The Review Broads are my new best friends! If your not familiar with their style, you have got to go to their blog. Zippy lives in FL and Ava lives in Utah. All three of us are in our 50's, so we had an instant comraderie. I don't usually post entire reviews on my site, but these ladies are so funny and so honest in their take on Skin Free, that I decided to borrow their chat about the products. Please visit their site and take advantage of the $30 Skin Free Skincare Gift Certificate they offer. I can't thank you enough, Ladies. You guys are great!
Broad A: I am an organic girl! So when Z and I decided to review the SkinFree products I was thrilled.
Broad Z: Well, as you know I've already reviewed Skin Free on Champagne Living, so I was already excited about Skin Free as well. Unlike you A, I'm not the organic girl. I'd be first in line for Botox and fillers if I didn't think that it would HURT.
Broad A: When I first tried Firming Matrix for Face I had a small reaction. AND I don't believe that it had anything to do with the product. Z has olive skin, I have the palest Irish skin around! That's why I wear little if not anything on my face except sunblock. Julie, the owner of SkinFree (bless her heart) advised me to stop using anything but the soap and she sent out Skin Free After Shower Moisturizer Spritz and Daytime Light Moisture. I had continued to use the Correction Face Nectar and the Acai Scrub for Sparkling Face (I couldn't help it, my face felt amazing!).
Broad Z: Olive Skin?? Don't you mean over sunned, shoe-leather skin? I'm beginning to look like one of those old Miami Beach Broads (all I need is the cigarette hanging from my lips)....LOL. But you're right, I have olive Mediterranean skin, so it's TOUGH. But, I have my share of skin problems. PLUS, I'm very lazy. I live in South Florida and only put sunblock on when I go to the beach. I know, it doesn't make any sense, like the sun only hits my face when I'm sitting on the sand. Julie had sent me the Firming Matrix Cream, the Corrective Face Nectar, the Acai Scrub for Sparkling Face and the Extra Moisturizing Soap. I have to admit, that this was the first time that I've ever (in my 55 years) actually been faithful to a skin care regimine. There have been so many changes in my skin, I wish I had taken before and after pictures.
Broad A: The Face Nectar and the Acai Scrub are unbelievable. I am originally from Miami, and have had skin cancer from lying out on the beautiful beaches and now I have a quarter size brown age spot on the right side of my face. I used the Scrub once a week, and the Nectar every day and night. I have to tell you ladies, it is almost gone. Like Z I wish I had taken pictures! I certainly couldn't afford laser treatments but I am THRILLED with the results of SkinFree! My skin tone has evened out and now that I am using the Daily Moisturizer, I notice a totally different feeling to my skin. I look 5 years younger. I know this sounds crazy, but it is TRUE! I love this product, with its all natural oils and the way it just soaks into the skin. I use olive oil and eggs in my hair once a week to get that wonderful shine that I like without chemicals, and since SkinFree has not only olive oil but primrose oil, acai powder, sweet almond oils, and more, it smells a little like olive oil. I have found myself liking the smell alot even though it was a little strange at first.
Broad Z: I have to say "I told you so" A, but....I told you so. I got to use the products first and I wasn't sure that you believed me when I told you that my skin was lightening and the muddy color was evening out. My age spots (um, sun spots) are disappearing!! Julie has done amazing things with these products. I have to say though, that I had a difficult time getting over the overpowering smell of the natural oils at first. I'm sooooo used to perfumed products that I almost stopped using them. Now I've grown to LOVE the smell. Shoot girl, you look 5 years younger? UGH - you're 5 years older than me and always looked younger, now you're looking even YOUNGER?
Broad A: The Acai Scrub is delicious, delicious, delicious! Again, I have only used Lancome all my life, and never realized that there are products out there now that actually regenerate the skin, instead of just covering it up (that's what happens when you live in Utah and not Florida!).
Broad Z: See, now I had a difficult time manipulating the Acai Scrub, but I agree it's worth the extra work. For those who are thinking about buying/using it...my suggestion is to spoon it out. I used my fingers the first time and made a HUGE mess of my vanity. It wasn't the products' fault, I'm a slob and I took too big a glob of it.
Broad A: Bravo, Julie, SkinFree works! The Daytime Light Moisturizer fells like a light balm treatment. It soaks into the skin immediately and since of course it is all natural oils, there is no "aftertaste" of the usual cream moisturizers that seem to stay on top of my skin. This product not only works - but because I am one of those people who hate putting mucky stuff on my face, I LOVED the natural scents and the GLOW, and HOW my skin felt - alive for the first time in years.
Broad Z: Poo, I didn't try the moisturizer yet, but I was able to use the firming cream. It's pretty cool because you can feel the tingle and tighten as soon as you apply it.
Broad A: I know I am babbling on as Z would say, but I can't recommend this product highly enough. Julie is a joy to work with and really CARED about the first small reaction I had. She sent product out immediately to fix it. AND - the best news of all - these products are affordable if you, like me live in the Hut instead of the Mansion!
Broad Z: I'm going to have to agree with A on this, these products actually did what they claim to. Hey A, did you know that you can buy some of them at Walgreens? Of course you can buy the ENTIRE collection of Skin Free products at SkinFree.net. Oh and I expected them to be EXPENSIVE, but they're not. All of Skin Free's products are priced so that anyone can afford them (not like the expensive GOOP that I buy that never works).
Why do you insist on living in a HUT? Come down and visit me at the mansion A, but wait until winter when it's gorgeous in South Florida and COLD in SLC.
SkinFree Products Used by Broad "A":
■SkinFree Extra Moisturing Soap - gentle
■SkinFree After Shower Moisture Spritz - like going to the spa
■Acai Scrub for Sparkling Skin - needs a French label! GREAT
■Daytime Light Moisturizer - stays on all day, and feels much like the face nectar
■Corrective Face Nectar - really lightens age and sunspots and I plan to buy a year's supply!
Skin Free Products Used by Broad "Z":
■Skin Free Extra Moisturizing Soap - I used it not only on my face but ALL OVER (sorry, didn't mean to burn that image into your brain).
■Acai Scrub for Sparkling Skin- wow, talk about baby smooth skin
■Corrective Face Nectar - I think this is what's REALLY healing my damaged skin.
■Firming Matrix Cream - love that tingle & tighten
Thanks again Ladies! Now that's what a review is all about! Don't forget the Skin Free Walgreens BOGO has been extended to our CVS stores. More to come...Julie
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Thursday, May 28, 2009
More Skin Free Giveaways for All my Friends!
Good DAy! It's Thursday and our short week is almost gone! Ready for another weekend? With the almost constant Spring rain we've had in central VA, it seems my life is a constant struggle to get the weeds out my lush garden! You have to really enjoy the cool rainny weather because it's generally the prelude to a sweltering drought that will last most of the summer. C'est la guerre!
Are you ready for another give-away or two? Chelsea over at Mama Makes Money has Skin Free Whipped Tamanu Body Butter waiting for a lucky winner. Her Contest lasts through June 14th, so you have plenty of time to partake of the fun!. You will absolutely love Chelsea's Retro blog look. It's very Anne Tainter and looks good enough to eat, so go visit!
I almost forgot it's time to announce the winner of our own Contest winner. Let me run check and see who gets the goodies and I'll be right back. Ciao ya'll. Jules
Are you ready for another give-away or two? Chelsea over at Mama Makes Money has Skin Free Whipped Tamanu Body Butter waiting for a lucky winner. Her Contest lasts through June 14th, so you have plenty of time to partake of the fun!. You will absolutely love Chelsea's Retro blog look. It's very Anne Tainter and looks good enough to eat, so go visit!
I almost forgot it's time to announce the winner of our own Contest winner. Let me run check and see who gets the goodies and I'll be right back. Ciao ya'll. Jules
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Lots of Information!!!
Our good friend, Rachel Levine at NIH, has her new Yoga Week website up and running. Rachel is really into yoga and it's health and mental benefits. This is the link to the website:
http://does.ors.od.nih.gov/fitness/yogaWeek.htm Even if you don't live in the Washington DC/Maryland Beltway area, I think you will find the website interesting. Rachel has been busy helping promote Skin Free products by giving out samples of our great soap for Earth Day and will be sharing them during Yoga Week as well.
Rachel also introduced us to National Yoga Month, which will be held during the month of September in 10 major cities across the US. More to follow about that!
There are new products and gift bags at www.skinfree.net. Our latest addition to the product line is called Super Moisture Butter Creme. It's formula is based on our Super Moisture Body Balm with two major differences:
1) It contains water, so it's texture is more like a typical cream. Lot's of people prefer the silkier smooth consistency of creams, so here you go!
2) It doesn't contain soy. It worried me that so many people kept requesting products without soy. Approximately 8% of children have soy allergies. People who have underlying asymptomatic soy allergies can cause these allergies to become active by using soy products on their skin. Now there is a Skin Free alternative.
There are Four (4) Gift Bag Suggestions on our Skin Free website now:
1) The Basic Four Gift Bag- our first four products - Balm, After Shower Spritz, Naiouli Butter Stick, and Soap. This is a great gift for a new mother, a newly diagnosed diabetic or renal patient,
a radiation or chemo therapy patient, someone with severe allergies, especially to fragrances.
