To keep our skin bright and smooth we should regularly help it in regeneration, by peeling off dead skin cells. However, if you have an ance prone skin - like me - you should be very carefull with traditional scrub, or even avoid them - because of rubbing "grains" in traditional scrubs we can open up some pimples and transfer bacteria from them all over our face causing new spots. A good option for acne prone skin is an enzyme exfoliator - it works like a face mask, you just need to apply it on face and wash off after 10-15min, it very gentle dissolves dead skin cells. But because enzyme peels are so gentle, sometimes when my skin was dried out and fleaky (usually after some intensive acne treatments) there were not good enough. Since two of the most popular exfoliating methods were not quite working out for me, I decided to look for a different solution. That's how I came across Ginvera Marvel Gel. I already used up two tubes of this product, it just took me a while to finally do a review ;)
Product description: (as on the back of the packiging)
10 Benefits in Marvel Gel:
1) Removes blackheads easily and painlessly in just one step
2) Helps soften the cornified layer and gently remove the dead skin barrier to instantly reveal a brighter finer complexion.
3) Regulates and helps control sebum secretion for a shine-free complexion whole day long.
4) Whitens and evens out skin tone. Effective in helping to fading pigmentation, spots and acne scars over time.
5) Refines and contracts the appearance of pores to reveal finer, smoother skin.
6) Deeply cleanses pores and helps prevent the onset of skin problems like pimples and blemishes.
7) Helps remove oil seeds
8) Changes dull and rough skin to a smooth complexion, allowing makeup to glide on easily and adhere better to the skin.
9) Helps stimulates skin metabolism, skin looks younger and more supple
10) Allows better and faster absorption of skincare products that is applied subsequently.
Seems like a lot of promises, doesn't it?
The product is a smooth, semi-transparent, green gel packed in 200ml tube. It has very subtele smell, hardly noticable.
To use, we have to apply some amount on dry skin and start rubbing in circural motion. When you think about it, it may seem weird to you to apply it onto dry skin, but this gel has quite runny and wet texture, so it slides on skin very easily. As we rub the product into our skin it will start roll up, taking all impurities and dead skin cells away. When the gel is completly rolled up we can just wash it off with warm water.
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| I have quite smooth hands, so I applied some foundation on my palm before using Marvel Gel. |
I know that usually people are getting quite suspicious about the whole rolling up process, thinking that product just rolls up itself, without any dead skin cells. To check that out I've done a little experiment.
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| I've squeezed some Marvel Gel onto clean plate.... |
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| ...and using clean rubber gloves I rubbed into plate for a while. |
As you can see, the product didn't roll up on the plate at all. So it is NOT true, that it rolls up itself. It does actually rolls up among with the skin impurities :)
Now how did I find it on my skin?
Straight after use the skin is a brighter and smoother. On the begining I couldn't get myself to use it on regular basis, so I seen only a little effect, but when I started using it every day the effect really pleased me - it removed some of my blackheads and tighten pores a little bit, my skin tone was more even. Great! However if we have a make-up on (so there is more to "roll away" from our face) we have to use quite a lot of product, so I was using it only in the morning. Unfortunatelly even tough I was using it only once a day, the tube lasted only for 2 weeks of everyday use. If I could just go to the shop and buy it straight away it probably wouldn't bother me much, however I usually have to wait approx. 2 weeks for a parcel from e-Bay, which means that I would have to pile up on product, to make it worth the hassle.
Price: from £9 on e-Bay.
Pros:
+ brighten up skin
+ removes blackheads
+ tighten up pores
+ evens out skin tone
Cons:
- lasts only for 2 weeks of everyday use, what makes it quite pricey
In general, I really like Marvel Gel, it works great and I would strongly recommend to anyone to give it a go :) However because it runs out so quickly, I decided to test out some similar products of other brands and then see if I can find something what would work as good and last a little bit longer. If not, I will come back to Ginvera and just start buying it in bulks ;)
Ingredients: Deionized Water, Cyclomethicone and Dimethiconol, Carbomer, Panax Ginseng Root Extract, Lycium Barbarum Fruit Extract, Angelica Archangelica Root Extract, Oldenlandia Diffusa Extract, Natto Gum, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Citrus Grandis (Grapefruit) Fruit Extract, Ginkgo Biloba Nut Extract, Ampelopsis Japonica Root Extract, Tribulus Terrestris Fruit Extract, Perilla Frutescens Extract, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Royal Jelly Powder, Fragrance, Imidazolidinyl Urea, Menthol, CI 19140 & CI 42090, CI 19140.
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