Size: 2.0 oz (60 ml)

Juice Beauty Antioxidant Serum prevents free radical skin cell damage and feeds skin with vitamins and antioxidants, while smoothing fine lines with peptides, alpha lipoic acid and CoQ10.

Directions: After cleansing, apply to entire face (safe for eye area), neck and décolleté morning and evening before moisturizing.

TIA Review by Marta:
If you would put a check against any of the following, then Juice Beauty's Antioxidant Serum is for you: you are 30-something in need of a fresher complexion; you want to start using antioxidants to ward of the early signs of aging skin; your skin is on the oily side; you have a tendency towards ruddiness.

The thing I like best about this serum (part from the fact that a good portion of the ingredients are organic) is that is has borage and flax (linseed) seed. A German study recently found that both (taken as oral supplements) improved the quality of skin. After 12 weeks, participants saw a decrease in reddening of the skin in the flaxseed and borage oil groups of 45% and 35% respectively. The researchers also recorded greater blood flow to the skin. The flax group also lost less moisture from the skin and both groups saw declines in rough and peeling skin. I read about this research a few months ago and have been taking flax capsules (they are a great source of omega 3) every day ever since.

Evening primrose (a source of omega 6) also has a good research pedigree. The majority of data suggests that GLA application enhances the epidermal barrier. Because of its ability to dilute sebum production, evening primrose oil is good at calming acne flare-ups, while at the same time hydrating skin. The astringent properties of the plant's juice can soothe skin irritations and inflammations.

In the peptide department, there is dipetide-2. As an NAs an NMF, it helps keep the intercellular structure of the epidermis intact, facilitates the skin's healing process, prevents dermal irritation and may even regenerate the skin. In fact, several animal studies suggest that the topical application of dipeptide-2 may act as a growth promoter because of its ability to increase the skin's protein synthesis and amino acid uptake. There is also palmitoyl tetrapeptide-3 (although note that this has apparently changed its name to palmitoyl tetrapeptide-7). It is one of the two peptides in Matrixyl 3000 and Studies have shown that Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7 can slow or suppress the production of excess interleukins, therefore inhibiting unnecessary inappropriate inflammatory responses and glycation damage.

I found that Juice Beauty's trademark juices (grape, orange and aloe), as well alpha-lipoic acid did a good job of making my complexion look fresher. However, my 49 year-old skin found it a bit on the drying side. I really think though that oily sensitive skins that don't yet need the anti-wrinkle heavy guns will respond extremely well to Juice Beauty's serum.