$39.00 for the Glow Balm alone or $119.00 for the 4-piece kit (shown above) from Frøya Organics. Press Sample (Unaffiliated Links). All views expressed are categorically my own.
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$39.00 for the Glow Balm alone or $119.00 for the 4-piece kit (shown above) from Frøya Organics. Press Sample (Unaffiliated Links). All views expressed are categorically my own.
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According to ellixi,
Ellixi’s Balancing Moisturizer with Avocado Oil and essential oils provides deep hydration while helping to regulate oil production for a smooth, balanced complexion. Avocado oil is rich in vitamins and fatty acids, nourishing the skin and promoting softness, while the essential oils add a soothing, refreshing touch. This lightweight formula absorbs quickly, leaving your skin moisturized and radiant without feeling greasy, making it ideal for daily use.
Ingredients: Shea Butter, Grapeseed Oil, Tea Tree Essential Oil, Lavender Essential Oil, Arrowroot Powder.
Ingredients and Their Attributes:
Shea Butter: Deeply moisturizes and nourishes the skin, helping to restore elasticity while creating a protective barrier to lock in hydration.
Grapeseed Oil: A lightweight oil that absorbs quickly, providing antioxidants and fatty acids to tighten skin, balance moisture, and improve overall texture.
Tea Tree Essential Oil: Known for its antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties, it helps combat blemishes, reduce redness, and promote clearer skin.
Lavender Essential Oil: Calms and soothes the skin, reducing irritation and stress while promoting a sense of balance and relaxation.
Arrowroot Powder: Helps absorb excess oil, leaving the skin feeling soft and matte without clogging pores.
Directions: After cleansing the skin, take a pea-sized amount and dot it onto your forehead, cheeks, nose, and chin. Gently massage using upward, circular motions, massage the moisturizer into your skin until fully absorbed. Follow with sunscreen (daytime): In the morning, apply a sunscreen over the moisturizer to protect your skin.
Recommendations:
Morning Routine: Apply as a lightweight, balancing day moisturizer to keep your skin hydrated and matte throughout the day. Follow with SPF for sun protection and makeup, if desired.
Evening Routine: Use after cleansing and toning for a calming, hydrating finish to your nighttime skincare. For extra hydration, apply a slightly thicker layer before bed for overnight skin repair.
Overall Assessment: I remain very impressed by the efficacy of ellixi skincare products! I definitely want to further explore this cruelty-free brand, and I love that they engage in enviable sustainability practices. Nicely done, ellixi!
$20.00 for 2oz. glass jar from ellixi (Unaffiliated Links). Press Sample. All views expressed are categorically my own.
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The A Method The Summer Essentials Kit is the perfect set to care for your skin during the summer months. It includes a moisturizer, sunscreen, lip balm and cleanser, and each item is spectacular.
A powerhouse beauty duo, celebrity dermatologist Dr. Tina Alster and skincare formulation expert and aesthetician Angelia Inscoe have created The A Method® Summer Essentials Kit. A simple-to-follow routine that takes 5 minutes or less to apply, this 4-piece set will leave skin feeling refreshed, protected, bright and ready for Summer.
With more time in the sun as the weather warms up, The A Method® recommends combining antioxidant skincare products with daily protection to avoid the harmful effects of free radicals on healthy skin. Revealing the same routines, they rely on daily, Dr. Alster and Angelia Inscoe have put together this curated kit of Vitamin C products along with their reef safe Clear Protection Powder (100% mineral-based with SPF 40) for a pre-sun care routine that will boost glow and reinforce the skin against prolonged sun exposure. The powder’s built-in brush also provides reflective sun-protection throughout the day since it is easy to apply, on the go and compact in size.
Each Kit Includes ($162.00 value for $113.00):
Silky Vitamin C Cleanser ($28.00 for 4 oz. Reviewed HERE): Antioxidant cleanser formulated with Vitamin C that leaves the skin clean, hydrated and silky-smooth.
C Glow Moisturizer ($75.00 for 1 oz. Reviewed HERE): Antioxidant moisturizer formulated with 5% L-Ascorbic acid and Essential Oil of Tangerine.
