Stop Ghosting Your Neck: These Products from StriVectin, Reversa and Silk'n Are Giving Gravity Major Trust Issues!

Necks. The part of our skincare routine that gets treated like the middle child - completely ignored until one day it starts auditioning for the role of "well-loved leather handbag." 

 

Let's be honest... most of us spend hundreds of dollars slathering potions and serums on our faces only to stop abruptly at our jawline like skincare has an invisible border. Meanwhile, our neck is sitting there quietly collecting sun damage, tech neck and gravity's greatest hits. 

 

So if you want your neck to stop betraying your age before your face does, these beauties deserve a spot in your routine:

 

StriVectin TL Advanced Sculpting Neck & Jawline Mask - pack of 1 - $12.99, pack of 3 - $38.99  

 

Need a quick pick-me-up before a special event or just want to pretend gravity doesn't exist for half an hour? This cooling hydrogel mask hugs your neck and jawline like a supportive best friend, helping to firm, smooth, depuff and define where Mother Nature has started getting a little... creative. 

 

Designed to target sagging skin and those lovely "Tech Neck" lines we all earned by staring at our phones 14 hours a day, it leaves skin looking tighter, the jawline more sculpted and facial contours noticeably sharper after just one use. In fact, 88% of users (including me) said their skin immediately felt firmer. I'm all about the instant gratification!

 

Available online at amazon.ca - Shoppers Drug Mart also seems to carry it (it's showing as sold out online right now) but only the 1-pack and it's significantly more expensive. It also seems to be available in a bundle at TSC if that's more your vibe!

 

Reversa Neck and Decollete Smoothing and Firming Cream - 80ml - $80

 

If your neck and chest have quietly started telling a different story than your face, this cream is here to get everyone back on the same page. 

 

Packed with six marine and botanical extracts, fragmented hyaluronic acid, essential minerals and nourishing vitamin F, it works to firm, smooth, brighten, hydrate and improve elasticity while helping fade dark spots and soften that dreaded crepey texture. Basically, it's like hiring a personal trainer for your neck - minus the yelling and burpees. 

 

Made with 98% naturally derived ingredients, it's vegan, cruelty-free and free from parabens, silicones, oils, alcohol and gluten, making it suitable even for sensitive skin. The silky, non-greasy texture absorbs beautifully, so you won't spend the morning wondering if your shirt is permanently glued to your collarbone.

 

Available at Shoppers Drug Mart stores across Canada and online at beauty.shoppersdrugmart.ca, amazon.ca and well.ca.

 

Silk'n LED Neck Mask - $179 

 

If you've always wanted to look like you're starring in a low-budget sci-fi movie while secretly improving your skin, congratulations - your moment has arrived! 

 

This flexible silicone LED neck mask uses 57 lights and four different wavelengths to tackle fine lines, wrinkles, pigmentation, uneven texture, loss of elasticity and even acne-prone skin. Red light helps stimulate collagen, blue light calms breakouts and excess oil, infrared boosts hydration and smoothness, while the mixed setting throws the whole skincare party at your neck at once. 

 

With automatic and manual treatment modes, adjustable straps and up to an hour of cordless use per charge, you can multitask your way to a firmer-looking neck while binge-watching your latest obsession. Sure, you'll look a little like a futuristic supervillain while wearing it, but if the result is smoother, younger-looking skin, that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make. 

 

One piece of advice from someone who learned the hard way: put your hair up before you strap this thing on. Those innocent-looking Velcro straps don't just catch hair, they hunt it for sport. Your neck may leave looking rejuvenated, but your scalp doesn't need to be part of the treatment!

 

And if you didn't catch my review on the complimenting Silk'n LED Face Mask - you can find it here. 

 

Available at Shoppers Drug Mart stores across Canada and online at beauty.shoppersdrugmart.ca, silkn.ca, amazon.ca and well.ca.

 

Your face may get all the attention, but your neck has been quietly keeping receipts this whole time. Whether you're masking, moisturizing or bringing out the LED light show, giving it a little extra love now means it won't be ratting you out later. Your future self (and the money you'll save on turtlenecks) will thank you!

