by renewing cells damaged by the sun.
The products range from inexpensive drugstore finds to the several hundred dollar prescription creams. And unless you have a specific allergy, they're safe.
If you're interested, some lotions with caffeine as an active ingredient are grouped together here at amazon.com.
This is just more confirmation that certain ingredients in cellulite lotion really do reduce the appearance of the lumpy, bumpy stuff.
Read the original article here:
Caffeinated Creams With Antioxidants
Thought To Make Skin Look Younger By Renewing Cells Damaged By Sun
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