Friday, April 5, 2013

Natural Skin Care in Your Grocery Store



AVEENO® has a new line of skincare products that leave your skin looking awake, fresh and glowing called the POSITIVELY RADIANT® Collection, which contains the ACTIVE NATURALS® ingredients. This collection includes:

  • POSITIVELY RADIANT® Brightening Cleanser
  • POSITIVELY RADIANT® Skin Brightening Daily Scrub
  • POSITIVELY RADIANT® Daily Cleansing Pads
  • POSITIVELY RADIANT® Daily Moisturizer with SPF 15 or SPF 30
  • POSITIVELY RADIANT® Tinted Moisturizer with SPF 30

AVEENO® was one of the first brands that offered hypoallergenic skincare products in made from high-quality natural ingredients that you could find in regular grocery and drug stores. The POSITIVELY RADIANT® Collection uses a Total Soy Complex to help improve the tone and texture of your skin, brighten it and reduce the appearance of brown spots and blotchiness.

The Benefits of Soy

While soy isn’t necessarily the greatest ingredient to consume, according to some physicians, it offers great benefits for your skin. After noticing that people working in soybean factories always seem to have hands with evenly toned and smooth skin, the scientists at AVEENO® figured out a way to process the bean so it retains its integrity and offers long-term benefits.
Soy benefits the skin because of the isoflavones in it, compounds that have an estrogen-like chemical structure and biologic activity. These compounds help your skin maintain a hormonal balance, acts as an antioxidant, stimulates collagen and are enzyme inhibitors.

The Benefits of Oats

Oats have been a natural remedy for sensitive skin for ages because of the way they relieve skin that’s irritated, dry and itch. AVEENO®’s scientists create colloidal oatmeal with a special milling process so the products protect your skin and attract moisture. In addition to sooth your skin, the oat extracts help nourish it.

My AVEENO® Experience

For this post, AVEENO® generously sent me the following products to test:

  • POSITIVELY RADIANT® Brightening Cleanser
  • POSITIVELY RADIANT® Skin Brightening Daily Scrub
  • POSITIVELY RADIANT® Daily Cleansing Pads
  • POSITIVELY RADIANT® Daily Moisturizer SPF 30
  • POSITIVELY RADIANT® Tinted Moisturizer with SPF 30
  • Daily Moisturizing Lotion
  • Daily Moisturizing Lotion with SPF 15
  • Daily Moisturizing Body Wash
Thanks, AVEENO!




I have sensitive skin, so I appreciate that the cleansers don’t contain soap, but effectively removes dirt, oil and makeup. Their fresh scent is nice, too! 

The face wash shimmers!

The body lotions are 100 percent scent-free. They don’t feel greasy at all, or slimy. The winter left my skin dry, so my skin soaked in the lotion like a sponge. Plus, all the moisturizers are oil-free, so I don’t have to worry about them clogging my pores. Because the products are hypoallergenic and noncomedogenic (won’t block pores), they’re safe to use every day.  

At first, I was unsure of the tinted moisturizer because it came with a medium tint and I have fair skin. Since the coverage is sheer (unless you really load it onto your face) my skin didn’t look strange. In fact, it kind of gave me a sun-kissed look. The tinted moisturizer with SPF felt heavier on my face than the non-tinted one, but I think that’s because I don’t wear makeup that often. 

Overall, I recommend AVEENO® products whether you have sensitive skin or not. It seems great for all skin types, and the brand makes skincare simple and sun care a no-brainer. 

This sponsored post is brought to you by AVEENO® and Latina Bloggers Connect. The opinions and views expressed are 100% my own.