Sunday, April 17, 2011

STAGES of BEAUTY Anti-Aging Skin Care Giveaway Contest

STAGES of BEAUTY is committed to keeping our skin looking as young and beautiful as possible. An anti-aging skin-care line, STAGES of BEAUTY is focused on fulfilling all the changing needs of a woman's skin throughout her life, starting in her 20s and moving through the decades into the 50s and beyond. Each line has a treatment cream, cleanser, and scrub.

In our 20s, our skin is besieged by free radical damage (from our hectic lifestyles, sun worshipping, and so much more). Twenty-something women need skincare ingredients like antioxidants to repair the skin and protect it against future damage and premature wrinkles.

In our 30s, the first fine lines and wrinkles begin to emerge, collagen and elastin decrease, and skin tone starts to become dull and more uneven. Skin-care ingredients must address the fact that skin regeneration now takes twice as long.

In our 40s, we face a new foe: thinning skin. Skin in its 40s demands ingredients to improve elasticity, tone, and firmness, as well as ingredients to target signs of photo-aging and sun sensitivity. Those fine lines turn to wrinkles.

In our 50s and beyond, our skin experiences a rapid decline in surface immunity, while the natural moisture barrier degrades, leading to thinner and drier skin. Skin-care ingredients must be hydrating, firming, and reinforcing to battle the effects of our bodies’ changing hormones. Those pesky wrinkles? They seem to become more prominent with each passing year.

To help every age group with targeted skin care, STAGES of BEAUTY offers different products for women in their 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50+. I tried the Grace Treatment Cream, a product designed for women who are 50+. I loved it. You can see my feature at this link. This treatment contains effective ingredients in a formula that is kind to sensitive skin and fragrance-free.

STAGES of BEAUTY has generously sponsored this week's giveaway contest. They will provide a complete line of anti-aging skin care products to care for the winner's skin. The lucky winner divulges her age after the contest (or selects the line she wants), and STAGES of BEAUTY will send all three products! I think this is a fabulous offer.

If you want to learn more about STAGES of BEAUTY, head over to the Web site. We've made it super-easy to enter the contest.

Just leave a comment here once. After you comment, feel free to send me an e-mail at bestthingsinbeautycontests@gmail.com and identify your comment. You can never be too careful about sharing an e-mail address you care about on a blog, so feel free to follow this step (an alternative is to code your e-mail, e.g., myname at gmail dot com, in your comment).

You can "earn" a second entry by tweeting this contest. Just make sure to include "@BTiBeauty" and "@StagesofBeauty"(without the quotes) in your tweet. I will tweet the contest this evening, and you can simply retweet it to earn that second entry. You can earn a third entry by following the blog - either here or on Twitter (any entrant who is already a follower will automatically earn the follower point, but you can save me time by telling me you're a follower in your comment). I can't track followers through a third-party service, so you need to be on Google's list for me to verify the entry.

The deadline for entries will be Saturday, April 23, at midnight. The next morning, I will use a random number generator (random.org) to select the winner. I will e-mail the winner at that time. The winner will have 48 hours to reply to my message and provide a shipping address. After 48 hours, the prize will be forfeited, and another winner will be selected. Make sure to check your e-mail - and look in your spam folder - when the contest ends.

The contest is open to residents of the U.S. and Canada. Good luck!

Photos courtesy of STAGES of BEAUTY