I love trying new products and since I'm a beauty blogger and a licensed esthetician, I receive requests to try new products pretty often. Most recently, I was asked to evaluate a new skin care line called Mereadesso courtesy of SheSpeaks. If you are not familiar with SheSpeaks, you should be! SpeSpeaks is an awesome online community that serves as a large testing ground for companies that market to women. You can join SheSpeaks for free (www.shespeaks.com) and based on your profile, you may be selected to evaluate products and services. To date through SheSpeaks, I have evaluated skin care, nail polish, shaving cream, magazines, cheese, and even TV shows! Its awesome. I highly recommend it.
So I was contacted via SheSpeaks to evaluate Mereadesso. The product has a great backstory. The line was created by a former cosmetics executive who grew tired of beauty regimens that contained too many steps and too many products. So utilizing her degrees in botany and chemistry, she launched her own two-step skin care line. Yes, you read that right - TWO step skin care. Sounds too good to be true, right?? Well...
I was instructed to only utilize the products that I received in the trial package - 1 full size cleanser, 1 full size toning gel, and 1 cleansing cloth. I was to utilize these products exclusively for three weeks. Here's what I discovered:
Face +Neck Cleaner: I have to say that I love the way the product was packaged. Great look and feel to the packaging - upscale fonts and nice clean lines. I like the zippered pouch, although since it was not TSA-regulated, I did find the pouch to be a bit extraneous. You are supposed to use the cleanser with the cloth that is supplied with the product.
What I liked:
- My skin felt smoother and looked brighter after the three week trial (and I did not use an exfoliant).
- My skin also is definitely more even toned after using the product.
What I didn't like:
- The smell is really awful, very medicinal.
- The texture of the skin is far from milky, in fact it is extremely watery and had no "slip", therefore I had to use lots of the product in order for it to spread evenly on my skin - which I thought was bit wasteful.
- At times, the cloth really got in the way and I preferred to just use my fingertips. It also gets dirty quickly so, you have to wash it often.
Face +Neck Toning Gel: Since I was out of my favorite serum, I was excited to try this product. While I would probably not fit the profile of this product's target market (I have not experienced any sagging or noticeable wrinkling in my face or neck), I have to say that I did enjoy this product immensely.
What I liked:
- The product was easily absorbed into my skin. My skin felt hydrated but not greasy after use.
- During really hot weather (like we experience in Atlanta), this is all you need for hydration. No add'l moisturizer needed.
- One or two pumps will suffice
What I didn't like:
- The fragrance was just okay, not as bad as the cleanser
- If someone has really mature skin or lives in a dry climate, they are likely to need an additional moisturizer.
In general, I liked the simplicity of the line and I loved the fact that the products are housed in pump containers to avoid "toxic dipping". I think these products would be great for those that travel. However, the smell and consistency of the cleanser would likely prevent me from purchasing the products in the future.
If you would like to give them a try, go to www.mereadesso.comand enter the code shespeaks003 for 20% off your purchase! If you try them, leave a comment and let me know what you think!
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Posted by: Biogeniste Skin Care | October 10, 2013 at 01:36 AM