Watch crow's feet fly away with the right eye cream treatment

The first thing most people notice about you is your eyes. In fact, making one's eyes look young, revitalized and wrinkle-free is a top concern for women over the age of 40. At that point, fine lines, smile wrinkles and dark circles can cause one to look years older than they really are.

While doing the obvious, such as wearing SPF daily, not sleeping on your side, and avoiding tobacco can all do wonders for helping stave off or prevent premature wrinkles, what does one do to minimize the lines that are already there?

Proper hydration is key for keeping skin firm, plump and younger-looking. Drier skin types allow wrinkles to be more visible, so finding the right combination of ingredients that firm, nourish and protect the delicate eye area is ideal.

Eye creams on the market today advertise many different breakthrough ingredients, such as caffeine, antioxidants, retinol, peptides and hyaluronic acid. These are effective for many, but some, such as retinol, can be too drying for sensntive skin.

MD Ultimate Eye Cream

However, there are other, lesser used ingredients for eye creams that are just as effective. Ginkgo biloba, a botanical compond long esteemed in many parts of Asia, also has impressive skin regeneration and anti-aging properties. Ginkgo biloba is naturally fortified with flavonoid and terpenoid antioxidants, which can help stave off free radicals and improve blood flow to the skin. It also stimulates skin cell metabolism, and gently firm the skin.

Earlier, we mentioned how important it was to hydrate and moisturize the skin to keep it looking younger. A great skin conditioner that's uncommonly included in eye creams is alfalfa seed extract.  Known to be a fantastic humectant and boosting cell turnover, alfalfa seed extrat provides the right amount of extra moisture drier skin, and especially the eye area, needs to stay looking plumper and naturally firmer over time.  You'll notice a smoother apperance with continued use.

Green tea is a popular drink and is well documented for its benefits when enjoyed as abeverage. However, did you know that you can also use it directly on your skin? Green tea is rich in antioxidants and polyphenols and also serve as an anti-inflammatory. While placing cucumber slices to cool and depuff the eyes work, cold, used green tea bags works much better, and with added skin benefits.

MD Ultimate Eye Cream incorporates all of these key, active ingredients in this potent, hard-working formula, especially created to help reduce the apperance of fine lines and brighten, hydrate and "wake up" your eyes with extended use. This clinical-grade formula is the first cream ever designed to replenish the volume under your eyes resulting in FILLING IN the sunken area under your eyes. Its fast-absorbing texture penetrates instantly to gently massage its ingredients to reduce under eye congestion and restore lost volume under eyes.

You have nothing to lose but those pesky crow's feet. Try MD Ultimate Eye Cream today!

The Nitty Gritty on Your Eyelashes and Mascara

Eyelashes are hairs that protect the delicate surface of the eyeball from dust, sweat and debris. Each lash takes up to 7-8 weeks to grow back, and their lifespan averages around 8 months.  They’re also ultra-sensitive to touch. This sensitivity will warn the eye to instinctively close if something foreign comes too close, such as dust or a flying insect.

A Brief History on Mascara

The first known use of coating ones lashes to enhance their appearance is dated as far back as 3400 B.C. by the ancient Egyptians. They blended kohl, alligator dung, honey, and water to create the very first mascara known in history.

The first inventor of the modern mascara is credited to chemist T.L. Williams in 1915.  Williams noticed his younger sister, Maybel, using a mixture of coal dust and Vaseline to coat her lashes, giving them a fuller, dramatic appearance. Williams used this formula to create his own mascara product and after a prototype name, called it Maybelline after his sister and Vaseline. 

Simple Techniques for Curling your Lashes and Applying Mascara 

Before applying mascara, make sure your lashes are properly curled. Using a quality eyelash curler, position it over your upper lashes, making sure they’re as close to the eyelid as possible without touching it. Press down gently but firmly a few times, then move a little forward up the lash shaft and repeat, moving your wrist upward to shape the curl.  

When using your favorite mascara, be careful to only apply it to your upper lashes. Using the length of the brush, coat your lashes from underneath about 3- 5 times, making sure to cover every lash, especially the tiny ones on the edges.

Eyelash Conditioners and Different Types of Mascara

To have your lashes look thicker, fuller, and longer regardless of what mascara you’re using, you may want to invest in an eyelash conditioner. Look for ones with gentle, follicle-friendly ingredients like cytokines, antioxidants, milk proteins and peptides. Used daily, you should see results in as little as 4 weeks.

