Revaleskin is a relative newcomer to the skin care game. It made its debut back in 2007, with a very small product line that makes heavy use of the coffee berry. Now understand that this doesn't include the coffee bean, which is on the inside of the berry. It's the extract of outer hull that's processed and used by Revaleskin.
As it turns out, the coffee berry and that even includes the inner bean to some extent, possess powerful antioxidant properties. Antioxidants function by neutralizing free radicals before they have a chance to damage skin cells. Free radicals oxidize cells, just the way that oxygen oxidizes the paint on a car and leaves it looking dull.
Now the real benefit of topical antioxidants, is they bring the treatment directly to the problem. Your skin. You see you can always take oral antioxidants but the problem is that your body doesn't store them. Also after traveling through your bloodstream, there really isn't much left by the time they make it to your skin.
Now a lot of hype is going on regarding the potency of coffee berry extract in Revaleskin products. Yes it's true that coffee berry is a special substance in this respect but then again its not as if people have to climb into crocodile infested swamps to gather them.
In fact coffee plantations used to throw the coffee berry husk out and in fact some still do. The point I'm trying to make here, is that you really shouldn't be bowled over by so much of the hype that holds these products up as though they contain some rare elixir.
So in light of the fact that Revaleskin products contain what used to be, for all intents and purposes leftover agricultural waste in many coffee producing regions, it's not hard to see the validity of the claims that some people are making that these products are a bit over-priced.
At the same time though, skin care products in general, particularly those that are proven to work, tend to be a bit pricy. In fact you don't have to look far online to find comparable skin care products featuring price tags that are easily double what you'll pay for Revaleskin.
At the same time, a quick check of Amazon.com shows all of the products in their lineup sporting pretty much consistent 4-5 star consumer user review ratings. What this means, is that the people out there who have purchased their products, tended to be very happy with them.
Revaleskin Replenishing Eye Therapy
I normally don't like to include ingredient lists in my skin therapy product profiles because for the most part, they only tend to confuse people. However; in this case I'll make an exception solely for the purpose of letting you know that there is more than coffee berry extract in this product that lists for $90 on the companies website.
In fact I was surprised to see that there are in fact several commonly used emollients listed prior to the coffee extract, which means that there is a greater percentage of these substances than the extract. By the way, this Reveleskin eye treatment product contains 1% coffee extract and weighs in at just over a half an ounce. .51 oz.
Purified Water, Saccharomyces Fermant, Glycereth-26, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Pentylene Glycol, Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Glycerin, Cyclopentasiloxane, Coffea Arabica Fruit Extract, Caffeine, Sodium PCA, Phenoxyethanol, Steareth-2, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Mica, Silica, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Isohexadecane, Algae Extract, Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Extract, Anthemis Nobills Flower Extract, Disodium EDTA, PEG-8, Xanthan Gum, Ethylhexylglycerin, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Steareth-20, Cyclohexasiloxane, Pullulen, Polysorbate 60, Polyphosphorylcholine Glycol Acrylate, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-5, N-Hydroxysuccinimide, Phospholipids, Glycol Acrylate, Aplmitoyl Tripeptide-5, N-Hydroxysuccinimide, Phospholipids, Glycosphingolipids, Cholesterol, Chrysin, Palmitoyl, Oligopeptide and Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7.
Revaleskin Daily Cleanser
This product lists for $40 on the companies main website and it also weighs in at 6 ounces. Now I was surprised that they have no other size option because after all it is a daily cleanser. What about a travel size? Or just maybe a more economical larger bottle, like so many other companies are doing?
Now I looked and looked but I couldn't find any information regarding the actual percentage of coffee extract that's contained in this cleanser. Even so, it's positioned in about the same area on the ingredients list, so I assume that it's 1%. Just like the eye therapy. Now if $40 for 6 oz sounds expensive, know that it comes with a full 60 day satisfaction guarantee, which is nice of them.
Revaleskin Day Cream SPF 15
It seems to me that just about every skin therapy company out there now has at least one version of this type of under makeup daily therapy/sunblock cream or lotion. So in my opinion, the list price of $110 for 1.6 ounces of this product is a bit steep. At least that was the price on the companies main site.
I also didn't like the way that they played with words when they stated that it's “loaded” with coffee extract. Yet just one paragraph down it lists it as containing 1%. Hardly loaded! To top it off, there's no 60 day money back satisfaction guarantee with this product either. I really do think that they can find a way to offer a little more than 1.6 oz for the price.
Anyway enough of my griping. On a more positive note: Revaleskin really does appear to have the market cornered on coffee extract products. At least for the time being and you just can't go wrong with an antioxidant/sunblock if you're out in the sun during the day. Apply a thin layer before putting on your makeup in the morning.
Revaleskin Night Cream
It just seems that the further you go down the page, the higher the prices get. The way I figure it, at $120 for 1.7 ounces, this stuff either “really works” or its all smoke an mirrors. But then again Revaleskin products have been getting consistant 4-5 star user reviews on Amazon.com, so perhaps there is something to it.
Even so, just like the Replenishing Eye Therapy, I went ahead and included the ingredients list for this product so you can see that there is a lot more in it than just the 1% coffee berry extract in it. Apply just a thin layer around the orbital regions of your eyes before you head off to bed.
Water, Glycerin, C12-15, Alkyl Benzoate, Cyclopentasiloxane and Cyclohexasiloxane, Cetyl Ricinoleate, Cetearyl Alcohol and Cetearyl Glucoside, Pentylene Glycol, Hydrogenated Polydecene, Coffea Arabica (Coffee) Seed Extract, Dimethicone, Ceresin, Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Sodium PCA, Urea, Trehalose, Sodium Hyaluronate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Glycosphingolipids, Phospholipids, Cholesterol, Panthenol, Polyisobutene, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Citrus Grandis (Grapefruit) Fruit Extract, Silica, Alumina, Steareth-2, Triethanolamine, Polyacrylate-13, Magnesium Aluminum Silicate, Xanthum Gum, Polysorbate 20, Polyquaternium-51, Disodium EDTA, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, Titanium Dioxide (Cl 77891), Blue 1 (Cl 42090), Green 3 (Cl 42053), Yellow 5 (Cl 19140).
Revaleskin Intensive Recovery Treatment
Now if it turns out that you're another one of Amazons 4-5 star satisfied users, you can kick it up a notch with this product that boasts a full 1.5% coffee berry extract. Of course the prices get only higher as you work your way down the page, so a one ounce container of it sells for $130 on the companies main site.
Oh and you thought I was going to end on a posetive note? Guess again! My final gripe is that they should have just made all their products 1.5%. After all, if this stuff works and it appears that it probably does. Whats the big deal? Can the outer hulls from coffee berries be that expensive?
Purified Water, Glycerin, Saccharomyces Ferment, Cyclopentasiloxane, Pentylene Glycol, Bis-Hydroxyethoxypropyl, Dimethicone, Cyclohexasiloxane, Coffea Arabica, Fruit Extract, C 18-21 Alkane, Polyisobutene, Stearyl Alcohol, Cetearyl Olivate, Sorbitan Olivate, Sericin, Magnesium Aluminum Silicate, Sodium PCA, Phenoxyethanol, Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Xanthan Gum, Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Extract, Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Extract, Camellia Oleifera Leaf Extract, Panthenol, Disodium EDTA, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-5, Butylene Glycol, Tocopherol, Ethythexylglycerin, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Protein, Oxido Reductases, Phospholipids, Glycosphingolipids, Cholesterol.
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