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I'd like to tell you how much I loved your class. I had been gradually sinking into sadness and frustration over the changes in my face. Like most of the rest of us, I was falling prey to more and more despair over this (and thinking myself a vain fool, to boot.)  I had always promised myself not to ever turn to plastic surgery, having seen so many who look so...well...plastic...after facial surgery.  When I saw the remarkable before and after photos you shared with us, I was elated.  HOPE! God bless you...really. This is the stuff of angels and I can't wait for twelve weeks to pass.  You are doing a great thing, lady.  Keep up the good work! 

Cynthia, 

Thank you ever so much for your suggestion of the Callanetics exercises.  I am doing them regularly and I feel ever so much better for it.  You and Callan Pickney are two southern ladies who have developed exercises that benefit everyone.  Hats off to you both!  You make us southerners proud!

Thank you, Victoria G

Hello Cynthia ~ 

I was reading one of your e~mail flyers...you were talking about certain exercises to minimize the upper arm...may I bother you, to send me some of the special exercises for me to tone my arms for the summer?

Thank you for your time. 

Sheri ~

Hello Sheri,

When I saw Maneula Marcheggiani in Toronto I remarked that her arms were exquisite and asked if she spent a lot of time in the gym …her comment was that she still had “baby arms”, meaning that her very young son, a toddler, requires a lot of up and down motion that keeps her arms in great shape. Her arms were slender and shapely.  Usually the triceps are one of the hardest muscles to firm because they do not typically get the workout our biceps enjoy as we lift groceries, children, etc.  Remember that aerobic exercises will accelerate weight and inch loss giving you toned, sleeveless-ready arms.

This is just a thanks to Cynthia for bringing Facial Magic to the public! 

It gives me such a lift when, at the age of 30, people has started asking for my ID at the liquor store!  Where I live, in Calgary, Alberta Canada, the legal drinking age is 18!  I had never been asked for my ID before Facial Magic!

You couldn't possibly ask for a greater reward for such little effort and expense!

Thank-you Cynthia! 

Regards,  Nancy Klokocka

Dear Cynthia, 

    Our talented friend Connie gave me the package from you and I appreciate it so much.  I read everything on the Daily Lift Magic gel jar and it sounds great.  Plus of course the Facial Magic exercises which I really believe in.

I e-mailed you a few months ago that I stopped eating salt totally because of you, so you see the good you've done for me.  Because I have low blood pressure I never dreamed I shouldn't eat salt. 

    Every morning of my life I'd wake up a little puffy around the eyes, and since I stopped the salt, no puffiness.  So keep up your great work, and I hope to see you on your next visit here............                                                Love, Naura

Dear Cynthia, 

YOU are a classy, beautiful lady and I thank YOU for your note.

I would like to have you BACK as my guest.  The luscious lips device I purchased is incredible.  I have the full, youthful, gorgeous lips and WOWEEE ZOWEE awesome! I am doing the exercises and really seeing some improvement!

Many blessings.  I never wanna loose you as a friend!

I hope you hyperlink the interview to your site so people can HEAR YOU! 

Love, 

Patty Kovacs
The Health and Beauty Revolution Show

Dear Cynthia,

What exactly is non-surgical dermaplaning, and what skin conditions does it target?  Suzanne

Non-Surgical dermaplaning is a procedure that gives your skin a smoother appearance. It targets acne damage, dull skin and fine lines & wrinkles. Using short, precise movements, an aesthetician wields a scalpel across your face, scraping away dead skin cells on the surface. The treatment typically takes 20 minutes, with the cost averaging about $200 per session in LA and NY. Dermatologists recommend one treatment per month for three months in a row. Because the treatment is gentle and chemical-free, it's a good choice for people with sensitive skin. Pain factor:  Zero.  Added benefit:  Facial hair is removed in the dermaplaning process so your face looks and feels smooth. 

I want to update myself, any hints?   Candace

Candace

Cynthia says- Look what I found from Anna Johnson!

