In partnership with Kissed Earth.
My skin is the first part of my body to show, or feel, any signs of stress.
I am fortunate in that I am not particularly prone to mental stress. The downside, however, is that this means my body needs to find other ways to tell me that it’s time to slow down. One such way is via my skin.
As is the case for most, I found myself grossly overcommitted throughout November and December. My sleeping patterns have been non-existent, my eating habits have fallen by the wayside and conscious movement has been sporadic. Ordinarily, this would cause my skin to look dull, congested and lacking any real “bounce” or firmness.
But not this month.
My skin has not only maintained the glow I look to achieve from my skincare routine, that glow has been boosted and my skin hasn’t lost its bounce- if anything, it has gained it. I strongly believe that this is due to the skincare products I have been trialling over the last month (just over five weeks at the time of writing)- Kissed Earth’s topical skincare range.
I’ve used a number of products from the Kissed Earth topical skincare line (the Cleansing Botanical Water and Enzymatic Cream Cleanser are worthy of special mentions), but the true hero products for my skin have been the Awaken Collagen Day Cream, Radiance Collagen Night Cream, Enliven Collagen Eye Cream and Enrich Collagen Body Butter.
The textures of the collagen range (excluding the eye cream, which is a perfect middle ground between rich and lightweight- I can’t imagine a skin type that wouldn’t love it) are so rich and luxurious, but they truly melt down into the skin when applied with the warmth of your fingertips leaving nothing but dew behind. The product I’ve found to be the most transformative has been the Night Cream, which gives my skin a quality of a morning that I can only describe as “pillowy.” These textures are essentially a good skin day in a jar- think plump, dewy, bouncy skin.
Collagen-rich topical skincare is a point of contention for a lot of people, but given that I am an educated consumer and not an expert, I can only really share with you my own experience of using these products. I have sincerely seen a visible, markable change in my skin over the month I’ve spent using the aforementioned Kissed Earth products. My skin still has the glow I work for at my healthiest, but it has extra bounce, almost as though the skin has more structure to it.
Each Kissed Earth skincare product contains hydrolyzed collagen peptides (much like the collagen peptides found within the brand’s advanced ingestible collagen supplements) that work to fill out fine lines, firm the skin, boost the skin’s natural collagen regeneration function and, in my mind most importantly, works as an antioxidant to help prevent and slow further breakdown of collagen in the skin. While topical collagen is still a divisive subject, I genuinely do believe that the quality of the collagen itself comes into play here. I can only speak to and from my own experience, but knowing that Kissed Earth have been at the fore of the ingestible collagen space for some time now gave me a significant confidence boost before I had begun trialling the range- and my expectations were exceeded.
This article is sponsored by Kissed Earth however all views are, as always, my own.
