Stretch Marks Double Action by Mustela
January 15, 2009
Pregnancy is great, but the stretch marks? Not so much. Mustela’s Stretch Marks Double Action cream is designed to help you worry less about the havoc your burgeoning belly is wreaking on your bikini body and spend more time eagerly anticipating the arrival of your little one and thinking about the day you will pop back into that bikini and hit the poolside with your new arrival.
The Stretch Marks Double Action cream improves the appearance of existing stretch marks while preventing new ones, and it even helps alleviate some other unpleasant side effects that come along with carrying a new human inside you for nine months. The cream, which is thick and rich, contains three patented ingredients as well as a combination of moisturizers and softening oils. When these three ingredients (Mustela’s Elastoregulator®, Lupeol and Chlorophycea) combine with the other ingredients, the results is more resilient skin that manufactures high levels of collagen to keep the skin from tearing.
As a result, your skin can stretch without permanently adjusting to the new shape by breaking, which is what causes stretch marks. This cream also helps decrease sensitivity and the irritating “pulling” feeling that often occurs when your stomach begins to stretch and grow.
The Mustela cream should be used twice daily and massaged into your stomach and any other problem areas or potential problem areas. It is safe for use both during and after pregnancy, as well as if you have never been pregnant but still have problematic stretch marks.
This cream is incredible. Even old stretch marks lighten significantly over time with continued use, and if you feel like experimenting with them, then you will definitely see an improvement in the half that you treated with this cream rather than the half that you did not. The combination of softening oils, moisturizers and confidential compounds works to soften the skin of your belly and other areas on the body so that your skin actually becomes more pliable and resilient.
Unlike other stretch mark creams, this one does not make your skin feel tighter as it re-elasticizes it, but in fact makes you feel more comfortable in your expanding hide without necessitating the tears, breaks and fissures that it normally takes to make these major adjustments to your body. Even better, if you are already pregnant and have begun to develop stretch marks, it is not too late for you.
Women who start using the cream shortly after they notice their first stretch marks still are able to eliminate the existing marks and prevent the formation of more as long as they use the cream regularly for the next two to three months. In fact, the only real downside to this cream is that it takes several months for the results to show.
If you have existing stretch marks, you are going to have to have some patience and perseverance in order to get the results you want. Fortunately, a single tube is only 37 dollars and will last you nearly two months in most cases because the cream is so rich. You have nothing to lose but your stretch marks, so I would definitely give this cream a try if you are pregnant or already have stretch marks from past pregnancies or other causes.
FlexJobs.com: When “Too Good to be True” Gets Too Good to Pass Up
January 12, 2009
If you have children in your life, then you probably are familiar with the conflicting sensations of knowing that you absolutely must get to work on time and the desire to take a “sick day” so you can stay home and eat breakfast with them, answer all their questions and just spend the day enjoying them while they are small. It’s not unreasonable, after all, kids who are guided by their parents while they are young and who have frequent if not nearly constant access to one or both parents during childhood tend to form stronger bonds with their parents as they age and respond better to advice and discipline during the potentially difficult teenage years.
However, if you are not working, then there may simply be some practical things you have to forego, and for many families, those things are necessities like food, shelter, clothing and a good education. If you are torn between your job, which helps you provide your family with all the things that make them happy and keep them healthy, and spending time with that same family, then FlexJobs.com may have the answer for you. Read more
Radio Flyer’s Classic Lights and Sounds Trike Review
December 24, 2008
As parents, one of our many responsibilities is to help teach our children the skills that they will need to be independent adults later on in life. Although your child may be young now, it is never too soon to start to teach your child important life lessons. One of the most important lessons we can teach them is that of their independence. A great way to do this is by getting them their very own bike.
If your child is a toddler, then they most likely are too young for a traditional bike but that doesn’t mean you cannot get them a bike. A three wheeled bike, more commonly known as a trike or tricycle is the perfect solution. Perhaps you remember your first 3 wheeled bikes; mine was the classic red Radio Flyer trike. It was sort of a right of passage for me and many other young adults as it most likely was for you as well. In fact, this classic has been a tradition of sorts for so many Americans for generations and now the old classic has been taken into the 21st century.
Instead of the classic red trike like the old Radio Flyer, the new Radio Flyer’s Classic Lights and Sounds Trike is available in both classic red and pink. The new Radio Flyer classic is designed with the latest technological advances and the stylish toddler in mind. Read more
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Hi, I'm Katie. I’ve been successfully working at home and homeschooling my kids for the past 14 years, so I figured it’s time to get out there and start sharing what I’ve learned along the way. I'm glad you're here to join in the fun!
