“Beauty is about being comfortable in your own skin. It’s about knowing and accepting who you are.”

Ellen DeGeneres

My skin had already benefitted greatly from using Synergy’s Trulum range when they introduced the new l’amara skin care range.

I was really happy with Trulum, and had my doubts they would better it. How wrong I was! After using l’amara, I totally love this all natural, nourishing and botanical skin care range. In fact, I think my skin has improved. I’m still wrinkle free at fifty three!

Sadly I’m not so fortunate on the grey hair front…

L’amara – eternal beauty from the land and sea

The intention behind the l’amara brand comes from its name, which is derived as below:

• L’a  – abbreviation for land
• Mar – sea (Spanish)
• Amara – used throughout cultures as a descriptor for beauty : Grace – Beauty – Immortality – Peace – Kindness

The l’amara skin care range has been designed to give your skin a radiant glow with the best ingredients from the land and sea.

Image by Yannick Apollon on Unsplash

The l’amara botanical complex in each of the five products contains two main ingredients:

Fermented Tea (land)

• Natural probiotic (adding beneficial micro-organisms to the skin microbiome)
• Powerful antioxidant
• Skin protectant

Algae (sea)

• Natural prebiotic (feeds the skin microbiome)
• Powerful antioxidant
• Hydration booster

Our skin is the body’s largest organ, protecting all our internal functions, and provides our external covering that is viewed by others. I’ve talked about the gut microbiome in my blog, but there is also a skin microbiome. For instance, on a human thumb there are approximately 60 million bacteria, fungi etc. that make up the skin microbiome. If this eco-system is healthy our skin will be healthy. It also plays an important role in skin healing.

Daily Nourishing Skin Cleanser – Nourish your glow!

This gentle, skin calming cleanser removes impurities, dead skin cells and makeup. It contains the base botanicals of fermented tea and algae, plus Chinese trumpet vine, moisturising glycerin and citric acid antioxidant blend to balance the skin’s pH.

It really does leave you with healthy, balanced and beautiful skin, with no feeling of skin tightening.

Skin Activating Toner – Awaken your allure!

This refreshing toner also has the base botanicals, so it balances the skin microbiome, plus the benefits of the added ingredients of lavender and aloe that supports moisture and caffeine for antioxidant benefits. This skin nourishing formula is super easy to apply, just hold the bottle a few inches from your face and spray the fine mist onto your face and neck.

If I’m going out on hot days I take the toner with me, it’s a lovely, cooling moisture burst for the skin!

Radiance Oil – Reveal your radiance!

A revolutionary hybrid essence between a natural oil and a serum. This product contains an infusion of fermented tea, algae, five natural oils for soothing and hydration, plus astaxanthin, extracts of kelp and Phellinus linteus mushroom. A potent antioxidant, astaxanthin is 500 times stronger than vitamin E, 560 times stronger than green tea catechins, 800 times stronger than CoQ10, and 6000 times stronger than vitamin C.

The impressive list of benefits of astaxanthin:

• Reduces deterioration of skin cells
• Enhances moisture
• Increases skin elasticity
• Reduces dark spots caused by aging and harmful UV rays (and self inflicted burns)
• Reduces wrinkles
• Restores damaged skin
• Aids in photo-protection

The bottle is an easy to use innovative design, when you unscrew the lid which fills the pipette with the oil/serum, and you press the end to expel it onto your hand/skin. It absorbs rapidly and leaves no greasy trace on the skin.

I’ve used the l’amara radiance oil on sunburn, cuts, insect bites, and it even healed a nasty burn I had on my neck (from a hot splash of coconut oil). The burn had left a red mark, and over a few months it has faded so much that I struggle to see where it was. Not surprisingly this is my desert island hero product!

Revealing Eye Cream – Love your eyes!

A rich, luxurious and nourishing eye cream which contains the l’amara botanical complex, plus adenosine and marine kelp to reveal luminous, beautiful eyes. Simply dab a small amount around the delicate eye area and gently massage into the skin.

I also use this on my lips, to keep them nice and plump.

Moisture Boost Emulsion – Boost your beauty!

A light weight, but powerful moisture cream, the emulsion contains a potent infusion of fermented tea, algae, mango seed butter and hyaluronic acid to lock in moisture. I find it keeps my skin soft and smooth all day, knowing it is supporting the integrity of my skin barrier and also aiding in photo-protection.

Hyaluronic acid can bind up to 1000 times its weight in water within our skin cells.

This moisturiser is helpful for skin restoration, irritation and acne and can be applied morning and night.

L’amara Quality

Synergy and their parent company, Nature’s Sunshine Products (NSP), manufacture their products to the highest standards possible. All the products in the l’amara skin care range are made with the highest quality ingredients, are fragrance free and dermatologically tested, making them clean, safe and gentle for all skin types. They have a very subtle and pleasant aroma from the natural ingredients used.

The l’amara range can purchased as a complete set as well as individual items and smaller packs. I have found a little goes a long way and the price is very good value compared to other high end skin care ranges. With no high marketing budgets the money is invested in top quality ingredients and clean manufacturing to the highest standards.

“Beauty is an experience, nothing else. It is not a fixed pattern or an arrangement of features. It is something felt, a glow or a communicated sense of fineness.”

D.H. Lawrence