Price of kit: $84.00 CAD or $70.00 USD at
Sephora
Description:
This very special triad of products features the award-winning Truth Serum-Collagen Booster, Sheer Transformation-Renewing Creme, and Invigorating Night Gel-Firming Treatment. The results of these three products when used in conjunction with each other daily - are truly amazing. Each formulation is oil-free, light in texture, firming, lifting, pore tightening, and promotes uniform pigmentation. They embrace your skin with protection, comfort, and hydration, without overlooking the importance of providing anti aging and retexturizing benefits. As an added bonus, each product feels sensational and is a pleasure to use every day. Ole Henriksen personally invites you to share his philosophy of healthy skin, abounding vitality, and total well being.
I purchased this set a month ago and have been using it daily since then. Overall, I am quite impressed with the results.
This set contains:
- 1 oz Truth Serum
- 1 oz Invigorating Night Gel
- 1 oz Sheer Transformation
What it is formulated WITHOUT:
- Parabens
- Sulfates
- Petro-Chemicals (all except Invigorating Night Gel)
- Phthalates
- GMO
- Triclosan
My Thoughts:
I have combination skin that can can have the tendency to become extremely dehydrated in the winter, and become very oily in summer.
When I found this trio, I was on the hunt for something that would get me started on an anti-aging skincare regime that wouldn't cause breakouts. Along with moderate cystic breakouts (I almost always have one or two) and acne scars, I am turning 25 this year and I am starting to notice fine lines developing on the tops of my cheeks. I don't like the feel of heavier creams on my face and they always seem to cause breakouts, so these three products seemed like the perfect solution.
Overall rating:
4/5 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
Truth Serum® Collagen Booster
Price (bought separately): $60.00 CAD or $48.00 USD at
Sephora
Size: 1 oz
What it is:A high-potency vitamin C complex that prevents and corrects signs of aging while promoting brightness.
What it is formulated to do:
This amazing ten-percent vitamin C skin booster and anti aging treatment firms and smoothes, delivering more radiant skin. The weightless, fast-absorbing, oil-free formula penetrates to deep layers of the skin, offering instant and long-term hydration, nourishment, and antioxidant protection against environmental aggressors.
My thoughts:
My favourite of the three is the Truth Serum. It adds that extra bit of hydration that I need without being heavy. I can even use it around my eye area (it does sting if I gets IN my eye though...made that mistake once). I also love that it contains Vitamin C and hyaluronic acid and I definitely feel as though it is helping to plump and even out my skin tone.
Product usage:
I use this serum once a day, in the morning after cleansing and toning. It is a very thin watery consistency, is transparent orange in colour, and smells amazing (like orange candy). It is very slippery when first applied but absorbs quickly into the skin. It feels slightly sticky once absorbed but that becomes completely undetectable once I apply my my moisturizer or sunscreen over it.
Packaging:
I like the small glass pump bottle. Half a pump is more than enough to cover my whole face.
Overall rating:
5/5
<3 <3 <3 <3 <3
Will I repurchase?:
Yes.
Invigorating Night Gel
Price (bought separately): $56.00 CAD or $45.00 USD at
Sephora
Size: 1.7 oz
What it is:An exceptionally lightweight gel that stimulates cell turnover, exposing a younger, firmer-looking complexion. A soothing moisture barrier instantly seals in essential vitamins and minerals.
My thoughts: I was hoping that the night gel (which exfoliates and heals the skin) would help prevent my monthly breakouts, but that idea was too good to be true. I do like how my skin feels and looks soft and smooth in the morning and that it does kind of help to treat and heal any existing breakouts...thought I wouldn't completely depend on it for a spot treatment. I think it might be contributing to smaller looking pores but I can't be 100% sure.
Product usage:This is a really thick and sticky clear gel and it doesn't really do very much to moisturize and hydrate my skin. It literally feels like a "barrier" that would flake or peel off I don't follow up with a moisturizer. I apply this to my entire face (avoiding my eye area) every night after cleansing and toning. I then use Sheer Transformation on top.
