Luxury, from a visual perspective, often means sparkles, glitters, diamonds, and GOLD. So when you tell us that our face creams and serums can have actual gold in them, believe us, we’re on a luxury high. It’s like unicorns, rainbows, and sweet candies for your skin—only, they are real and they offer benefits that will make you glow in the most radiant and luxe way ever.
Sure, we respect every Doubting Thomas out there. It’s a mind-blowing concept that seems to be just a part of a marketing gimmick to lure in gold lovers, but no—colloidal gold is a real skincare ingredient that can brings numerous benefits to you and your skin.
Not Just a Luxe Skincare Fad
Gold-infused skincare products can bring a lot of good to your skin, and a satisfaction to your luxe-loving self. We listed down their benefits just for you. Go ahead, read and believe.
Anti-inflammatory
Colloidal gold can be the answer to your hyperpigmentation, acnes, and sensitive or sun-damaged skin. Its anti-inflammatory properties allows it do that.
Radiant Glow
Gold has a light-reflective quality that makes it the best ingredient to give a luminous and radiant effect to the skin, brightening it to a healthy glow.
Anti-aging
Repairing and re-texturing of skin is possible with colloidal gold as well. This is very beneficial to those with highly visible aging signs, renewing your skin’s complexion.
Aggressor Defence
Colloidal gold can protect your skin from environmental aggressors by creating a natural barrier within your skin.
Products for a Golden Skincare Routine
Impressed? We bet you are! So while you’re ruminating on the benefits of gold in your skincare products, here are some of the best luxury products infused with actual gold.
Guerlain L’Or Radiance Concentrate With Pure Gold
Price: US$74.00
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Actual gold flakes were added to Guerlain’ L’Or concentrate to add that fabulous glow to the skin. It is the perfect pre-makeup product to put on your face, which doesn’t only give you a stunning radiance, but a hydrated skin as well.
Peter Thomas Roth 24K Gold Cleansing Butter
Price: US$36.50
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Peter Thomas Roth added 24K Gold in their cleansing butter to serve some gorgeous glow benefits to any type of skin. To take its luxury to another level, the brand combined colloidal gold with mica, a pearlescent mineral, which also helps in plumping and refreshing the skin.
NuFACE 24k Gold Gel Primer
Price: US$39.00
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Two versions have been made by NuFACE to cater to specific need of its clients. The 24k Gold Gel Primer has a “firm” and “bright’ versions, but both illuminate the skin, thanks to the real gold added into its formulation.
111Skin Rose Gold Brightening Facial Treatment Mask
Price: US$35.00
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Read on 111Skin’s treatment mask ingredient list, and you’ll find 24 carat rose gold added into it. The luxury brand doesn’t just use the “rose gold” name for show, it’s for the actual hydrating and fine line-erasing benefits the minute amount of gold adds to the silk amino acids and niacinamide ingredients of this product.
This Works Skin Deep Leg Duo
Price: $41.60
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No more dry and scaly skin, only moisturized and glowing legs with This Works’ Skin Deep Leg Duo that adds specks of real gold to its mixture of geranium, rosehip, peach kernel and cedarwood oils for that beautiful glow.
Farsáli Rose Gold Elixir
Price: US$54.00
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Farsáli is a favorite among skincare junkies, especially with the unbelievable glow that their serums bring. The Rose Gold Elixir, specifically, gives you a summer-like dewy skin, thanks to its flakes of 24 carat gold on top of the mix of vitamin E, and pumpkin seed and rosehip oils.
Excited to get your hands on these most luxurious skincare products? After all, who doesn’t want gold, right? On top of that, who can resist the promise of a glowy, radiant, and shimmery skin? We know we can’t!
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