6 Products to Help You get Through Winter

It’s the middle of winter… will it ever end?!?!

Here are some products that have been lifesavers during the past several weeks of winter – those go-to, must-have winter beauty products to help you get through winter.

Here are 6 products to help you get through winter:

1. Plexus Slim

Having trouble losing weight and keeping it off? I find it especially challenging during the long winter months when my appetite for comfort foods is non-stop. Remember that post where I talked about going up a size every winter?

Plexus Slim is a natural, healthy solution to help you lose weight for the long term. The ingredients are all natural and include Alpha Lipoic Acid, Chlorogenic Acid, and Garcinia Cambogia, which address all areas of weight loss. I tried this because a friend said it works – and she was right. I tried the Plexus Slim for about a month (on and off as I was getting tests done) and it really does decrease your appetite. I lost about 5 pounds using Plexus Slim.

How does it work? Slim helps reduce binge eating and increases your willpower over food. You just pour into a bottle of water, stir/shake and drink about 30 minutes before a meal.  It’s not a meal replacement at all but rather a way of reducing your appetite with natural ingredients.

2. Renaissance Red hydrating facial cleanser

This gentle, hydrating facial cleanser contains a unique organic red berry complex and is specifically formulated to be non-drying, meaning it won’t strip your skin of its moisture.  Gentle on your skin, it can also be used to gently remove makeup.

Exclusive to Renaissance Red, the organic red berry complex of lingonberry, raspberry and buriti berry works hard to deliver numerous benefits to your skin.

Lingonberry is rich in vitamin B, essential fatty acids, and vitamin A which helps repair free radical damage and helps speed cell renewal and reduces redness in the skin. Buriti berry is high in linoliec acid, vitamin E and beta-carotene, known to help attack pollutants on the skin, as well as helping to protect collagen and elastin. It is easily absorbed and reduces the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.

Renaissance Red products are hypoallergenic and fragrance-free.

3. Boiron natural remedies

Boiron’s homeopathic medicines are suitable for all ages and available in various formulations to treat a wide range of ailments from the flu, to cough and cold to motion sickness. I don’t like to medicate heavily so these natural remedies are great – and safe for kids.

Boiron products offer safe and effective natural remedies, which are safe, effective and approved for use in children under the age of six – unlike many  other over-the-counter options. They have a neutral taste, no side effects or contraindications and are easy-to-administer with no risk of overdose.

Oscillococcinum acts effectively within 48 hours to reduce the duration of flu-like symptoms – fever, chills, body aches and headaches. Coryzalia is a homeopathic medicine for the relief of cold symptoms, sneezing, nasal congestion and runny nose. Stodal cough syrups are also natural, relieving both dry and wet coughs and do not cause drowsiness.

4. Spectro Dry Skin Therapy

Then comes the dry skin along with winter! Spectro® Dry Skin Therapy cleansers and moisturizers relieve itching due to dry, cracked skin. This product line is gentle and non-irritating, with an Intense Rehydration Moisturizer and body wash for both adults and for kids.

What’s good to know is that they have the seal of acceptance from the Eczema Society of Canada for being free of ingredients known to irritate the skin.

5. OPI nail coats and treatments

Nicole by OPI introduced four new Top Coats & Treatments for 2014. Inspired by OPI’s in-salon favorites, the line includes Oil to Go, 3-in-1 Base, Top Coat & Strengthener, Quick Dry Top Coat and Matte Top Coat.

The Nicole by OPI Oil to Go comes in a convenient, white tiny squeezable tube with a brush applicator for easy application on the go. The Oil to Go contains vitamin E, avocado, grapeseed, sesame and kukui nut oils for rehydrating and moisturizing dry cuticles. The 3-in-1 base, top coat and strengthener will help keep your nails strong during the winter months.

6. Smooth Sphere Lip Balm by eos

I love eos not just because of the packaging – they are so cute – they are all-natural, antioxidant-rich lip balms. I used to always have cracked, dry lips during the winter until I tried eos – the lip balms glide on my lips, keeping them smooth and moist.

The new Blueberry Acai is 95% organic, 100% natural, and paraben and petrolatum free. Packed with antioxidant-rich vitamin E, soothing shea butter and jojoba oil, eos keeps your lips moist, soft and sensationally smooth. eos lip balms are petrolatum, paraben and phthalate free.

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