February 23, 2010
Posted by marta
When I was asked to take a look at eye cream called Pack Your Bags They’re Leaving ($39.95) from a company called Simply Divine Botanicals, my first thought was this is cool, a natural cosmetic company with a quirky sense of humor. Ok so, so the web site’s tag line - “merging science with energy and love” – was a bit New Agey, but what the heck. Then I looked at the ingredients for Pack Your Bags. The first item was “unconditional love and gratitude”. Definitely New Age. Then I looked again, something was a bit fishy.
As I dug around, I found myself brushing up against the paranormal, tele-evangelists and visions from God that led to humanity-saving soap. Honestly, you can’t make this stuff up. Read more...
February 4, 2010
Posted by marta
Prompted by Junko, I did a search on Elite Eye Serum ($99) and I didn’t much like what I saw. There are dozens of faux blogs extolling its virtues and I wasn’t at all surprised to find that the website doesn’t make the full ingredients list available. Elite does assure us that its serum “contains a very effective, highly concentrated dose of pharmaceutical-grade ingredients such as Argireline, Haloxyl, Eyeliss and hyaluronic acid, however no prescription is required.” Yes, but along with what exactly.
I emailed the company for the full ingredients list for Elite Eye Serum and was in for two surprises. First, I got a reply the very next day and, secondly, this eye cream looks pretty good – especially if dark under eye circles are one of your issues. Read more...
January 2, 2010
Posted by marta
It has been pointed out to me that we need to give our community regular alerts when a new product is introduced to the Truth In Aging store. We shall find as many non-intrusive ways to do this as we can and will post articles like this one, use the newsletters and later we will be introducing an iPhone app. The latest reviewed and recommended beauty products to hit our shelves are from the DermaRadiant line and Osmosis. Read more...
December 21, 2009
Posted by marta
If you’ve been listening to the radio recently, you may well have been assaulted by ads for a miracle cream for dark under eye circles called Hydrolyze and you may even have been tempted to go for the so-called 30-day free trial. With more than a whiff of a scam about it, we just had to know more. What is Hydrolize anyway? Is it likely to work? Who is behind it? And what’s with the ‘free trial’? The answers threw up some surprises including Russian dolls, the KGB and Yul Brinner. Read more...
December 1, 2009
Posted by marta
Define, a new antiaging cream from Your Best Face that targets the lip area, was actually made with help from Truth In Aging’s VIP members. Yes, your wisdom and passion for great skincare is shaping the future of the cosmetics industry – one potion at a time. Actually, two. VIPers also had the chance to test and pitch in on Prep, YBF’s new exfoliator. And now (drum roll, please) we are proud to introduce a bundle of some of YBF’s finest at a brilliant discount exclusively for TIA readers.
In the Truth In Aging store, you will now find the YBF goody bag with the all new Define (full size), Quench (full size), a better-than-ever Correct eye cream (trial size), and Prep exfoliator (trial size). The total value is $160.40, but it is all yours for $130. Yeay! Read more...
