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Tue Aug 08, 2006 5:36 am  |
I have recently been using a brand of skincare that I had not heard of before here in Australia, that has been taken up by our TV shopping channel but is also available from their own website. [url]www.astrali.com.au [/url] I did a search and couldnt find anything so here goes!! 
It's called Astrali and it is a natural based skincare range from France. Each product contains a minimum of 10% actives from plant and marine sources that supposedly take 3 mths to make ( Biofermentation process... yeah I thought of La Mer too,which I like) and are all suitable for sensitive skins. They are full of vitamins, minerals... trace elements, amino acids etc, great for anti aging but also eczema, scars, acne etc virtually all skin conditions using various products.
The products I have tried are ( all corny astronomy names!)
Alpha - the cleansing milk.... gorgeous, effective, gentle, smells divine, 250 navy blue plastic bottle.
Beta - 250 mlToner..no alcohol, plant extracts such as chamomile, linden etc also smells great and is very gentle.
Orion - Day cream... soft, light and non greasy SPF5 ( low I know but better than nothing!) 50ml jar with spatula.
Saturne - The "original" product which is a very thick, soothing and calming night cream ( originally for burns etc very healing)
50 ml jar with spatula.
Vega - Firming Cream which you use around neck, jowls (lol) anywhere you want a firming benefit, goes under the day or night cream where needed. 50 ml jar with spatula.
Creme Douceur which is the eye and lip cream....loveeee this one. Really gentle around the eyes...no stinging... definitely softened crowsfeet in record time.
Astrapeel which is their scrub...very gentle ...315 micron polybeads in a very nutritive base, again 50 ml, a once a week thing
Sirius - Mask... clay based plant extract mask that is also used once a week alone... or mixed with equal quantities of Saturne (at night) and left on to treat combination skin overnight. ( different concept!)
I was wary of Saturne at first, it is really thick and moist and I thought.. uh oh.... this one will break me out. It hasnt. On the contrary ... the texture is just fine as it is only at night ( Im oily combo skinned) and it does all sink in.
I have been SO pleased with the results!! I glow and am smooth and NO breakouts. None. Honestly.... its probably the most excited I have been about a range for years! 
I usually use things like Dermalogica.... my old faithful, Liz Earle... Elizabeth Grant... La Mer, Trilogy, Kosmea....but this range has made more of a difference in a short time than any of those. 
Worth a look ..not the world's cheapest but truly a pleasure to recommend, the company ( well, here in Australia anyway) itself too have the best customer service! ( I am in NO way involved with the company I promise....just found something I really like!) |
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Oily/combo, not sensitive fair skin, Brunette ( now!), mid 40 |
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Thu Aug 10, 2006 6:00 am |
Wow.... I am the only person who has used these? 
I was just told actually that they are more the "home" version of Gernetic products used in salons (many the same, different packaging/names) and wanted to read about them and maybe buy more when I saw EDS has Gernetics but it says "Spa only" and there are no products listed at all. Pity...I don't know the actual names of the substitute products to enquire about. Oh well... |
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Oily/combo, not sensitive fair skin, Brunette ( now!), mid 40 |
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Thu Aug 10, 2006 7:47 am |
| any idea where to buy this in canada? |
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Thu Aug 10, 2006 9:56 am |
yes, yes, I have heard of them.. I forget where I saw about the line, but I remember looking at the company website. And I also remember reading about them being the same company as Gernetic, but again I forget where.  Astrali is one brand whose link often appears in the ads on the EDS forum pages too from memory.
There is another French "salon only" brand (of course whose name has escaped me).. but when i was trying to obtain it, I found they also did a "home line" (but unfortunately the soothing mask I was desperate for was not a part of it).
I thought both lines sounded very lovely and interesting, but I was afraid to look at them harder in case I found something I "needed" The place I read about them waswww.astrali.com
How do the ingredients look? Any little "extras" that would be unwanted? |
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SKIN: combination, reactive to climate changes and extremely fair. "Women complain about premenstrual syndrome, but I think of it as the only time of the month that I can be myself." --Roseanne |
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Fri Aug 11, 2006 6:44 am |
I have no idea where in Canada but the home sitewww.astrali.com should be able to help!
Ingredients for you Tiger Tim...
Let's see ( getting a couple of bottles!)..
Saturne ( the night cream) -
Aqua, Sorbitan Sesquiolate, Aluminium stearate, Decyl Oleate, Prunis dulcis, Cetearyl Octonoate, Hypericum perforatum extract, Calendula officianlis, Cera alba,Hydrolized Soy Protein, Sodium Hydroxybenzoate, Paraben, Fragrance.
Beta (toner)Aqua, Hamamelis virginiana, Panax ginseng, Anthemis nobilis, Cucumissativis. Tilia cordata,Sodium P-Hydroxybenzoate, Hexalene Glycol,Dextrin, Glutamic acid, Sucrose, Urea, Fructose, Fragrance
Orion (daycream)Aqua,Glycol Stearate SE, Sorbitol, Cetyl Alcohol, Cetearyl Octonoate, Prunis Dulcis, Pyridoxine HCl, prop. glycol,Calendula Officinalis, Arnica Montana,Humus Lupus, Sodium P-Hydroxy benzoate,
paraben and fragrance
Not sure if you wanted any specific ingredients to be ....or not to be in them? All products look awful when they are all listed chemically dont they!
HTH anyway... |
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Oily/combo, not sensitive fair skin, Brunette ( now!), mid 40 |
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Fri Aug 11, 2006 9:55 am |
| No, not all producs look necessarily awful, when their contents are listed - for example, some don't containe paraben ... |
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Fri Aug 11, 2006 12:21 pm |
| lin23 wrote: |
| No, not all producs look necessarily awful, when their contents are listed - for example, some don't containe paraben ... |
and fragrance... |
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Sat Aug 12, 2006 12:16 am |
Ah well.... I am still finding them to be the most effective I have used so far out of the literally hundreds of ranges I have used over the years...so I'm more than happy both to use them myself and recommend them!
So many will only list their "actives" and withhold the rest, which is annoying I know, least they were upfront. |
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Oily/combo, not sensitive fair skin, Brunette ( now!), mid 40 |
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Sun Aug 13, 2006 7:21 am |
| I agree - it is useless looking at lists of active ingredients... |
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