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Fri Dec 12, 2008 9:59 pm  |
SkinMedica Retinol Complex
My rating: 5 out of 5. Outstanding product for reducing neck rings.
It’s a retinol complex in the form of a cream.
I’ve used this product on and off for about two months. It costs around $70 AUD for a 28g pump-pack.
What’s good about it? My neck rings are disappearing. Truly. I can’t believe this stuff. I introduced this complex into my nightly routine and my neck rings started smoothing out after about a week of use. After a month, they were dramatically reduced. Mr ej noticed the difference without my saying anything! It’s a thick cream with a faint lemon colour and matte texture on the skin once applied. I started sandwiching it between my existing routine of SkinMedica TNS recovery complex and Valmont Regenerating Radiance cream and the difference was dramatic. I use this retinol complex all over face and throat, including the eye area. I can’t really say it’s had a significant anti-ageing impact on the rest of my face, but my skin definitely started looking more even-toned after about a month. It definitely has a deep exfoliating effect, but there’s no AHA, BHA, scrub, specialist neck cream, demabrasion, baby quasar or laser rejuvenation treatment I’ve had that beats this product for reducing deep lines. I’ve got my fingers crossed that they’ll be almost gone in six months. No breakouts, no burning. I love this stuff so much I’ve bought packs for family and friends. It’s also a great price.
What’s not so good about it? It makes some areas of skin feel a little bit rough from time to time, but I could only tell from feeling it, not from looking at it. I haven’t been able to determine this company’s stand on animal testing, either.
I think this is a must-try product for anyone with deep lines who won’t have problems with retinol-type products (maybe a problem during pregnancy?), as it has a few different retinol-related ingredients in its formula.
Ingredients: water, cetyl ethylhexanoate, cetearyl alcolhol, cetyle phosphate, retinyl palmitate, retinyl acetate, retinol, oryza sativa (rice bran) extract (tocotrienols), tocopheryl acetate, tocopherol, epilobium angustifolium (Canadian willowherb) extract, camellia oleifera (green tea) extract, bisabolol, phytantriol, sodim polyaspartate, glycine soja (soybean) oil, cyclomethicone, PEG/PPG-18/18 dimethicone, steareth-2, caprylic/capric triglyceride, allyl methacrylates crosspolymer, butylene glycol, aminomethyl propanol, carbomer, phenoxyethanol, isobutylparaben methlparaben, propylparaben, disodium EDTA |
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I'm 40 years old with normal / combo skin, fighting a legacy of bad genes and a somewhat irresponsible but fun series of poor lifestyle choices through my 20s (ok, maybe it might have stretched a bit longer than that...) |
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