It is a truth of life: What goes up should come down. And — as I’ve realized as I accumulate extra birthdays — that features one’s cheekbones and nasolabial folds (also called the creases between the nostril and mouth).

I would beforehand used Botox to maintain these areas wanting taut, however after going longer than regular between remedies, I began to note the contours of my face have been wanting rather less… contoured. In what can solely be described as a stroke of serendipity, it was round that very same time {that a} bottle of Clé de Peau Beauté Firming Serum Supreme landed on my desk.

The truth that I am nonetheless utilizing it three months later tells you just about every part it’s good to know. However that is Attract — so I will fill you in on all the remaining.

Clé de Peau Beauté Firming Serum Supreme

First up, the feel: Although it is referred to as a serum, the formulation feels to me extra like a lotion or light-weight moisturizer. That is to not say it does not take up shortly: After I therapeutic massage it utilizing upward actions, the formulation melts seamlessly into my pores and skin — forsaking solely the faintest path of flowery scent. 

I believed I used to be going loopy (or on the very least, falling sufferer to the placebo impact) after I took a glance within the mirror moments after making use of it and swore my pores and skin regarded tighter and smoother already. However after assessing its elements, beauty chemist Kelly Dobos assured me it wasn’t all in my head. Certainly, the formulation incorporates two varieties of polymers — trimethoxysilicate and VP/VA copolymer — that work instantly, although superficially. “The mixture helps create a smoothing, tightening impact on the floor of the pores and skin,” says Dobos.

However the actual magic occurs over time: Shiseido, the father or mother firm of Clé de Peau Beauté, performed analysis that discovered that licorice root and raspberry-derived extracts (each of that are included within the serum) have the flexibility to strengthen the arrector pili muscular tissues within the face. These teeny-tiny muscular tissues are accountable for the best way your hair stands on finish once you get goosebumps — and subsequently additionally possess the flexibility to make the pores and skin seem extra taut. As a bonus, licorice root additionally helps brighten hyperpigmentation when used diligently over time.