Bags under your eyes making you look a bit under the weather? Give them a lift with Boscia’s Restorative Treatment for Under-Eye Bags. This intense hydration treatment feeds those thirsty, sensitive under-eye cells while preventing the appearance of fine lines and evening your skin tone. Bringing luminosity back into delicate skin helps make your eyes glow instead of hollow; $48, BosciaSkinCare.com.
Fresh Start
The difference between dragging yourself out of bed in the morning and waking up alert and perky has everything to do with your sleep cycle. The WakeMate is an alarm clock that knows the difference. Set a range for your optimum wake-up time, and the WakeMate monitors your movements, tracking your sleep cycle and waking you at the moment when you’re most ready for it; $60, WakeMate.com.
Smile Factor
There are many factors to a great smile. It’s not only about having straight, white, healthy teeth and fresh breath. The surrounding structures need to be attractive as well. You can’t have one without the other to have your most stunning, sexiest smile. Think of your smile like a beautiful painting; it needs a great frame that does it justice and showcases it. As we age, we tend to lose the support that teeth and bones provide to the lower face and mouth. By positioning your teeth and jaws in a certain manner, we can regain some of that lost support and reduce fine lines and wrinkles around the mouth and jawline, creating the best esthetics for the smile. And with today’s fillers and neurotoxins, we can enhance a smile’s “frame” even further by giving back lost volume to the lips and surrounding mouth area. Teeth whitening, laser gum recontouring, and re-shaping of teeth are additional ways to beautify your smile. And of course, at least for women, there’s also the right lipstick. We help people in all these areas (except the lipstick!), and our smile consultations are free.
Dr. Maria Eugenia Yazji is an Orthodontist & Doctor of Dental Surgery with offices in Brickell, Miami & Weston. She’s also an Invisalign Super Elite Preferred Provider & specializes in lingual braces; 786.220.7802, SmileByDesign.us.
Spa Excess
Splurging for that monthly facial can seem like a big investment, but it’s peanuts compared to what you’d shell out for these over-the-top spa treatments.
Midas Touch
Forget cucumbers or Dead Sea mud. How about a facial made from 24-karat gold? Proponents claim it reduces the appearance of age spots and lines. For the price, why not buy a new face?; UmoUniverse.com.
Caviar Locks
It’s great on toast, but did you know it’s also apparently fabulous for your hair? At Hari’s Salon in London, you can indulge in an Iranian caviar hair treatment. Don’t worry — it’s supposedly odor-free; HarisSalon.com, £100.00.
Beer Beauty
Don’t drink the bathwater…though you’ll be sorely tempted to when indulging in a therapeutic beer bath at Chodovar in the Czech Republic. It’s every frat boy’s dream come true; $35 or $70 for two, Chodovar.cz.
