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.

Hylunia Product Review

I recently had the opportunity to review natural and organic skincare products created by Hylunia. The product I received was the Dry/Sun-Damaged Skin Travel Kit, which comes with:

• Facial Cleansing Lotion with hyaluronic acid
• Colloidal Silver with Lavender Floral Water  (toner)
• Super Moisturizing Facial Day Lotion  (for daytime use)
• Ultimate Anti-Oxidant Treatment  (for nighttime use)
• Beyond Complex C  (to help even out skin tone)

 The Skincare Ritual

Every morning and evening, I washed my face with the Facial Cleansing Lotion. Unlike other cleansers, this one does not contain soap, so it does not foam. What I liked the best about this product is that it did not dry out my skin or make it feel tight. 

I followed the cleansing lotion with the Colloidal Silver toner, which helps kill excess bacteria on my face. The colloidal silver helps prevent breakouts and the lavender floral water gives the toner a nice, fresh scent. 

If I washed my face in the morning, I applied the Super Moisturizing Facial Day Lotion all over my face and neck. At night, I used the Ultimate Anti-Oxidant Treatment. The lotions did not feel greasy at all and my face always felt well balanced. 

I followed up either lotion with the Beyond Complex C cream, which I applied to my under-eye circles, fine lines and scars. 

The Verdict After Four Weeks of Use

The Hylunia skincare products are great, especially if you have sensitive skin. The product I liked the best was the Beyond Complex C because I noticed immediate results--part of one of the dark circles under one of my eyes was lighter after the first application. After a few weeks of using the Beyond Complex C cream, my concealer use dramatically decreased! If you're going to splurge on beauty products, this cream is a good investment.

I did not notice, however, any difference in any of the fine lines on my face or any accelerated fading of scars. The daytime and nighttime lotions were not perfumed (this isn't a bad thing necessarily), so they smelled a bit like vitamins. Since the kit I received is for dry or sun-damaged skin, I found it a bit odd that the daytime cream did not have an SPF component to it.

I received complimentary products from Hylunia in exchange for this review. All the opinions expressed are my own.