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.
Where to start
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 ($90 each) is great. It includes 10% niacinamide and helps with hydration and tone.
I love everything in the line, but those two are the standouts.$ 135 splurge
30-dagars garanti
Om du är tveksam att splurge på ett $ 90 serum, kommer alla produkter med en 30-dagars garanti, så om du är olycklig av någon anledning, kan du returnera dem och få pengarna tillbaka (du måste betala returnera frakt, men).
Rekommenderad!
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Jag är en fan. Naturligtvis önskar jag att produkterna var mindre dyr, men den här linjen ändrade min hud till det bättre, och jag såg resultat omedelbart. Plus – Hej, Bay Area!
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Ingredienslista
Ren + E.O. Helt gratis oljekrengörare: Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Fröolja, Helianthus annuus (solros) Fröolja, Prunus Armeniaca (aprikos) Kärnolja, Decyl Polyglukosid (polyglukos), sackaroskokoat, blandade tokoferoler (vitamin E) från icke-GMO-källor, Elderberry Phytocyde (Sambucus nigra) frukt extrakt, xantangummi, pre / probiotisk komplex, beta glukan, rosmarinus officinalis (rosmarin) oleoresin, superoxid dismutas (SOD)
Balansering hypotonisk: grönt te (Camellia sinensis leaf) extrakt, beta glukan, d-panthenol, leuconostoc / radish root ferment filtrat, elderberry fytocid (sambucus nigra) frukt extrakt, lakritsrot (glykyrrhiza glabra) extrakt, pre / probiotiskt komplex, selen, Curcumin CO2 (Curcuma Longa), äppelcidervinäger (ättiksyra), natriumhyaluronat, gurka (cucumis sativus) frukt extrakt
Barriäråterställning Serum: Camellia sinensis (grönt te) Extrakt, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Fröolja, Brassica oleracea Italica (broccoli) Fröolja, Ceramid 3, mjölklipider, natriumhyaluronat, natriumpca, L-arginin, N-acetylglukosamin, kolloidala spårmineraler, L-aspartinsyra, glukono delta-lakton, urea, hydrolyserat kollagenprotein, daucus carota sativa (morot) rot extrakt, epigallocatechin-3-gallat (ECGC), polygonum avikulare extrakt (knotgrass flavonoider), mjölksyra, magnesiumklorid , icke-GMO-soja lecitinfosfolipider, fosfatidylserin, leuconostoc / rädisrotfiltratferment, laktobaciller-jäsning, zinkoxid, decylglukosid, superoxiddismutas (SOD), resveratrol, xantangummi
Lugnande B3-serum: Camellia sinensis (grönt te) extrakt, natriumhyaluronat, niacinamid (vitamin B3), D-panthenol (pro-vitamin B5), natriumsalicylat, N-acetylglukosamin, epigallocatechin-3-gallat (ECGC), gluko- nolakton, polygonum aviculare extrakt (knotweed bioflavonoider), daucus carota sativa (morot) rot extrakt, beta-glukan, galakto-oligiosackarid, bacillus ferment, leuconostoc / radish rotfiltrat jäsning, glykyrrhiza glabra (lakrits) extrakt, cucumis sativus (gurka) frukt Extrahera
Intensiv reparationserum: Camellia sinensis (grönt te) extrakt, natriumhyaluronat, d-panthenol (pro-vitamin B5), niacinamid (vitamin B3), mjölksyra, salicylsyra, kalcium pantotenat (vitamin B5), epigallocate-chin-3- Gallat (ECGC), glukonolakton, polygonum aviculare extrakt (knotweed bioflavonoider), daucus carota sativa (morot) rot extrakt, beta-glukan, galakto-oligiosackarid, leuconostoc / radish rotfiltreraferment, bacillus jäsning, ättiksyra (äppelcidervinäger), Marrubium vulgare (vit horehound) extrakt
Barriärlipidkomplex: Kolesterol, Lacto-Ceramider, Fytosfingosin, Elderberry Fytocid (Sambucus nigra) Fruktkörning, Tranbärsfrö (Vacciniummakrokarpon) Olja, Svart hallonfrö (Rubus occidentalis) Olja, Chia Frö (Salvia Hispanica) Olja, Prickly Pear Seed ( Opuntia ficus indica) Olja, kvälls primrose (oenotera biennis) olja, squalen, blandade tokoferoler (vitamin E) från icke-GMO-källor, BlackBerry-frö (RUBUS fruticosus) olja, icke-GMO-lecitin, fosfatidylserin, natriumhyaluronat, omega-3 fettsyra eikosapentaenoesyra (från mikroalgae)
Micronutrient + Hydro Mask: Camelia Sinensis (Green Tea) Extrakt, Sea Kelp Bioferment (Lactobacillus / KelP-fermentfiltrat), hav kelp (glycerin, laminaria digitata) extrakt, cetearylalkohol / cetearylglukosid, beta-glukan, lakto-ceramider, natriumpca, Helianthus annuus (solros) fröolja, brassica oleracea italia (broccoli) fröolja, sorbitan laurat, squalen, marina kollagen, kolesterol, urea, leuconostoc / rädisa rotfermentfiltrat, probiotiskt komplex, galakto-oligiosackarider, L-karnosin, N-acetyl Glukosamin, bacopa, grönt teextrakt (epigallocatechin gallat-3), lykopen, resveratrol, curcumin CO2 (Curcuma Longa), torkad jäst (niacin, pyridoxinhydroklorid, tiaminhydroklorid, riboflavin, folsyra, kobolamin)