Get Miraculous Skin with Miracle Skin Transformer!

PRODUCT: Miracle Skin Transformer SPF 20 Face, miracleskintransformer.com

PRICE: $48.00, 1.70 fl. oz.

CATEGORY: Skin Care Products,  

TYPE: Tinted Moisturizer w/ Sunscreen

*My Rating: 9/10

*Sephora: 4.25/5 Stars  
*Beautypedia: BEST

*TotalBeauty: 6.9/10

*DermStore: 4/5
*SkinStore: 5/5

FOR MIRACULOUS SKIN

“Say good-bye to redness, wrinkles, uneven skin tone, and texture; Say hello to smaller pores, fewer fine lines, improved skin tone, and ageless skin“.

The Claim:

- a breakthrough 5-in-1 tinted skin enhancer designed to Hydrate, Prime, Enhance, Mattify, and Protect your skin in one simple step. This multi-tasking complexion enhancer instantly provides your skin with an antioxidant-rich hydrating base, primed smooth finish, weightless coverage, and SPF 20. The complex is formulated with a rich combination of vitamins to improve your skin tone, luminosity, and texture, while minimizing the look of pores, fine lines, and imperfections.

Benefits:

Instantly improve skin tone, luminosity, and texture, Evenly smooth out and minimize the look of pores, fine lines, and pigmentation imperfections. MIRACLE SKIN TRANSFORMER SPF 20 FACE leaves your skin with a smooth, radiant, airbrushed complexion in seconds.

QUICK TAKE

SPF: 20                                                          
Shades: Seven

Texture: Creamy                        
Consistency: Silky, Silicone enriched

Coverage: Sheer              
Complexion: Radiantly Airbrushed

Finish: Velvety Smooth, matte               
Results: Radiant glow

Wear: Continuous Hydration  
Best Usage: Daily, AM

Best For: Normal to Oily Skin                  
Not For: Dry Skin

Jar Packaging: No                                       
Tested on Animals: No

Key Ingredient(s): Physalis angulata extract

Verdict: Yes, I recommend it!  

DOWN and DIRTY DETAILS

Key Ingredient(s): Physalis angulata extract, derived from a plant in the Brazilian rainforest, it's anti-inflammatory and helps soften the skin. Product works to hydrate the skin with some very powerful ingredients:

• Saw palmetto, conditions your skin for a long-lasting moisture.
• Vitamin E, provides the skin with antioxidant protection against free-radical damage, preventing premature aging.  
• CO Enzyme Q10: Increases elasticity and cell renewal. 
• Vitamin K: Helps diminish vascular conditions such as dark circles, redness from Rosacea, and broken capillaries
• Vitamin A: Powerful skin renewal booster that energizes cells, kills off dead cells, and produces new ones. Diminishes wrinkles and may help promote the production of skin-building compounds.

SPF: 20 - Contains both chemical and physical sunblock ingredients: oxtinoxate 7.5% (chemical) octyisalate 5% (chemical) oxybenzone 2% (chemical) zinc oxide 0.85% (physical). Note: Although this foundation provides broad-spectrum sun protection on its own, you must apply it liberally and evenly to get the stated level of protection. A sheer or spot application will not provide the amount of sun protection the label indicates.

Shades: Seven - (Translucent, Light, Medium, Medium Tan, Tan, Dark, Deep Dark). There are several excellent sheer shades plus a Colorless option, which would function well under your regular makeup. Skin Transformer's shade range presents options for fair to dark skin tones, which is great.

Olive skin is very yellowy-pale, but the medium is my EXACT skin color. If you're tan, go for a darker color than medium. If you have fair to medium skin color, I would definitely not suggest that you order the product in Light. The light looks darker than it is but it goes on light. Medium Tan has red undertones.

Texture: Creamy - This product feels more soft, silky air. Very light. Truly weightless, it feels like you have nothing on. Plus, redness and uneven tone are perfectly corrected.

Consistency: Silky, Silicone Enriched - it has a whipped mouse-like consistency

Coverage: Sheer - It  is definitely sheer, so this is not a replacement for your foundation. Increase the amount of product to build coverage and customize your look.

