Bay area charm brand Kristina Holey + Marie Veronique wants to balance your bacteria.
The setting: Novato, about a month ago. I was breaking out around my mouth. Fearing for my face, while also wanting to try something new, as I typically do, I chose to try the Kristina Holey + Marie Veronique skin care line, because I’d heard some good things about it.
I’m not kidding — my skin got better overnight, which sounds an awfully lot like an infomercial when I say it out loud, but dramatic changes like that never happen that rapidly with my skin.
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Meet my newest skin care love.
Botany babes
The seven-piece Kristina Holey + Marie Veronique skin care line is the Bay area botanical brainchild of two natural skin care gurus — San Francisco facialist Kristina Holey (she’s been ballyhooed about in all the big mags), and Berkeley chemist/skin care formulator/former high school science teacher Marie Veronique, who also has her own separate skin care line (I’ve got my eye on their Vitamin C+E Ferulic serum), which you can find, along with Kristina Holey products, at the Berkeley Marie Veronique store and online at the Marie Veronique website.
Kristina Holey + Marie VeroniqueMicronutrient + Hydro Mask
Props to the plants
With products and prices comparable to Tata Harper, Kat Burki and Sunday Riley, Kristina Holey + Marie Veronique is all about fancy foliage, tried-and-true compounds and high-end greens. There’s a face oil cleanser ($40), a toner ($45), three serums ($90-$110 each), a face oil ($95) and a mask ($135).
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Marvels of microbiology
Beneficial bacteria is a big deal in skin care these days, and brands like Tula are even putting probiotics into their products. Kristina Holey + Maria Veronique puts a different spin on your microbiome by concentrating on keeping it balanced, with the idea being that your mug’s microbiome is unbalanced if you’re experiencing dryness or breakouts or inflammation. Their products are formulated to bring your bacteria back in balance for clearer, hydrated, even-toned skin.
I like layering all three of the serums.
Familiar faces headline the list of ingredients
All of their products are manufactured in small batches in Berkeley, and they’re good for six months once they’ve been opened. They include familiar compounds to exfoliate and maintain moisture levels. some of the ingredients include salicylic acid, glycolic acid, niacinamide, vitamin B3 and B6, and that’s just for starters (there’s a complete list of the ingredients below).
I was pleased to see these ingredients front and center, because I know that a lot of people, including me and my combo dry, acne-prone skin, respond well to them.
Kristina Holey + Marie Veronique products also avoid potentially irritating ingredients, like vital oils and synthetic fragrances.
It took me a while to get used to the scents
Not to say that the products are unscented. some of them are, or at least they have such a natural, nondescript scent that it makes very little impression, but a couple of them smell “earthy.” The barrier Lipid Complex, for example, smells like a bottle of fish oil, and for the first week I felt like I was slathering cat food on my face.
I mostly don’t notice it now (mostly)…
Clearer, much more moisturized skin and less visible pigmentation
I’ve been using everything from the line for four weeks, but I saw positive results immediately, especially on the uncomfortable red pimple that was on my top lip.
It typically takes about a week for pimples to come to a head and start drying out on my face, but I dabbed the Intensive repair Serum, which is the treatment for breakout-prone skin, on the pimple on the first night, and it concerned a head by the next morning. It was completely dried out within two days, and by two weeks I could barely see any post-acne pigment (to put it in perspective, it typically takes about three to six months for those post-acne dark spots to disappear on me).
The face oil cleanser, toner and moisturizing face oil
Also, many of the time when I use exfoliators this powerful, my skin gets scaly and tight and dry, but that hasn’t happened while using these products. My skin still feels hydrated.
After a month, my breakouts have stopped/gone on hiatus, my skin looks much more evenly toned, and my pores even seem a little smaller.
My fine lines don’t look much different, but overall I think my skin looks plump and dewy and clear.
Waar te beginnen
If you’re going to start with anything, I’d say give the Intensive repair Serum a try, especially if you have any issues with acne or pigmentation, and I also think the Soothing B3 Serum ($90 each) is great. It includes 10% niacinamide and helps with hydration and tone.
I love everything in the line, but those two are the standouts.De $ 135 uitsporing
30-daagse garantie
Als je aarzelend bent om op een serum van $ 90 uit te spreiden, worden alle producten geleverd met een garantie van 30 dagen, dus als je om welke reden dan ook niet tevreden bent, kun je ze retourneren en je geld terugkrijgen (je moet wel de Retourneer verzending, hoewel).
Aanbevolen!
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Ik ben een fan. Natuurlijk wou ik dat de producten minder prijzig waren, maar deze lijn veranderde mijn huid ten goede, en ik zag de resultaten onmiddellijk. Plus – Hallo, Bay Area!
