Balancing Facial Cleanser

• Washing your face once a day is better for the skin than washing it twice a day.  Of course, there are always exceptions to this rule. However, we tend to over-wash our faces and strip them of their natural oils.
  
• To cleanse away all eye make-up using Balancing Facial Cleanser, be sure you have your eyes closed tightly so that the muscles are contracted before you begin to remove the make-up. Next, apply the cleanser with a little extra warm water to make the whole operation very slippery.  Make fast, rapid circles over the contracted eye area and then rinse thoroughly with warm water. Every bit of eye make-up will be gone and your skin will feel moisturized and healthy. Very invigorating, too!
• While all of the CFFormula skin care products are unscented, sometimes you can smell the botanicals that help to make this skin care line so effective.  The Balancing Facial Cleanser may have a strong scent of Rooibos extract which has powerful anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, and free-radical scavenging properties. This fragrance is natural.
• Apply one of the CFFormulas ™ masques - Botanical Masque or the Hydrating Crème Masque and then Moisturizer Plus after cleansing for best results.
  
• You don't need a toner since the Balancing Facial Cleanser has an ideal pH and leaves the skin perfectly balanced.
  
• When using this product, perform the Circle-up Rub and Dancing Cs exercises that come with the purchase of every product to help diminish fine lines and tone the face even further.

Botanical Masque

• Treat your feet including your toes and heels once a week with this fabulous masque.
  
• Try the masque on the back of your hands, your chest area and cleavage and see the skin become smoother and more evenly-toned.

• Liquids to use:

• Yogurt and milk are good for all skin types.
  
• Kefir, soy milk, rice milk or any hydrosol or distillate water works well, too.
  
• Most fruit or vegetable juices, vinegar, or water with sea salt or any liquid that is beneficial for the skin can also be tried.
  
• Mash up a cucumber and mix the juice with the powder. 
  
• Goat's milk is great for oilier skin. 
  
• For color therapy, try using carrot juice or small amounts of orange juice.
  
• The liquid you use is only limited by your imagination (within safe guidelines)
• Usually a rounded quarter-teaspoon of Botanical Masque powder to the same amount of liquid, plus a bit, will cover the entire face, neck and tops of the hands.
• Follow every Botanical Masque treatment with the Hydrating Crème Masque and then Moisturizer Plus for an even more amazing result.

Cleansing Scrub

• Add a tad bit of water when using the Cleansing Scrub and the product slides over the skin better. 
  
• You don't need to follow with a toner since the pH of this scrub has the perfect balance for the skin.
  
• Scrub the tops of your hands and your feet from time to time. 
  
• Follow exfoliation with one of the CFFormulas™ masques - the Botanical Masque or the Hydrating Crème Masque for best results. Finish with Moisturizer Plus. 
  
• When using this product, perform the Circle-up Rub and Dancing Cs exercises that come with the purchase of every product to help diminish fine lines and tone the face even further.

Crystal Serum C

• While using the Crystal Serum C twice a day is optimal, using the Cleansing Scrub once a week for exfoliation and the Crystal Serum C only once a day will also lighten sun/age spots a lot and leave the skin looking evenly toned.
  
• Use this combination on top of your hands for the same effect.
• Layering Crystal Serum C with Total Therapy Serum brings even better results.
• Use the handy dropper pipette lid to dispense the product precisely.
• Store the bottle out of direct sunlight.

Hydrating Crème Masque

• If you have time, use this masque every day and leave it on for 5 to 30 minutes for optimal results.
  
• Slather the Hydrating Crème Masque onto your neck, chest, hands, feet and fingernails every once in awhile for additional benefit.
  
• When applying this product, perform the Circle-up Rub and Dancing Cs exercises that come with the purchase of any product and help eliminate fine lines and tone the face even further.

Moisturizer Plus

• So rich, a little bit goes a long way.
  
• Try applying Moisturizer Plus on top of your hands and on your chest, too.
  
• Remember you can use it around the eyes for greatly diminished fine lines there, as well.
  
• Rub Moisturizer Plus into your fingernails for healthier-looking nails.
  
• When applying this product, always perform the Circle-up Rub and Dancing Cs exercises that come with the purchase of every product to reduce fine lines and tone the face even furher.

Total Therapy Serum

• Layer Total Therapy Serum over Crystal Serum C, daily, to lighten age/sun spots, even out skin-tone variations and firm-up the skin even more.
  
• Use Total Therapy Serum twice a day and you will see further improvement that much faster.
• Apply the serum to the tops of your hands and feet from time to time as well as your neck and chest.
• Use the handy dropper pipette lid to dispense the product precisely.
• Store the bottle out of direct sunlight.
  

Rinsing your face

Use lots of warm water and your hands when rinsing off any of the products for best results in hydrating the skin properly.

• Put your face under the bathroom faucet and let warm water run over it full blast.
• Then use your hands as cups to direct the water up and over the face and neck.

Washcloths

• You can purchase bamboo or cotton washcloths in a bundle of 8 and use them as little towels after rinsing your face in the evening and rinsing off the various masques you use during the day.
• Use one towel a day so that you’re always using a fresh “towel” on your skin.
• Because this “towel” is so small, it’s easy to hang-up and let dry during the day and when you’re finished at night, just toss it into the laundry. You always have a fresh towel this way and not a lot of laundry to do at the end of the week.

Schedule

The CFFormulas™ Daily Schedule for Radiant Skin is designed to give you the best results for the most beautiful skin in the shortest amount of time. Keep this schedule and reap the benefits of gorgeous skin.

• It’s the combination of using these skin care products that give you the results you want. That is, smoother, younger, tighter and healthier looking skin with an improved complexion.
• For optimal use, you should carry out this schedule twice a year and then modify the routine to your specific needs the other ten months. I highly recommend you try this routine for at least one month to see how you respond.

Circle-up Rub, Dancing Cs and the 3-step Wrinkle Release Technique

If you employ these facial exercise techniques when using the CFFormulas™ products, you will enhance the benefits of the natural and organic ingredients in the skin care line. Penetration of the product is enhanced.

• You can decrease your fine lines and tone the muscles and therefore the skin at the same time by performing these simple exercises.
• The exercises can be performed in front of the mirror when applying product.
• The exercises are fully illustrated with color photographs showing you the exact position of all the handholds.  All techniques are easy to learn and easy to use..
• These exercises and techniques come with the purchase of any of the CFFormulas™ products.

Chest, feet, hands and nails

Whenever you apply a masque to the face, you can also apply it to the chest area, the tops of your feet (and toes) as well as the tops of your hands.

• Rub the masque into your finger and toenails, as well. It revitalizes all these areas. My fingernails are stronger than ever since I've been massaging the Hydrating Crème Masque into all my nails.
• You can exfoliate with the Cleansing Scrub the chest, feet and hands, but only once a week as opposed to twice a week that’s suggested for the face. Keeping this schedule seems to be the right amount of attention these areas require for the best results in the least amount of time.
• You can apply the Moisturizer Plus to the chest, feet, hands and nail areas for maximum results. Moisturizer Plus is also great in reducing chapped lips.

Note: Avoid the eye area with the botanical masque and cleansing scrub. Always do a patch test before using any products. Consult a physician when in doubt. The Balancing Facial Cleanser, Hydrating Crème Masque, Moisturizer Plus, Crystal Serum C and the Total Therapy Serum are gentle enough to be applied around the eyes and on the lips.

Keep Crystal Serum C and Total Therapy Serum out of direct sunlight

• While these two products are protected from sunlight in their heavy, blue, glass botles, if you keep them in a medicine cabinet or drawer this will protect them even further so the product stays fresher that much longer..
  
• Keeping the product lids on as much as possible also helps to keep the products fresher and therefore viable longer, as well.

When airless bottles are almost empty or stop pumping

We use airless bottles:

• For the Moisturizer Plus, the Balancing Facial Cleanser and the Hydrating Crème Masque.
• Because they work on the principle of a vacuum and therefore keep the creams from being exposed to the air and becoming oxidized. Oxidation deteriorates skin care products. Airless bottles prevent this oxidation of the product and keep the freshness of the creams intact. The shelf life of the cream is therefore also extended.

Sometimes when the products in the bottles are almost finished or do not dispense correctly, you can do a trick to get the entire product out of the bottle:

• First of all, check to see that the lid is screwed on nice and tight.  Since the airless bottle works on the principle of a vacuum, the lid must be secure allowing the pump to work properly.
• Our airless bottles are unique in that they will not only pump product, they will also pump air. Sometimes an air bubble is in the container and you need to pump past it. So, if the product is not dispensing out of the pump when you try and activate it, keep pumping and you'll notice that the little disc at the bottom of the bottle is moving up. Only air will come out for a bit and then the product should start to dispense once again.
• Turn the bottle upside down (with the cap on) and gently rap it on the table top or vanity a few times and it will move the disc inside the bottom of the bottle up towards the top. Sometimes it gets stuck.
  
• Turn the bottle right side up. You can then get a few more squirts of product out of the container or get the pump working again.
• When the product is finally no more dispensing, you can unscrew that part of the bottle with the pump in the lid and use a dampened Q-tip to extract the very last bits.

How to get all of the serum out of the container when it's almost empty

We use heavy, dark blue glass bottles for our serums as they are light sensitive. This means the less light they are exposed to, the longer they will stay potent.  Because these serums are rather expensive, you really want to use every single drop. Here's what you can do when the bottle is almost empty:

• Dampen the tip of a Q-tip with a little water.

• Use this Q-tip to scrape out any leftover serum in the bottle.

• Detach the glass pipette from the lid of the dropper. It snaps out easily.

• Holding the glass pipette with the tip towards a plate or a spoon, run the dampened Q-tip from the top of the pipette to the tip and eject the serum in the pipette onto the plate. You will have at least one last bit of serum for your face, neck and hands.