Kill Your Skin and Then Watch it Get Better!

I’ve been known to do some pretty wacky stuff to my face in the name of anti aging, but my new obsession is making people want to hurl their breakfast.  It’s called micro-needling.  You get a tool that resembles something like an ancient torture device, which has needles on it,  and you roll it all over your face.

The theory of this whole process makes sense to me – you essentially trick your face into thinking that it’s injured, which then tries to repair itself.  It stimulates collagen and elastin therefore helps with fine wrinkles, scars, and overall appearance of the skin.  Its like aerating your skin, in the same way you aerate your lawn when you want healthy grass to grow back.  Grass…skin…it’s all the same…

This video below pretty much sums up everything you need to know.  Its pretty basic and easy to follow, as I’m not one to watch those videos with crazy medical terms and interviews with any serious-looking doctors.  This lady is pretty hardcore, but I like to see a real person with real skin concerns demonstrating a procedure and explaining things in layman terms.

Warning: if you get queasy at the sight of blood, you might want to skip the demonstration portion of the video, but it’s very informative nonetheless.

Now, go kill your skin and watch it get better!

 

A short love story of ten lonely nails

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So everyone’s been making these nail appliqués lately, and of course I’ve tried almost every brand, but back in the day when these were not popular, Walgreens carried this brand and I thought the concept was cool so I tried them.   I was addicted, and so began my love affair with these and my nails.  Well, about a year into our relationship, Walgreens replaced this brand with Sally Hanson. Anyone who has tried the Sally Hanson appliqués know they’re not up to par, especially after using my beloved Incoco ones.

I have searched for a long time to find a new boyfriend for my nails to no avail. I’ve been to Sephora, Ulta, I’ve ordered some random brand on Groupon, I’ve tried them all and my nails were slowly becoming slutty from all the one night appliqué stands that they had.  They were bare, chipped, not treated properly, and very ashamed to be seen in public. Horrible!!

One afternoon, I started to reminisce about the good old days and how happy my nails were and I thought to myself, “If I can google my ex boyfriend from 8th grade and find him, why can’t I find happiness for my nails?”2389C35B-2DBB-4C90-8FF5-868C22BD4813

Sometimes it takes me a while to put 2 and 2 together, but that’s when it hit me: HELLO! GOOGLE THE WORD INCOCO! Like a detective, I found them and ordered a whole bunch from their website.

And so the love affair was rekindled and I have 10 very happy nails!

The end.

(In all seriousness, these are the best appliqués and they have been around much longer than the rest. They stay on forever and although they aren’t chip proof, they are much more durable and much thicker than all the rest. Click here to find them on their website:  Incoco )

UPDATE 7/1/2020: I found these at Ulta so I don’t have to order them online anymore and I can use a coupon which makes me happy!  While I do like these, I like the Dashing Diva Gloss Strips  much better with the Incoco brand being a close second.)

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