So I was really excited to debut this amazing face serum here at Ain't No Mom Jeans (hence the cheesy title)…but when I went to its website, I saw that this line won Allure magazine's Editor's Choice Award for breakthrough beauty product. Hunh. We've been scooped!!!
Anywho, this stuff rocks. However, it contains parabens, if you care about that sort of thing (and I do).
Right before Pax was born, I went into Nordstroms for my annual pilgramage to the skin care Gods to see what was new in the world of wrinkle wars. I had intended to complain about the fine lines under my eyes, despite my religious use of the products I had raved about in last year's War on Wrinkles article.
It turns out that my Osmotics Eye Surgery (from last year) is a serum, which combats wrinkles but won't add moisture. And did I know that the under eye area doesn't actually have any oil glands, and therefore cannot produce it's own moisture? No. I did not. Oops.
So the Nordstroms beauty advisor steered me over to the Osmotics desk to show me the blue copper 5 eye cream that I needed to put ON TOP OF the Osmotics Eye Surgery. (NOTE: Neither of these products have parabens.)
As we were chatting, she also raved about Osmotics Blue Copper 5 Face Lifting Serum, which she was sure I would love, everyone at Nordstroms used it, best serum ever, etc. And Osmotics is a local, Denver-based company. Done. I brought it home, used it all week, and by the time that I realized that it had – HORROR – parabens, it had already become a product that I couldn't. live. without.
Drat.
So I've rationalized…it's the only product with parabens that I use….and it's not that many parabens, really. Because this product is seriously amazing. Immediately after using, my face seems to come to life just a little. My color is better, my skin is softer, I have a slight glow, despite the extreme testing that only a new mom can do.
So yeah, cheesy title and yeah, crappy parabens. But oh-so-hard to live without. And the eye cream is just as good.
xo,
S
This product sounds great!! I’m gonna have to check it out before my baby comes and I will really need “sleep in a jar”!!! hahaha
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Sarah – thanks for the comment! If only the feeling of sleep could be bottled….good luck with the new baby!
Thanks for the tips and product advice. I am also concerned with buying products that don’t have parabens or phylates. Do you mind providing us with a list of hair/make-up/skin care products you like that have few chemicals and DON’T cost a small fortune (if they even exist)! Thanks,
Cindy
Cindy – I have a few that I like…will work on getting this on the calendar. Thanks for the comment!!
I started to notice a few trouble areas around my eyes, forehead, and frown lines so I searched for an anti-aging product to use and settled on the Vitamin Enhanced Face Firming Serum from Made From Earth skin company. I am truly amazed!
In two weeks it took care of everything, seriously. I am only 30 so the areas were very minor but it is still amazing. Even better, I have had a pretty nasty spider bite scar on my neck for the past few years that always drives me crazy because it is very noticeable (very red and large, it looks like a giant pimple at all times), it has shrunk and is not red anymore at all. I could not be happier about this, I have tried so many serums to try to make the scar less noticeable. All in all, I love the Vitamin Enhanced Face Firming Serum!
Sounds like a great product! But I guess it would work better if you allow yourself to sleep and get complete hours of rest.
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Great! When you have insomnia, it could help you to get sleep, and increase your sleep level. Want to order one for my wife!
Awesome thing! I use it almost two months and don’t feel any side effects! Now I feel myself better every morning and sleep deeper, thanks a lot.
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