Sea Kelp Ultramarine

 

  This jar of lovely bubbly blue gel has to be one of my favorite Skin Actives products so far! Just looking at it is almost soothing. 

As with most of Skin Active's products, the Sea Kelp Ultramarine can also be used by male or female and anyone from children to the elderly can reap the benefits lying in the jar!

I first have to say, this is not, I repeat not your average face mask. It won't burn or irritate your skin and will not leave it as dry as the desert when it's rinsed away. 

What it will do however, is leave you with glowy, smooth, pore-reduced, firm and even skin. Not only that, but unlike your drugstore masks, the Sea Kelp Ultramarine's lovely benefits will not diminish after a few hours. Is it only me or have y'all had those results with most masks? It's like right when you rinse a mask off your face looks nice or at least better and by the time you've slept for a couple of hours your skin's right back to normal! Enlarged pores, redness, etc. I hate that!

Thankfully, you won't need to use the Sea Kelp Ultramarine daily although you certainly could. Once a week has kept my skin looking great, but I will probably use it a couple extra days this week since I've had some sort of freak breakouts suddenly. Why does it seem like I've written that sentence a lot? Maybe I have these freak breakouts more often than I though. Crap.

Anyways, what I love about the Sea Kelp Ultramarine is the cool soothing and redness, inflammation reducing properties. It's what I'll run to when my skin acts up!

You only need a small amount to totally cover your face/neck and it does not burn! I feel a little cooling, but nothing irritating. I've actually had some "mud masks" as well as others burn the skin off of my face. Really! The Sea Kelp Ultramarine cleans so deep into the pores that I could swear they feel cleaner! It tightens and closes everything up and leaves you with the nicest clean, dewy glow! A major plus, you aren't left with dried out skin.

If you've had inflammation, acne or irritation, the Sea Kelp mask works wonders. Once it has dried and you are ready for it to come off simply rinse or wipe away with a warm wash cloth! That's another thing that really impressed me. Being able to rinse it away quickly without having bits stuck all over my face was so convenient.

According to Skin Actives this works as a moisturizer too. It does in fact leave you with moisturized skin, but since it dries like a mask, I wouldn't use it as a lotion. It will peel off easily too.

The other night I was so exhausted and I had washed my face and applied the Sea Kelp Ultramarine and planned to get in the shower when it dried. I was reading and ended up passing out for several hours with the mask on. I'm not sure if leaving it on for so long helped, but I appreciated how nice my skin looked the next AM due to my crashing!

WHO, WHAT AND HOW?
The Sea Kelp Ultramarine is good for normal, oily and dry skin and combination skin. You can use it all over the body, hair, eyebrows, lashes, eyes, hands, lips, etc. I'm a little worried about using this on my eyes as It'd be a pain if it got inside and I've had terrible eye irritation lately and I'm finally getting over that. 

Another awesome thing about the Sea Kelp mask is that it can be used as a shave gel and it is paraben free so y'all paraben-haters, rejoice!

This product is supposed to be great for rosacea! You can even add water to it and turn it into a serum! In fact, I think I'll take a small amount of it and do just that. It will soften your hair and if used as a shave gel will prevent nicks and if used after shaving it'll help with irritation and redness, red bumpies! Like I said, a very soothing Skin Active product. 


INGREDIENTS:

Lactobacillus/kelp ferment filtrate, Porphyridium extract,  Laminaria japonica extract, Arthrospira extract.

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Ultramarine Nutrient Serum

 The Ultramarine Nutrient Serum is another lovely product from Skin Actives. It comes in a very convenient bottle with a eye dropper style lid so you can easily grab the amount you need in a second. In the second photo you can somewhat see the consistency, texture and color of the Serum. It is white like a moisturizer and somewhere between a thin moisturizer and serum in texture. It's smooth and leaves no greasy or sticky residue behind. 

 This too is a product that can be used by children to the elderly and both male and female. Very versatile and a product that can benefit the whole family. 

 INGREDIENTS:

 Distilled water, Lactobacillus/kelp ferment filtrate (and) Porphyridium extract (and) Laminaria japonica extract (and) Arthrospira extract., Sodium PCA, Alpha Bisabolol (natural), Coconut Endosperm, Natural Active Peptides, Sodium Hyaluronate, Guaizulene, Propylene Glycol, Diazolidinyl Urea, Methylparaben (and) Propylparaben.

  The Ultramarine Nutrient Serum applies and dries quickly and easily and can be used before applying makeup as it will not react negatively or roll up in those tiny balls like some moisturizers and serums. I like that this Nutrient Serum never leaves a thick residue on my face. It can be used for dry skin, combination, oily and normal so this will fit most skin types wonderfully. I can't think of any skin type or person that couldn't benefit in some way by the Nutrient Serum.

Like the Ultramarine Sea Kelp mask, this too can be used as aftershave or as a mask. I like to apply some any time I need it, night or day and leave it on all day or night. Since it will go on without peeling or drying you out or leaving residue, it's great for a quick application while giving your skin what it needs.

The Ultramarine Nutrient Serum is amazing for any inflammation, redness or irritation. I just had this enormous cyst like bump come up on my nose and it's terribly painful and it's the type that does not go away no matter what. I decided to try some of the Nutrient Serum on the area as well as another inflamed bump and the huge cyst-like bump has drastically gone down in swelling and I am telling you, it's unbelievably miraculous! That huge bump had the entire side of my nose swelled up and it hurt so bad just to touch it. I applied the serum maybe 12 hours ago and there's no sign of that sucker! No swelling, no soreness, nothing! I love this stuff.

I used to get these cyst-like nightmares on my nose as a teen and goodness they're awful. I've never ever found anything that would actually help those until today. It's pretty amazing! I have no idea what it is that worked such a miracle.

I also added some of the Antioxidant Booster to the area a while after letting the Nutrient Serum absorb and that may have had some great effects on the bump as well. All I know is that if it done something that major, then there's truly no telling what else it is capable of. I won't hesitate to use this stuff daily. 

It also works as an antihistamine as well as helping with atopic dermatitis, inflammation and sun damage. This, my lovelies, is some powerful stuff! Once it cleared my awful bumps, I was recommending it immediately. The 12 year old has some break outs recently and I can't wait to try this out on his forehead! 

Here's what Skin Actives has to say:

" The objective of our marine serum is to alleviate inflammation and soothe the skin. It helps with mosquito bites, after shaving and sun after-effects.

This is the perfect nutritive base for users with oilier skin types. It is the perfect base for KGF, EGF, and our other water soluble actives. It provides all the advantages of our Sea Kelp Ultramarine but is easier to work with in terms of dissolving actives. It can be layered with our ELS Base Serum to achieve a perfect wet/dry balance. This serum has a beautiful blue tinge, thanks to Guaiazulene, which also gives it anti-inflammatory benefits."

The Ultramarine Nutrient Serum can be used alone or mixed with other actives like the Antioxidant Booster. ALA will not dissolve in this product though.

I absolutely recommend this lovely serum to anybody who wants healthier skin or has inflammation or anything I've mentioned here. Even if all it does is clear up those awful red bumps, I'll be totally satisfied. I'm positive that it'll help in so many ways and will update y'all each time I have results!

You can find the Ultramarine Nutrient Serum at Skin Actives as well as products for any skincare need you may possibly have! Have fun and if you do use any of the products from Skin Actives, share your results! I'd love to have some recommendations from you guys. I've used several of their products, but am always happy to try more!

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