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Mon Jul 07, 2008 11:48 am  |
| Just wondering if anyone has tried Dr. Brandt's water boosters and if you like them. |
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Mon Jul 07, 2008 1:21 pm |
| I'd like to know too! In 'Lucky' magazine maybe 2 mos ago, one of the beauty editors said she really likes them, especially a new blueberry flavored one. Let's hear from others. |
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Mon Jul 07, 2008 2:10 pm |
BORBA is a good alternative as well.
But the best alternative? Eat a tomato and make yourself a blueberry smoothie every day and drink green tea! |
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Mon Jul 07, 2008 3:09 pm |
I just purchased one , (Pomegranate one). Tried it today, (one dropperful in a cup of water), does not really have any taste to it.  |
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Mon Jul 07, 2008 3:13 pm |
| edenfield wrote: |
But the best alternative? Eat a tomato and make yourself a blueberry smoothie every day and drink green tea! |
Oh, that's WAY too much work, much easier to just put a dropper of stuff in water  |
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Mon Jul 07, 2008 3:16 pm |
| lipglossdoll wrote: |
| I just purchased one , (Pomegranate one). Tried it today, (one dropperful in a cup of water), does not really have any taste to it. |
I bit the bullet and ordered the Pommegranate one today too (Skinstore is having 20% off and shipping is always free). I'm looking forward to giving it a try. I guess no taste is OK as long as you reap the benefits. |
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Mon Jul 07, 2008 3:26 pm |
I like Dr Brandt's Antioxidant Water Boosters and believe they are beneficial for skin and health as they contain both white and green tea and extracts from fruits and berries like pomegranate, grape seed and blueberries.
When taking liquid supplements you avoid fillers and gelatin that you find in tablets and capsules. Polyphenols from green and white tea are known to be good for health, but the dosage you get from drinking one or two cups of green tea a day is too small to get real health benefits. One dropper of the booster is supposed to be equivalent to 15 cups of green tea. I only take half a dropper a day myself, as I drink green tea and take other antioxidant supplements, as well.
I also think it's nice to give plain water a hint of fresh taste. It makes it easier for me to drink more water!
Re Borba supplements:
I lost my faith in this company when I bought a package with small jelly bears labeled "skin supplements" and found that the first ingredient on the list was sugar, one of skin's worst enemies. |
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Female, 40, Norway. Normal/dry skin, starting to see signs of aging. Staples: Glycolic acid cleanser, SkinCeuticals Phloretin CF, Revaleskin, NIA24. |
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Mon Jul 07, 2008 9:15 pm |
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Re Borba supplements:
I lost my faith in this company when I bought a package with small jelly bears labeled "skin supplements" and found that the first ingredient on the list was sugar, one of skin's worst enemies. |
Thats exactly what I saw too! My mom ordered them and that was the first thing I saw. So I then showed her the Dr. Brandt Antiox Water Booster instead. |
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Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:04 am |
I don't know what Dr. Brandt charges for his Water Booster and the specific ingredients but you can buy similar seeming items in the health food store for less. It seems to me, when a product places skin care to the name, it tends to bump up the price.
For example, check out these type of items you can get at Vitamin Shoppe and elsewhere. I'm sure you can shop around and find good prices on these items as well - check multiple sites likewww.vitacost.com,www.iherb.com, etc.
Herbasway - HerbaGreen Teas, etc.
www.herbasway.com
Herbagreen Teas at Vitamin Shoppe
http://www.vitaminshoppe.com/search/en/query.jsp?q=Herbagreen+Tea&intsource=main&x=49&y=12
Vitamin Shoppe Supreme Blueberry 2oz. $19.99
www.vitaminshoppe.com/store/en/browse/sku_detail.jsp?id=VS-2430
Nowadays, you can find on-the-go powdered packets of various teas by Lipton, Celestial Seasoning, etc. Just check the ingredients as I think the Lipton ones usually have sucralose (generic name for Splenda) in them - I don't know if they sell unsweetened ones. I don't know if the Celestial Seasonings have added sweeteners and if they do what they use....