Complexion: Luminous - In an instant, skin transforms into a gorgeous complexion that looks luminous.

Finish: Velvety smooth, matte - it's soft, slightly powdery but non-drying matte finish. It gives me a flawless finish, fine lines disappear, my age spots don't show. Best of all, no one can tell that it's on!

Results: Radiant glow - This enhances skin while it’s worn, just like most tinted moisturizers. Finish helps improve your skin’s texture while adding a subtle glow (from the mineral pigment mica). Achieve a radiant, airbrushed complexion in seconds with the skin-soothing color minerals and enjoy the sheer, light finish with buildable coverage possibilities.

Best Usage: Daily, AM - Apply to clean skin. Use a pearl-sized amount and smooth onto face and neckline with fingertips. Apply more product to build coverage and to customize your look.

Packaging: Tube - The opaque tube keeps the ingredients stable.

FEEDBACK

PInkyPrIss Review: It's that time of year again to start wearing Miracle Skin Transformer. It's weightless and non-greasy formula makes it perfect for the summer. It makes my skin feel perfectly smooth, provides coverage yet remains invisible, doesn't come off onto clothing, doesn't get greasy, and makes my skin look and feel flawless! It also improves the way my makeup goes on, and helps my makeup to stay in place for hours.

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www.totalbeauty.com, $15

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BeautyDNA: 
Complete your Beauty Profile and change the way you discover beauty products forever. Their system goes to work analyzing your profile—scanning through the thousands of products in their inventory to match and ship you the perfect full-size product. Each month you'll discover a new beauty product that is right for you. My first month, I received a full size bottle of the Laser a-peel System by Dr. Brandt.

www.beautydna.com

$25 a month

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Ipsy: Each month, subscribers will receive a beautiful Glam Bag with deluxe samples and full sized beauty products. Members can watch and play along with the stylists with the same products that they are using. All for only $10 a month.	Birchbox: Every month Birchbox members will receive a curated box of luxe beauty samples. Each box will span beauty categories and deliver exciting products that fit into both your day-to-day routine. Each month, you'll receive a selection of 4-5 samples anything from skincare to makeup to cult beauty tools, from well-known brands as well as emerging gems.
http://www.ipsy.com/	www.birchbox.com $10 a month
$10 a month

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Beauty Army: Beauty Army delivers makeup, skin, hair and fragrance samples to our members for $12.00/month. Members can select up to six beauty samples from a selection of nine or have our experts choose for you. They offer the luxury of choice and the best of beauty delivered to your door every month. Learn from internationally renowned beauty experts, post reviews and more.	Sample Society: Each month Sample Society will send it's members five deluxe-sized samples from beauty brands like Murad, Stila, and Bond No. 9 along with a $15 gift code to redeem on a $50 purchase - when any product from the brands you've sampled is included in your order. As a bonus they will also send the member a one-year subscription to Allure magazine ($12 value).
www.beautyarmy.com	beautybar.com/samplesociety
$12 a month	$15 a month

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From The Lab: Enjoy Exlusive and never-before-seen prestige beauty product in the categories of skin care, hair care & color cosmetics. Offering natural + cruelty-free products	Glossybox: One of the most popular ones abroad is coming to the USA! At this time they have no launched but based on their international versions they will ship up to six deluxe-size to full size products from well known companies.
http://fromthelab.com/	www.glossybox.com
$29.95 +S&H a month	unknown at this time

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The Look Bag: For $10 a month you will received five samples ranging from makeup to skincare to perfume to body or hair care samples from well-known and emerging brands	Blush Mystery Beauty Box: Sample the latest and greatest skin care, hair care and makeup products; each handpicked by a team of beauty pros!  Features mostly full-size (and some travel-size) products worth at least $100. Try today for $34.95.
www.thelookstore.com	Blush Mystery Beauty Box
$10 a month	$24.95 a month (Ships Free)