Modern mascaras come in many different formulas, such as waterproof, thickening, lengthening, voluminizing, or a combination of the above. Regardless of which you choose, look for tar in the ingredients list (an avoid it), and keep a look out for conditioning ingredients that help fortify your lashes, such as panthenol. Microfiber technology is also popular, used to coat even the tiniest lashes.

MD Lash Factor Eyelash Conditioner, is our world renowned, revolutionary, patent pending formula that combines the latest skin care science with safe, results oriented ingredients.  Our exclusive MD Lash Factor Cytokine Complex provides your eyelashes with the nutrients necessary to develop fuller, thicker, longer looking lashes.  Thiotaine, a powerful mushroom derived peptide, is also formulated to help protect and nourish your lashes and allow them to develop to their fullest potential.

Pair this with our MD Ultimate Mascara and get glamorous, Hollywood long lashes! MD Ultimate Mascara combines the potent, naturally derived antioxidants of the MD Lash Factor® eyelash conditioner with cutting edge, built in microfiber technology that wraps individual lashes, holds a curl and can be easily removed with regular facial cleanser.

Pump up your lashes and increase your batting average – get both products today and see the dramatic difference!

Nourish from the inside to help against hair loss with MD Nutri Hair

While statistics show that almost 40% of the people who suffer from hair loss are women, female pattern baldness, or alopecia, treatments is still a largely untapped market. A woman's hair stylist is often one of the first to notice the issue. Many women suffering from hair loss forego treatment due to cost, unavailability of effective items or simply a lack of selection.

A majority of the advice you read on the web or hear from various professionals on how to reduce hair loss usually discuss the benefits of topically applied products (ourselves included)!  Shampoos, conditioners, oils, serums and creams are commonly recommended, and each has various active ingredients that can help against hair loss when used regularly.

However, there are other steps one can take to fight hair loss – namely, nourishing your body and its cells from within. True, eating healthfully, regulating stress (and thus your mind), and exercising regularly all play a part. Supplements are another popular solution, and nutrients such as antioxidants and keratin are common suggestions, since both do wonders for keeping your hair strong and healthy.

However, neither compound really addresses the problem of hair loss directly. Instead of taking 2-4 different supplements to deal with several symptoms or issues, we suggest one simple, natural-based and affordable solution – MD Nutri Hair (previously known as MD Hair Factor). 

MD Nutri Hair’s proprietary blend of biotin, niacin, Vitamin E, omega rich flaxseed meal, and the active ingredient verbascoside (lilac extract) work to stop dihydroxytestosterone (DHT), a hormone causing excess sebum production and androgenic alopecia.  This lilac extract also possess a naturally strong antioxidant, anti-inflammatory action against the Malassezia Furfur, a fungus that grows wildly in in hair follicles with too much oil, causing inflammation and ultimately, hair loss.

MD Nutri Hair has an exceptional 28,000 ORAC value to protect and rejuvenate your hair follicles.


The ORAC value is a measurement of antioxidant potency of natural ingredients. Compare that to tradtionally high antioxidant foods such as berries (with about 90 ORA) or the acai berry with about 1,090 ORAC). 


MD Nutri Hair also contains strong anti inflammatory compounds that decreases IL-8 from TNF, a known cause of aging. A full head of hair is a sign of youth, so by protecting and nourishing your follicles with MD Nutri Hair Complex, you too can help your hair reach their fullest potential - literally. 

Together, these clinical strength ingredients favor protein synthesis of hair and hair growth.

We use advanced biotechnology backed by excellent quality standards, and only select the highest verbascoside-producing cell strains from the lilac. As a result, the molecule has a much higher concentration than normal - up to 1,000 times than by using standard extraction techniques.

MD Nutri Hair is also pollutant free and exceed Bio-Eco Cosmesi Guidelines as a certified organic ingredient. The lilac plant stem cells are grown in a sterile and protected environment, without pesticides, heavy metals and toxins.

For an all-in-one supplement specifically for thinning hair and hair loss and rapid results, add MD Nutri Hair to your diet and see less hair on your brush and bathroom floor in as early as a few weeks! Use our QR code for more information.

Your Ultimate Solution to a Greasy, Oily, and Itchy Scalp - At Last

Thinning, oily, hair can often be traced back to its roots – or in this case, the scalp. A flaky, oily, itchy scalp translates to bad hair days, so to tackle the problem you need ingredients that handle the cause efficiently, safely, and naturally.

