Neutrogena Fine Fairness Light Mask Is Here!!! + Review

The rest of the time was spent rummaging through the “snow” and finding out about the surprises! I was told beforehand that Neutrogena would have new products, but I didn’t know which products, which is why there was still an element of surprise.

As well as their Fine Fairness Overnight Brightening Cream (957.50). I already used up one jar of this (I just am dying with so many backlogs that’s why a review hasn’t happened all this time!) and I love this so much, actually. This cream smells of almonds, which already makes it get 10000 brownie points from me as I love the smell of almonds so much. It’s emollient and deeply moisturizing, like body butter but scaled down for the face, but somehow it’s easily and quickly absorbable enough to withstand the Philippine heat (aka not sliding off your face). The result is velvety, soft, and refined skin with continued use. Or in other words, fine and fair skin.

To my surprise, they now have Fine Fairness Gel Cream (Php872.50)! Wow! I felt that this (aside from the mask) was the other most exciting thing in the box as I was not aware they had this, too. I love the Overnight Cream so much, but I also do think that a gel type format for the daytime is also something that the market needs. It’s just so hot, more so now that it’s so absurdly hot this September! I have no idea how or why, but it feels like the middle of April or May when in fact, malls have already started to play Christmas songs. It’s so ironic. Since we can’t control the weather, we can at least control our skincare choices hahaha.

There’s also their Fine Fairness Toner (Php505.50). This is a 150mL bottle, which is why it’s priced that way. I know it looks a little small in this photo, but in real life, it looks tall and slender. I take 6-8 months to finish a 150mL bottle of toner based from my past toners, which is why I’m not surprised with the pricing. The cream, I also took a year before I used up the jar wahahaha.

Korean scientists did a study about infrared light beauty treatments at Yonsei Medical Journal, and from their study, they found that: “Following 6 months of treatment, all patients reported good (51-75%) improvements in skin texture and roughness. Additionally, patients noted fair (25-50%) improvement in color tone of the skin; however, improvements in hyperpigmented lesions were not observed. Objective medical evaluation of the patients indicated that roughness and laxity were fairly improved, but there was no significant improvement in hyperpigmented lesions. Histological examination failed to reveal any differences as well. These results suggest that infrared radiation may have beneficial effects on skin texture and wrinkles by increasing collagen and elastin contents from the stimulated fibroblasts. Therefore, skin treatment with infrared radiation may be an effective and safe non-ablative remodeling method, and may also be useful in the treatment of photo-aged skin. (Lee, J. H., Roh, M. R., & Lee, K. H. (2006). Effects of Infrared Radiation on Skin Photo-Aging and Pigmentation. Yonsei Medical Journal, 47(4), 485–490. http://doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2006.47.4.485)”

The starter pack of the mask with the first activator (for 30 sessions) is Php4200, while the “refill” activators are Php1800 each for 30 sessions. This may sound pricey, but given that IR and red light facials can go Php2000 and upwards for each session, this is reaaally a steal as you can access this sophisticated technology at the comfort of your own home for a fraction of the cost. You can simply think that the initial set is at Php140/session (Php4200 starter pack divided by 30 sessions), and then following that, each session just goes down to Php60/session (Php1800 refill activator divided by 30 sessions). Even if you buy every single thing off of the Fine Fairness collection, it will still end up cheaper than getting red light-IR facials done at spas.