Category Archives: Dry Skin

Liz Earle Superskin Range

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Liz Earle’s Superskin collection is a well executed offering of products that add moisture and to nourishment to dry, sensitive, mature, and stressed skin.

Just know that when you use a Liz Earle product, you’ll get 100% quality and satisfaction with each and every product. It’s a line that I absolutely trust because it’s responsibly made with top-notch ingredients. She still makes one of the best cleansers I’ve ever tried which I still use it daily, so I wasn’t at all surprized when her new Superskin Eye & Lip Treatment $50 became my go-to eye cream for night and day. Fine lines vanish immediately but without a tightening effect, plus it’s great for those lines around the mouth to prevent lipstick from bleeding.

25% plant oils are used in her new richer than rich Body Cream ($50)that creates a glowy radiance and the appearance of healthy skin. It’s honestly the most moisture I’ve experienced in a cream, but it isn’t the least bit greasy.

Also new to the lineup is her Bust Treatment ($50) to lift visibly plump and firm skin that’s lost its elasticity using kigelia extract.

Her Superskin Concentrate ($70) contains pretty much everything you’d want in a moisture booster; oils of argan and organic rosehip, neroli, lavender and chamomile and vitamin E. It’s 100% plant oils for all skin types to help calm, soothe, and add some needed moisture.

Worth checking out is her new Try-Me kit containing smaller sizes of all 5 Superskin products along with her signature Cleanse & Polish Hot Cloth Cleanser (the one I use), and an Instant Boost Skin Tonic Spritzer.

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Ren Omega 3 Overnight Lipid Renewal Serum

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By now we know the importance of taking omega 3 supplements, so it’s only natural that omegas would start popping up in our skin care. Known for their many nourishing benefits, omegas are as beneficial when used on the skin as when taken orally.

I can’t think of a better vehicle for the omegas than a serum- which are an important accessory to any skincare routine since you use them just when you need them. Just a shot of it under your moisturizer can really amp up your moisture barrier, fight free radical attack, and add suppleness and elasticity when your skin feels sensitive, dry, or just in need of some extra love.

1.7oz, $60, Space NK, SpaceNK.com, RenSkincare.com

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Nude Skincare Advanced Smoothing Complex

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Nude Skincare has pretty much rocked my socks since I first fell in love with their Cleansing Oil, technology, and safe-yet-effective philosophy. I gave a shout out to their Advanced Smoothing Complex in my Cleansing Oil review, but didn’t really understand how cool it was at the time to write about it in depth.

Nude has managed to make some of the pickiest Beauty Editors in the world fall in love with their collection which has received some high praise in the press since their launch. Because 70% of products used topically end up being absorbed into your bloodstream, leaving out ingredients they deem toxic, and downright irritating to the skin (which accelerates skin aging), is a huge part of their mission. For years, they perfected a concise line of skincare where nature meets technology to resoundingly effective results.

I’m always trying out new products to review, but 80% of what I use on a daily basis is now Nude, which I’ve been slowly purchasing to replace every category of skincare I own.

Nightly, over clean skin and under my moisturizer, I pat 1 pump of Advanced Smoothing Complex over my face for its combination of vitamins, peptides, and hyaluronic acid. Not only does it relax wrinkles, stimulate collagen, and increase cell turnover, but it also carefully combines ingredients that aren’t irritating making it easier for the good stuff to be absorbed into your skin’s calm environment.

It’s truly a one-size-fits-all product blanketing all skin types with a powerful combination of protection and nutrients. If you’re going to try just one product from Nude, let it be this one. The others will soon follow.

$90, 0.5oz, Nude.com, Sephora, Barneys, Select Whole Foods Nationwide

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Peter Thomas Roth VIZ-1000

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Hyaluronic acid is a big time hydrating ingredient that holds 1000 times its own weight in moisture- so basically it’s great at delivering moisture without over-hydrating or drenching the skin.

Peter Thomas Roth’s VIZ-1000 takes 75% hyaluronic acid and spins it into a feather-light serum for all skins. A few drops under your moisturizer will eliminate tightness and those lines in your face caused by dryness. Makeup will settle into your skin looking more natural, and you’ll get a much better result from your moisturizer.

Even normal, combination, and slightly oily skins can use it on its own without a moisturizer over top for a perfectly hydrated feeling that’s comfortable without turning into shine.

1oz $65, Sephora, Drugstore.com, Select Department Stores Nationwide

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Jurlique Calendula-Lavender Hydrating Essence

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Do you ever have those moments of total and complete clarity when you feel like your mind is so still that problems seem distant and the answers so available? Uh- yeah. So before you write that off as total weirdo hippie nonsense, this happened to me today after a particularly grueling yoga session when we were in savasana, my favorite yoga pose ever.

Our instructor came around with the usual post-practice treat of washcloths they submerge in a mix of ice water and lavender essential oil to be wrung out and placed into our hands. I carefully created a tent over my face with mine making just enough extra room to breathe in, filling my lungs with the crisp lavender while cooling my body back down. Amazing right?

What’s even more amazing is finding that same experience right at home with a quick remedy for stressed skin and minds. Just drop a few drops of Jurlique’s Calendula-Lavender Hydrating Essence into a basin of water and allow your washcloth to soak up the goodness pressing it into the face to calm and soothe skin that’s inflamed, dry, before a mask, and in the tub. Two calming essences come together for a powerhouse experience in one huge bottle so you can find your Zen without the sore muscles.

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Bioelements Recovery Serum

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What was once a box that sat on my desk collecting dust and begging to be used, is now my go-to, all-purpose serum when my skin is feeling over-exfoliated, stressed, or just for a makeup free day.

Bioelements Recovery Serum restores your moisture barrier by providing a silky seal over skin leaving a smooth, glassy finish. Gentle enough to use on damaged skin that just needs a little love, as a primer under makeup, or even for a healthy skin finish when there’s no time for foundation. You’ll find so many uses for this serum once you see how great your skin looks because of it.

It’s filled with chamomile, ceramides, and lavender along with a short list of known heeling, moisturizing, protecting, and soothing all-stars for a concise but targeted result.

$62, Amazon.com, Select Spas in North America and Australia.

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