Renee Rouleau Skin Care review

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Synergy Eye Cream, Sheer Moisture and AHA/BHA Cleansing Gel

I confess that I only started taking care of my face this decade. As a teenager in the late 80s, I moisturized with Vaseline. In college and in my 20s, I slathered on the same heavy body moisturizer that I used on my dry legs. Eventually, I figured out that my skin was oily and that I needed a better-suited facial moisturizer. Over the years, I’ve switched from drug store to department store brands and back to help keep my skin moisturized and relatively shine-free. When the opportunity came up to try Renee Rouleau’s Sheer Moisture with Algae Peptides, I thought maybe I had finally found the one!

Renée Rouleau is a skin-care expert and esthetician with 20-plus years in the business of helping women achieve great skin. ( we heartsters may remember we checked out her Anti-Cyst Treatment to rave reviews).

Sheer Moisture was designed for women with oily skin who also wanted an anti-aging product. Perfect for me since I’ll be turning 37 in less than a month. (Most of the anti-aging lotions I’ve tried were too heavy and caused breakouts.) It contains ingredients to aid in firming the skin, to fight sun damage, to smooth fine lines, even surface wrinkles and to deliver moisture into the “intercellular matrix of skin.” Between the expertise and the ingredients, I decided I was going to be doomed if Renée’s lotion can’t help my face.

I began testing the Sheer Moisturizer at a prime time – when the temperature and humidity in New York City was reaching high levels and I was having PMS. In other words, my face became an oil slick. Every morning I washed with an oil control cleansing gel, and followed up with the Sheer Moisturizer and Renée’s Synergy the Eye Cream. I was amazed at the weight for I was expecting it to be a little lighter, but it absorbed quickly and didn’t feel heavy on my skin. My skin felt moisturized and a little greasy, but it didn’t look it. Unfortunately, this didn’t last. By the end of my workday, I was just as shiny as I woke up that morning. On the positive, my face did feel smoother and younger while my pores appeared much smaller. And while I can’t be sure if it was the product, I didn’t get any breakouts like I normally do around that time of the month. The pure clearing properties of this moisturizer seem to be doing their job!

Next up, the Synergy Eye Cream, which has ingredients that are supposed to fill lines, make the skin look younger, and neutralize free radicals. I was happy to see this lightweight and luxurious cream does what it promises; the skin around my eyes was firmer and the appearance of fine lines around the eyes was visibly lessened. I used a little dab on my ring finger morning and night, and never felt like I had just put cream on the delicate skin like I do with many eye creams. This eye cream is recommend for those with sensitive skin and my eyes appreciate it! At nearly $60 a bottle, Synergy is definitely a big skincare splurge but worth the outlay – get it if you can afford it.

The review team also received one more item to test, the AHA/BHA Cleansing Gel a sulfate-free, deep pore cleanser that contains Salicylic, Glycolic and Lactic acids to get down into clogged pores while Jojoba beads gently work to exfoliate and smooth the skin. Check the comments for Tyna’s thoughts on this Allure Magazine Best of Beauty award winner!