NYLON - August 2008 - (Page 114) CRAFT SERVICE THESE SUMMER BEAUTY ITEMS WILL HAVE YOU IN STITCHES. BY FIORELLA VALDESOLO. PRODUCTS CREATED BY MEGAN WHITMARSH AND PHOTOGRAPH BY CHIKA KOBARI HOT TOPICAL The beauty world is constantly coming up with new ingredients. Each one usually has a long-winded story about its exotic point of origin, and a lengthy list of the skin concerns that it will magically make disappear. The majority of them are pure snake oil, but occasionally an ingredient emerges that is everything it promises to be and more. Phloretin is one such ingredient. A newly discovered flavonoid extracted from the bark of fruit trees, phloretin has a number of powerful antioxidant properties. And when it’s combined with vitamin C and ferulic acid, as Skinceuticals has done in their new Phloretin CF Treatment, the result is a supercharged topical capable of combating existing photodamage, hyperpigmentation, and the signs of aging with ease. It seems that this magic ingredient might just do the trick. SKINCEUTICALS PHLORETIN CF, $150, SKINCEUTICALS.COM. PUFF PUFF, GIVE Very rarely does a skincare product simultaneously look good, feel pleasant when applied, and actually achieve something. Usually if it’s working it’s so ugly that you have to keep it hidden, and if it’s soothing then it’s ineffective. So it was with much skepticism that I approached Garnier’s newest offering, the Skin Renew Anti-Puff Eye Roller. The packaging is compact and cute, and yes, gliding the cool massaging roller around my eyes felt amazing, but it couldn’t be doing anything right? After a sleepless night (not because of anything more exciting than a TV marathon too shameful to share) I offered up my pair of puffy peepers as the ultimate test case. And the eye treatment, which uses a combination of caffeine, pro vitamin B5 and glycerin, actually helped impart the illusion that I was well-rested. Too bad I was passed out on my sofa by noon, so no one really noticed. GARNIER NUTRIONISTE SKIN RENEW ANTI-PUFF EYE ROLLER, $12.99, AT DRUGSTORES. http://SKINCEUTICALS.COM
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