skyn ICELAND Review and Giveaway

October 17, 2009 by Karissa
Filed under Giveaways

You know the stress-crazed scenario: trading sleep for coffee, smoking when you shouldn’t, consuming ridiculous amounts of chocolate when you should be at a yoga class. Relax, manic mavens. Meet your new best friend skyn ICELAND. It’s the first skincare line specifically formulated to combat the detrimental effects of chronic “wigging-out” in your over-worked complexion. After exploring Iceland’s pure, untouched environment, the geniuses at skyn ICELAND discovered beneficial new botanicals and pristine glacial waters that would become their perfect antidote for stressed skin. The result is a skincare line that’s simple, yet effective; just the breath of fresh air exhausted skin needs to render it soft, clear, fresh, and glowing. There is nothing in skyn ICELAND products you wouldn’t want on your skin – that means, no parabens, sulfates, mineral oil, petroleum, formaldehyde or paraffin.

When stress is unrelenting, your hormone and chemical levels can spike, disrupting your body’s natural, healthy balance. Plus, skin’s natural immune function is impaired, so it’s less able to heal itself.

Like when you break out before every big event you look forward to?

skyn ICELAND skincare products are specifically formulated to counteract the detrimental effects of stress on skin. Since stressed skin is damaged skin, what it needs most is to be soothed, healed and replenished to regain its natural health and radiance. In Iceland’s pure, untouched environment we discovered new beneficial botanicals and pristine Icelandic glacial waters, which helped us create the perfect antidote for stressed skin. skyn Iceland created a proprietary Bisopheric Complex made up of elements from water, earth, and air, which can be found in all skyn ICELAND products.

This is what stress does:	This is how stress reacts:	The skyn ICELAND® solution:
Increases sebum (oil) production	Clogs pores and induces blemishes	Reduces oiliness and helps prevent breakouts. Promotes fresh, clear and blemish-free skin
Impairs lipid barrier function	Creates dry, dehydrated, dull skin	Moisturizes, nourishes and replenishes to create soft, smooth skin
Creates internal inflammation	Prematurely ages skin, causing lines and wrinkles	Visibly diminishes signs of aging for firmer, more toned and younger-looking skin
Compromises immune function	Creates dullness, lack of radiance and uneven skin tone and texture	Fortifies and protects for healthy, radiant and glowing skin
Irritates skin or increases sensitivity	Causes hives, redness, itching. Long-term could lead to psoriasis, eczema or rosacea	Diminishes redness and sensitivities. Skin is calm and balanced, returned to a state of harmony

skyn ICELAND sent me a their Fundamentals Kit. They created the kit out of their best selling items. Right now the kit is only available at Sephora for a limited time, but you can buy each individual product at skyn Iceland.

This set includes a 5.0 oz Glacial Face Wash, a 1.76 oz The Antidote Quenching Daily Lotion, and a 0.49 oz Icelandic Relief Eye Cream.

I had a good friend try this set out for us here at Prissy Green. I admit, I am a little jealous, as she loves the kit, and plans on purchasing more products from skyn Iceland, but my Carley’s treatment comes first for a little while! This is what she reported back to me:

The cleanser cleans so well but does not strip the skin. The minty smell is refreshing. I have dark circles and bags under my eyes, and the eye cream really helps. A little goes a long way…just a small bit. The moisturizer dries quickly after applied and may tingle a little bit.

The cleanser is formulated with Oats proteins as well as willow bark, Oats to heal and sooth, and willow bark to deep clean pores and exfoliate.

The Moisturizer with fatty acids, aloe and willow bark. Replenish, heal and exfoliate.

The eye cream with Vitamin K to promote circulation for dark circles and puffiness, and cotton powder for an optical diffuser.

skyn Iceland also sent me these amazing Glacial Cleansing Cloths. This cloths are unique as they actually foam and cleanse all traces of makeup, no water required for rinsing or foaming.

They have done a great job cleansing my skin on nights when I wasn’t feeling so hot. Usually due to a migraine. All mascara even!

FEATURES & BENEFITS:

Coconut, oat and amino acid-based surfactants provide extra-gentle cleansing
White willow bark, a naturally occurring form of salicylic acid, soothes irritation and helps prevent breakouts and congestion in the skin
Alpha bisabolol, a derivative of super-potent German chamomile helps soothe and calm irritated skin
Cucumber and cornflower extracts help soothe, soften and tone skin
Icelandic kelp helps revitalize skin and fight inflammation

I have a set of the Glacial Cleansing Cloths for THREE Prissy Green readers! To enter. Please visit skyn Iceland and tell me a product, not reviewed here, that you would like to try.

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