Review: MD Skincare's Alpha Beta Daily Face Peel
Topic: Wrinkle Fighters!

I picked these up because they are supposed to do everything: reduce lines, fill wrinkles, illuminate skin, minimize pores and stop breakouts.  My thought was that, if true, it would replace a good number of my current skincare items. 

Having said that, you really can't (and shouldn't) use this with anything else.  If has so much "umph" that any additional skincare products would wreck your face.  Even just using this alone, I sometimes felt that maybe I was doing too much to my skin at once.  Even the packaging reminds you not to use this product with ANYTHING containing alcohol and you'll want to check your cleansers, makeup removers and moisturizers to make sure that they are alcohol free.

Each box comes with 60 pads: 30 Alpha Beta Refining Towels and 30 Neutralizing Towels.   Basically, you wipe an Alpha Beta Towel around your face for about three minutes, wait 2 minutes, then apply the Neutralizing Towel for another 3 minutes.

Changes in your skin happen very quickly - in a little over two weeks, you'll notice that your pores do look smaller, your wrinkles look less deep and no breakouts (though to be fair, I haven't had a breakout in awhile).   30 applications will cost you $80 at Sephora and while that may seem pricey, keep in mind that it replaces a lot of other products. 

Will I rebuy this?  Yes and no. No because I have a closet full of half used skincare products that need to be finished. However, once I've gone though everything, I will get another set of these pads to replace my toner, line fillers,  AHA/BHA creams, pore refiners etc.

A word of warning: this will sting like nothing else.  If you have sensitive skin, its not worth it - I think you'll end up red faced and angry. Eventually, even with my Product Battled Skin, I had to use it every other day just to give my skin a breather.

The Non Review: Kinerase Extreme Lift - Face
Topic: Wrinkle Fighters!

Every once in awhile, there's a popular product I get, try and can't fully review.  Extreme Lift is one of them.

I was gifted a one month sample of this $150 product and was extremely excited to try it out.  Within 10 minutes of putting it on, my face was visibly younger.  No lie - no exaggeration - I looked younger. You can actually FEEL your face getting tight.   Its like someone is pulling your temples to the top of your head. Its crazy. To be perfectly honest, I've never seen anything work so fast and so well.  Sadly, by the next morning, I had three new pimples.   I kept trying to use it for the next few days and my face look AMAZING...except for the pimples. 

Not only am I too grown up for pimples, but when they happen, I have heavy discoloration and scarring that can take months to correct.  I cannot put into words how sad I am because I think this is perfection in a bottle.  The website claims "surgical" results and they're not too far off target. 

Aside from the price tag, there is another major distraction - it smells like fish.  Cheaply prepared tilapia to be exact. Blagh, its just horrible.  It goes away after 10 minutes, but...seriously...name one woman that wants to smell like fish...

Still, if you can afford it, I strongly suggest picking this up.  I'm sad it didn't work out for me, but I have no doubts that I can work wonderfully for someone not acne prone.

Too Faced Wrinkle Injection
Topic: Wrinkle Fighters!

Now, while I really love Cosmedicine's Wrinkle Filler (see my review here), this one does a pretty decent job at a lower cost. This large, 10.2 gram tube will run you $26 USD.   As you can see, its packaged in a squeeze tube which is, honestly, no better or worse than the Cosmedicine brush on applicator.

The product comes out as a vanilla colored cream that fades into skin in about 3 or 4 minutes.  The big difference between the two is that it takes a LONG time for Too Faced to start working.  While the Cosmedicine seems to almost work with a lip plumper like speed, this rebuilds and fills the lines at a much slower pace.  You can get some satisfaction with first use, but for sustained line reduction, you'll want to give it 4 to 6 weeks of continued use, 2 or 3 times a day. 

Both build up the wrinkles over time, but it seems that Cosmedicine gets you there faster and lasts longer thoughout the day. After this tube is used, I will be switching back to Cosmedicine.

As I mentioned above, you can get a tube of this from TooFaced.com for $26, but please don't.  I've seen them come in gift sets with full sized mascara and eye shadow primer for $38.  I've also noticed them showing up on BeautyCrunch.com for $15.

Avoid this for deep skin folds, but for fine lines that you're just trying to keep on top of or if this is your first foray into line filling, you may want to give this a try.

Cosmedicine Instant Wrinkle Write Off
Topic: Wrinkle Fighters!
I'm pretty sure this product was made with the clear blood of virgin princesses - it's THAT good. Ok, don't get me wrong, I'm not a wrinkly mess or anything, but I've had a good time during my 20 something years on this planet and have the parentheses around my mouth (smile lines) to show for it. They're not bad enough for surgey or even Botox, but I notice them even if no one else does. This literally erases those lines without a stinky smell and without breaking me out. The product actually looks like pen (that'd you're write with) with a Stila-esque brush on the end. Just before applying your makeup do a swatch of this over the lines needing filled - wait a minute or two and the chemicals or magic working gnomes or whatever is in there works to fill the open space allowing for a smooth application of foundation or powder. Also, because it's colorless, you can just put this on if you're not wearing a foundation/powder that day. I can't rave enough about this!