2) The Eczema Relief Kit- the After Shower Spritz and 4 bars of Extra Moisturizing Soap. I've seen this combo so many people, including children. We will be donating these kits to the National Eczema Association's Conference in San Diego this July.
3) The Skin Renewal System- our Sweet and Smooth Sugar Scrub teams up with our deluxe Whipped Tamanu Body Butter just in time for Spring. You won't be afraid to show a little skin after using this combo.
4) The About Face Power Pack- this group includes our Corrective Face Nectar, Daytime Light Moisture, and several bars of our Extra Moisturizing Soap. This would make a great Mother's Day gift.
Speaking of Mother's Day, we will have some new products and special offers at www.blueridgegypsy.com posted soon just for the occasion.
We have had several requests for other new products. Right now we are working on developing a really luxurious liquid soap, We get a lot of people asking for this one. There don't seem to be many unscented natural choices for a moisturizing liquid soap. Dr. Bronner's is great for people with healthy skin, but we are working on a formula that will enrich sensitive skin the same way that our Extra Moisturizing Soap Bar does. I think we will be able to release a batch in teh next few weeks.
We are also working on a couple of new facial products. I've got a really exotic face cream formula, but it's a little pricey. I've been using it on my face and it feels like heaven! The formula includes CO2 extracts of oat seeds, raspberry seeds, and seabuckthorn berries. It's very light, but rich. Any volunteers for testing? I'm hoping that it's effective against rosacea. If any of you have rosacea and would like to provide "before" and "after" pix, let me know.
Lastly, we are going to start offering GIVEAWAYS here on the blog from all three of the websites just to see if you are paying attention. The first one coming up soon for Mother's Day.
Stay tuned for more. later, Julie
http://does.ors.od.nih.gov/fitness/yogaWeek.htm Even if you don't live in the Washington DC/Maryland Beltway area, I think you will find the website interesting. Rachel has been busy helping promote Skin Free products by giving out samples of our great soap for Earth Day and will be sharing them during Yoga Week as well.
Rachel also introduced us to National Yoga Month, which will be held during the month of September in 10 major cities across the US. More to follow about that!
There are new products and gift bags at www.skinfree.net. Our latest addition to the product line is called Super Moisture Butter Creme. It's formula is based on our Super Moisture Body Balm with two major differences:
1) It contains water, so it's texture is more like a typical cream. Lot's of people prefer the silkier smooth consistency of creams, so here you go!
2) It doesn't contain soy. It worried me that so many people kept requesting products without soy. Approximately 8% of children have soy allergies. People who have underlying asymptomatic soy allergies can cause these allergies to become active by using soy products on their skin. Now there is a Skin Free alternative.
There are Four (4) Gift Bag Suggestions on our Skin Free website now:
1) The Basic Four Gift Bag- our first four products - Balm, After Shower Spritz, Naiouli Butter Stick, and Soap. This is a great gift for a new mother, a newly diagnosed diabetic or renal patient,
a radiation or chemo therapy patient, someone with severe allergies, especially to fragrances.
2) The Eczema Relief Kit- the After Shower Spritz and 4 bars of Extra Moisturizing Soap. I've seen this combo so many people, including children. We will be donating these kits to the National Eczema Association's Conference in San Diego this July.
3) The Skin Renewal System- our Sweet and Smooth Sugar Scrub teams up with our deluxe Whipped Tamanu Body Butter just in time for Spring. You won't be afraid to show a little skin after using this combo.
4) The About Face Power Pack- this group includes our Corrective Face Nectar, Daytime Light Moisture, and several bars of our Extra Moisturizing Soap. This would make a great Mother's Day gift.
Speaking of Mother's Day, we will have some new products and special offers at www.blueridgegypsy.com posted soon just for the occasion.
We have had several requests for other new products. Right now we are working on developing a really luxurious liquid soap, We get a lot of people asking for this one. There don't seem to be many unscented natural choices for a moisturizing liquid soap. Dr. Bronner's is great for people with healthy skin, but we are working on a formula that will enrich sensitive skin the same way that our Extra Moisturizing Soap Bar does. I think we will be able to release a batch in teh next few weeks.
We are also working on a couple of new facial products. I've got a really exotic face cream formula, but it's a little pricey. I've been using it on my face and it feels like heaven! The formula includes CO2 extracts of oat seeds, raspberry seeds, and seabuckthorn berries. It's very light, but rich. Any volunteers for testing? I'm hoping that it's effective against rosacea. If any of you have rosacea and would like to provide "before" and "after" pix, let me know.
Lastly, we are going to start offering GIVEAWAYS here on the blog from all three of the websites just to see if you are paying attention. The first one coming up soon for Mother's Day.
Stay tuned for more. later, Julie
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