Beauty Bible Beauty Clinic
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June 13th, 2010: Frown line filler
Q Please can you suggest a product to help the dreaded frown line on my forehead? It's a singleton so far, but I can't bear it to double up. I am 52, and my skin is in very good condition due to using Liz Earle products religiously so I don't wear much make-up unless I am going out - then I use Philosophy Sheer Tint Primer, with Bare Minerals foundation. They sort out my open pores but this deep line is driving me mad - there's so much on the market and I don't know what to get!
A We sympathise – Sarah particularly, who looks at her single tall vertical furrow and its smaller companions rather crossly. Actually, one big thing is to get enough sleep – and also to have your eyes tested. Squinting at the world – and a computer screen – really makes those lines worse. A good pair of specs, and sun glasses, can allow existing lines to soften and may prevent more sprouting.
 Meanwhile, we have the technology! Or rather we know who does… It’s a miraculous product called Tri-Aktiline Instant Deep Wrinkle Filler by Good Skin Labs, £27.99 for 30 ml tube (which lasts for years…). This features a combination of ingredients that really do soften and smooth out the appearance of frown lines, wrinkles and crows feet, the moment you pat it gently on. We promise it’s true – we see it for ourselves every morning.
Tri-Aktiline also claims to reduce the appearance of wrinkle depth and length after eight weeks of continued use. To be honest, we’re not certain about this. Sarah’s certainly haven’t got worse so maybe it does. But frankly, the immediate effect is such a boon that we’d go on using it for that alone.
Tri-Aktiline contains gatuline and argirline to help relax facial muscles and kombuchka which may have antioxidant properties to prevent further damage. It was tested in-house at Good Skin Labs but not against a control product, so subjects may have benefitted simply from applying a moisturiser. (Unlike our own tests, where women are asked to apply the product to one side of their faces and use their own product on the other, or nothing if that’s what they usually don’t do!)
As for the rest, go on moisturising, and don’t skip the sun preps – they help stop lines and wrinkles, as well as brown spots.
 We  . . . Bobbi Brown Tinted Eye Brightener, £22. Clever Bobbi Brown. You know how most under-eye concealers tend to be super-pale, so that if you’re not careful you end up with a too-pale area under the eyes instead of a shadow? (Sort of a reverse-panda effect.) Well, this pump-action concealer wand is slightly pigmented so that it just makes your under-eyes appear the same colour as the rest of your face, while still containing brightening, circle-erasing pigments. Already a bestseller, it’s now in a handbag-friendly portable size, and comes in eight shades.
Where to Find Products
Tri-Aktiline Instant Deep Wrinkle Filler, £27.99 for 30 ml, is available to purchase on line from www.boots.com.
Bobbi Brown Tinted Eye Brightener, £22, is available to purchase online from www.bobbibrown.co.uk.
Beauty Bible Beauty Clinic Archive
June 6th 2010 - Body Lotions
May 30th 2010 - Holiday Hair Care
May 23rd 2010 - Cleanse and tone
May 16th 2010 - Hair protection
May 9th 2010 - Weak nails
May 2nd 2010 - Calming hair products
April 25th 2010 - Skincare for PCOS
April 18th 2010 - Tinted Moisturisers
April 11th 2010 - Stretch Marks
April 4th 2010 - Red Veins
March 28th 2010 - All-Over Sensitive Skin
March 21st 2010 - Foundation Recommendations
March 14th 2010 - Ingredients
March 7th 2010 - Laser hair removal
February 28th 2010 - SPF Moisturisers
February 21st 2010 - Eyelash enhancers
February 14th 2010 - Night-time skincare
February 7th 2010 - Moisturisers
January 31st 2010 - Concealers
January 24th 2010 - Primers
January 17th 2010 - Choosing skincare products
January 10th 2010 - Parabens free make-up
January 3rd 2010 - Cosmetic Dentistry
Beauty Bible Beauty Clinic Archive 2009
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