The shixglow healing and renewing body lotion is meant to build up your skins' collagen to give you a healthy glow. So that your skin is not only light but healthy too.
This lotion is a MUST HAVE for anyone who is lightening their skin
Ingredients
Benefits
- Eliminates Stretch marks.
- Gets Rid of Green veins by making your skin thicker
- Gets rid of white dots
- Loaded with humectants to make sure your skin is super moisturised and hydrated
- Has 0.05% tretinoin and hydrolysed collagen to build up your skin's natural collagen
- Tretinoin smooths out your skin texture, reduces hyperpigmentation, brightens skin and repairs sun damaged cells
- Due to the presence of collagen and tretinoin it is anti-aging and it makes your skin look healthier and younger.
Storage
Store in a cool dry place away from heat.
Do's
1. Be consistent. If you are skipping some days, you will not get results.
2. Take a shower/ wash your skin before application
3. Use Spf 50 Sunscreen when going out during the daytime. If you do not use sunscreen, the sun will darken your skin, therefore you will not see results at all. This is especially so with this lotion because it has tretinoin. Tretinoin makes your skin more sensitive to the sun, so you are at a higher risk than someone who is not using it. So you MUST use sunscreen otherwise you might get permanent hyperpigmentation.
4.If possible, wear clothes that cover up your skin e.g. long sleeved tops. If not , you MUST apply sunscreen to any exposed parts.
5. Apply a generous amount. Don't be skimpy/stingy with the product on your body. Just apply the way you apply regular lotions. Making sure you cover your body up properly with the lotion.
6. Apply ONLY in the evening because it has tretinoin.
7. You should aim to use it every night, HOWEVER, you must start slowly as your skin needs to get used to it. The first 2 weeks apply it 2 nights per week, after that try applying it 3 times a week for another 2 weeks, then after that every other day after 2 weeks, and then finally, if your skin can handle it, apply it every night. Key word is IF YOUR SKIN CAN HANDLE IT. If not just stick to applying it twice a week at night for example apply on tuesday and saturday every week. In between on the days you are not using it, you can use your skin lightening lotion/cream.
Just the same way it is important to do hair treatments in between your salon appointments, its the same way you need to do skin building/ skin treatment in between your skin lightening routine. To make the skin stronger and thicker so that skin does not become thin.
Another way of using it is to take one week off each month specifically for skin building. This can only work for those people who are consistent with their skin lightening routines. Those people who do not skip a single day. During that week you do not use any skin lightening products and you use this lotion twice in that week only in the evening. and then use a regular lotion during the day and on nights when you are not using this lotion.
8. Use it less often once you get your desired results.
9. At NIGHT time, make sure to apply some oil or raw shea butter under your boobs, inner elbow area and inner thighs, immediately after applying it. This is because of the heat in those sensitive areas which is accelerated by the warmth of your covers while sleeping which causes the ingredients to work more deeper/faster than intended. So if you do not apply oil or raw shea butter in those areas AT NIGHT immediately after applying your lotion, you may notice peeling or redness.
10. Keep away from sunlight and heat. Keep in a dark cool place eg inside a drawer
12. In case of any irritation, itchiness or discomfort while using the product, STOP using it immediately and seek medical help if it escalates. Always do a patch test on a small area of your skin for like 3 days to test how your skin reacts to ANY product before applying to whole body.
Don'ts
1. Don't Occlude: This means applying the cream on your skin then wrapping it with a black polythene bag or wearing sauna suit.
2. Don't apply immediately after shaving/ any hair removal process. Wait for at least 48 hours after shaving.
3. Don't apply immediately after waxing. Wait for at least 48 hours after waxing.
4. Don't use if you are pregnant or lactating/ breastfeeding. As you know there are many things that pregnant women can not use that regular people can use. eg certain painkillers. Not to mean that those painkillers are bad because pregnant women can't take them. It simply means it's not for them. Hope you understand this. You need to confirm with your doctor first. We do not give advise to pregnant or lactating mothers. Consult your doctor for that.
5. DON'T use on the face. It is not safe for use on the face at all.
6.DON'T mix with other creams, lotions or serums etc. Use it on its own as it is.
7. DON'T apply on broken skin or freshly peeled skin or after a chemical peel. Any areas that have any irritation, rashes, healing wounds redness, deep scratches etc. should be avoided. Alternatively you can use your cream after these areas have healed if you find it hard to skip them.
9. DONT SCRUB your skin while using this. This product is meant to build up your skin. After your skin has regained its health and you go back to your skin lightening routine, then you can go back to using body scrubs/exfoliating.
10. Don't forget to take a before picture for your own personal comparison. At times it is hard to see progress until you look at an old pic. It could be a pic of you hands, legs etc. Make sure to take it in the same spot eg your bedroom/ bathroom, or sitting room etc... because different lights affects how bright skin looks like. Then after one month take another picture. Then put them side by side on your phone and compare. That is how you truly know if you have got results or not.
Disclaimer: While we put in a lot of work into testing and making sure our products deliver the very best results as you can see by the many positive reviews, Shixglow offers no promises or guarantees of results. Why? Simply because, we all have different skins hence different response to products. The only way to know it will work is for you to try it out ;)