Skin Care Review: Avalon Organics Vitamin C Renewal Facial Cream

Rating
Good

Benefits
Seems to promote healthy, smooth skin, mimimizing the appearance of wrinkles.

Drawbacks
In several years of use, I have not noticed any significant drawbacks to this product.

Details
I have enjoyed using Avalon Organics Vitamin C Renewal Facial Cream for five or six years. Although it is (in my book) rather costly, it seems worth it. For one thing, it smells and feels good -- light but rich, yet not greasy. More important, it seems to "visibly enhance luminosity, clarity and tone for soft, smooth, radiant skin," as the company's website claims. Whether it actually protects against damaging free radicals or stimulates collagen and elastin production, as the website also claims, I can't say. But I do like using it--in combination with a retinol cream, under light makeup--and plan to continue doing so.

Conclusions
Great product, especially if you're over 40 and have some wrinkles and drying skin.

Price (paid by reviewer)
$20

Where to find it
Whole Foods