 

- Lisamarie - 

This week I'm obsessed with... Trinny London The Elevator Neck & Decollete Concentrate!

Get all the botox and fillers you want but nothing gives away your age faster then your neck! Hardly surprising as the skin on the neck is thinner, drier and has less collagen than the face meaning it needs some special attention to keep it smooth, firm and visibly lifted - like the attention it would get from...

 

Trinny London The Elevator Neck & Decollete Concentrate - 50ml - $122, 50ml refill - $104, 14.5ml mini - $50 - a rich and balmy cream that targets and helps prevent the factors that lead to accelerated aging with an innovative formula that contains: cohesion technology that draws its power from the isodonis japonicus plant and  works to strengthen the ‘glue’ holding the skin layers together, helping to lift sagging skin; supercharged decapeptides that focus on organizing loosened dermal fibres, filling in any gaps and giving skin its structure back; oligo + nonapeptides rebuild the skin's scaffolding and boost collagen production to restore lost volume; and encapsulated alpha arbutin slows the production of melanin, preventing age spots from forming and darkening.

 

I've been using it for about 5 weeks now - and while I am fortunate that I don't have a lot of sagging I didn't realize how rough the texture was until the cream smoothed it out and I could visibly see how much better it looks - as well the skin on my decollete was starting to look slightly crepey (which it no longer does) and as an added bonus I smooth the excess cream onto the backs of my hands and they are looking smoother too! The takeaway for me is how even something subtle can make a big overall difference - I never use skincare expecting dramatic results - it's cream, not magic - but even small improvements make for a better overall appearance - and it sure beats plastic surgery! I usually like to try things for at least a couple of months so I am expecting a few more weeks to smooth things out even more but I didn't want to wait any longer to give you the heads up on this one!

Available online now at https://trinnylondon.com/ca/.

And just in time for summer holidays - all your Trinny London faves including The Elevator come in travel sizes that are portable, stackable and versatile so you can forget overflowing makeup bags - easily take your skincare with you wherever you go! Find your own Mini Skincare Stack Builder here!

- Lisamarie -

Needful Things - StriVectin Tighten & Lift TL Advanced Tightening Neck Cream Plus

StriVectin Tighten & Lift TL Advanced Tightening Neck Cream Plus - 50ml - $99 - a powerful cream that offers the complete solution for a youthful looking neck and decollete: visibly tightens, lifts and firms the neck for a more youthful looking profile; smooths the appearance of lines and wrinkles on the neck and décolleté and targets crepey texture; while it strengthens the skin barrier to prevent moisture loss and diminishes the look of discoloration on the décolleté.

 

The formula features the breakthrough Gravitite-CF Lifting Complex to improve skin elasticity and provide visible lift, while smoothing the appearance of horizontal neck lines and sagging; a botanically-derived Brightening Complex that helps even skin tone on the décolleté; while patented NIA-114 technology strengthens the skin barrier - lifting, lines, crepey texture and uneven skin tone - this cream does it all!

 

Available at drugstores across Canada.

 

- Lisamarie -

Vichy Neovadiol Phytosculpt Neck & Face Contours

Vichy Neovadiol Phytosculpt - 50ml - $59.95 - fights skin sagginess and lack of firmness in two key areas: the neck and face contours based on skin changes during menopause.

With a powerful formula containing tensing Phytosterol - that reduces skin fold and improves skin thickness, to correct visible signs of elastic fibers degradation; and antiaging Proxylane - a compensating complex that acts on structural fiber to improve skin density and firmness; along with an AHA anti-dark spot mix of citric and glycolic acids - smooths the skin and  reduces dark spots - to leave skin refined, defined and brighter.

A tensing daily care in balm-to-massage texture tightens skin on targeted zones - just massage and knead energetically to activate formula and let it do it's work!

Available at drugstores across Canada and online at vichy.ca.

