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The Skincare Step That Shouldn’t Be “Mist”
Facial sprays – the skincare step that cannot be “mist”! Whether you spritz during your skincare routine, during makeup application, or throughout the day, facial sprays and tonics are for everyone. Our facial tonics at boscia provide amazing benefits and disperse a fine spray, great for your everyday skincare routine or for freshening up makeup throughout the day. Find our top reasons to spritz your skin below!
Tone and Treat. Repeat.
Introducing facial sprays. These quick fixes are the key to elevating your skincare ritual. Today, many facial sprays go beyond hydration to now contain treatment for both instant and lasting results. Our Clear Complexion Tonic prevents and treats congestions and breakouts in the skin in a spritz. Following cleansing, spray tonic onto skin and continue with your usual skincare routine and makeup if desired. Balancing Facial Tonic boosts the efficacy of your treatments by prepping skin and balancing the skin’s surface. Both of our tonics contain our signature Botanical Blend. In this liquid form, the Botanical Blend treatment penetrates the skin quickly and delivers results instantly – thus, always use tonic immediately after cleansing. Spraying throughout the day will continue to treat the skin while adding controlled hydration for clear, healthy skin.
Backstage Must-Have
On set, many makeup artists keep a brush in one hand and a facial spray in the other! For flawless foundation application, misting is a must. Our tonics should be used prior to skincare and makeup application to enhance your look. Spritzing a buffing brush or Beauty Blender prior to use with your complexion product not only allows for smoother application, it also treats and hydrates the skin to give a plumped and healthy look. This will work to sheer out the product while infusing skincare elements into your application. Our tonics provide a cushion between makeup and skin, preventing the dreaded “caked” look. Our Balancing Facial Tonic is a favorite among the boscia team because it benefits any skin type and imparts a radiant glow to skin.
“Mochi Hada”
Mochi Hada means “baby-soft” in Japanese. At boscia, we take pride in developing skincare to help you achieve mochi hada skin. Our Balancing Facial Tonic hydrates and evens skin tone, while our Clear Complexion Tonic gently eliminates breakouts and regulates oil production. Both of our tonics work to prepare and prime the skin for your usual skincare ritual by creating a perfected, balanced canvas. For mochi hada skin throughout the day, spray tonic onto skin to refresh and rehydrate the skin.
How do you use facial sprays? Share with us below your favorite ways to spray throughout the day!
xoxo boscia
Face Chart 101: What your breakouts mean
Although pesky breakouts may seem random, they typically link back to specific causes. Using our face chart, identify your problem areas and follow our suggestions for treating them!
PINK: Forehead
The forehead tends to break out due to stress, or inadequate amounts of sleep. If you don’t make drinking water a habit, you may also experience blemishes in this area. As a general rule, health experts advise consuming half of your body weight in ounces of water daily. Meaning, if you weigh 120 pounds, you should ideally drink 60 ounces of water a day. Avoiding sugary and caffeinated drinks can also improve skin conditions in this area.
boscia’s Rx: Tsubaki Deep Hydartion Sleeping Mask
GREEN: T-Zone
The T-Zone area includes some of the forehead area and the area down the nose. This visually creates a “T”, thus the name. Breakouts in the t-zone can trace back to eating too many salty foods, and not enough fruits and vegetables. Experts also suggest excessive consumption of dairy and alcohol can contribute to congestion in this area. Typically, cleaning up snacks choices and opting for less salty, more nutritionally balanced choices will help alleviate acne in this area.
boscia’s Rx: No Pores No Shine T-Zone Treatment
PURPLE: Cheeks
Have you ever tried a new product, only to break out the next day on your cheeks? Often times, the cheeks indicate sensitivity to ingredients or products we use. Another cause of breakouts in this area can stem from phone usage – yes, your cell phone! Cell phones typically carry a lot of bacteria from daily use and can cause breakouts upon contact with the face. A major hidden culprit of acne in this area can often occurs in our sleep. Pillow cases coated with hair products, skin products and sometimes fragrance can easily irritate the skin and cause bacterial breakouts to this sensitive area. Ensure you wash your pillowcase frequently, and do not sleep in makeup!