What exactly causes a flaky, itchy and uncomfortable scalp?

Excessive sebum or oil production is the primary cause for such a scalp condition. The extra oils contribute to an overgrowth of scalp fungus, and that creates dandruff, inflammation and flakes.

Excessive oil production on the scalp is often the reason for an itchy scalp condition, which can contribute to an overgrowth of fungus. That in turn creates dandruff, flakes and inflamed scalp. DHT, or dihydroxytestosterone, can also contribute to an overly oily scalp. DHT is formed when a naturally occurring enzyme called Type II 5-alpha-reductase is combined with normal testosterone. This is also a main cause of hair loss and baldness.

Is there a simple and effective formula to combat this?

There is! We have a breakthrough product specially and physician formulated to cut down on oil production, the enzyme that causes DHT, work against the fungus and bacteria that exacerbate the symptoms, and finally ease your scalp with MD Scalp Essentials.

This naturally inspired and fast acting formula uses two powerful compounds, verbascoside and mandelic acid. The former comes from extracts of the lilac flower, or Syringa vulgaris, while the latter is derived from the extract of bitter almonds, or Prunus dulcis.

Verbascoside

We’ve been able to isolate verbascoside from the lilac through carefully measured and highly sustainable, advanced, and eco-friendly plant stem cell extraction technology. The stem cell cultures of the lilac plant are safely cultivated to generate a pure botanical product several thousand times more potent than normal.

Verbascoside, an antioxidant and defense molecule, is a result of this process. It has been shown to regulate and control your scalp's oil, and quickly relieve an itchy scalp. Its natural anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial nature also helps against the fungus that forms as a result of too much sebum.

Mandelic Acid

Mandelic acid is a pleasantly fragranced alpha-hydroxy acid, formed when heating an extract from bitter almonds with diluted hydrochloric acid. The word mandel is German for almond, hence the name of the AHA that results from it.  

This alpha-hydroxy acid is a very well-known ingredient for anti-aging skin care, and is also used as a treatment after laser surgery. However, its uses for treating oily, itchy scalps, thinning hair and hair loss are not as well documented. We have discovered that the antibacterial and antifungal mandelic acid, when combined with the oil reduction power of verbascoside, harmoniously develops a simple, fast-acting and easy to use formula that will treat your issues right at the source.

MD Scalp Essentials will refresh your greasy scalp, reduce the appearance of dandruff and flakes and soothe an inflamed scalp, resulting in fuller, thicker looking hair and a healthier base overall. Combine this with our other hair restoration and revitalizing products such as MD Nutri Hair, MD Revitalizing Shampoo and Conditioner and soon, MD Restoration System for your best hair day – or year – ever. 

MD Hair Restoration Launching at Prestige Shopping Destination Joyce Beauty in Hong Kong

Joyce Beauty will be exclusively carrying MD Hair Restoration in the distringuished Men’s Grooming sector Joyce Grooming in Hong Kong.

La Canada Ventures, world renowned developer of the infamous eyelash conditioner MD Lash Factor, is releasing a new product created specifically to help patients restore hair safely and gently. MD Hair Restoration is a new hair restoration system that includes active ingredients such as Cytokines, Peptides, Active Plant Marine Extracts, and Ergothioneine to gently coax the scalp into restoring the  look for full, thicker hair, and help to conteract the stages of hair loss.  

Lab results show a 71% improvement in hair density, 33% noted results within 30 days, and a high 66% noted results within 60 days. We’re proud to announce that 75% users would recommend MD Hair Restoration.

Joyce Beauty, a pioneer in fashion and creativity in Asia for over 40 years, is Hong Kong’s premiere prestige fashion and beauty center and Asia’s gateway to the world’s most covested beauty products. Joyce Beauty prides itself on only carrying definitive, carefully selected brands  and lines to represent in a visually stimulating and high-class environment.

We’re proud to be a part of this reputable and respected line of retail stores in Asia, and hope to expand the MD brand even further around the world.

Why It's Best to Buy Products Made in the USA

The importing of consumer goods to the United States, including beauty and personal care products, is huge and highly successful – but mainly for the foreign distributors and manufacturers. In the US, many of these same goods are created, manufacturers, developed and sold right here. Supporting local companies bring many benefits to everyone – the country, economy, environment, and much more. A label reading “Made in the USA” is valued worldwide, and is universally considered some of the most prestigious products ever created.