 Ten whopping great fashion don'ts:

1. Killer shoes: Sarah Jessica Parker swears by her Monolo Blahniks. The Sex and the City shoe is a pointy sling-back with a thin, shaft-like heel that now punctures every sidewalk on the country. Trouble is, these are spring shoes. Wear them with a cocktail dress in May. Forget them in the snow, in the rain and in the office. This spring the flat is back and thank goodness. Only Barbie has an in-step arch that high.

2. Tortured blow-outs: Super flat, poker-straight hair looks aging on anyone over 23. It's "wedding hair" and a 'do that looks "done", especially on girls who are naturally curly. The damage of drying hair at high heat daily or literally ironing it out with chemical straighteners and weird salon processes isn't worth the dollars. Try something looser, wavier and altogether more natural. Straight hair is so darn serious!

3. Lab coat whites: The white knee-length overcoat needs to go back to Mary Tyler Moore's closet. Prissy, starchy and almost impossible to match, this Princess piece has been popular with movie stars on the red carpet. From a distance they look like bathrobes. Wedding day only!

4. Sticky pouts: If small insects get stuck on your lip gloss, it's time to lighten up. Pop stars with gooey gobs have given the gloss trend a bad name. Blend a lighter beeswax-based Chapstick with your favorite lipstick for sheer color coverage that is sensuous but not sleazy.

5. Plucked-bare brows: Skinny eyebrows were huge in the early '90s. Linda Evangelista had curving arches higher than Ronald McDonald's but she had expert makeup artists filling in the gaps between lid and brow bone. Last year the skinny brow returned with a 1930s twist. Teamed with Marcel waves and cherry-red lipstick, the new naked brow had gangster moll charm.

Worn by Maggie Gyllenhaal and other ingenues the no-brow looks winsome. On the rest of us thirty-something mortals—under office light, or with a hangover, or a tight pony tail and a light frown—well, it's just much less pretty. Be wise, go bright-eyed and bushy browed.

6. Frumpy cardigan jackets: Who came up with those long sweater jackets with hoods that sag down over the knees and belt at the waist with a long strip of woven wooly fabric? I want to slap them. This is maternity wear, or ski-bunny wear or something to run naked to the bathroom in the middle of the night in. But it's not one bit flattering!

7. Skirts with pants: One barely needs to explain the sin here. Californian art teachers, models without bottoms and Bjork are permitted this combo, but only them. If your legs are cold, crochet some leg warmers and wear them over a sexy high-heeled boot. Deliberately crafty looking clothes look best on tall wafty blondes, everyone else should approach with caution.

8. Pants with heels: Let the fashion editors of Manhattan take me out and shoot me, but I am done with the 'trouser leg sprouting a towering spiky heel at its cuff' phenomenon. What is the point of wearing $700 Jimmy Choo or Gucci boots and concealing them beneath your jeans or tweed pants? Conversely, what is the logic of wearing pants for comfort and killer heels for glamour (and pain)? Something's gotta give. Try cowboy boots or T-bar Mary Janes instead.

9. The wrong thong: G-string underwear used to be the provenance of strippers, gymnasts and Italian movie stars. Now your daughter and your Mom are wearing them. This is lingerie guilty of too much information. Peeking over trouser waistbands they look trampy. Visible under a tight skirt they look too skimpy. Great-grandma had a better idea: If you want to avoid visible panty line, try a silk camisole or simply opt for looser clothing altogether. Anything that's tight enough or sheer enough to show the elastic of your knickers isn't really fashion. It's cruelty.

10. Blonde highlights: When spring comes a million heads across the country bob up adorned with silver foils. The cost of being artificially sun-kissed is high and the results are not always that divine. If you want to look like a TV anchor woman...go blonde. But if you want to really stand out, try a richer variation of your natural shade. Blondes don't always have more fun.

Valerie Newman

Most SINCERELY, A Believer

I love this video.   I am thrilled.  People don't really know that this works or they would all be buying it.  I am so happy with this.   Thanks so much for sharing it.  I hope you become a millionaire.  You deserve it.

