Just as your skin needs exfoliation to slough off the old and reveal the new, our homes could use some de-cluttering! Haven’t seen your counter in weeks…possibly months? It happens to the best of us! Read on for some organizing tips we found for you!

• You wash your face daily, right? Same goes with this tip – do one small organizational task daily, no matter how small. Clean out one drawer or the top tier of the spice rack.  Just think: After a month, you’ll have checked off 30 things and it wasn’t done all at once!
• Hang two canvas totes, labeled REPAIR and DONATE, from hooks in the laundry room.  Toss too-small, worn-out, and snagged clothes into the bags as soon as they come out of the dryer to keep from stumbling across these mini-projects all the time.
• Get a clutter buddy. You’re a better editor of someone else’s stuff.  Help a friend clean out her closet and ask for her to repay the favor. Insist that you will allow each other to point out even the good intention clothes that need to find a new home. You know the “when-I-lose-five-pounds” skirt…yes, that one.
• Employ one system to help organize your favorite recipes.  Recipe Nest (www.reciperelish.com) is a binder with six tabbed dividers that you can customize with your own categories, such as Grandma’s Secrets or Entertaining Menus. It’s nearly two inches deep, so there’s plenty of room for you to add your collection.
• Make yourself a YNK (you never know) box.  Empty the contents of a drawer (a junk drawer or the kitchen utensil drawer) into a box. Then, every time you need one of the items, remove it from the box and return it to the drawer after you use it.  After two months, whatever is still left in the box should be donated.
• Clean house like you were moving.  Keep only those things you’d take if you relocated.
• Corral clutter where it lands. Keep containers near mess hot spots, such as the front door, the bedroom dresser, and the kitchen counter.  Then empty them once in a while (or when they get full), put the items away, and start over.

We hope this inspires you to make some positive changes! We’d love to hear about your ideas or what has or has not worked for you in the past!

We hope you had a very Merry Christmas! Now, it is time to plan your look for New Year’s Eve and the new year ahead! Make sure your skin has a glow from within by giving it a little extra special TLC this holiday season! You deserve it!  One way to brighten your complexion is by doing a chemical peel or photo facial.  Both treatments are very popular here at Belladerm.  Smoother, brighter and fresher skin will be revealed so you can put your best face forward and really shine. Call us or come in for a free consultation to learn about the best option for you.  We know you have a busy lifestyle to maintain and can’t afford to have lots of downtime recovering from procedures!
We also carry an awesome products that will give you the results you crave. One is called iS Clinical White Lightening.  This product helps treat hyperpigmentation in five different ways and also offers strong moisturizing properties and powerful antioxidant protection.

Another product to check out is VIVITÉ^®  Vibrance Therapy. It is specially formulated with unique ingredients to help create the appearance of brighter and more even skin tone while helping to reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. Click here to see Before and After results.

We hope to see you soon! We’re here to help in any way we can!

Whether it is near or far, chances are you have some plans this week to gather with loved ones. Experts say travel will rise slightly this year over last for Turkey Day. You can be thankful for no travel at Thanksgiving if you don’t have to go anywhere but then again, maybe that means the crowds are coming to you so you are swamped right now with your meal planning and cleaning. At least we have had mild November temps for all of your running around, right?
Let’s see how many of you travel or will be a homebody. Vote in our little poll below!

Of the 43.6 million folks who say they’ll travel this holiday from Nov. 21-25:

• 90 percent of travelers or 39.1 million plan to hit the road by car. This is an increase of sixth-tenths of a percent (.6 percent);
• 7 percent or 3.14 million —  a 1.7 percent decline – expects to fly; and
• The remaining 1.3 million will choose some other mode of transportation including rail, bus or cruise ship.

If you do travel this holiday season, have you streamlined your packing process when it comes to your beauty supplies?
Some quick tips we found for you:

1. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SAMPLES Most people know this, but sometimes you just don’t leave enough time to gather samples before your trip and you are packing at 11pm the day before you leave just WISHING you had thought of this ahead of time. Belladerm has free sample or trial sizes of cosmetics. These are perfect for traveling on short trips. The small containers will take up very little space in your bag.
2. USE 2-IN-1 PRODUCTS To conserve space, use as many 2-in-1 (or 3-in-1) products as you can. With many mineral powders and other cosmetics, you can use one product for eyes, lips and cheeks. For bath and body, consider a shower gel that also doubles as shampoo. Or just forgo the hair care products and use those supplied by your hotel.
3. REMEMBER 3-1-1 Airport regulations allow “3-1-1” rule for carry-on bags:  3 ounce bottles or less; 1 quart-sized, clear, plastic, zip-top bag to hold the bottles; 1 bag per passenger placed in the security bin. If you have larger bottles of liquid, you must put them in your checked baggage.
4. USE THOSE SHOES For breakable bottles of perfume and other makeup, place the containers inside socks and then put the socks inside your shoes in your suitcase. Many people overlook the extra space inside shoes when packing.
5. CONSIDER A TRAINCASE If you have a lot of makeup that you really want to take, buy a cute metal traincase to hold all your essentials. Make a checklist that includes foundation, concealer, powder, eye shadow palette, mascara, eyeliner, blush and two lip colors.

Belladerm will be open until 6:00 PM on Wednesday in case you need to pop in to grab something for your trip.
We wish you a Happy Thanksgiving – from all of us at Belladerm Medspa!