Protection Powder Clear SPF 40 ($49.00 for 0.19 oz. Reviewed HERE): 100% mineral powder sunscreen formulated with 5 organic minerals for reflective protection against sun pollution and other factors.
C-Kissed Lips ($10.00 Reviewed HERE): Antioxidant lip balm applies an occlusive layer on the lip surface to seal in moisture and shield lips from external exposure.
Simple-to-follow and applicable in under five minutes – this routine will leave skin feeling refreshed, bright and ready for the day.
Directions: Wash face using room temperature water with Cleanse Silky Vitamin C cleanser, then pat dry with a soft towel. Next, apply a light layer of C Glow Moisturizer to the surface of the face, neck and décolleté. Lastly, before applying makeup, use the Protection Powder brush applicator in small tight circles to apply mineral powder to the face, neck, décolleté and other areas of desired sun protection.
Ingredients:
Silky Vitamin C Cleanser: Water, Glycerin, Potassium Cocoate, Potassium Palm Kernelate, Potassium, Cocoyl Hydrolyzed Oat Protein, Sodium Lauroyl Glutamate, Cocoamidopropyl Betaine, Sodium, Cocoyl Glycinate, Disodium Lauryl Sulfosuccinate, Ascorbic Acid, Glycol Distearate, 1, 2 Hexanediol, Hydroxyacetophenone, Betaine, Hydroxyethylcellulose
C Glow Moisturizer: 5% L-Ascorbic Acid, Purified Water, Isopropyl Myristate, Cyclomethicone, Isohexadecane, Polyglyceryl-4Isostearate, Cetyl Dimethicone Copolyol, Hexyl Laurate, Sodium Chloride, L-Ascorbic Acid, Urea, Zinc Sulfate, Phenoxyethanol, Caprylyl Glycol, Sorbic Acid, Tocoph-eryl Acetate, Glycosphingolipids, Phospholipids, Cholesterol, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Essential oil of Tangerine
Protection Powder (Clear): Titanium Dioxide, Zinc Oxide, Mica, Iron Oxides
C-Kissed Lips: Soybean Oil, Grape Seed Oil, Beeswax, Coconut Oil and Sweet Almond Oil.
Overall Assessment: This is a wonderful kit that I will be using all summer long!
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Curél Deep Moisture Spray is one of my very favorite moisturizers for the warmer months, and I have been using it for more than a year, and plan to use it as long as they make it! It is just perfect for the warm/hot weather, and I use it daily. This ultra-fine moisture mist can be used on the face and body and it sinks in immediately leaving skin nourished and hydrated. It is fragrance-free, easy to use and effective. It is especially satisfying on a hot day to refresh the skin with a spritz here and there. Additionally, because it is so light and hydrating it doesn't feel heavy on the skin. It does not, however, contain a sunscreen, so you will need to add your sunscreen after you apply this spray.
I keep mine in the shower, and use it there as well. I spray it on lightly towel dried skin, and then let it sink in before getting dressed. It offers wonderful hydration and it is just so easy to use.
According to Curél,Ultra-fine moisturizing spray for an instant boost of hydration for face and or body whenever needed. Uniquely formulated with a concentration of moisturizing ingredients and ceramides in a spray form.
About Curél Deep Moisture Spray:
FACE HYDRATING SPRAY - Use before or after makeup for a boost of glowing hydration. Simply spray in a circular motion, pat dry, and go!
FOR BODY AND FACE - Use this ceramide infused moisturizer whenever you need extra hydration as an all-in-one facial and body moisturizing spray.
REPLENISH CERAMIDES - Dry skin lacks ceramides, a key component of the skin's moisture barrier. This moisturizing spray is designed to protect ceramides.
FOR DRY, SENSITIVE SKIN - This moisturizer for dry skin is specifically formulated to be Fragrance Free, Colorant Free, pH Balanced, and Free from Drying Alcohols.
SPRAY ON MOISTURIZER - Simplify your skincare with a gentle, nourishing moisturizer spray that can be applied in seconds.
$15.00 for 5 oz. from the Curél Amazon Store (Affiliate Links). Press Sample. All views expressed are categorically my own.
