The beauty brief; help my winter skin in isolation
Winter and coming out of isolation has got our skin all thirsty for some attention. I don’t know about you but currently I am suffering from dehydrated skin and it is reacting to everything.
So we were on a mission to find a moisturiser that was going to give my skin some healing power and attention it so deserved and was screaming out for.
After briefing our needs to our skin specialist we were instantly recommended with no hesitation M.E. SkinLab Baume 27 and assured it was one of the most exciting balms on the market.
The only downside was price, at $222 it’s at the higher end of beauty market, but after testing and realising I hadn’t spent any money on any skincare or facials in nearly 3 months it was worthy of an investment. And wow it has not disappointed!
We would normally test skincare for at least 28 days (that’s how long it takes to see what a product is or isn’t doing) but haven’t been able to wait as I have seen a difference in under a week. In fact I could already tell this was a promising product within 2-3 days.
It’s our favourite new cell repairer. And even better it has no parabens, no phenoxyethanol, mineral oils or silicone.
so what’s it like you ask!?
It’s a cream-meets-balm classed as a new generation moisturiser– firm, rich, white, glossy, creamy and it melts into skin but here’s the good bit – without the oily glaze that the oil-based balms leave on your skin.
Among the 27 ingredients are MA2 Complex which is made up of 3 natural extracts of the Centenella Asiatica plant (also called gotu kola) which is big in Ayurvedic medicine, used for the treatment of skin conditions, to stimulate microcirculation and it’s famed for its anti-free radical properties too. Now there are oils in this formula, but it doesn’t feel oily – it’s more glowy, for lack of a better description, so for more mature skin which tends to become a bit more papery and lose its sheen, this would be a really good cell-energising repair balm to try.
I’ve been applying a layer at night and have really seen an improvement on my face first thing in the morning, this balm’s hydrating effect seems to be particularly long-lasting.
Shea butter, sesame and need oils, peptides (lysine and arginine), white birch and hibiscus seed extract as well as kudzu and aloe vera are all in this cool white pot – so you’re paying for a lot of energizing, moisture-boosting factors in there. Peptides are tiny and can penetrate the skin, encouraging skin to produce more collagen which is *vital* the older you get, to help slow any sagging.
If your skin is dry and feeling unloved, hand on heart I think this is one of the best cutting edge balms I’ve come across.
