The beauty world these days is saturated with skincare brands and each one will have their own unique selling point, promising to solve your skincare issues, however even if the sales assistant is wonderful and the brand is known world over, I often find it hard to part with my cash based just on sales chat alone.
This is where Elemis has a lead on the skincare market: the Elemis skin lab can pinpoint exactly which products will benefit your skin through scanning it to see where your skin needs a little TLC. The wonderful Michelle at Elemis (John Lewis, Glasgow) done my skin-lab for me to see which Elemis products could help my skin.
I have been on and off medication since I was nine for acne, and I am at the moment on antibiotics and have been for the last six months. My next step medication wise is Roaccutane - which I refuse to go on due to the horrendous side-effects. I am therefore on a skin-care mission, to solve this problem without medication.
"Defined by nature. Led By Science".
"Elemis invests in cutting-edge technology to find breakthrough development techniques, which can be used to draw the most active ingredients from natural resources. It is this relationship between nature and science that allows Elemis to create multi-active, efficacy trialled formulations to ensure maximum therapeutic activity in every product. Elemis’ determination to find the ‘next generation’ in medicinal skin science ensures that the brand continues to meet the ever-changing needs of the client".
The skin lab will show you whether your skin is dehydrated, sun-damaged, wrinkly, spotty - and so on. We might think we know our own skin, but half the time it is based on guess work and what sales assistants have told you - well that is what my skin knowledge is based on. The skin lab shows you exactly where your skin problems lie.
Spots: can be referring to acne, any marking/scaring on the skin surface, blackheads, whiteheads, and/or damage caused by pollution in the air.
Wrinkles: shows how dratted your skin is.
Texture: Blue = dehydration & Yellow = Oil production.
Pores: Clustered together can mean dryness.
Brown Spots: UVB damage which is reversible. Freckles/moles are in fact pigmentation if you don't have them age 0-13.
Red Areas: Sensitivity.
As you can see my skin is really quite dehydrated and sensitive. But I have near to none sun damage.
However the magic part of the skin lab experience is when the lab prints you off a list of products that have been proven to help your skin type. Elemis treats each customer as an individual, as we all have different skin care needs.
The lab prints out a lot of products but the lovely Michelle went through the list and pinpointed the ones that would help me the most/products within my price range. One of the products I was recommended is SOS Emergency Cream.
£51 - Available at all Elemis Counters.
This ultra-rich moisturising cream is an intense soothing and hydrating boost for parched, weathered or sunburnt skin. The Elemis S.O.S Emergency Cream contains a time-honoured synergy of Myrrh (soldiers of ancient Greece used to rub this into their wounds to promote rapid healing) including:
- Meadowsweet
- Willow
- Patchouli
- Eucalyptus
- Lavender
It is a beautiful thick cream which leaves the skin feeling nourished and calm, I love using this cream after a day under the air-conditioning at work or after wearing a lot of make-up. If your skin is prone to feeling a little tender then this is a great product for you.
If you are interested in getting a skin lab done - Scottish bloggers can pop along to see either Michelle or Jo at John Lewis (Glasgow). Who will take excellent care of you, and let you smell all the lovely products - I do this most days. The apricot toner is lush.
Other UK bloggers - online directory: http://www.elemis.com/Locations/DepartmentStores.aspx
Much Love,
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