Tried to check but the US Lipton website is down right now for upgrades:
www.liptont.com
Lipton Tea to Go review
http://coffeetea.about.com/od/typesoftea/gr/teatogo.htm
Celestial Seasonings drink mixes, including Zingers to Go
www.celestialseasonings.com/products/drink-mixes.html |
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42yo, natural strawberry blonde so fair skin, blue-eyed, and dry skin |
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Tue Jul 08, 2008 12:28 pm |
Dr Brandt's Antioxidant Booster is $35 per 1 oz bottle, that will last for about two months when taking the recommended dosage of 1 ml a day.
The bottles from Herbasway look very similar to Dr Brandt's boosters and are in general much more affordable!
Thank you for pointing me in this direction, Lunarmm! |
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Female, 40, Norway. Normal/dry skin, starting to see signs of aging. Staples: Glycolic acid cleanser, SkinCeuticals Phloretin CF, Revaleskin, NIA24. |
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Tue Jul 08, 2008 12:39 pm |
| Septembergirl wrote: |
Dr Brandt's Antioxidant Booster is $35 per 1 oz bottle, that will last for about two months when taking the recommended dosage of 1 ml a day.
The bottles from Herbasway look very similar to Dr Brandt's boosters and are in general much more affordable!
Thank you for pointing me in this direction, Lunarmm! |
You're very welcome!
It's actually much more affordable then to get the Herbasway as they are 2oz to Dr. Brandt's 1oz.
So say $20 max for 2oz of Herbasway = $10/ounce versus $35/ounce for Dr. Brandt's!!!!
Also, it might be easier to find Herbasway and similar products locally (depends if you have a Sephora or Dr. Brandt distributor in your town) at a health food store. |
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42yo, natural strawberry blonde so fair skin, blue-eyed, and dry skin |
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Tue Jul 08, 2008 12:45 pm |
ETA:
Sorry, Dr Brandt's is 2 oz!!! Same size as the Herbasway, but still far more expensive. 
I was also very happy to see that Herbasway offers international shipping.  |
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Female, 40, Norway. Normal/dry skin, starting to see signs of aging. Staples: Glycolic acid cleanser, SkinCeuticals Phloretin CF, Revaleskin, NIA24. |
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Tue Jul 08, 2008 5:38 pm |
| lunarmm wrote: |
| Septembergirl wrote: |
Dr Brandt's Antioxidant Booster is $35 per 1 oz bottle, that will last for about two months when taking the recommended dosage of 1 ml a day.
The bottles from Herbasway look very similar to Dr Brandt's boosters and are in general much more affordable!
Thank you for pointing me in this direction, Lunarmm! |
You're very welcome!
It's actually much more affordable then to get the Herbasway as they are 2oz to Dr. Brandt's 1oz.
So say $20 max for 2oz of Herbasway = $10/ounce versus $35/ounce for Dr. Brandt's!!!!
Also, it might be easier to find Herbasway and similar products locally (depends if you have a Sephora or Dr. Brandt distributor in your town) at a health food store. |
My only concern with the Herbsaway as was my concern with Pure Inventions, is that it contains Stevia sweetner and the Dr. Brandt's doesn't. I think the Stevia may make it too sweet and sticky. Can anyone compare Brandt's vs. Pure Inventions? |
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Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:01 am |
| jom wrote: |
| lunarmm wrote: |
| Septembergirl wrote: |
Dr Brandt's Antioxidant Booster is $35 per 1 oz bottle, that will last for about two months when taking the recommended dosage of 1 ml a day.
The bottles from Herbasway look very similar to Dr Brandt's boosters and are in general much more affordable!
Thank you for pointing me in this direction, Lunarmm! |
You're very welcome!
It's actually much more affordable then to get the Herbasway as they are 2oz to Dr. Brandt's 1oz.
So say $20 max for 2oz of Herbasway = $10/ounce versus $35/ounce for Dr. Brandt's!!!!
Also, it might be easier to find Herbasway and similar products locally (depends if you have a Sephora or Dr. Brandt distributor in your town) at a health food store. |
My only concern with the Herbsaway as was my concern with Pure Inventions, is that it contains Stevia sweetner and the Dr. Brandt's doesn't. I think the Stevia may make it too sweet and sticky. Can anyone compare Brandt's vs. Pure Inventions? |
I have been using both and find the taste to be pretty much the same. Dr Brandt's Antioxidant Boosters are produced by Pure Inventions, but as you point out, Dr Brandt's do not contain Stevia.
