Snowberry Nourishing Rich Day Cream Highly Recommended by the Gorgeous Women of Whom You Know

Pejibaye, Cloudberry and Strawberry seed are all things I have never seen in the ingredient list of any products I have ever used. I suspect this may be the case as no products have been as effective as my new cream. Snowberry's Nourishing Rich Day Cream is AMAZING! I am also totally on board with the company's ethics (i.e. products are never tested on animals). We also see eye-to-eye on wanting natural products. Why wouldn't I want to know what I am putting on my skin? I like knowing that while I may not be familiar with all the ingredients, they are natural. It's a learning experience. I am sure that using these natural products will be better for me, my skin and the environment now and in the years to come. All this and a cream that works? Sign me up!

My mom always told me that if you want good looking skin you have to moisturize! I've been taking her advice since I was a teenager. I recently discovered Snowberry and in addition to using their Night cream, I've also been using the nourishing rich Day cream. First thing I noticed is its smell. It's very aromatic and pleasant. I'm big on smell because I feel that a good moisturizer should not only be able to do wonders to the skin but should also have a smell that relaxes you. And this does. This cream also feels RICH. Most creams that feel rich are usually heavy and make your skin super oily. Not this one. This one leaves your skin velvety and is absorbed quickly. Its great to wear under makeup too. It definitely adds to the glow and makes it blend effortlessly.

So the last thing in your morning daily skin care regime should be applying the Nourishing Rich Day Cream from Snowberry to your face and neck. All of their products seem like such a luxury. This one especially. Due to the incredible natural ingredients they combined to create this ultimate day cream, those of us 25 and older are protected. The proteins and enzymes in the ingredients triggered my skins cells and got them up to speed. The results were transforming. My skin felt smooth and hydrated all day. Even people at work noticed a difference. My skin took on a new appearance and did not look as if I had played tennis all summer soaking up too many of the sun’s rays. Bye-Bye leather look and hello stronger healthier looking skin.

As the basic reality of any skin regimen, our day cream has to do a double job from the get-go. It has to act as a moisturizer, and as a base for our foundation, and make-up that may very well be in place all day long. That's a lot to ask of any product , but Snowberry made it's Nourishing Rich Day Cream with us in mind. Great for dry skin that is used to chemicals, soot, pollution, and make-up, the Snowberry Rich Day Cream protects and defends. With rich exotic oils, and a unique combination of extracts that provide skin hydration, this genie- in- a -bottle stands by you all day long. The natural enzymes and proteins promote cell growth. There's even Mikimoto pearl extract in here that rejuvenates your skin. Anti-oxidants help to neutralize free-radicals, and lowers the recurring collagen breakdown that our skin deals with every day. Snowberry has devoted itself to being the best at it's job, ad it's products stand alone, or together, as a buffer system for all the bad things we do to ourselves. and it all comes in such pretty boxes, too!

Snowberry Nourishing Rich Day Cream is a great way to protect your skin during the day. It helps nourish and protect the skin all day long. I love that you can feel the deep nourishment upon applying the cream. It is soft and silky to the touch. All you need to do is apply a small amount of the cream to your face and neck every morning after washing your face. A little bit of this cream goes a long way. Goes on smooth and hydrates. You can feel the difference in your skin tone with just a few applications. You can also see the difference. My skin looks brighter than it has ever been.

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Soraya Hendesi loves skin. So much so that she has been known to offer complete strangers the benefit of her own sunhat! The Persian born New Zealander loves the sun too, but she is much more conscious than most of us, of the peculiar love-hate relationship we have with the star that gives us life. “I know it’s obvious,” she says, “sunlight makes us feel great and of course without it, we would actually suffer from a lack of essential Vitamin D. But a little too much and our skin suffers terribly.” 

Unsurprisingly for someone so committed to protecting skin, cosmetician Hendesi is the founder of an extraordinary range of natural anti-aging skincare called Snowberry. And one of Snowberry’s products that she is most passionate about is her Nourishing Rich Day Cream. The name is far from accidental. Skin is a very complex organ, she explains, with an incredible capacity to self-heal. It can withstand the most prolonged attack by free radicals for example – most of which are created by excessive UV light, but all sorts of environmental pollutants as well. Over time though, its ability to renew is reduced. The results of neglect and even hormonal change become apparent in dryness, reddening, blotching and sometimes in lesions. “It needs our help!” 

It is not that we should expect or even want to have a baby’s complexion for our lifetimes, she insists. Skin at any age can be very beautiful. What we need to do is to help it retain that special glow that gives it an almost ethereal, magical quality. 

So, what should a really effective day cream do? Much more than simply moisturise, she says. Not only should a day cream provide deep hydration, it should actively promote skin nourishment and renewal. Snowberry’s Nourishing Rich Day Cream provides a superior blend of natural emollients, anti-oxidants, peptides and nutrients including essential vitamins. And good moisturisation is not simply about applying a protective coating to the epidermis. Hendesi says that many moisturisers are perceived to be ‘rich’ simply because they are greasier and remain on top of the skin. By contrast, Snowberry’s Lite and Rich Day Creams are designed to absorb quickly and easily so that they moisturise and hydrate the dermis as well as the epidermis. 

When we set out to design the Snowberry range, she says, the first principle was that there would be no petrochemicals, no silicones, no volatile alcohols, glycols or the artificial colours typical of many skincare brands. Then we searched the planet for the finest herbal emollients, such as Inga seed, Strawberry seed, Meadowfoam, Indian Neem and Cupuacu butter. One of Hendesi’s favourites is Shea butter, which is derived from the nut of the Shea tree in West Africa. The butter, extracts of which have been variously used for the treatment of eczema and dermatitis, has been used for centuries in Africa to moisturize and protect the skin from sun, wind, heat and salt water.

But she also wanted day creams that would actively combat the free radicals engendered by UV and environmental pollutants, which meant the inclusion of Idebenone, Ubiquinone and CO-enzyme Q10 for example, supported by the UV barrier effects of coffee bean and red algae extract. Normally growing in shallow sea water, these beautiful seaweeds are exposed to extreme UV radiation and consequently produce among the most powerful UV-absorbing substances known in nature. 

While these two sets of ingredients hydrate and protect, it is the peptides says Hendesi that are most important in helping skin to regenerate. These ‘short proteins’ apparently act as messengers in the living cells in the skin, helping to stimulate cell regeneration and repair, and the reduction of lines and wrinkles. A very good example she says is the Hazelnut protein. This wonderful natural peptide increases collagen synthesis and stimulates the synthesis of epidermal lipids. Clinical studies are said to show increased growth of skin keratinocytes by up to 167% and fibroblasts by up to 157%! 

“I want to know, every day,” says Hendesi, “that I am giving my skin what it most needs, without compromise. That is why Snowberry contains more than 130 ingredients!” Skin is a very complex organ, she says, so there is no single ‘miracle’ ingredient. There is however, the synergy of many beneficial ingredients combined. “That is what Snowberry is.” 

Snowberry Nourishing Rich Day Cream retails at USD108 in 50ml, and USD46 for the 15ml travel size.