Packaging:I hate anything in a jar, especially my skin care. I feel like dipping my finger in it contaminates the product. I always feel like the last quarter of anything that comes in a jar is unusable.
Overall rating:3/5
<3 <3 <3 <3 <3
Will I repurchase?: No.
Sheer Transformation
Price (bought separately): $56.00 CAD or $45.00 USD at
Sephora
Size: 1.7 oz
What it is:
An anti aging, skin-perfecting complex.
What it is formulated to do:
Ole Henriksen Sheer Transformation helps fade skin discolorations—hyperpigmentation, age spots, and sun damage—without the use of chemicals. It instantly nourishes and retexturizes the complexion, smoothing fine lines while providing intense free-radical protection to help prevent further damage. The light, creamy formula leaves skin feeling silky.
My thoughts:
I really love the feel of the Sheer Transformation. it had the perfect balance between feeling light but still moisturizing. I think that this is definitely contributing to lightening my acne scars.
I am still unsure of how well this wears under makeup. To be fair, I wear another moisturizer during the day that contains sunscreen so I haven't really given this a fair chance for daytime use...However, the few times I did wear this under makeup for a full day (under Laura Mercier Mineral Powder Foundation) my pores and fine lines seemed to look more obvious throughout the day. I have since realized that the foundation was part of the problem, but this cream seemed to make it even worse.
Product Usage:
This is an absolutely gorgeous light and silky but highly hydrating cream. It is working perfectly for me right now as my night cream.
Packaging:
Again...another unsanitary jar.
Overall rating:
4/5
<3 <3 <3 <3 <3
Will I repurchase?:
Not for now. I might come back to this but I would definitely like to try something new.
Ingredients
Truth Serum® Collagen Booster
Water (Aqua), Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate, Calcium Acerbate, Sorbitol, Glycerin, Tocopheryl Acetate, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Fruit Extract, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Euphrasis Offinalis Extract, Rosa Canina Fruit Extract, Citrus Grandis (Grapefruit) Seed Extract, Oleth-20, Hydroxyethylcellulose, PEG-12 Dimethicone, Benzophenone-4, Sodium Hyaluronate, Thioctic Acid, Phenoxyethanol, Citric Acid, Caprylyl Glycol, Hexylene Glycol, Limonene, Linalool, Citral, Fragrance (Parfum), Yellow 6 (CI 15985).
Invigorating Night Gel
Water, Glycolic Acid, Lactic Acid, Algae Extract, Glycerin, Calcium Ascorbate, Sorbitol, Tocopherol, Vaccinium Myrtillus Extract, Saccharum Officinarum (Sugar Cane) Extract, Acer Saccharum (Sugar Maple) Extract, Citrus Auranium Dulcis (Orange) Fruit Extract, Citrus Medica Limonum (Lemon) Fruit Extract, Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract, Xanthan Gum, Biosaccharide Gum-1, Propylene Glycol, Phenoxyethanol, Potassium Hydroxide, Fragrance.
Sheer Transformation
Water, Caprylic/Capric Triglycerides, Dimethicone, Stearyl Alcohol, Tribehenin, Glycerin, Steareth-20, Hydrogenated Coco-Glycerides, Phenoxyethanol, Dimethiconol, Sucrose Dilaureate, Polysorbate 20, Cyclomethicone, Octyldodercanol, Xanthan Gum, Pisum Sativum (Pea Extract), Steareth-2, Caprylyl Glycol, Hexylene Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Tocopheryl Acetate, Fusanus Spicatus Wood Oil, Santalum Album (Sandalwood) Seed Extract, Sorbitol, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Extract, Berberis Vulgaris Fruit, Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract, Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract, Vaccinium Myrtilus Fruit Extract, Saccharum Officinarum (Sugar Cane) Extract, Acer Saccharum (Sugar Maple) Extract, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Fruit Extract, Citrus Medica Limomum (Lemon) Fruit Extract, Calcium Ascorbate, Dimethyl Sulfone, Superoxide Dismutase.
1.7 oz