Stevia is a very sweet herb. Personally, I don't have concerns about taking supplements with Stevia. |
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Female, 40, Norway. Normal/dry skin, starting to see signs of aging. Staples: Glycolic acid cleanser, SkinCeuticals Phloretin CF, Revaleskin, NIA24. |
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Thu Jul 10, 2008 3:43 am |
I've tried it and found that is didn't flavor the water much which wasn't a bad thing as my nightmare would have been ending up with expensive Kool aid  |
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Early 50's with rosacea and pale skin with blue eyes. Uses Baby Q and Tanda Clear. Loves to try new products. |
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Thu Jul 10, 2008 2:41 pm |
| I used two bottles of the Pomegranate. I did not really see any benefits and I did not like the taste in my water. To me, it has a subtle artifical sweetener taste. |
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Thu Jul 10, 2008 2:52 pm |
| dbeech wrote: |
| I used two bottles of the Pomegranate. I did not really see any benefits and I did not like the taste in my water. To me, it has a subtle artifical sweetener taste. |
Hi dbeech, can you clarify which company's product this was - the Dr. Brandt or the Herbasway? Thanks! |
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42yo, natural strawberry blonde so fair skin, blue-eyed, and dry skin |
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Fri Jul 11, 2008 2:35 am |
| I think this brand's vitamin is overpriced . And most skincare company price their vitamin products higher than health company . |
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Fri Jul 11, 2008 1:16 pm |
| I used the Dr. Brandt product. |
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My HG products are Bioderma Photoderma MAX AR sunscreen, tazorac cream and Skinceuticals C+E Ferulic serum. |
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Thu Feb 26, 2009 4:32 am |
| Any good with this product? |
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Thu Feb 26, 2009 2:26 pm |
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| Any good with this product? |
I like this product, though I admit I don't use it on a regular basis (it's so hard to start new good habits). The taste is not fantastic but I just drink it down quickly and feel good knowing that at least for that day I've gotten a good fill of antioxidents orally. |
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Fri Feb 27, 2009 10:11 am |
| Septembergirl wrote: |
| jom wrote: |
| lunarmm wrote: |
| Septembergirl wrote: |
Dr Brandt's Antioxidant Booster is $35 per 1 oz bottle, that will last for about two months when taking the recommended dosage of 1 ml a day.
The bottles from Herbasway look very similar to Dr Brandt's boosters and are in general much more affordable!
Thank you for pointing me in this direction, Lunarmm! |
You're very welcome!
It's actually much more affordable then to get the Herbasway as they are 2oz to Dr. Brandt's 1oz.
So say $20 max for 2oz of Herbasway = $10/ounce versus $35/ounce for Dr. Brandt's!!!!
Also, it might be easier to find Herbasway and similar products locally (depends if you have a Sephora or Dr. Brandt distributor in your town) at a health food store. |
My only concern with the Herbsaway as was my concern with Pure Inventions, is that it contains Stevia sweetner and the Dr. Brandt's doesn't. I think the Stevia may make it too sweet and sticky. Can anyone compare Brandt's vs. Pure Inventions? |
I have been using both and find the taste to be pretty much the same. Dr Brandt's Antioxidant Boosters are produced by Pure Inventions, but as you point out, Dr Brandt's do not contain Stevia.
Stevia is a very sweet herb. Personally, I don't have concerns about taking supplements with Stevia. |
Herbasway is offering 33% off their entire inventory right now with coupon code IC33S at checkout.
http://www.herbasway.com/ |
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Fri Feb 27, 2009 11:17 am |
| To be honest, I think Dr. Brandt is over pricing. Why not eat more Pomegranate and blackberry? |
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Sun Mar 01, 2009 11:41 pm |
| good to know, saved my money lol~~it's really an overpriced brand |
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Mon Mar 02, 2009 7:40 am |
| havana8 wrote: |
| Herbasway is offering 33% off their entire inventory right now with coupon code IC33S at checkout. http://www.herbasway.com/ |
Do you know when the sale ends? |
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