BeautyFIX March 2019 SPOILER #3

well no amber…if the conditioner is going to be there they will announce it as a spoiler…otherwise they do not send conditioner with a shampoo…that’s the way they do it..

I’m going to have to agree with the other replies. FAB is awesome. Their Ultra Repair Cream is the best moisturizer I have ever used. It works great for my face and body. I was getting super dry over the winter and this has saved me. Their cream cleanser is great as well. I have had zero breakouts since I started using their products. When I ran out of the cleaner I switched back to something else I had sitting around and since then my chin has been covered in zits.

I’m tempted to sign up for this box purely for the FAB eye cream.

FAB is one of my skin rescue brands. I love it.

This brand literally saved my skin. It’s a godsend for people with sensitive skin that reacts to everything. I was having reactions to all my beauty products until I started using FA ultra repair line and The Ordinary. I will forever love them 🙂

This brand has the best (or at least by far one of the best) moisturizers for oily skin, based on everything from their line that I have personally tried (the Skin Rescue Oil-Free Mattifying Gel Moisturizer), that I keep rebuying btw, so I would give them the benefit of the doubt.

Honestly I often don’t find Sephora reviews to be very reliable. Well, more reliable with makeup in my experience than with skincare.

Their CS rep told me to wait until march 1st to sign up.

Yes, wait until March. They sometimes don’t have subscriptions open or the first couple of days of a month so I generally sign up on the 3rd or 4th of a month i I want the box.

Check the Dermstore and see if the Feb box is sold out yet. In my experience the monthly box usually sells out, then you will receive the next months box. I have cancelled and restarted multiple times.

I agree with you!! This is a good article for people interested in the 1%!! https://www.carolinehirons.com/2015/09/quick-quides-how-to-read-ingredients.html

We really don’t know if they change the formula outside of the UK so we don’t know if it’s more of less than 1% in the US, so I think your comment is spot on. Since your concern was the amount of other active ingredients and not the toxicity of the P, not sure what the other comments are about, I think there might be a drug company employee among us?

Tnanks Nina, I appreciate the comment. I’m also a skincare junkie. I already knew that the ingredients are listed in descending order of concentration. But I didn’t know about the 1% thing, so that will help me. I had already noticed that the vitamin C was just derivatives, MAP and tetraisopalmitate. These 2 ingredients plus the licorice root should help with brightening tone and spots. But, this serum won’t do anything to increase collagen production or reduce lines for antiaging. Which is what I want in a vitamin C serum. The worst thing about this serum is the price. Even if someone was looking for only a brightening serum, there are much stronger and cheaper ones out there. It is a 10 ml bottle, which makes it $105/oz. You can get MAP in 10% and tetraisopalmitate in 20% from The Ordinary. Or for even better brightening, if you’re OK with hydroquinone, you can get Alpha Skincare for 9.80/oz from Dermstore. Same ingredient in prescription lighters. (And yes, I do know hydroquinone is banned in Europe, but the ban wasn’t evidence based which is why it is still available over the counter here.) Anyway, my point was Look for better Vit C serums, there are lots of inexpensive dupes out there for Skinceutical CEF

I replied to Nina earlier about the phenoxyethanol, but the MSA gods apparently don’t care for scientific accuracy. Oh well. In short, you have nothing to worry about unless you decide to eat the phenoxyethanol.

I appreciate the comment. I’m also a skincare junkie. I already knew that the ingredients are listed in descending order of concentration. But I didn’t know about the 1% thing, so that will help me. I had already noticed that the vitamin C was just derivatives, MAP and tetraisopalmitate. These 2 ingredients plus the licorice root should help with brightening tone and spots. But, this serum won’t do anything to increase collagen production or reduce lines for antiaging. Which is what I want in a vitamin C serum. The worst thing about this serum is the price. Even if someone was looking for only a brightening serum, there are much stronger and cheaper ones out there. It is a 10 ml bottle, which makes it $105/oz. You can get MAP in 10% and tetraisopalmitate in 20% from The Ordinary. Or even better for brightening, if you’re OK with hydroquinone, you can get Alpha Skincare for 9.80/oz from Dermstore. Same ingredient in prescription lighters. (And yes, I do know hydroquinone is banned in Europe, but the ban wasn’t evidence based which is why it is still available over the counter here.) Anyway, my point was Look for better Vit C serums, there are lots of inexpensive dupes out there for Skinceutical CEF

Phenoxyethanol kills bacteria effectively. Qualifying your statement: Its concentration limit at 1% in cosmetics is only IN THE E.U. AND JAPAN. It is approved for more in the United States. The toxicity comes from ingestion. So don’t eat it. Problem solved.

I love this brands coconut primer for winter. It really hydrates my combo skin and leaves my makeup looking great at the end of the day. I’m happy to be getting another product to try.

Where are you seeing this? As already mentioned, it has a “best product” rating on Beautypedia, and the user reviews on Ulta and Sephora are mostly positive as well.

Besides, I wouldn’t judge the efficacy of a skincare product by how well it goes under makeup.

It has 5 stars on Beautypedia.

I know some people swear by this brand but I’ve never been impressed with ANY of their products. However I’m always happpy to give a new eye cream a shot. If it does even half of what it claims it’ll be a win for me.

BeautyFix, you are loved. I love the addition of hair care products.

HA! That’s exactly why I canceled birchbox!

Yeah I’ll take the shampoo as gravy. I have color treated hair and i love trying the expensive shampoos! This is a win!