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Instant Angel is your skin barrier’s protector. Deeply moisturizing, this nourishing face cream supports and repairs skin while giving an ethereal glow.
Using a blend of phytosterols, free fatty acids, palmitoyl hexapeptide-12, dipalmityl hydroxyproline, meadowestolide, ceramide NG, glycerin, urea, squalane and sodium PCA, Instant Angel gives lasting hydration while reinforcing the skin’s barrier leaving it feeling strong, smooth and firm.
The result is an unfragranced, rich moisturizer that feels like silk without leaving the tell-tale *residue* of a richer cream.
$1 of every sale of Instant Angel goes to an organization fighting for reproductive justice.
Note: If you have acne-prone skin, this is a richer product therefore has risks. While it tested as non-comedogenic, always patch test as you may have a reaction. This cream is good for: dehydrated skin and a compromised barrier.
Directions: Gently massage a quarter sized dollop of Instant Angel onto your face and neck. This cream should be used after cleansing and application of serums and toners. If tolerated, skin can be slightly damp prior to application. If used during the day, always follow with SPF.
Select Ingredients:
3% Moisture Complex: A blend of Glycerin, Sodium PCA, Urea, Trehalose, Hexylene Glycol, Polyquaternium-51, Triacetin, Caprylyl Glycol and Sodium Hyaluronate, this blend at 3% was shown to provide immediate and long lasting moisture in the skin.
.5% Dipalmityl Hydroxylproline: An amino acid that functions similarly to a signal peptide, this ingredient has been shown to help with the appearance of wrinkle depth.
2% Barrier Repair Complex: A blend of Hexapeptide-12, Ceramide NG and other emollients, this complex has been shown to help repair age-related skin damage.
4% Phytosterol and Free Fatty Acid complex: A plant-derived lipid complex (phospholipids, triglycerides, linoleic acid and phytosterols) that mimics and reinforces skin’s natural lipid layer to help replenish weakened and sensitive skin.
2% Meadowestolide: A bioactive analogue of ceramides, this lipid helps reduce trans epidermal water loss repairing dry, dehydrated skin.
Complex: complexes are blends of ingredients at percent concentrations clinically studied internally or by suppliers.
Full Ingredients: Water, Glycerin, Squalane, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Coconut Alkanes, Glyceryl Stearate, Meadowfoam Estolide, Peg-100 Stearate, Cetearyl Alcohol, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Phytosteryl Macadamiate, Triheptanoin, Coco-Caprylate/Caprate, Methylpropanediol, Linoleic Acid, Phospholipids, Phytosterols, Sodium Polyacrylate, Tribehenin, Caprylyl Glycol, Phenoxyethanol, Dipalmityl Hydroxylproline, Sodium Pca, Urea, Dilinoleic Acid/Butanediol Copolymer, Hydroxylproline Palmitamide, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Isohexadecane, Ceramide Ng, Trehalose, Sodium Phytate, Peg-10 Phytosterol, Hexylene Glycol, Polysorbate 60, Palmitic Acid, Lactic Acid, Polyquaternium-51, Tocopherol, Tracetin, Castor Oil/Ipdi Copolymer, Sorbitan Isostearate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Palmitoyl Hexapeptide-12.
Overall Assessment: What a great find, and such a luxurious and effective moisturizer. It's also quite nice that they include a squeeze key for their metal tube, while supplies last.$45.00 for 50ml and $78.00 for 100ml. from Dieux and Sephora (Affiliated Links). Press Sample. All views expressed are categorically my own.
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Drench your skin with a liquid cloud of fluffy-light moisture that feels soft and weightless like clouds in the atmosphere. Concentrated 30% Hyaluronic Acid Complex cream has three molecular sizes of Hyaluronic Acid, a potent hydrator that draws in water. Helps plump the look of skin with moisture. Pentavitin® helps provide hydration for up to 72 hours—even after cleansing.* ProHyal+® helps improve hydration for healthier, smoother-looking skin. The appearance of fine lines and wrinkles is visibly reduced, leaving a silky, hydrated and more youthful-looking complexion. Dries light as a cloud and feels weightless on the skin. Fragrance-free.
