Nonie of Beverly Hills

AHA! The Beautiful Secret to Glowing Spring Skin

Spring is the ultimate season of happiness, creativity, and love. Spring makes your heart and soul glow. Shouldn't your face glow, too?

Your heavy, winter weather moisturizer is ready to take a break (unless you live in one of those states that is covered in sheets of ice until June). As the weather warms, your moisturizer should feel lighter. (If your face sweats after applying your regular moisturizer in morning or night, you know it's time for a change.) 

My spring favorite is AHA's 10% alpha hydroxy moisturizer.  Not only is this product ultra clean in terms of ingredients, it's light, and it sloughs off (rather the fruit acids peel away) old, dead skin overnight, leaving your face bare but for a gorgeous glow.

The AHA line (by company Nonie of Beverly Hills) is a great little group of products available at your health food store, and another bonus: They come in GLASS bottles!! The price point is comparable with other natural lines (my bottle of moisturizer was around $25), and a little certainly goes a long way. 

Here's a note: When you use products with alpha hydroxy, your fresh, baby-like skin will be vulnerable to sun damage -- exactly what we're trying to defy, right? So make sure you use a tinted moisturizer or foundation with spf during the day.  

Additional note: In the morning, wash away the dead skin from the previous night before reapplying the moisturizer to enjoy its full benefits.

Here are the ingredients for the 10% Alpha Hydroxy Moisturizer:

Distilled Water, Coconut Oil, Almond Oil, Wheatgerm Oil, Alpha Hydroxy Acids from Bilberry, Apple, orange, Grape, Lemon, & Grapefruit, Coconut Emulsifier, Orchid Oil, Apple Cider Vinegar, & Oil of the Seed of Grapefruit.

That's right -- orchid oil! Just what a spring face needs: fruit and blossoms. May your spring be a rejuvenation of all that is beautiful, including yourself!

To read more about the company & its products, visit them at: nonieofbeverlyhills.com