boscia’s Rx: Balancing Facial Tonic
BLUE: Chin and Jaw
Breakouts occurring around the chin and jaw typically results from hormonal changes in the body. You may find that closer to that time of the month, your skin goes haywire. The heightened level of hormones during this time of the month can frequently translate into uncomfortable acne on the chin and jaw area. Ensuring proper cleansing, keeping hands away from the face, and using a spot treatment can help eliminate and treat these blemishes. For extreme cases, many physicians will suggest birth control to regulate unruly hormones if the breakouts persist.
boscia’s Rx: Clear Complexion Treatment and Clear Complexion Willow Bark Spot Treatment
Where do you tend to breakout? What is your favorite way to combat blemishes? Let us know!
xoxo, boscia
Get Schooled! Day vs Night Skincare
With class nearly back in session, boscia wants to take a moment to educate our wonderful readers on the differences between your skincare routine during the day and at night. Below, find our breakdown of skincare routines for each level of skin-savvy expertise!
Our frequent readers know that you can combine steps by finding a great moisturizer that integrates an SPF into the mix! But for those curious as to why two moisturizers can benefit the skin, read on!
Why use a different moisturizer for day and night?
Moisturizers for daytime use typically contain a lighter formula – better for controlling oil-production 
throughout the day, or sensitive skin that develops congestion easily. Daytime moisturizers also often contain an SPF. SPF creates a protective barrier to deflect the harmful rays of the sun. boscia uses Broad Spectrum SPF in our moisturizers – meaning our sunscreen protects from both UVA and UVB rays (the Aging and Burning rays).
Night moisturizers tend to moisturize the skin more deeply than daytime moisturizers. The skin restores itself at night and takes this time to soak in the moisture from your night cream and repair itself with any additional benefits found in your night cream.
For those who prefer to use only one moisturizer, ensure your skin stays protected by applying a sunscreen on top of your moisturizer during the day. Proceed to use the moisturizer alone at night time.
We suggest our staple moisturizers – Oil-free Daily Hydration Broad Spectrum SPF 15 for day time, and Oil-free Nightly Hydration for night time use!
NEW! Cool Blue Hydration Essence
We’re introducing our coolest innovation yet, Cool Blue Hydration Essence. It’s an intense blast of hydration that whips desert-dry skin into shape!
What is an essence?
An essence is known for its extremely high concentration of a nourishing ingredient for the skin. It intensely targets a primary skincare concern; many essence products focus on delivering concentrated, long-lasting hydration. Cool Blue Hydration Essence is unique because it instantly creates moisturization and firmness, while keeping the skin calm and cool.
Why Cool Blue Hydration Essence?
Cool Blue Hydration Essence has powerful ingredients which produce lasting benefits. It is a hydrating gel-serum essence formulated containing less than 1% water (unlike most skincare essence products that typically contain 60-80% water).
The powerful ingredients include:
Sake-based filtrate – Provides 82% of the base formula for instant hydration
Sea Whip – Derived from sea algae, Sea Whip is a powerful anti-inflammatory that helps to calm the skin by reducing inflammation
Caffeine -An antioxidant that firms and brightens the skin
Frescolat – Peppermint-derived, Frescolat gives a refreshing and long-lasting cooling sensation
How do I use it?
Apply 2-3 drops of Cool Blue Hydration Essence in the morning prior to your favorite boscia moisturizer and make-up. Apply it at night with your favorite boscia moisturizer for a deeper hydration as you sleep. Apply it both in the morning and at night, as often as needed.
And it’s great for all skin types!
Dry Skin: Apply Cool Blue Hydration Essence and layer it with Tsubaki Beauty Oil for a deeper hydrating experience.
Oily Skin: Apply Cool Blue Hydration Essence and add your favorite boscia moisturizer for double the hydration!
Have you used Cool Blue Hydration Essence yet? We want to hear from you!
Buzzzing about Clarisonic!