The advanced technology in the US, combined with the strengthening consumer market and spending power, should be encouraged by its citizens and national community. Here’s are several big reasons why buying US-made products is one of the best decisions a consumer can make:

One of the top reasons to consider buying goods made in the USA is the creation and maintaining of jobs and employment positions. When you buy products from overseas and the local companies can no longer afford to stay in business, these jobs are also located overseas. Buying goods made in the US will create jobs, stimulate the economy and support fair wages, safer working conditions and even laws involving human rights, which is often lacking in foreign areas.

Sweatshops are a controversial topic that no one likes to discuss. It’s also an unfortunate truth, even today.  Overseas, long hours, unsuitable working conditions, and low wages are tolerated and even encouraged, so buying such products can support the companies that do this. Buying products made here will support and ensure the workers who manufactured your goods are being treated fairly.

Environmentally, it makes sense to support products made in the US. In other top producing countries, they have use more dangerous, pollution heavy methods to manufacture and ship. These methods can end up contaminating and abusing the Earth and its trees, soil, water, and air. In the US, laws and regulations are put in place to specifically protect the environment, so supporting US made goods also support the conversation of out planet’s natural resources.

MD Lash Factor, established in California, has developed and manufactured revolutionary and technologically advanced beauty, skin care, hair care, and personal care goods right here on US soil. MD Lash Factor has produced these products for over 20 countries worldwide since 1991. Our reliable products are recognized excellent in quality and consistency, and developing here ensures that the benefits of building a strong economy and community are kept right here at home. 


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All the cold, hard facts on dandruff and how to control it

Dandruff is a common condition that affects over 50 million Americans today.  It is a mild form of seborrheic dermatitis, or a flaky skin condition that can affect other parts of the body. 

Dandruff is not just a cosmetic condition, but a true medical one as well. The most common symptoms are an itchy, inflamed, and sometimes oily scalp that produces dry, white flakes.

Normally, the scalp’s outer layer replaces itself continuously; cells are pushed outward and die, flaking off. This happens over a month on average, and said skin flakes are small and not visible. 

However, there are certain conditions and situations where this cell turnover is abnormally rapid. Dead skin cells may mature and shed in 2-8 days. In addition, these cells are large, flaky clumps, and appear white on the scalp, clothes and skin.

What contributes to this rapid shedding of skin cells on the scalp?

Researchers have theorized that dandruff is a result of several factors, such as:

·         Infection by fungus and yeasts, specifically the Malassezia family

·         Excess sebum, or oil being secreted by the scalp

·         Genetics, poor health, lack of specific nutrients, or certain medical conditions

There are other theories such as the sufferer’s immune system overreacting to the fungus, or stressful situations accelerating the flaking process.  Additionally, the Malassezia fungus lives on all scalps and doesn’t overreact on a healthy one, but something triggers it to cause dandruff on a select few.

Throughout all these assumptions and theories, no one cure has been developed. This is largely due to the uncertainty of the trigger, or what activates the fungus start shedding dead skin cells so quickly.

What different treatments are available to slow or control dandruff?

The most common treatments available on the market today involve shampoos that can kill or neutralize the Malassezia yeasts and fungus themselves, as well as ingredients that actually change the speed of when the scalp’s skin cells grow and shed.

Active ingredients such as zinc pyrithione (ZPT) help by normalizing the shedding of skin cells and sebum production. It is also an antifungal and antibacterial agent.  Ketoconazole is another, and serves as a broad spectrum antifungal agent that works against the Malassezia family of yeasts. These treatments are temporary, and it does not affect the sebum production which contributes to dandruff.

Another form of treatment has been recently introduced to the hair care industry with stopping or controlling dandruff. A compound called verbascoside, found in the active lilac leaf stem cell culture extract, has been shown to regulate and control scalp's oil production. Verbascoside is also proven to help prevent fungus regrowth and exhibits anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties.

This innovative technology is included in our newest product, MD Scalp Essentials, coming soon to our website at MD Lash Factor. The verbascoside controls sebum production and simultaneously reacts against the Malassezia fungus, making this an all-in-one product to safely and naturally control dandruff. Verbasocide also contains antioxidants and can ease excessive itchiness. Implement this product with your usual flake controlling routine and see visible results in weeks.