Product Review: Dominance Bio-Activa Regenerative Cellular cream + giveaway!

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The Product
Looking to prevent those first few fine lines and signs of aging? Your greatest defense is a good offense and this means prevention, prevention, prevention. Protect your face by using a rich night cream like the Dominance Bio-Activa Regenerative Cellular cream to replenish and rejuvenate skin while you sleep. Using a night cream is an essential beauty care step as you age since your skin is said to regenerate and absorb moisture easier at night.

The Guts
This potent cream was formulated in the advanced Swiss labs of Dominance. All Dominance products contain a rich stew of essential fatty acids, elastin, vitamin E, plant extracts, and DNA; in particular, this night cream contains RNA, DNA, jojoba oil, almond oil, vitamin C, and Mimosa tenuiflora, which creates quite the moisturizing punch! If you're a little confused on how all these ingredients work, here's a quick breakdown:

• DNA/RNA are valued for their ability to help skin cells regenerate themselves
• vitamin C stimulates collagen production and repairs free radical damage
• jojoba and almond oil are well known moisturizers
• Mimosa tenuiflora is a Brazilian shrub used originally to treat burns, but is now believed to have regenerative abilities

Packaging and Price
The cream comes in a medium-sized (50ml) jar made of sleek frosted glass and a black lid filled with a thick, pleasant smelling cream. The price of $75 made this the most I'd ever shelled out for a cream, but considering its powerful ingredient list and glowing recommendation by fellow store patrons, it seemed worth the price - after all, this is your face, so it's worth investing in!

Effectiveness
Simply put, this is the most amazing moisturizer I've ever tried! The smell of this cream is fantastic - it's light, floral, feminine, and I wish I could smell it all day long. The feel of this cream is luxurious and you really only need a dab to cover a cheek-sized area - just apply the same amount of pressure into the jar as you would to type on your keyboard and that should distribute the appropriate amount on your finger. The cream is thick, smooth, and absorbs quickly, leaving your skin with that gloriously soft feeling that you get post-facial. Apply this cream after washing and patting your face a bit dry since creams absorb better on slightly damp skin. In the morning, your face will continue to feel the love as you wake up with still soft skin. As for its anti-aging effectiveness, I've only been using this cream for a couple weeks, so I haven't noticed a perceptible change yet in the very fine lines on my forehead, but I'm using this cream as more preventative than as regenerative so I'll leave that aspect to someone else to evaluate. Overall though, I am utterly sold on its regular moisturizing properties.

Buy it or ditch it?
Most definitely buy it!!

Final Verdict: Amazing ingredients equate to one amazing moisturizer. This cream won't get an A+ since I wasn't able to judge its wrinkle treatment abilities fully, but it still gets an A!


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