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Dr Perricone’s Private Reserve Serum: yours for £595
Dr. Perricone’s Private Reserve Serum: it’s like one of those private members clubs that we ordinary mortals don’t even know exist, so exclusive is it. The story behind this serum is that it comes from the Doctor’s own private supply, which has previously only been available to a few famous faces: however, luckily for us, it’s now been made available at Harrods, so we can all sample it’s age-defying benefits.
Of course, I say “all”: given that this is priced at £595 for 30ml, I seriously doubt it’s going to be within the reach of most of us. In fact, you could argue that it’s not much less exclusive now that it’s being sold online. Still, I’m going to assume that for that price it really IS the miracle worker it claims to be, and those claims include anti-ageing, anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant (a lot of “antis”, then), skin firming and collagen enhancing benefits, plus “a combination of five gold standard neuropeptides to improve texture, tone, firmness, radiance, smoothness, lines and wrinkles.” The blurb also states that your skin will feel firmer after just one application, which will certainly be reassuring after you’ve dropped almost £600ml on it. Personally, I’d want to look like Cheryl Cole after one application for that price, but I’m clearly not part of the target market for this in any case, so what does everyone else think? Would you spend £600 on a serum?
(Click here if you answered “yes”…)
Clinique Repairwear Laser Focus Wrinkle & UV Damage Corrector
I can’t seem to pick up a magazine at the moment without reading a glowing review of Clinique’s new Repairwear Laser Focus Wrinkle & UV Damage Corrector, and the more I read, the more I start to foresee a £35 skincare purchase in my near future.
Actually, though, if this product lives up to the hype, I think £35 will be a bit a of a bargain. Essentially a serum, the difference with this one is that they’re claiming it performs almost the same function as a laser resurfacing procedure. True, the Clinique product is only about 63% as effective as a laser treatment, but when you consider the difference in price (laser treatments can cost hundreds, this is just £35), that’s still sounding fairly compelling to me.
The serum takes a three-pronged approach to making skin look younger: there are anti-oxidants to neutralize free radicals and allow the skin to repair itself naturally, peptides to boost collagen production and hep smooth fine lines, and repair enzimes to help make the skin stronger and more able to heal itself. Put all of this together and you get a product which, Clinique say, will start to make a difference to the skin after four weeks of twice-a-day use: give it 12 weeks, however, and you should start to see results comparable to laser resurfacing.
Now, I really, really want to believe that all of this is true, and most of the reviews I’d read so far do seem to be positive. As someone whose spent a lot more money than I’m prepared to admit to over the years on so-called “wonder products”, however, I’m naturally a little cynical. Somehow, though, I doubt that cynicism will stop me giving this a try at some point as the price seems reasonable for a serum, and downright cheap if it really DOES do everything it claims to.
Want to give it a try? Click here to buy it direct from Clinique: and if you do, I’d love to hear what you think of it!
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Dollface Reviews: Boots Refine & Rewind Intense Perfecting Serum
It’s been over four weeks since I picked up my bottle of Boots’ Refine & Rewind Intense Perfecting Serum, so time for a quick review…
As I mentioned in my last post, this is actually the second time I’ve used Refine & Rewind, and I have to say the difference in my skin was less noticeable the second time round. When I first used the serum, back in April, there was a noticeable difference to pore size and skin softness – this time, although there was an improvement, it wasn’t quite as dramatic. That could just be because my skin had improved from the last round of Refine & Rewinding, or it could just be because I’ve been very stressed lately, which isn’t so great for skin, as we know. But that aside, on with the review:
