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Day 21 – GLOSSYBOX ADVENT-URES – Avant Skincare 3-1 Hyaluron-Filler Collagen Eye Formula

OK. So Glossybox have included yet another Avant Skincare product. To be perfectly honest, I really don’t know how I feel about this. The RRPs of these products are really high. The packaging is basic and the formulas are nothing special. For me, I feel that these must be filler products because we get them so often. It’s rare to receive other high end skincare brands with prices like this. Are they there to inflate the RRP of the boxes and this calendar? I wonder who would pay full price? And now that Glossybox have released their own skincare range, why would they include rival products? (I’m still using the Glossybox own brand eyecream I received in a Glossybox a few months ago. Watch the video!) Anyway, I’ve said most of this before in my post about subscription boxes, I think I may have a problem… including my thoughts around the idea that you rarely need to buy skincare again, because subscription boxes keep you topped up!

Avant Skincare 3-1 Hyaluron-Filler Collagen Eye Formula

Avant Skincare 3-1 Hyaluron-Filler Collagen Eye Formula

Glossybox description: Blending hyaluronic acid and collagen, this eye cream deeply hydrates your skin and improves its elasticity, helping to smooth out fine lines and wrinkles. Pat the eye cream under your eye, working from the inner to the outer corner of your lower lid.
RRP / £99.00
SHOP / Avant Skincare 3-1 Hyaluron-Filler Collagen Eye Formula

Box description: Apply in the morning and evening onto clean, dry skin around the eye area. Caution: Carry out a patch test 24 hours before first use. Avoid contact with eyes. Discontinue use if redness or irritation occurs.

Avant Skincare website description: Our 3-1 Hyaluron-Filler Collagen Eye Formula is part of the Avant Age Restore range. This revolutionary formula contains signature ingredients to even out the signs of ageing while maintaining a mattified complexion.

The science: Hyaluronic Acid aims to penetrate deep into the skin to hydrate and instantly helps improve the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. Collagen works as an important building block for elasticity and helps smooth the signs of ageing.

  • Aims to reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles
  • Works to deeply hydrate
  • Helps remove dark circles and eye bags
  • Contributes to smoothing and softening the skin

Apply in the morning and evening onto clean, dry skin around the eye area.

Discontinue use if redness or irritation occurs. Avoid direct contact with the eyes. Do not ingest.

Period after opening: 6 months

First Impressions: The packaging is the basic, plastic tube. The formula is gel-like and after testing it on the back of my hand, it absorbs well. It doesn’t have a particular fragrance and after it soaked in, it had a tightening effect, which I guess would help to keep the undereye area taught and help reduce wrinkles. I thought I felt a tingling sensation, but it subsided quickly. I will utilise this product once I finish the Glossybox eyecream and report back to you.

Louisa

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Day 12 – GLOSSYBOX ADVENT-URES – Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow Sleeping Mask

How cute! This is a tiny sample of a sleeping mask, 10ml. Glow Recipe has been all over the beauty influencers’ channels. I seem to remember this being a well-respected product and other US beauty subscription boxes having Glow Recipe products in them, although not this small! Maybe Glow Recipe are being cautious with the British marketplace?

Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow Sleeping Mask

Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow Sleeping Mask

Glossybox description: Formulated with amino-acid rich watermelon extract, hydrating hyaluronic acid and pore refining AHAs, this overnight mask exfoliates and clarifies your skin, giving you a radiant complexion. Gently pat a generous layer onto your cleansed skin before bed then wash it off in the morning.
RRP / Deluxe mini 10ml, worth £3.93. Full-size 80ml, £36.40
SHOP / https://www.glowrecipe.com/collections/watermelon/products/glow-recipe-watermelon-glow-sleeping-mask

Box description: Glowing radiance + smoothing AHA + hyaluronic acid.

Glow Recipe website description: The Watermelon Glow Sleeping Mask is a luxuriously bouncy, breathable sleeping mask that smoothes and perfects skin, overnight. This pillow-proof formula acts as a radiance-boosting hyaluronic acid face mask, formulated with soothing, amino-acid rich Watermelon Extract, hydrating Hyaluronic Acid, and pore refining AHAs that work while you sleep to gently exfoliate and clarify. It’ll quickly become your go-to face mask for glowing skin.

In an independent consumer testing panel of 32 women age 21 to 73:
– 90% of women agreed their skin felt more hydrated immediately after applying

After 4 weeks of use:
– 96% of women agreed their skin appeared radiant and brighter
– 92% of women agreed their skin appeared to be glowing
– 96% of women agreed their skin felt more bouncy

*Since our Watermelon Mask is made with real watermelon, you may find real fruit chunks in the formula.

First Impressions: The fragrance is heavenly! Having tested it on the back of my hand, I can tell that the product absorbs well, leaving the skin feeling cooled and smoothed. With such a small sample, I can’t tell how many applications it will provide, but I am looking forward to trying it out. My one reservation is how, if advised to apply a generous layer, will the product be pillow-proof! I’ll have to let you know!

Louisa

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