When I first heard about the Calmitude Hydrating Solution ($26), I thought it was something similar to Fix +, and it kind of is…both are meant to be a hydrating spray for the skin, but Fix + has, I think, a bit more to do with the makeup end of the daily routine than the hydrating end.

Meant to be sprayed on the skin after cleansing, Calmitude Hydrating Solution hydrates the skin on contact with soothing ingredients including licorice root extract, white tea extract, betaglucan, and allantoin.    Licorice root extract reduces redness and inflammation, while white tea extract protects against free radicals and stress.  Betaglucan & white tea extract work together to protect against antioxidant depletion & to stimulate the skin’s natural defense against environmental stresses, and the allantoin is known for its healing properties.

I’ve got dry skin, and winter winds in Texas aren’t a joke, it’s not particularly cold here but the wind bites through and sucks ALL the moisture out of every exposed piece of flesh.  It’s not uncommon for my skin to truly HURT from how dehydrated it can get because of the wind…I started spraying the Calmitude on two or three times a day, especially after showering/washing my face, and before putting on my makeup…and my face doesn’t get quite as chapped or feel anywhere near as tight.

If your skin is sensitive, or you’re like me and on the drier side of the coin, having Calmitude Hydrating Solution on hand as another layer of defense against the elements is an excellent thing.  Check Bioelements.com for availability and spas near you!

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The hippopotamus is, next to the elephant, the heaviest of
all land animals. It may weigh as much as 8,000 pounds
(3,629 kg) and is also a close relative of the pig.

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The kinkajou, a nocturnal fruit-eating mammal of South
America, has a tail twice as long as its body. Every night,
it wraps itself in its tail and uses it as a pillow. The
kinkajou is related to the racoon.

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Madonna’s awakening to the crisis in Malawi - an impoverished African nation where one million children are orphaned by AIDS - had many consequences.

She adopted one of those orphans, her 3-year-old son David. She is building a school there.

And she has told Malawi’s harrowing story in her documentary, “I Am Because We Are.” With an audience thus far limited to isolated theater screenings, it will be screened for everyone with its TV premiere on Sundance Channel at 9 p.m. EST Monday (World AIDS Day).

The feature-length film was written, produced and narrated by Madonna (directed by Nathan Rissman). It consults experts including President Bill Clinton and Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

But the film’s real power is its images, which are often dismaying but, here and there, reflect hope and a remarkable will to survive.

“I had many goals,” said Madonna during a phone conversation from her Manhattan home a few days ago. “I did get to a point where I thought, ‘I’m being overambitious, I’m trying to say too much, I’ll never accomplish it.’ But I feel proud of the fact that I did get to make all my points.”

Among her points: an insistence that any crisis comes with solutions, however hard-won and piecemeal.

The film offers its audience a menu of constructive responses.

“If all you can do is live life in YOUR world in a way that shows you are responsible for the people around you, that’s a course of action,” said Madonna. “People can be of service in large ways and small.”

The first wide exposure of “I Am Because We Are” may be coming at a propitious time, which befits the pop superstar who made it, with her knack for anticipating and identifying cultural trends.

On the eve of a new presidential administration, Americans seem set on a more idealistic path, however alarmed they may be by economic threats along the way.

“People really are going, ‘Wow! I can no longer ignore what’s going on around me.’ There are changes in the air,” she said.

Madonna’s busy schedule continues apace. But the artistic life that drives it “is a world you create and you inhabit, to express yourself, and to inspire and reach out to other people,” she explained. “It’s also a consolation, a place you go to to protect yourself.” That’s true now, in particular, during her highly public split with Guy Ritchie, her husband of eight years, which she described as “not easy, I’m not going to lie.”

Though on a brief New York break from her concert tour, Madonna said the day’s long to-do list called for this AP interview to be followed by interviews she would be conducting herself: with prospective head mistresses for the girls school she is building in Malawi.

“We’re all going there together at the end of March,” she said, referring to David, 8-year-old son Rocco and 12-year-old daughter Lourdes.

“I’m very involved in a lot of things that are going on there,” she said, and as she makes return visits with her kids, she wants them to gather insights into the plight of the world’s underprivileged. “And David’s always going to understand where he came from, and what his life could have been like.”

Meanwhile, she hopes her film can spread the message to millions more.

“It has an impact on the people who see it,” she declared. “The more people, the bigger the impact.”

Hardcore!

A South Korean actress named Ok So-ri admitted to an affair with a singer and now her husband is demanding that she be jailed.

The crazy thing is that there's a law in the country's book that could make hubby's wish a reality!

She could go to jail for up to two years!!

The actress has called for the law to be over turned but on Wednesday, prosecutors filed motions in support of her jilted husband.

Reuters reports that South Korea enacted its adultery law more than 50 years ago to protect women who had few rights in the male-dominated society.

But, critics say now it is a draconian measure no longer fit for a country with an advanced civil and family court system.

Hollywood must be so glad that California doesn't have South Korea-esque laws.

Half the town would be subject to jail time!

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The courts have denied a request made by Linda Hogan’s boyfriend, who was seeking a restraining order against Linda’s estranged husband, Hulk Hogan, Access Hollywood has learned.

In court papers obtained by Access, Charley Hill, 20, claims Hulk (whose real name is Terry Bollea) has been following and threatening him.

However, the court denied Hill’s request.

Following the court’s ruling, David Houston, an attorney for Hulk, released the following statement to Access:

“This is just another blatant attempt by Linda Hogan to try to defame Hulk Hogan’s character. We commend the judge on seeing through this ridiculous stunt and denying these baseless claims.”

Linda, 49, filed for divorce from Hulk, 55, in November 2007 after 24 years of marriage.

Back in August, Hulk sat down with Access Hollywood’s Maria Menounos to open up on his split from his wife.

“As crazy as that sounds to say, I wish I was still with my wife,” Hulk told Maria.

“There have been rumors that maybe this divorce was a ploy to protect your assets,” Maria said.

“If this is a ploy, her being intimate with a 19-year-old kid is pretty good acting,” Hulk added. “For me to be able to handle… my 50-year-old wife sleeping in a bed with a 19-year-old boyfriend and using my gym, and driving my cars, and living in my house. I guess we’ve got a pretty good act going on ’cause that’s a lot to take on.”

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