Marcelle Vitamin C + Peptide Collagen & Glow Moisturizer + Brightening and Smoothing Eye Cream

November is National Healthy Skin Month #NHSM In honour of this, I wanted to share with you the clean beauty brand Marcelle Cosmetics' new Vitamin C and Peptide Line. These products contain some of my absolute favourite skincare ingredients combined into one product! This saves me from purchasing separate products and having extra steps in my routine.

 

Featuring probiotics, vitamin C, peptides, squalene, and shea butter. These products protect your skin’s microbiome against external aggressors like blue light and air pollution as well as boosting youthful moisture for soft, glowing, and healthy skin.

Key ingredients:

Stabilized vitamin C: powerful antioxidant that improves skin radiance and evens skin tone

Peptide: reduces the signs of aging associated with collagen loss

Probiotics: strengthen the skin's microbiome and protect the skin barrier

I'm seriously loving these products! They have a cream-gel-like texture and feel like a drink of water for my skin.  Immediately after applying the Vitamin C and Peptide Collagen + Glow Moisturizer, my rough skin becomes beyond soft and feels firmer.  The lightweight formula is deeply hydrating and the hydration lasts! I normally have to layer multiple products to get the hydration that I'm after, but this one moisturizer does it all, and then some!

The Vitamin C and Peptide Brightening + Smoothing Eye Care Cream is also very lightweight but hydrating. It actually makes a difference in reducing my under-eye puffiness. Often, when I find a very hydrating eye cream, it can actually add to my puffiness. This eye cream softens my lines and keeps my eye area hydrated, and less puffy.

These are definitely new favourites of mine. The ingredients are fabulous but the results really won me over! 

These products are fragrance-free, hypoallergenic, and cruelty-free, as always 🐰 

Let me know if you decide to give them a try ☺ 

The Black Friday/ Cyber Monday sale is on now!

Vitamin C Day and Night Cream: https://marcelle.com/en/vitamin-c-lift-day-night-cream-50ml

Vitamin C Eye Cream: Vitamin C-Lift, eye contour 15mL 

PR samples kindly gifted by Marcelle Cosmetics for review consideration. 

Alba Botanica Broad Spectrum Sunscreens: SPF 40 for Face, Sports, and Kids

May is skin cancer awareness month. So, in this post, the spotlight is on protecting our skin with broad spectrum, natural sunscreens.

Did you know that 1 in 5 Americans will develop skin cancer in the course of a lifetime?!

With summer just around the corner, many of us are thinking about our summer plans, whether it be summer vacations, getting to the beach or just looking forward to more outdoor activities.

Little fact: Sunscreen is actually my number 1 anti-aging tip (just wish I knew in my 20's).

I'm all ready for summer. I've got my favourite flip-flops and sunglasses ready, and I've already upped my sunscreen game with a higher SPF for Spring and Summer.

I'm currently using Alba Botanica for my sunscreen. With an SPF of 40 in a broad spectrum and water resistant formula, I feel protected from the harmful rays of the sun.

Alba's sunscreen range offers water resistance formula's for the face, sports, and for kids.

Alba is one of my go-to brands for all natural, cruelty-free products, and they leave out all the nasty chemicals. Their formula's are 100% vegetarian and broad spectrum, which includes both UVA and UVB protection. 

These formula's are fantastic! They are super moisturizing, absorb right into the skin with no greasy residue and do not leave any white cast.

They are also fragrance free, PH balanced, and dermatologist tested.

They also contain botanical extracts known for their moisturizing properties. Botanicals like Lavender Flower, Aloe Leaf, Calendula Flower, Camelia Leaf Extract, Chamomile Flower, Coneflower, Ginko Biloba, and Ginseng Extract.

I'm so happy that Alba has a formula specific for the face as many SPF's for the body can make me breakout.

For extra sun protection, I like to layer sunscreen with other beauty products that also contain sunscreen, like my tinted moisturizers and BB creams. 

This brings me to another point about sun protection, which is a good pair of sunglasses, which I never forgo these days. Make sure to purchase one's that have UV protection.

When I was young, I used to literally bake my skin in the sun with baby oil. Now that I know better, I take extra care to protect my skin. Even on the most overcast days the UV rays are still out and sometimes even stronger than on a sunny day. 

The lines on my left eye are evidence that the sun even penetrates our car windows. I commuted to work for years with the sun beaming into the driver's side window and my right eye is virtually line free!

Alba's formula for kids also offers broad spectrum SPF 40 in a water resistant, non-greasy formula that is fast absorbing. 

Available in a lotion (113g) or convenient spray (110ml)

Both retail for only $9.99

Alba also offers a Sports formula for the sports enthusiast.

With broad spectrum SPF 40 in a sweat-proof, water resistant formula.

Available in a lotion (113g) or convenient spray (110ml)

Both retail for only $9.99

I don't believe that the sun is a bad thing. In fact, I believe the opposite- the sun is vital to life and our health. We just have to be sun-safe. That includes applying broad spectrum sunscreen daily, even in overcast weather, and of course wearing a good pair of sunnies.

I am so glad that natural and cruelty-free companies like Alba Botanica offer a great line-up of sun care products.  I really appreciate that this line is made with healthy ingredients and is free of nasty chemicals.

Benefits:

SPF 40
broad spectrum UV protection
water resistant
fragrance free
lotion or spray formulas
vegetarian
fast absorbing
non-greasy
PH balanced
dermatologist tested

Formulated Without:

parabens
phthalates
artificial colours
propylene glycol
aluminum
mineral oil
petrolatum
oxybenzone
PABA
nano-particles
DEA
MEA or TEA
PEGs and PEG derivatives
ethoxylated ingredients associated with 1,4 dioxane
formaldehyde donors
GMOs

As you can see, and I'm sure you're aware, what's not inside is equally, if not more important than what is inside. 

The long list above of what Alba's products are formulated without are known, or believed to have negative effects on health, and many are hormone disruptor's. Remember, our bodies absorb whatever we put on it. Just think of the nicotine patch, birth control patch or even hormone creams.

Personally, I can't wait to stock up on some natural vitamin D but I want to do it safely, so you wont catch me without my sunscreen and my sunglasses on.

Alba Botanica has been one of my go-to lines for natural and cruelty free products for years. They have been around since 1979!

If you're looking for some sun protection that's natural, affordable, and without all the nasties, Alba is a great choice.

Whatever your plans are this summer, have fun and stay safe!

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*PR samples provided for consideration. As usual, all opinions are 100% honest and my  own.

Amy

xoxo