Heather W.

Hi Cynthia;

First of all, thank you for your fabulous products.  I bought the Facial Magic Program about five years ago when I was 40 and had instant results.  Just recently, I bought the Luscious Lips Device and am totally thrilled with it.  I was afraid that if the device did actually work, that my lips would not look natural.  Well, it did work and they do!  Even when I get adventurous and use it for a little extra time my lips still look natural.

With regards to the Luscious Lips, I use it twice a day for 15 seconds x 3 or 4.  It works wonderfully to give me a small to medium plump that lasts for a few hours.  If I do it before bed my lips are still plump in the morning.  I find that the lines above my mouth are lessened for a short while.  Will they eventually diminish for longer periods of time or perhaps disappear altogether?

Thank you so much,

Elaine K.

Elaine, Facial Magic Exercise #7 will help give new life to your lips, especially when you're using Luscious Lips. I think your lines will continue to diminish.

I was at my eye doctor not long ago when a well-dressed woman came in for a Botox injection -- 20 seconds of work that cost her $200 and won't last 3 months. I wanted so badly to tell her she only needed to spend $39.95 for a serious solution that works!

I have been a Facial Magic user for 5 years -- I started when I turned 40 with the intention of keeping the face I had at 40. I didn't. I got back the face I had at 35!

Over the last 5 years, Facial Magic has just kept giving and giving -- so much so my mother in law, now 60, finally agreed to try and it she loves it. What a difference!

I don't know why more women aren't using it, given the costs and risks of other more invasive procedures. I'll be a fan for life. Thanks Cynthia.

(Here I am a few weeks ago with my new son, Jeremiah, 10 months old!) 

Phyllis J.
Santa Monica CA

Hello.  I bought the facial magic full kit/video several years ago and have used it with great success.  I have been really pleased with the results.  However, when I ran out of the face firming gentle mask and my cloth gloves were getting worn, I looked everywhere and couldn't find the phone number to re-order.  Now, I've found you on the internet.  Hooray.

Janine B
Texas

I had seen this video on TV about 2 years ago.  Friends have commented about the youthful changes to my face so I went looking for your web site and was thrilled to be able to find it.  I have gotten 2 more for friends, and have provided the website information to a dozen more.  It is really that effective.  No name

Hi Ms. Rowland,

I've been using the techniques from facial magic on my face for over two years now. As I like to keep my body in shape with eating right and exercise, I also like to exercise my face, thanks to you and your product. I am a 41 year-old male and when I even look at that number I can't identify with it. I have a child-like spirit as well, and let's not say I'm preoccupied with looking good and keeping fit, but it sure is worth the time to put into it (which really isn't that much). I feel better and carry my face well. I actually tell people I'm 31 or 32 and they don't question it a bit; in fact on many occasions people have genuinely been surprised and thought I was younger than that! Now that puts a smile on my face. Maybe I'm also blessed with good genes, and I don't get too much sun, and I use a quality moisturizer, but your system really stimulates and tightens the muscles and gives my face a healthy glow. Best I've seen, not like those silly contraptions you have to put on your face that I've seen marketed on TV before. [I don't see an attachment here or I'd e-mail you a pic.] You know I am single and have no problem getting dates from people in their 20's, much less 30's (oh my god, I was just there!). But, you know, my brain has matured a bit. :)

Doug K.  Los Angeles, CA.

Dear Cynthia,

 I want to know what percentage of Retinol is used in the Tellurian Retinol Treatment. Sincerely, Laura B.

 Hello Laura,

Good question! The Tellurian Retinol is a potent age-defying treatment. It has been proven to be exceptionally effective in reducing the visible signs of aging. Retinol will increase skin firmness and promote cell function as it visibly reduces discoloration, fine lines and wrinkles. The Tellurian Retinol contains .07% pure Retinol which provides maximum effectiveness while minimizing the potential for irritation.

Cynthia

Hi Cynthia, 

I just wanted to share some tips I've discovered with my pump.

