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BEAUTY RX prescriptives.com launches webbased Custom Blend Foundation (and Loose Powder) via a “beauty genius” and video chat.
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aster than you can mutter “it’s been a long winter,” we’ll all be sorting through last year’s summer whites. While we should be wardrobe editing, let’s give our moneymaker (no, not that one)—our faces—some much needed TLC. With bushier, filled-in brows, longer lashes and layered lips being a primary focus, our skin has to look top-shelf clear to accommodate more naked makeup and less eye color. First some good news: prescriptives.com, no newcomer to
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the pursuit of skin perfection, has just made millions of once devastated global fans newly ecstatic with the launch of its webbased Custom Blend Foundation and Loose Powder, joining Super Line Preventor Extreme and its wildly popular skincare line. The inventors of Color Printing—a process that identifies the predominant primary colors and undertones of your precise skin—are now available by video chat appointment via a “beauty genius.” Your hour-long
cosmetic Webcounter will not only produce the same perfection-matching results you’ve come to expect from Prescriptives, science has allowed for varying coverage and optional finish add-ins such as Radiance or Candlelight, moisture or anti-pigmentation and more. With prescriptives.com, the world can once again put its best-matchedfoundation face forward. With time being our most valuable asset, we were looking forward to test-driving Riiviva Microderm’s professional—at home— microdermabrasion device. Yes, for a starting price of $299 and less than ten minutes a week, this medical-grade multi-tasker can gently, effectively correct visual signs of aging, Keratosis Pilaris, mild stretch marks and acne scarring. More important, this diamond-tipped, vacuum technology softens fine lines, wrinkles and brown spots via its patent-pending vortex to draw down loosened skin cells into a sterile filter. Best part? Stimulating and removing topical debris and dead cells makes our expensive serums, cream treatments and esthetician visits much, much more receptive to absorption—making overall results very noticeable. And isn’t that the point of our anti-aging routine? Riiviva.com’s well done website displays how-to videos for each facial or body concern. Once you get the hang of it, you’ll want a lot more. The kit comes with a full set of three diamond facial tips—and offers affordable tips for more specific conditions such as blackheads or skin plumping. No acids, no down time and something you can do at home to stimulate cell production while enjoying