I got my hands on the entire Purity of Elements face care line the day it hit retail at Nordstrom.com. No matter how many times it happens, I am always excited to be among the first to try new products. Like a complete and total beauty junkie, I started using two of the products as soon as I got home and I was not at all disappointed…but more on that later. Purity of Elements celebrates the elemental beauty of the brand’s Santa Fe, New Mexico home and “features the healing and restorative benefits of copper, a powerful natural anti- aging ingredient that helps boost the skin’s production of collagen and elastin to turn back the clock on fine lines, wrinkles, sagging skin and loss of firmness.â€
The Purity of Elements face care line is a complete regimen and features 5 products:
Daily Detox Exfoliating Cleanser: A cleanser that gently exfoliates the skin and detoxifies pores without stripping, for an instantly silky soft complexion. $29
Radiance Face Serum: A balancing and hydrating serum that helps diminish the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, while restoring radiance for a luminous, even complexion. $60
Renewing Eye Cream: An antioxidant-infused eye cream that instantly hydrates and brightens the eye area by decreasing the appearance of fine lines, puffiness and dark circles for a luminous, even complexion. $45
Age-Defying Moisturizer: A lightweight moisturizing lotion that delivers immediate and lasting hydration, leaving skin feeling soft and supple. $50
Pore-Minimizing Clay Mask: A nourishing and detoxifying clay mask that helps draw out impurities from deep within the pores, leaving the skin feeling clean, soft and refreshed.
$58
The easiest things for me to incorporate into my skin care regimen are cleansers, masks, and exfoliators because results show up quickly. I started with the Daily Detox Exfoliating Cleanser and the Pore-Minimizing Clay Mask. The cleanser does a good job of cleaning and gently exfoliating without making my face feel dry. In addition to the Copper 5 Complex that is in all Purity of Elements products, the cleanser contains soybean oil and jojoba oil, goji berry and white tea extract to nourish and moisturized the skin.
Of the two products I tried, the Pore-Minimizing Clay Mask is my favorite. It is not your grandma’s clay mask — it doesn’t get hard and uncomfortable on the face. While it doesn’t harden like most traditional clay masks, it does an excellent job of drawing out impurities from the skin. I have oily skin and the mask, through the use of kaolin clay, reduced the oiliness of my skin in the short term. The mask promises brightened skin through the use of Vitamin A, orange and lemon extract, however, this is not immediate. I think this mask will be great for me in warmer months when my skin is markedly more greasy.
If you’re in the market for a new skin care, I recommend you check out Purity of Elements. You can do like I did and start with those products easiest to incorporate into your routine or choose the product(s) that addresses an immediate skin care concern.
The Purity of Elements Skin Care Collection is available at nordstrom.com and on the company’s website.
