And Then I Fell in Love - Burt's Bees Intense Hydration Face Care: Day 4 November 4, 2012

And Then I Fell in Love

Burt's Bees Intense Hydration Face Care: Day 4 November 4, 2012

Day 1
I washed my face with Burt's Bees Intense Hydration Cream Cleanser the way I normally wash my face with Philosophy skin care products; in the shower before bed. I stopped washing my face twice a day for two reasons, first, my skin is so very dry, why dry it any more? Secondly, I normally don't wear any make-up. When one has limited energy, one limits the things they do, right? Think back to when you last were sicker than a dog (sorry Toby), were you up to washing your face and putting on make-up? Most of the time, I'm not either. I would rather use my limited energy in other ways, I'm sure you understand.

So I washed my face, that first evening. Now I have to say I love the Philosophy products, except for the price. I have noticed lately, that maybe my skin is feeling tighter lately. I have found one of the causes of this, but I'll blog about that later. I put a bit of the Cream Cleanser on my fingertips, and lightly washed my face and then rinsed. While rinsing, I could tell that Burt's original ingredient was still being used, but probably not from his original bees. After my shower, I put on the Night Cream. I am still loving the smell of these products. Not a strong smell, just a soft, fresh smell that doesn't last very long, but nice while it does. Again, my facial skin felt like it had received something it has been missing, I rubbed the leftovers each time onto my hands, and they felt happy too. Ladies, don't forget to make your hands happy, otherwise they will scream your age all over the place. Don't believe me? You older ladies, put your hands up to your face while looking in the mirror.

The next day, I wondered if I would feel more moisturized if I washed both morning and night. Nope. Again, more about why later.

Then yesterday, I fell in love! I used the Burt's Bees Intense Hydration Treatment Mask. After washing my face, I slathered some on. The instructions say to leave on for 5-10 minutes, gently tissue off, then massage the remaining into your skin. I had visions of the 'old days', you know, when your great-grandma, (or for some of us, your grandma) slathered a thick layer cold cream all over their face for their beauty treatment. But before I even left the bathroom, my skin had sucked it all off of my face! I could still practically hear the sucking sounds followed with requests for more please!? So I slathered some more on. My face felt so happy that it caused happy, smiley dreams.

The next morning, my skin felt soft and supple, not in the least greasy! The instructions say to do this 1-2 times a week. I wonder if I'll be able to go that long?

Meet my new friend!

Intense Hydration Treatment Mask

Meet the moisture makeover.

99% Natural

$18.00

Quantity: 

Give your skin the gift of hydration it dearly deserves. Our replenishing treatment mask is clinically proven to intensely hydrate skin and also helps increase skin’s ability to retain moisture. So you’re skin will possess softness and suppleness like never before.

• Intensely hydrates dry skin
• Helps reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles
• Enhanced with probiotic technology
• Dermatologist Tested and Noncomedogenic

Featured Ingredient

Clary Sage — Clary Sage thrives in its harsh Mediterranean environment due to its ability to trap and retain moisture. This remarkable botanical inspired Burt’s Bees Intense Hydration, our natural ode to soft, supple skin.

Ingredients: aqua (water, eau), ricinus communis (castor) seed oil, glycerin, cetyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol, cocos nucifera (coconut) oil, glyceryl stearate, parfum (fragrance)*, propanediol, salvia sclarea (clary) extract, lactobacillus, astrocaryum tucuma seed butter, trichilia emetica seed butter, cera alba (beeswax, cire d'abeille), citrus aurantium amara (bitter orange) peel, polymnia sonchifolia root juice, helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed wax, lecithin, alpha-glucan oligosaccharide, maltodextrin, tocopherol, xanthan gum, glycine soja (soybean) oil, stearic acid, sodium PCA, zinc PCA, potassium stearate, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, phenoxyethanol, amyl cinnamal, eugenol, hydroxycitronellal, linalool. *natural fragrance

Day 1: I About Had a Heart Attack! Burt's Bees Intense Hydration Face Care: Day 1 November 1, 2012

I About Had a Heart Attack! Burt's Bees Intense Hydration Face Care: Day 1 November 1, 2012

I live in Phoenix, Arizona, where the winters may be mild, but have low humidity and the summer is brutally hot and dry, lasting about half of the year. Since I used to be so oily, moisturizing wasn't something I was very concerned with, instead even as an adult, it was too much oil, or washing, or scrubbing, or drying, or the moon coming out at night, would cause me to break out. It wasn't bad acne, just pimples here and there, especially at certain times of the month. Then I had a oophorectomy (a hysterectomy with removal of both ovaries.) and overnight my body which previously felt like the Great Lakes of North America now feels like the Sahara Desert. An insane amount of hot flashes and unbelievably dry dry dry skin. All my life, I was trying to tame the oil. After the surgery, I remember thinking that I had no skills for this!

