Rodial
Glamoxy Snake Serum 25ml (RRP £125)
Let’s face it (no pun intended!), any product that seems to
promote the gift of ever-lasting youth is always going to be expensive, but at
£125 a pop? I expect to wake up with a face as smooth and clear as a ten year
old. Being a natural born cynic Rodial’s Glamoxy Snake Serum is not something
I’d ever have considered spending my own money on... Until I was sent this
sample to play with. Dubbed “Botox in a bottle”, the serum mimics the effect of
a South-East Asian Temple Viper's venom when it comes into contact with the
skin, by apparently freezing the muscles. Trials have shown “that after just 90 seconds wrinkles are less
noticeable - with a 52 per cent reduction within 28 days” and my personal trial
showed a really amazing thing: I lost some of my lines! Not the big ones, but
the smaller all but vanished. I’m not sure how you measure a 52% difference in
skin tone, but it’s not hard to notice that there is definitely a difference.
And what’s more, this product is actually quite pleasant to use; light and
citrusy, but not sticky or greasy. Having read the rave reviews and celebrity
endorsements (Cheryl Cole, Kate Moss, Victoria Beckham,
Katie Holmes, Yasmin Le Bon, Bella Freud, Naomi Campbell, to name but a few, are
all said to be big fans of the stuff), I was quietly determined to find a
fault, to not be swayed by the marketing and there’s still something about the
thought of it that makes me slightly queasy, but there’s no denying it; this
stuff really works.
© Purple Peccadilloes
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