1.) Kleem Organics Vitamin CE Serum ($23.75)
Kleem Organics Intensive Rejuvenating Vitamin C Serum contains a lot of my favorite ingredients, including 20% vitamins C as sodium ascorbyl phosphate, vitamin E, ferulic acid, hyaluronic acid, jojoba oil, and witch hazel.
For a tight budget, it’s a spectacular value. It is perfect for normal to dry and dry skin types for regular use.
And if you’re into natural products, you’re in luck: It is also a 72% organic serum, which is saying a lot, considering that all of the ingredients are quite potent.
2.) Skin & Co. Roma: This week only ($36 value gift set free with $70 purchase)
When I first stumbled across Skin & Co. Roma, I was looking for a product that was luxurious for a friend.
When I looked into the ingredient, Truffles, I was intrigued. Though it just sounds posh, it turns out that Truffle extract may stimulate the natural activity of a powerhouse antioxidant, Superoxide dismutase, within your skin cells (Fungal Diversity, 2010; Mycological Research, 1999).
The packaging is beautiful, and these products leave a wonderful feeling on the skin without any tackiness. It’s a great gift for yourself or others!
How is Skin & Co a value? Well, this week only at Nordstrom, you can receive travel-size samples of Truffle Body Gel, Sicilian Body Lotion, and Truffle Body Milk with your $70 Skin & Co. Roma purchase. A $36 value, free! Online only.
3.) Olivella Cleansing Wipes ($7.99)
It’s hard to find a great value in skin care for under even $25, but Olivella has managed to create a sensational product under $10!
Olivella Cleansing Tissues contain some highly hydrating and skin-beneficial ingredients like olive oil (of course), vitamin E, vitamin B5, and glycerin.
Olivella Cleansing Tissues leave the skin soft and smooth. They take off most makeup and leave the skin primed for further moisturization. Skin feels fresh and clean. I recommend them for all but the most oily or acne-prone of skin types.
4.) AminoGenesis Therapeutic Facial Repair Formula ($44)
I discovered amino acids last year, and I haven’t looked back since. Amino acids have been shown to do everything from fighting wrinkles (European Journal of Dermatology, 2013) to stimulating collagen production (Journal of Peptide Science, 2012) to combatting bacterial production (Pharmaceuticals, 2014).
[Read more: Do Amino Acids Actually Do Anything in Skin Care?]
If you’re wondering if amino acids are going to make a difference on your facial skin, then AminoGenesis Therapeutic Facial Repair Formula is the product to try. Designed with all 17 aforementioned amino acids embedded in deeply-penetrating butylene glycol, this product will get the amino acids delivered deep within your skin. All the better if you apply it at night, when your basal body temperature is highest and products penetrate skin the best!
AminoGenesis Therapeutic Facial Repair Formula is lightly hydrating, so it is suitable for normal/dry, normal, and normal/oily skin types — all but the most extreme on both ends. It wears well on the skin, without any sticky residue or skin tugging. It leaves skin lightly hydrated.
5.) FutureDerm NEW Specialist Customizable Moisturizer ($79.79 — Limited time $10 off)
I don’t like to promote FutureDerm products too much on the blog, but we just decided to remarket the FutureDerm Specialist Customizable Moisturizers.
Before, we had 32 combinations to choose from, but we found that people were overwhelmed. A few surveys and a couple of email exchanges later, I realized what you really want is someone to understand you and your skin’s needs, and to formulate a moisturizer just for you.
With the FutureDerm Specialist Customizable Moisturizer, we finally have a moisturizer as unique as you are. With over 120 possible configurations, we can create a moisturizer just for you, by hand. And we not only want to learn your story and what makes your skin unique, but use that to formulate the ideal combination of ingredients to address your concerns. Answer the questions on the Customizable Moisturizer page and we will hand-formulate a moisturizer just for you!
Bottom Line
No matter what budget you’re operating on, there are some great deals in skin care in early January! As always, if you have any questions, please, let me know.