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Refreshing skin care from Skyn Iceland
Even though I strive for calm, do yoga at least twice a week, and eat a healthy diet, my skin often shows the inevitable day-to-day stresses that come from just living. I've tried countless skin care programs, usually with mixed results, but this one from Skyn Iceland is actually designed to help stressed out skin find some relief. I started off with the basic regime: Glacial Face Wash, the ANTIDOTE Quenching Daily Lotion, and Oxygen Infusion Night Cream.
Normally I would shy away from a foaming cleanser, but I was determined to whip my irritated, broken out, bumpy and generally unhappy skin into shape. Glacial Face Wash ($30 for 5.95oz) is a super-concentrated foaming cleanser that feels minty and refreshing, and leaves the skin with that squeaky-clean finish. Right off the bat I wondered if my typically normal-to-dry skin could handle it twice a day, and my instinct was correct: once a day is all my skin can handle. After cleansing in the morning, I smooth on several pumps of the ANTIDOTE Quenching Daily Lotion ($45 for 1.76oz). Talk about cool and refreshing! Look out if you are at all sensitive - this lotion is a serious skin awakener! I would definitely say that if my skin, in its stressed state, had any oily intentions, these two products are already knocking that out. When I am ready to put on makeup, my skin is matte and smooth. Sometimes this is a good thing, but I do notice that if my skin is feeling particularly sensitive, I need a little more comfort and moisture before my makeup or my skin gets dry, flaky patches by mid-day. If you are oily, though, you will appreciate this lotion.
At night, it's the Glacial Wash again (watch the eyes!), and then follow with Oxygen Infusion Night Cream ($75 for 1.98oz jar). I quickly discovered to be sparing with this cream or I end up with little balls of it sort of flaking off, but if I apply just a pea-sized amount it soaks in nicely and leaves a lovely healthy glow.
All of the Skyn Iceland products contain something they call Biospheric Complex, a blend of plant oils, extracts and glacial water that add beneficial fatty acids and antioxidants to the skin. There is definitely a healthy dose of science happening here, too, as these products are not exactly "natural" and include a laundry list of skin care buzzword ingredients like alpha linoleic acid, copper sulfate, glycosphingolipids (try saying that three times fast!) - you get the idea. Skyn Iceland has even included a short glossary of the plant-based ingredients on their website.
After using the products day and night for about a week and a half, my skin is no longer bumpy and some of the breakouts have calmed, but I can still see some work that needs to happen in my very stress-prone areas (chin and lower cheeks). I plan to stick with it, maybe add a couple of other products from the line, and see how I'm doing in a few weeks.
Being the locally-focused girl that I am, I recommend picking up Skyn Iceland products from Portland-based b-glowing.com.
- Heather
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Posted April 17, 2006
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