I use the pump right side up and upside down.  Right side up seems to focus on my upper lip and when I flip it over, it pumps up my lower lip better and balances them out. 

Also, I've just started bending over while pumping (OK, that sounded weird) anyway, my lips get fuller that way and it seems to last longer.

Just wanted to share,

Dawn S.

Ken S., a Facial Magic user writes,  “…help the old boy look younger.”

Hi Cynthia, 

I am 37 years old.  I purchased your Facial Magic program about 4 years ago and at that time, only got up to week 4.  Having of course, aged since that time, I pulled it out again 6 weeks ago and have been religiously doing the exercises.  Although I didn't have any wrinkles, I noticed that things were beginning to sag...especially my eyes, neck and cheeks. 

I am amazed at the difference I am seeing in only 6 weeks.  My jawline is much more defined, the area under my chin that was once fatty is going away and my under eye area is beginning to tighten.  I can actually feel my face getting tighter every day.  I'm amazed.

I pulled your program out again because I went to a plastic surgeon about two months ago who suggested (at $5,000) that I have my under chin area done and my eyes (at $3,000).  I thought I would try to save myself some money, dedicate the 12 weeks and see if I get any results...and I have!! Amazing!

Thank you so much for caring about us women who do not choose to go "under the knife" to get results!  This is much longer-lasting and a much more satisfying way to stay younger-looking.

Thank you!! Kim P.

Immediate Results

Two women recently visited my office to learn more about Facial Magic after being referred by their aesthetician and were they ever thrilled to see their eyebrows lift and their eyes open.  Both looked immediately younger and fresher!  I believe they will be devoted and consistent in their new anti-aging regime.

Hi Cynthia!

About a year 1/2 ago I saw your infomercial and ordered the video...I had had a full face lift 5 years ago, and needed some help as it was beginning to fall...:) As life happens, I got busy and forgot about the video I began doing other things...to no avail...and then remembered you and your video!  I did not want to ever go thru a facelift again, and really had no other option. Well, I am on my second week and can see results...I know this is going to work great.  Bless You!

I found you on the Web and was delighted, so I will call you and order a few things...

Thank you,

Judee

 A note from Judy Dunwoody, our February Refer-A-Friend Winner!

Dear Cynthia,

I was absolutely thrilled to receive the package of goodies.

These products are wonderful.  I could tell immediately that they are very pure and gentle. The body lotion is fabulous.  I love the pineapple aroma--it's very therapeutic!  I will definitely be ordering these products in the future. 

Also, I wanted to tell you that I am very happy with the Luscious Lips.  Having rather plump lips to begin with, I didn't expect too much of a change.  However, my lips have plumped up quite a bit more and the lines above my upper lip are diminishing.

Facial Magic is an amazing system. Thank you, Cynthia, for your dedication to helping us look and feel better without resorting to surgery!  I'm looking forward to getting the Maintenance Video when it becomes available. 

Again, thank you so very much!

Dear Cynthia,

I purchased Facial Magic years ago, setting the jars of Daily Lift aside, for
I was using other products (from Lancome).

The other day, I found the jars, and thought, "Why not?" and tried this
formula which reminds me of being an Egyptian Queen applying honey to her
face.

WOW! This stuff is incredible! My face is puffy from going to two funerals,
and today I go again. But now I don't look so drained. Being pre-menopausal is taking its toll on my face and skin, along with winter's drying effect.

Your formula helped me "save face"! tee heee

Thank you again, and I'll be purchasing more soon (I hope it's still
available!)

Tarrah Sterling

Dear Cynthia,

Thank you so much for answering my question.  That is very encouraging!  I really enjoy the video, especially all the helpful hints.  I had no idea your program had been out that long!  I had never heard of it.  I came upon it be searching the internet!  Thanks again for developing such a wonderful program!  It does so much for a woman's self esteem to know her face doesn't have to start “Falling down” just because she is getting older!  Sincerely, Pam 

Dear Cynthia,

"My friends say I look so much younger and they want to know my secret"
-K.King, Dallas