Vitamins A and E, Sea Buckthorn Extract, Wild Lime Fruit Blend and fruit acids sound good to me.
Thoughts:
Nuance Wild Lime Exfoliating Gel
As I’m always switching up my skin care to keep it fresh, and this was only $8 (actually it was $4 if you count that I got it with the makeup remover on a buy one, get one 50% off day!), I think it was a great buy. The fruit acids definitely have some exfoliating power, but not enough. So I use it as my daily face wash, which seems to keep my skin bright. I like it.
Nuance Smooth & Firm Elixir
Probably wouldn’t purchase again, but only because my Tarte Tinted Moisturizer is already my skin care. This was kind of silly to buy. I might return it. Great ingredients though, Sodium Hyaluronate, Centella Asiatica Extract, Ecinacea, zinc, cucumber extract, panax ginseng, safflower, Agave Tequilana Leaf Extract, Albizia Julibrissin Bark Extract, Vitamin A and C and E – good stuff. My Tarte TM already has sodium hyaluronate and vitamins A, C and E. So this was a bit redundant for me. Feels and smells really nice when you put it on – sort of tightens and wakens your skin.
Nuance Anti-aging Super Eye Treatment
Softens and brightens the eye area immediately. Moistens to soften the fine lines. Tightens a bit which is good. Hard for me to compare eye products, but I think for $20 this is not a bad one to try at all. And I got it also on a buy one get 1 50% off day, so it was $15. It feels really good. I like it better than the Smooth and Firm Elixir. I’m trying to figure out if I like it better than my Mychelle Fabulous Eye Cream. I think maybe I like it a little better, as it contains passiflora extract which has vitamin C, and Mimosa and Lentil and Apple extract, which are probably cool, haha! My only question would be about the concentration of these ingredients. But for $15 it was worth it.
I think I would know more how I feel about these once I try something else for awhile. Sorry for the ambiguous review.
Water (Aqua), Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, Sodium Hyaluronate, Centella Asiatica
Extract, Echinacea Purpurea Extract, Saccharomyces/Silicon Ferment,
Saccharomyces/Zinc Ferment, Saccharomyces/Iron Ferment, Saccharomyces/Copper
Ferment, Saccharomyces/Magnesium Ferment, Magnesium Aspartate, Zinc Gluconate,
Copper Gluconate, Cucumis Sativus (Cucumber) Fruit Extract, Gynostemma
Pentaphyllum Extract, Panax Ginseng Root Extract, Hippophae Rhamnoides Fruit
Extract, Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Oil, Albizia Julibrissin Bark
Extract, Agave Tequilana Leaf Extract, Physalis Angulata Extract, Opuntia
Ficus-Indica Stem Extract, Tocopheryl Acetate, Retinyl Palmate, Ascorbyl
Palmate, Panthenol, Sodium PCA, Disodium EDTA, Carbomer, Sodium Hydroxide,
Caprylyl Glycol, Phenoxyethanol, Hexylene Glycol, Citric Acid, Fragrance
(Parfum), Green (CI 42053),Yellow 5 (CI 19140).
Water, Butylene Glycol, Castor Isostearate Succinate, Glycerin, Dicaprylyl
Carbonate, Stearic Acid, Dl-Methicone, PPG-12/SMDI Copolymer, Glyceryl Stearate,
PEG-100 Stearate, Cetyl Alcohol, Phenoxyethanol, Cetearyl Olivate, Sorbitan
Olivate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Triethanolamine Citrullus Vulgaris (Watermelon)
Fruit Extract, Mimosa Tenuiflora Bark Extract, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate
Crosspolymer, Passiflora Edulis Seed Oil, Lens Esculenta (Lentil) Fruit Extract,
Pyrus Malus (Apple) Fruit Extract, Chlorphenesin, Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate,
Oryza Sativa (Rice) Bran Oil, Ethylhexylglycerin, Retinyl Palmitate, Disodium
EDTA, Sodium Lactate, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Euterpe Oleracea Fruit Oil,
Orbignya Oleifera Seed Oil, Sodium PCA, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1.
Water (Aqua), Hydroxypropyl Starch Phosphate, Glycerin, Propanediol, Saccharum
Officinarum (Sugar Cane) Extract, Melia Azadirachta Leaf Extract, Citrus
Australasica Fruit Extract, Citrus Australis Fruit Extract, Citrus Glauca Fruit
Extract, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Pyrus Malus (Apple) Fruit Extract,
Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Fruit Extract, Citrus Medica Limonum (Lemon)
Fruit Extract, Lentinus Edodes Extract, Mucor Miehei Extract, Passiflora Edulis
Seed Oil, Oryza Sativa (Rice) Bran Oil, Euterpe Oleracea Fruit Oil, Orbignya
Oleifera Seed Oil, Panthenol, Wheat Amino Acids, Methyl Gluceth-20, Sodium PCA,
Ethoxydiglycol, Butylene Glycol, Capryloyl Glycine, Chlorophyllin-Copper
Complex, Allantoin, Zinc Gluconate, Alcohol Denat., Alcohol, Fragrance(Parfum),
Phenoxyethanol, Caprylyl Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Hexylene Glycol.
And here are some other reviews I found entertaining, helpful, interesting. Especially love the first one – inspires me to try more products.
http://happinessseries.com/12/2011/salma-hayek-nuance-product-reviews/
http://mummysproductreviews.com/2011/09/nuance-by-salma-hayek-review-love-it-and-hate-it.html
http://www.makeupalley.com/product/showreview.asp?ItemID=145257
And two more.
http://www.megsmakeup.com/2011/12/02/nuance-salma-hayek
http://www.musingsofamuse.com/2012/04/nuance-salma-hayek-new-product-launch-for-summer-2012.html
Marisa Porter 