questions about serums

[ladycattat]

Hi karen...
quick question....
do any of the serums help wiith any of the *eye crinklies*?
You know, those little lines you get by the sides of your eyes?
Laurie

other than that, I really don't have any other wrinkles

[piccola_donna]

Sorry not an answer to your question, but would someone be able to post the descriptions for the serums?
I got them in the mail a couple of days ago, and am testing them out, but it's hard to know that to think when i don't know what they are each for. They're not on the site anymore and i can't remember what they were for. I'm trying to be somewhat methodical about testing them so i can give useful feedback.

[JenW]

I am copying Karen's descriptions from the website.

Facelift Vitamin C, DMAE & Peptide serum:
3% pharmaceutical grade DMAE- to help with skin sag- you'll see a lift in a few days. It also helps skin cells clear toxins.

Vitamin C to help rebuild collagen, heal sun damage, and fade age spots. This variety is stable in liquid form, and doesn't sting!

Tamarind Seed Extract to hydrate skin and improve the appearance of fine lines

Syn-Coll- to help rebuild collagen. The marketing info from the manufacturer says that it produces a 350% reduction in wrinkles in 90 days. I'm not sure I buy that, but my skin does feel much firmer and look better. It's also the active ingredient in Kinerase night cream that sells for $125 a tube.

Green Tea- we use a standardized, concentrated extract that's loaded with polyphenols. It also has caffiene in it- drinking coffee doesn't do your skin any favors, but applied topically it helps with cell turnover and wrinkles

Ingredients: Distilled water, Pentylene Glycol, Tamarindus Indica (Tamarind) Seed Extract, DMAE, Palmitoyl tripeptide-5, Sodium PCA, Magnesium ascorbyl phosphate (stable vitamin c), Green Tea Extract, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Glycerin, Gluconolactone (and) Sodium Benzoate

Green Tea and Aloe Hydrating Serum
Organic Aloe Vera Juice

Tamarind seed extract for a super boost of hydration. In recent studies it's been shown to out preform hyaluronic acid in terms of skin hydration and for the smoothing of fine lines and wrinkles.

Green Tea extract for a boost of anti-oxidants.

Sodium PCA to help draw water to your skin, and keep it hydrated

Vitaplex a blend of vitamins including niacinamide (great for fine lines, restoring your skin's moisture barrier, and fading age spots), panthenol to help maintain moisture, Vitamin E, a little Vitamin C, and Vitamin B6

Ingredients: Organic Aloe Vera Juicer, distilled water, Pentylene Glycol, Tamarindus Indica (Tamarind) Seed Extract, White Tea Extract, , Sodium PCA, Glycerin, Niacinamide (and) Sodium Starch Octenyl Succinate (and) Calcium Pantothenate (and) Maltodextrin (and) Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate (and) Tocopheryl Acetate (and) Pyridoxine HCl (and) Silica, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Gluconolactone (and) Sodium Benzoate

Rose Hydrating Serum
Rose water for a lovely smell and skin softening

Tamarind seed extract for a super boost of hydration. In recent studies it's been shown to out preform hyaluronic acid in terms of skin hydration and for the smoothing of fine lines and wrinkles.

White Tea extract for protective anti-oxidants

Sodium PCA to help draw water to your skin, and keep it hydrated

Seamolient for even more hydration, and minerals

Vitaplex a blend of vitamins including niacinamide (great for fine lines, restoring your skin's moisture barrier, and fading age spots), panthenol to help maintain moisture, Vitamin E, a little Vitamin C, and Vitamin B6

Ingredients: Rose water, distilled water, Pentylene Glycol, Tamarindus Indica (Tamarind) Seed Extract, White Tea Extract, Lactobacillus/Kelp Ferment Filtrate, Sodium PCA, Glycerin, Niacinamide (and) Sodium Starch Octenyl Succinate (and) Calcium Pantothenate (and) Maltodextrin (and) Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate (and) Tocopheryl Acetate (and) Pyridoxine HCl (and) Silica, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Gluconolactone (and) Sodium Benzoate

Vitamin C Peptide Serum
Vitamin C helps to build collagen, fight age spots, may help lighten skin and restores a more youthful glow. To further help with skin firmness I added Syn-Coll peptides that help reduce wrinkles and firm skin. These 2 actives along with super hydrating tamarind seed extract combine to make a wonderfully powerful wrinkle fighting serum.

Ingredients: Distilled Water, Pentylene Glycol, Tamarindus Indica (Tamarind) Seed Extract, Magnesium ascorbyl phosphate, Palmitoyl tripeptide-5, glycerine, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Gluconolactone (and) Sodium Benzoatete,

Update: I had to make another batch, and I added some green tea extract to this one- it's a little deeper brown color.

[piccola_donna]

Thanks Jen, that was what i was after!

[Cupcake]

A quick testimonial in praise of the serums:

I used the microdermabrasion - and loved it so much I wrote a review for the site. It's a "make it forever" product. Then used the Green Tea and Aloe serum which I chose as I wanted the least-likely to irritate my sensitive skin. I have dehydration and a peculiar look to my skin in that the surface of my skin is shiny. Reflective shiny, not "oily" shiny, although it certainly has an oil problem as well. The reflective shine is inherited and I thought I was stuck with it forever. I used the serum and went without makeup as I was indoors for most of the day.

I felt the very slightest tingle for a moment around my nose where I've got open pores and a lot of redness, but that was very slight and passed within a few seconds. I used ten good finger-full drops as my skin soaked up the serum so fast that I couldn't spread it around, but that was only on the first application. Since then, four drops has been plenty. Two hours later, my face suddenly went really oily, but curiously, within another hour, it had soaked a lot of it's oil back up and 'normalised' itself. After about six hours, I needed to go out, so I went to wash my face and change, but found that my skin was dewy, glowy, and for the first time ever, no exaggeration, that reflective shine had gone. It hasn't come back since. I've used all sorts of things before, from Neals Yard to Decleor to Liz Earle's hyaluronic acid serum, to Gatineau to home-brewed aromatherapy natural oil blends, but nothing ever got rid of that reflective shine from a genetic pre-disposition to having tight, parched, dehydrated skin - ever.

I haven't tried the other serums yet, but the result this one has given, for me, is an unprecedented improvement and worth any price. Thank you, Karen.

[karen]

I'm so sorry I missed this Laurie! Either the DMAE or the Vitamin C Peptide should help at least a little. It's really the peptides you're after- the clinical studies from the manufacturer are pretty impressive. *Of course* their marketing literature is impressive- but it does seem to make my skin feel a lot firmer.

[Ghost]

I have a confession to make. I brought the serums without having a clue on how to use them - Help!!!!

[karen]

I use them under a moisturizer for a bit of added benefit...as a general rule the more "expensive" an item is the closer it should be to the skin. Just pop them on the way you would any sort of cream, and then do whatever else you do in the morning to get ready.

[duhmoms]

Where have the serums gone? I adore the rose serum and now I can't find it anymore! I also wanted to try the facelifting serum.
My skin has made an amazing transformation in just a few days with the rose serum, my husband has even commented on how
nice my skin looks, and he never notices anything. Please don't discontinue this product!!

[Cupcake]

I think these were just 'gumball' testers to see how they'd be received - but given reported results, Karen's made something very special here with these serums and I, for one, would love to buy them on a regular basis.