Uw vriendelijke wijk charme verslaafde,
Karen
INGREDIËNTEN LIJST
Puur + e.o. Volledig gratis oliereiniger: Carthamus Tincorius (Safflower) Zaadolie, Helianthus annuus (zonnebloem) zaadolie, prunu’s Armeniaca (abrikoos) kernelolie, decyl-polyglucoside (polyglucose), sucrose-cocoaat, gemengde tocopherols (vitamine E) van niet-GMO-bronnen, vlierbessen Phytocyde (Sambucus Nigra) Fruit Extract, Xanthan Gum, Pre / Probiotic Complex, Beta Glucan, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Oleoresin, Superoxide Dismutase (SOD)
Balanceren hypotonic: groene thee (Camellia sinensis blad) extract, bèta glucan, D-Panthenol, leuconostoc / radijswortel filtraat, vlierbessen fytocide (sambucus nigra) fruitextract, zoethout root (glycyrrrhiza glabra) extract, pre / probiotic complex, selenium, Curcumum CO2 (Curcuma longa), appelciderazijn (azijnzuur), natriumhyaluronaat, komkommer (Cucumis sativus) fruitextract
Barrier Restore Serum: Camellia Sinensis (groene thee) extract, Simmondsia chinensis (jojoba) zaadolie, Brassica oleracea-italica (broccoli) zaadolie, keramide 3, melklipiden, natriumhyaluronaat, natrium-PCA, L-arginine, N-acetyl glucosamine, colloïdaal trace mineralen, L-aspartinezuur, glucono delta lacton, ureum, gehydrolyseerd collageen-eiwit, Daucus carota sativa (wortel) wortelextract, epigallocatechin-3-gallate (ECGC), polygonum aviculare-extract (knotgrass flavonoïden), melkzuur, magnesiumchloride , niet-gmo soja lecithine fosfolipiden, fosfatidyl serine, leuconostoc / radijs wortelfiltraat gisting, lactobacilli gisting, zinkoxide, decyl glucoside, superoxide dismutase (zode), resveratrol, xanthan gom
Soothing B3-serum: Camellia Sinensis (groene thee) extract, natriumhyaluronaat, niacinamide (vitamine B3), D-Panthenol (pro-vitamine B5), natriumsalicylaat, n-acetyl glucosamine, epigallocatechin-3-gallate (ECGC), gluco- Nolacton, Polygonum Aviculare-extract (Knotweed Bioflavonoïden), Daucus Carota Sativa (wortel) wortelextract, bèta-glucan, galacto-oligiosaccharide, bacillus gisting, leuconostoc / radijswortel filtraat gisting, glycyrrhiza Glabra (zoethout) extract, Cucumis sativus (komkommer) fruit Extract
Intensieve reparatieserum: Camellia Sinensis (groene thee) extract, natriumhyaluronaat, D-Panthenol (pro-vitamine B5), niacinamide (vitamine B3), melkzuur, salicylzuur, calcium pantothesen (vitamine B5), epigallocat-chin-3- Gallate (ECGC), Gluconolacton, Polygonum Aviculare-extract (Knotweed Bioflavonoïden), Daucus Carota Sativa (wortel) wortelextract, bèta-glucan, galacto-oligiosaccharide, leuconostoc / radijs-wortelfiltraat gisting, bacillus ferment, azijnzuur (appelciderazijn), Marrubium vulgare (witte horehound) extract
Barrière lipid complex: cholesterol, lacto-ceramiden, fytosphingosine, vlierbessen fytocide (sambucus nigra) fruitextract, cranberry zaad (vaccinium macrocarpon) olie, zwarte frambozenzaad (rubus occidentalis) olie, chia zaad (Salvia Hispanica) olie, stekelige perenzaad ( Opuntia Ficus Indica) Olie, avondsleutelbloem (Oenothera-biënnis) Olie, squaleen, gemengde tocoferolen (vitamine E) uit niet-GMO-bronnen, BlackBerry Seed (Rubus Fruticosus) Olie, niet-GGO-lecithine, fosfatidylserine, natriumhyaluronaat, omega-3 vetzuur eicosapentaenoïnezuur (van microalgae)
Micronutrient + Hydro-masker: Camelia Sinensis (groene thee) extract, zee kelp biofering (lactobacillus / kelp filtraat), zee kelp (glycerine, laminaria digitata) extract, cetearylalcohol / cetearyl glucoside, bèta glucan, lacto-ceramiden, natrium-PCA, Helianthus annuus (zonnebloem) zaadolie, brassica oleracea italica (broccoli) zaadolie, sorbitan lauraat, squaleen, marine collageen, cholesterol, ureum, leuconostoc / radijswortel filtraat, probiotisch complex, galacto-oligiosacchariden, L-carnosine, n-acetyl glucosamine, bacopa, groene thee-extract (epigallocatechin gallate-3), lycopeen, resveratrol, curcumum CO2 (Curcuma longa), gedroogde gist (niacine, pyridoxine hydrochloride, thiamine hydrochloride, riboflavine, foliumzuur, cobalamin)