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Guest Review: Olay ProX Anti-Aging Skin Care

Today brings a guest post from Kylee Baumle, who writes a beautiful gardening blog, Our Little Acre, a site that is also full of wonderful photography and a good dose of cat stories! Read below for Kylee’s review:

Around the age of forty, I started thinking maybe I should consider taking better care of my skin.  When fifty rolled around, I wished I'd taken better care of it at twenty and thirty. I've always been a fan of Olay Regenerist products, especially the Daily Serum, so when I started seeing their new ProX products being advertised, I checked them out. ProX is clinically proven to stimulate skin to perform much like it did when it was younger by increasing turnover of the surface cells and repairing the moisture barrier. In addition to costing a fraction of what department store products do, as an introduction incentive Olay was offering a $10 discount at the time of purchase of their Anti-Aging Starter Kit, which retails for about $60.  Their guarantee promised my money-back if I wasn't satisfied with the performance of their products, so I bought them.

Olay ProX Anti-Aging Starter Kit

Included in the starter kit were:  Eye Restoration Complex .3 oz tube, Age Repair Lotion with SPF 30 1 oz. pump, and Wrinkle Smoothing Cream 1 oz jar.  I was to use the Eye Restoration both morning and evening, the Age Repair Lotion in the morning, and the Wrinkle Smoothing Cream at night.  As one who has a hard time following any kind of skin care regimen, this was a challenge to me.  But I'd spent enough money on the kit and I truly wanted to see results, so I vowed to stick with it.

After just one week of using the kit, I noticed that my skin felt softer.  At somewhere around two to three weeks usage, my skin looked slightly smoother.  It's been five weeks now and I like how my skin feels and looks.  To be honest, the results aren't dramatic, but they are enough that I will keep using it and have already purchased a second starter kit.

None of the products felt greasy, which was a relief to me.  I had somewhat oily skin as a teenager and shunned moisturizers for years after that because I hated that greasy feel that most gave me.  I am a side sleeper and did notice that my skin felt slightly sticky where it touched the pillow.  It wasn't enough to be all that annoying however.

The ProX products have a very slight fragrance - something somewhat medicinal in nature - but not strong enough to be objectionable.  I wish they'd used whatever fragrance is in their Regenerist Daily Serum, as I think that one is quite nice. Because the regimen is different in the morning than it is in the evening, I was more diligent about sticking with the program and only missed a morning or two.  I have never missed a night of using the products.

There are three other products in the line: Deep Wrinkle Treatment, Discoloration Fighting Concentrate, and Hydra Firming Cream.  I'd like to try each of those, especially the latter two.

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M Lab Anti-Aging Eye Cream and Anti-Aging Treatment Serum

I have been trying out some M Lab luxury skin care products and today I focus on two of my favorites, M Lab Anti-Aging Eye Cream, and M Lab Anti-Aging Treatment Serum.

M LAB Skin Care

M Lab focuses on including a high level of active treatment ingredients in every product. Their eye cream is wonderful stuff. It is deeply moisturizing, with quick absorption, and  it has  luxurious look and feel to it. My under eye area has been looking great ever since I started using the cream a month ago and it is up there with the best I have ever tried. There are a multitude of different active ingredients in this eye cream and details are available on the M Lab site. Unfortunately, it all also comes with a hefty price tag--$170 for .5 oz.  So, as much as I love my sample, I can't quite jusitify spending that much for an eye cream. It is very good, but there are more affordable good eye creams out there as well.

Another M LAb favorite of mine is the treatment serum. This serum is formulated with 74% active ingredients and targets wrinkles, hydration, and pigmentation. It absorbs into the skin with a bit of tingling, but I didn’t find myself running into sensitivity issues with it.  After a couple of weeks of nightly use, my skin definitely looks brighter. I love this serum, but as with the eye cream, it carries a high price--$275 for 1 oz. Again, it is lovely stuff, but I don't beleive that it merits that high of a high price tag.

Disclosures: Beauty and Fashion Tech at times reviews products provided by a representative of the company. When we do so, we specifically state so. We also use affiliate links. For more, please see the disclosure page

Lumene Time Freeze Cooling Eye Stick

2167091 Time Freeze Cooling Eye Stick is a unique and literally cool little product. This stick eye cream has a nice cooling effect on the skin to help reduce puffiness and it moisturizes the under eye area at the same time. I have become rather addicted to mine!

The little stick (it kind of looks like a mini deodorant stick) is easy to carry and easy to use. I use it first thing in the morning and then sometimes stick in my purse for use after my noon workout. Look for Lumene skin care items at CVS and ULTA Beauty stores.

Update: You can now also get Lumene products at Sears: Lumene Time Freeze Cooling Eye Stick

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