I admit, I was skeptical when I received Burt's Bees Intense Hydration Face Care* yesterday. But I'm going to try it and journal my skin journey. So a took a 'Before Picture;.

 My before pic.

I about had a heart attack when I saw my before picture! Granted, this is first thing in the morning, with nothing on my face except what was there last night after cleansing and moisturizing. Where in the world did all those lines around my eyes come from?? With such dry skin, they must have crept up without my noticing! Burt's Bees products sure have some work to do, I sure hope they live up to what they are saying about their Intense Hydration Cream Cleanser and Night Cream:

“Our cream cleanser proves nature can create the most remarkable of things. Inspired by the Clary Sage plant’s ability to trap and retain moisture in its harsh environment, our natural cleanser hydrates your skin while leaving it super soft and oh-so supple. Clinically proven to provide intense hydration* your skin will not only drink in all the good—but keep it in. How’s that for a beautiful clean?

• Intensely hydrates dry skin* 
• Removes dirt, oil and make-up
• Enhanced with probiotic technology 
• Dermatologist Tested and Noncomedogenic
*when used as part of the 5-step Burt’s Bees Intense Hydration regimen. “

“Beauty sleep takes on a deeper meaning with our rich, natural night cream. Infused with Clary Sage, it’s clinically proven to provide intense hydration* and helps increase your skin’s ability to retain moisture.  It also helps reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. So you can wake up to skin that feels soft, supple and smooth.

• Intensely hydrates dry skin 
• Helps reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles
• Enhanced with probiotic technology 
• Dermatologist Tested and Noncomedogenic
• Absorbs quickly with non-greasy formula

*when used as part of the 5-step Burt’s Bees Intense Hydration regimen”

Here's the ingredient list:

Cream Cleanser:

 Clary Sage — Clary Sage thrives in its harsh Mediterranean environment due to its ability to trap and retain moisture. This remarkable botanical inspired Burt’s Bees Intense Hydration, our natural ode to soft, supple skin.

Ingredients: aqua (water, eau), stearic acid, glycerin, sodium lauroyl glutamate, zea mays (corn) starch, ricinus communis (castor) seed oil, parfum (fragrance)*, citrus aurantium dulcis (orange) oil, salvia sclarea (clary) extract, lactobacillus, theobroma grandiflorum seed butter, cera alba (beeswax, cire d'abeille), cocos nucifera (coconut) oil, olea europaea (olive) fruit oil, jojoba esters,hydrolyzed jojoba esters, citrus medica limonum (lemon) peel oil, citrus aurantium amara (bitter orange) peel, polymnia sonchifolia root juice, zinc oxide, alpha-glucan oligosaccharide, propanediol, maltodextrin, tocopherol, xanthan gum, glycine soja (soybean) oil, arginine, sodium lauroyl lactylate, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, phenoxyethanol, amyl cinnamal, citral, eugenol, hydroxycitronellal, limonene, linalool. *natural fragrance

Night Cream:

 Clary Sage — Clary Sage thrives in its harsh Mediterranean environment due to its ability to trap and retain moisture. This remarkable botanical inspired Burt’s Bees Intense Hydration, our natural ode to soft, supple skin.

Ingredients: aqua (water, eau), olea europaea (olive) fruit oil, cetyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol, glycerin, ricinus communis (castor) seed oil, tapioca starch, parfum (fragrance)*, propanediol, salvia sclarea (clary) extract, lactobacillus, astrocaryum tucuma seed butter, garcinia indica seed butter, trichilia emetica seed butter, cera alba (beeswax, cire d'abeille), simmondsia chinensis (jojoba) seed oil, candelilla/jojoba/rice bran polyglyceryl-3 esters, jojoba esters, hydrolyzed jojoba esters, chondrus crispus (carrageenan), polymnia sonchifolia root juice, alpha-glucan oligosaccharide, maltodextrin, zea mays (corn) starch, sucrose, tocopherol, xanthan gum, glycine soja (soybean) oil, glyceryl stearate, cetearyl alcohol, sodium stearoyl lactylate, sodium PCA, zinc PCA, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, phenoxyethanol, amyl cinnamal, eugenol, hydroxycitronellal, linalool. *natural fragrance

*I'm a BzzAgent, which means that I get free products to try and give an honest opinion of them to people.