*In a 28-day study applying a 1% Pentavitin® formulation, skin remained hydrated for 72 hours.
$54.00 for 1.7 oz. from Peter Thomas Roth, Sephora, Ulta, Amazon and Dermstore (Affiliate Links). Press Sample. All views expressed are categorically my own.
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This non greasy formula is a super hydrating, anti-aging, daily lightweight face lotion with SPF 30. Added benefits of Hyaluronic acid and Argan Oil as well for a super youthful glow. Helps with fine lines and wrinkles, sun spots, age spots all while protecting you from the sun.
Ingredients: Hyaluronic Acid Solution, Rose Hydrosol, Distilled Water, Vegetable Glycerine, Sodium Lactate, Panthenol, Hydrolyzed Silk, Olivem1000, Argan Oil, Vitamin E Oil, Calendula Extract, Frankincense, Helichrysum, Lavender And Tea Tree Essential Oils, Liquid Germall Plus (eco- certified preservative).
Overall Assessment: This is quite a nice facial moisturizer with sunscreen. Well done, Illuminessence!$44.00 for 2 oz. from Illuminessence (Unaffiliated Links). Press Sample. All views expressed are categorically my own.
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Geri G. Skin Reboot Moisturizer Primer Enhancer is a multipurpose product that moisturizes the skin night and day and it acts as a primer. It is formulated to hydrate, calm, stimulate and rejuvenate the skin. This humectant-rich formula retains hydration and it leaves skin soft, smooth and supple. It is lightweight and fast-absorbing and it leaves behind no greasy residue. Since it doubles as a primer, it effectively increases the longevity of foundations, tinted moisturizers, BB Creams and any of your finishing products. It does not contain a sunscreen, and therefore you want to apply sunscreen after and then follow with your foundation. It has no detectable scent, it is cruelty-free and it is made in the USA.
Features and Product Claims:
MULTIPURPOSE SKINCARE POWERHOUSE: "Achieve a flawless appearance with or without makeup using GERI G. Skin Reboot. This transformative solution is the ultimate hybrid skin and makeup product that streamlines your beauty routine and makes life simpler! It moisturizes, primes/preps your skin, custom blends your makeup, and extends makeup wear all in one simple step. Skin Reboot truly does it all!"
WATER-RESISTANT COSMETIC ENHANCER: "This versatile cosmetic enhancer has a translucent, barely-there finish that glides on and blends seamlessly with your skin and any lotion or cosmetic of your choice (liquid and powder). It’s water-resistant and preserves the original color integrity of the cosmetics so you can effortlessly create custom makeup blends like creamy eyeliner (mix mascara with Skin Reboot) or creamy blush (mix Skin Reboot with powder blush)."
DAILY MOISTURE + SKIN NOURISHMENT: "Say goodbye to dry skin and products that prevent the skin from absorbing nutrients! Whether used as a hydrating primer, daily face moisturizer, moisturizing night cream, or makeup enhancer, Skin Reboot promotes effective, long-lasting hydration and it delivers essential nutrients to the skin day and night."
PATENTED, LIGHTWEIGHT FORMULA: "Skin Reboot's patented formula harnesses the benefits of MACROMARINE 5 complex (M5) to help oxygenate, detoxify, stimulate, and hydrate skin. It’s also lightweight and infused with skin-nourishing algae and botanical extracts, providing natural sources of proteins, vitamins, minerals, and omegas. The result is skin that feels soft, smooth, and supple with a radiant glow."
DAY & NIGHT VERSATILITY: "Use Skin Reboot as your daily moisturizer that hydrates from deep within. During the day, apply it over serums, before sunscreen and makeup, to create a smooth canvas for makeup application. At night, indulge in its soothing luxury. Apply over serums as your moisturizer to nurture your skin while you sleep."
Overall Assessment: This is a very nice multipurpose moisturizer and primer, and it is definitely worthy of your consideration.
$64.00 for 1.5 oz. from Geri G. and the Geri G. Amazon Store (Affiliate Links). Press Sample. All views expressed are categorically my own.
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$38.00 for 1.69 oz. from CLE Cosmetics and Amazon (Affiliate Links). Press Sample. All views expressed are categorically my own.
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