Here at boscia, we’re crazy about Clarisonic! This must-have skincare tool helps you get the very most out of your daily cleansing routine by by removing six times more makeup and two times more dirt and oil than cleansing with hands alone, according to Sephora. So imagine our delight when we were invited to be a part of the cutest kit to hit shelves this holiday – the Clarisonic Mia Cleansing System, available in berry (shown below) and white! Each option comes with a full-size bottle of our well-loved Purifying Cleansing Gel – the absolute perfect partner for the Clarisonic’s pore-perfecting cleansing power. At only $119 (with a $199 value!) this set is an excellent holiday gift – maybe even for yourself! Be sure to pick yours up at Sephora.com or at a Sephora store before they sell out! 
Very event-ful!
We love Sephora events… and we love giving away amazing boscia goodies even more! Come visit us at one of our upcoming events and give the code word “AMY” (she’s our national trainer, if you haven’t heard!) and receive a free boscia gift, just for stopping by. Here’s where we’ll be in the upcoming weeks… and we’ll keep adding dates as we get them. And in the meantime, check out photos of some of our recent events below!
Friday, August 12 Sephora Prudential Centre Boston, MA 12-6 pm Saturday, August 13 Sephora Natick Mall Natick, MA 12-6 pm Friday, August 26 Sephora Dallas Northpark Center Dallas, TX 12-6 pm Saturday, August 27 Sephora Southlake Town Square Southlake, TX 12-6 pm *Promotion valid while supplies last. Only redeemable during event’s specified hours, as listed above.
boscia backstories: Natasha
Today’s boscia backstory is all about Natasha, our Northern California sales and education representative!
boscia backstories: Amy (+ a special surprise for you!)
This week’s boscia backstory is all about Amy, boscia‘s National Trainer, and it includes an exciting twist – a chance for fans throughout the US to take home a boscia gift of their own! Read on for the details…
Now that you’ve met Amy online, we’re giving you a chance to come meet her in person! Amy will be a busy lady over the next few weeks, hopping from state to state to bring boscia goodness to Sephora stores all over. Check out the schedule below, and if you drop into the store during the stated time, find a boscia rep and give the code word “AMY”, we’ll hook you up with a free boscia gift (no purchase required)! So put it on the calendar – can’t wait to see you there!
Thursday, July 28 Sephora 5th Avenue New York, NY 12-6 pm Friday, July 29 Sephora Soho New York, NY 12-6 pm Friday, August 5 and Saturday, August 6 Sephora Valley Fair San Jose, CA 12-6 pm Friday, August 12 Sephora, Prudential Centre Boston, MA 12-6 pm Saturday, August 13 Sephora, Natick Mall Natick, MA 12-6 pm New Date! Friday, August 26 Sephora Dallas Northpark Center Dallas, TX 12-6 pm New Date! Saturday, August 27 Sephora Southlake Town Square Southlake, TX 12-6 pm *Promotion valid while supplies last. Only redeemable during event’s specified hours, as listed above.Lights, Camera… boscia!
We recently had the chance to feel like movie stars for a day, as we spent a full day on set shooting a boscia training video for Sephora Inside JCPenney! Our marketing director Alyssa was a natural in front of the camera, the set looked stunning, and the team we worked with was so much fun! Here’s your sneak peak behind the scenes:
Alyssa getting prepped and primped
Final touch-ups
She's ready for her close-up!
Our model showing off the Pore Purifying Black Strips
The Luminizing Black Mask - taking the world by storm!
Nothing better than a perfect peel
Our glowing & gorgeous team on set!
Safety first!
We’re about five days out from the first day of summer, and the boscia crew is committed to helping make it as sun-safe as possible! While we all love sunny days, we also know that sun exposure without proper protection can accelerate the aging of the skin and even lead to skin cancer. That’s why we were so excited to be asked to be a part of Sephora’s Sun Safety Kit 2011! Not only do we get to show off our amazing Oil-free Daily Hydration SPF 15 as a part of this ultra-adorable set, but we also get to help support a great cause, because 100% of the net profits from the kit will benefit The Skin Cancer Foundation.
This supercharged sun set is all sold out online, but check your nearest Sephora store for stock. Better safe than sunburned!
