Normally, I’m not one to fall for sponsored Instagram ads promising some life changing skin, hair, body or any other kind of revolution. For some reason though, when the Averr Aglow post appeared in the midst of my scrolling, it caught my eye.
Maybe it was the aesthetically pleasing baby pink, rose gold packaging or the use of all-natural, plant based ingredients. When I tapped to view their profile, I saw that the line was created by an everyday girl who was fed up with breakouts. She tried everything under the sun and nothing worked. So, naturally, she went full mad scientist mode and researched and created her own skincare line.
Camille did her homework and discovered why skincare products on the market have not worked. She found four key issues with these products. First, she discovered that exfoliation can actually be done incorrectly. Exfoliating is important, but harsh, chemical exfoliators can do more harm than good.
Second, a lot of cleansers are just stripping your skin rather than killing bad bacteria and leaving the good. The natural ingredients in the Averr Aglow products like hawthorn berry and tea tree oil target and kill bad bacteria only.
Her third and arguably most important discovery is that your skincare needs to balance your natural oils. Your products have to mimic your skin’s naturally produced oils. “This will balance every skin type out leaving you with a perfectly hydrated glow,” she said on AverrAglow.com.
Her last finding was the importance of good nutrition for the skin––and she’s not talking about eating. Your skin absorbs the nutrients in everything from your cleanser to your moisturizer, so it is important that these are made from natural plant and mineral-based ingredients. Camille said that the reason a lot of market products are ineffective are because they actually only address one or two of these four factors.
Camille took her research and went HAM creating her baby, Averr Aglow, which aims to do the following; even skin-tone and heal scarring, balance oily, combination and dry skin, detox the skin, give a radiant glow, and fights acne and prevents breakouts, all while using natural and organic ingredients.
Averr Aglow does not mess around. They offer a total of nine different products as well as two starter kits. Being the broke college student that I am, I did not jump the gun and head straight for the $100+ starter kit, when all I was in the market for was a cleanser and moisturizer. (Though that does not mean this won’t be my first purchase come summer paychecks).
The two products I personally purchased were the Radiant Cleansing Nectar, which is actually step two in the kit, and the Flawless Nourishment Cream, which is number four in the kit. As someone who has always used water in my face-washing routine, I was a little nervous to try a cleanser that did not require rinsing, suds or foaming. After all, haven’t we all heard that warm water opens up the pores?
I was also skeptical of the moisturizer because this too was unlike anything I was used to using every day. Instead of a lotion or cream, the moisturizer is more of a solid oil that warms and liquefies when it contacts the skin.
I’m the type of person who would rather just skip a shower than have no moisturizer to relieve that ungodly tight, dry feeling on my skin, so I was ready to be unimpressed with a moisturizer that doesn’t even look like a lotion. Whenever I branch out and try a new moisturizer, I am usually greeted with this way too dry, apply it five times to feel hydrated feeling, or the wow, I look like I was just baptized in olive oil look.
Despite being, ahem James Charles moment, sister spooked, I went ahead and gave these two a go, the reviews were too good not to try it. I have only been using the products for less than a week, but I am already so happy with my decision. First off, I am lazy. If I am in bed and comfy, there’s a good chance I won’t get up and go to the bathroom to wash my face before bed, even though I know I should. The fact that I can wash my face with the Radiant Cleansing Nectar with a cotton pad (included with purchase) while laying in bed is actually life changing. I have not skipped a wash since I’ve been using it.
The moisturizer had me shook as well. I felt neither dry and tight, nor oily. My skin felt this weird sensation that I can only describe as…normal? Like my skin has not gotten oily at all since I’ve started using these products, but it also has felt perfectly hydrated the whole time. Bonus––the hydrating oil can double as a lip balm.
I will definitely be trying more of Averr Aglow’s products in the future and who am I kidding, I’m about to purchase the whole entire kit. The Clear Skin Kit comes with the two products I purchased, as well as the first step, the Clarifying Hydration Dew, and the third step, the Clear Skin Elixir. Keeping how much I like the products on their own in mind, I can’t wait to enjoy the magic of the whole family working together.