Eminence Organics has this little hormone-induced breakout fighter serum that I have been using as my daily moisturizer during this HEAT wave of a summer. Having put aside my beloved Suki Balancing Day Lotion for fall and winter, I needed to use something that would help keep my skin clear, feel light, and have no adverse effects from sun exposure. I purchased Eminence Organics Eight Greens Youth Serum and the Eight Greens Whipped Moisturizer to try. Both products have a nice, and for lack of better word, herby scent. I am pretty impressed so far.
The concept behind the Eight Greens collection is that the main ingredient, Yucca Root, contains phytoestrogens and help balance out women's hormonal imbalance induced skin characteristics (aka: hormonal breakouts along the jawline, chin, and lip area) as well as restore a firmness and overall youthful radiant appearance. Women near their monthly cylce, perimenopausal, or menopausal...anything related to us wonderful women and hormonal changes, can benefit from this collection. After doing more research on the Yucca Root and it's power, I found this Yucca Root has been a treasured root, especially in Native American culture, as an anti-inflammatory and cleansing agent. The main medicinal agent in Yucca is saponin, which is a natural precursor of natural cortisones normally produced in the adrenal glands. Not only does this powerful medicinal root work as an anti-inflammatory, but also it has anti-aging qualities as well. Yucca is very rich in polyphenols as well, which suggest the ability to reduce the effects of aging. According to a piece of research published and done by Life Extension, plant polyphenols prevent tissue damage and block free radicals. The main polyphenol in Yucca is Resveratrol, known for its preventive power of degenerative conditions such as cellular damage. Basically this is one powerful inflammation, protector of cellular damage and breakdown little root.
I found that the Eight Greens Whipped Moisturizer is a little too heavy for such a sweltering hot summer for my skin for day time use. I have been experimenting (this morning actually) on the dilution of this product. All Eminence Moisturizers are concentrated and made for a customized dilution with water, depending on your skin's needs. I used a teeny tiny dab today with about 1-2 TBS water and found it was a good mix, though today is a little more mild than the 100 degree days we have been having here in Virginia the past couple weeks. Before I go to bed has been when I have been using the serum AND the moisturizer. For Day time I have primarily been using 1-2 drops of the Eight Greens Serum and my makeup and SPF powder go on flawlessly, without a heaviness underneath. So until the summer heat subsides, I will continue to use this little gem of a serum as my daily moisturizer/anti-acne treatment and save the whipped moisturizer for my Night Time treatment cream.