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Julep: Currently the only nail polish monthly subscription service available. Julep is a nail salon located in Seattle, WA and each month a box of nail or even hand care products will be sent to the subscriber. Take the quiz and that will determine which of five boxes will be sent out to the member. Are you an American Beauty, Boho Glam, Bombshell, It Girl or Classic With a Twist?	New Beauty TestTube: Considered the best quarterly beauty box subscription service out there, New Beauty magazine sends out every three months a tube filled with well known brands. Most items are full size but some are deluxe size samples.
www.julep.com	testtube.newbeauty.com
$19.95 a month (plus applicable tax)	$29.95 quarterly (plus shipping)

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Platinum Box: There are two box types - one for men and one for women. Each month Platinum Box will send out up to five deluxe size samples from a variety of companies.	Goodebox: "Goodebox is a members only service providing trial sized healthy, eco-sensitive, innovative & effective beauty and personal care products, along with occasional samples of natural & organic health and wellness products.  Each month, members receive 6 or  more trial sized healthy beauty & personal care products. Members also receive exclusive discounts, giveaways, sneak peeks at upcoming products, practical tips and more."
www.myplatinumbox.com	www.goodebox.com
$10 a month	$16 a month

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Beautybox 5: Four to five deluxe samples sent each month in a cute little blue box.	Green Grab Bag: Subscribers get six natural, organic and vegan beauty products every month ranging from skin or hair care products, make-up, fragrances and more, sometimes with an extra bonus.
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$12 a month	$15 a month

What Makes 3LAB “M” Creme A Rare Antiager?

PRODUCT: 3LAB “M” Creme, 
3LAB.com

PRICE: $47.00 .38 oz. Sample 
(Full Size: $260 for 2.0 oz.)
$$$$: # 2 out of 8, Most Expensive Beautyfix Samples

BEAUTY BOX: Beautyfix Spring 2012

CATEGORY: Skin Care Products

TYPE: Moisturizer

FOR THE ULTIMATE LIFT

“This includes a rare Swiss apple that delays the visible signs of aging. It is like using a treatment, a hydrator, and a toner in one“.

The Claim:

The first cosmetic product that contains stem cells from the rare Uttweiler Spatlauber Swiss apple, so rare only three trees remain in existence! This luxury skin de-stressing cream works to increase resiliency and cellular turnover while giving the skin a naturally radiant glow from the inside out.

Benefits:

Immediately firms the skin and gives a radiant, youthful glow. Provides the skin with vital stress-relieving nutrients and makes it feel "happy" and uplifted. Cream helps to reduce the appearance of fine lines over time. Relaxes facial muscles and reduces wrinkles.

QUICK TAKE

SPF: None

Shades: None

Fragrant Scent: Gently fragranced

Key Ingredient(s): Apple stem cells

Texture: Lightweight

Consistency: Gel-like cream

Coverage: Medium

Complexion: Luminous

Finish: Velvety smooth

Results: Radiant glow

Wear: Provides continuous hydration

Best Usage: Daily, AM & PM

Best For: All skin types

Not For: Younger skin

Jar Packaging: Yes

Tested on Animals:

Verdict: Yes, I recommend it!

DOWN & DIRTY DETAILS

Key Ingredient(s): Apple stem cells - “M” Crème works to hydrate and firm the skin with some very powerful ingredients: 

• Nano-Claire GY, the world's first bio engineered growth hormone-like protein that works as a "hormone replacement therapy" for the skin.
• PhytoCellTec Malus Domestica, stem cells from a rare Swiss Apple proven to slow down and delay the aging process. **Winner of the European Cosmetics Innovation Prize in 2008 for Best Active Ingredient, PhytoCellTec Malus Domestica
• Happybelle, a plant-based beta-endorphin (a phyto-endorphin extract) that comes from the cactus Monk’s Pepper combined with antioxidant and moisturizing factors to help revitalize the skin and give it a radiant glow. Ingredient stimulates key enzymes in the receptor system helping to relieve skin aggressors and bring out natural radiance while fighting the root causes of environmental damage.
• ACS (Anti-Cyto Stressor), to promote an overall bio regulation that follows and respects the cutaneous physiological mechanisms by hindering the alterations caused by stress hormone.

