Simple are offering an extremely comprehensive skin care report which is usually £8.99 (so they say, I'm not sure if anyone actually pays for it) or free if you enter the code CR101.
They'll offer the option of upgrading and paying for a paper copy, which you can decline. When you answer all the questions, you'll enter your e-mail (be sure to untick those "send me spammy crap" boxes) and within 24 hours they'll e-mail you to say the report's ready. At which point you hop back over to the site, log in and can peruse away.
When you do get your skincare report, at the end there's a button for their product recommendations, but it's separate from the report so you don't even need to click on it, which is nice, as generally, things like this are just a way of companies to convince you that you need their products.
Simple is a bit better - the report not only explains the structure of your skin, the various elements that make it up and their jobs, it explains the cause of problems you have, changes the skin undertakes as you age, etc.
There's a lot of good science behind it, of course they also drum into you the importance of diet, sleep, exercise, all that boring stuff, but there's some really good information in those bits, too. For instance, they provide a list of foods which contain the amino acid tryptophan, known to make people feel sleepy, so excellent as a before-bed snack.
They'll diagnose your skin type and explain a full skin-care routine, in order, what each step does and why we do it. It's not incredibly personal but parts of it are - you can select your skin worries and it'll explain why they occur, what you can do about it, etc.
The finished report is very long, but you can always go back to it and skip ahead to different sections. There's some interesting but bizarre mentions of things like irisology, too.
I don't buy into it, but it's interesting.
All images sourced from www.Simple.co.uk - please don't sue me.
9 comments:
ok, here goes....
19 August 2009 19:35I asked for one...thanks for the promo code!
19 August 2009 19:48Thanks for the code!
19 August 2009 21:40I requested one. Thanks for the code!
20 August 2009 18:30I'm gonna say the same thing to everyone x]
20 August 2009 20:52I hope you all find it as interesting as I did. When you get the report I'd love a follow-up comment to see what you think about it!
Some of it is obvious, or generic, but there's some good info in there too, I think.
I am so happy with my skin care report! Very good information for a newbie, like me! I always knew a daily skin care routine was important but it's great to have some background on why I'm doing it in the first place. I printed my report so it was easily accessible. I want to start doing the eye exercises to help fight the aging process.
26 August 2009 00:07I'm glad to hear that you liked it. I was worried people would be put off because it's so long, aha.
26 August 2009 00:10I thought it had some pretty good information in there, too! I agree, it's nice to know WHY we're doing what we're doing. You want to know that your products and routine is actually doing something beneficial for your skin.
Actually iridology is an ancient medical art of looking at a persons iris' to determine what types of ailments or issues are going on in the body. Different points on the eyes iris corresponds to different organs in the body, same as in the foot with reflexology.
26 August 2009 15:21I've had it done and I can tell you it works. They can sometimes catch things even your doctors won't see until it gets "worse" in order to be picked up my medial science. He told me I had fibroids. The funny thing was while he was examining my eyes he asked if I'd had any female surgery and I said no. I was about to tell him about my fibroids but didn't and he came back 10 minutes later in my analysis and told me exactly what my doctor had told me several months before. He also told me I had gall stones which I had.
Usually it's associated with alternative holistic healing, so he recommended a 3 month regime of herbs to help deal with the issues we discussed. The gall stones were gone within a week. The other things I can't say about b/c I was lazy and didn't follow the plan and follow up in 3 months like I should have. I'm going to go back and see him to get checked out again. And the exam itself was only $40-$45. Compared to a doctor's visit. LOL My brother has also had it done with them telling him some issues he needed to have done.
Be careful you need someone who has been thoroughly trained. The eyes are definitely the window to the soul and body. :O)
Sounds interesting Tala. I don't think it needs to be anything mystical, diseases and conditions have physical symptoms, there's nothing to say that those can't show evidence in your eyes, either.
29 August 2009 20:26That said, I wouldn't expect Irisologists ONLY use the eyes to make their diagnosis, I bet they look for other obvious physical signs, too.
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