Other Ingredients: 

• Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Oil, can be a skin irritant and there is no research showing it has any benefit for skin. Lavender oil all by itself isn't a photosensitizer, but when exposed to oxygen, one of its fragrant components, linalyl acetate forms substances that lead to allergic contact dermatitis in and out of sunlight. Research also indicates that other components of lavender, specifically linalool, when applied topically can cause skin-cell death. Lavender leaves contain camphor, which is known as a skin irritant. Because the fragrances in lavender oil oxidizes when exposed to air, this enhanced oxidation also increases its irritancy on skin. **Lavender oil, even small amounts of it (0.25% or less) can be problematic. -It is a MUST to avoid in skin-care products.
• Silicone, is the ingredient that makes your skin feel so smooth immediately after application.  Several silicones (dimethicone, cyclomethicone, etc.) are present in this cream.

Fragrant Scent: Gently fragranced - Scent is wonderfully light and it will delight your senses; it is soft and refreshing.

Texture: Lightweight - It feels silky smooth, not greasy or sticky and it richly moisturizes the skin.

Consistency: Gel-like cream - It is very light on the skin because of its gel formulation, which creates the perfect consistency for a moisturizer.

Coverage: Medium - It absorbs beautifully and is so refreshing. I just love the fact that it does not sit on my skin. However, I did feel like I had to use a lot of product to cover my entire face, neck, and chest.

Complexion: Luminous  - This cream has changed my whole complexion! In an instant, dull lifeless skin transforms into a gorgeous complexion that looked luminous.

Finish: Velvety smooth - Your skin is smoother, looks supple, and feels luxuriously hydrated. This moisturizer has a wonderful plumping effect on the skin that leaves you with a smooth flawless finish.

Results: Radiant glow - Gives skin an instant and natural looking glow with an overall renewed appearance. My skin felt hydrated and tighter too, without it feeling uncomfortable like many tightening cream tend to do. After two weeks, I have noticed that my skin looks and feels more awake -- even if i am tired or worn out; applying this immediately perks up my skin!

Wear: Provides continuous hydration - keeping my skin moisturized all night. Waking up in the morning, my skin looks refreshed.

Best Usage: Daily, AM & PM - Use this cream daily for younger, healthier looking skin. Use an antioxidant packed serum before applying any cream to help maximize your skincare routine. Apply a small (pea size) amount to cleansed, toned skin on the face, neck, and décolleté in morning and/or at night. This is a very expensive treatment, so if you can only use it once a day, use it in the evening. At night (between 1 AM - 4 AM), our skin cells are most active working hard to reverse the damage inflicted from the day. For this reason, a heavier cream should be used at night to help replenish cells and to ensure proper absorption of antioxidants.

Best For: All skin types - This cream is especially suitable for mature or very dry skin because it is such a rich moisturizer and because it has wonderful lifting properties. This is a great option for breakout-prone sensitive skin, as it moisturizes without causing breakouts and keeps the moisture in balance.

Packaging: Jar - A major drawback, jar packaging is unsanitary and can become easily contaminated. Moreover, the active ingredients begin to degrade as soon as you open the jar for the first time, exposing these ingredients to air.

FEEDBACK

PInkyPrIss Reviews: 3LAB is a very reputable brand. Their “M” Creme is an incredibly effective anti-ager with immediate lifting benefits as well as provides you with long-term anti-wrinkle effects. Even though this anti-ager is powerful I do not usually buy skin care products that come in a jar for degradation and sanitary purposes. In addition, I have very sensitive skin and suffer from psoriasis so the lavender oil in this product is alarming to me. I would still recommend this cream to a close friend, but I personally would not buy it. -I sure loved trying it out though! **Tip: If you apply this moisturizer around your lips and eyes, you should see fewer wrinkles around the lips and feel uplifted around the eyes. The silicones in this product help fill in those fine lines for smoother, younger looking skin.

MORE PRODUCT INFORMATION:

Uttweiler Spatlauber apples were very popular during the 18th Century due to their long shelf life and their ability to last throughout the winter. Since the advent of refrigeration, however, they have fallen from popularity due to their tart, bitter flavor, and only three Uttweiler Spatlauber trees remain in existence today. Scientists recently identified that their exceptional durability is due to long-living, potent stem cells that can reverse the appearance of wrinkles.