- Lisamarie -

NIA24 Age Recovery for Décolletage and Hands

No matter how great the skin on your face looks, the often neglected areas like the décolletage and hands will give your real age away in an instant - so be sure to give them the same care you give the rest of your skin with:

NIA24 Age Recovery for Décolletage and Hands - 150ml - $66 - a nutrient-rich cream that delivers intense moisture while improving the appearance of dark spots and the visible signs of aging on the décolletage and hands.

Formulated with: Pro-Niacin - to help strengthen the moisture barrier and visibly improve skin tone, texture and look of age spots; a brightening complex containing licorice, mulberry and bearberry extracts; evening primrose root extract - to help reduce the look of brown spots; antioxidant white tea - to protect and soothe dry skin caused by environmental stressors; squalane - to hydrate for soft, supple skin; olive and borage oils - to condition and replenish; and pro-vitamin B5 - to nourish skin.

Use morning and night on décolletage, hands and any other area of the body showing signs of age and sun damage to brighten discolouration and improve visible signs of aging on the skin, leaving it smooth and supple.

Available now at Shoppers Drug Mart stores across Canada and online at beauty.shoppersdrugmart.ca.

- Lisamarie -

Zorah Eos Neck & Decollete Firming Concentrate

Anti-aging for the face is great but don't forget that important bit of skin real estate right below it that will give away your age real quick if you don't take care of it...

Zorah Eos Neck & Decollete Firming Concentrate - 50ml - $64.99 - with a unique formula that  was developed specifically for the ultra-fragile, finer skin of the neck and décolleté to  tighten  and firm the skin in these areas and improve its texture and elasticity, visibly reducing signs of aging for skin that looks younger and more toned. And as an added bonus, it has a resculpting effect that can also help reduce the appearance of a double chin!

Available at select natural food stores across Canada and online at zorahbiocosmetiques.com.

- Lisamarie -

Elizabeth Grant Collagen Re-Inforce 3D with Torricelumn

Elizabeth Grant Collagen Re-Inforce 3D with Torricelumn presents a line of products specifically designed to help preserve and encourage firmness in the skin with a synergistic combination of advanced actives, phyto-collagen, marine collagen, bio-advanced peptides and Torricelumn to help reduce the visible signs of aging for skin that looks more hydrated, firmer and less lined.

Available in the collection are: Advanced Face Lift Day Cream - 50ml - $80, Advance Face Lift Night Cream - 50ml - $90, Multi-Correction Anti-Wrinkle Serum - 45ml - $60, Crepey Eye Lift - 30ml - $40, Wrinkle and Lift Lip Serum - 15ml - $30, Lift Body Cream - 400ml - $70 and my fave:

Neck & Decollete Cream - 100ml - $70 - a multi-faced cream that helps to restore the skin's tone and elasticity - visibly firming, tightening and improving the appearance of the neck, jaw and decollete area - creating a lifting effect while reducing the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. The important thing to remember with neck creams is the proper way to apply - always massage in an upward direction to help gravity along!

Available now online at The Shopping Channel - theshoppingchannel.com and elizabethgrant.com.

- Lisamarie -

Fresh Black Tea Firming Corset Cream for Face & Neck

Fresh Black Tea Firming Corset Cream for Face & Neck - 50ml - $122 - a firming cream for the face and neck that helps with dryness, fine lines and wrinkles and immediately visibly improves skin's elasticity and strengthens skin, providing a corset-like effect for a more lifted and defined look.

The lightweight formula is powered by a black tea complex: that includes a proprietary blend of black tea ferment (kombucha), black tea extract, blackberry leaf extract and lychee seed extract - proven to inhibit damaging free radicals and help improve skin elasticity; goji fruit extract - helps improve firmness and protect the skin's youthful bounce; along with a firming peptide - helps to defy the signs of gravity for a more visibly defined skin and neck contours.

Available at Sephora and sephora.ca.

- Lisamarie -

Show your neck some love with StriVectin, Elizabeth Arden Prevage and Avon!

StriVectin TL Advanced Tightening Neck Cream - 50ml - $99 - a clinically proven anti-aging neck and jaw line treatment that visibly restores firmness, shape and contour for 50+ women who are experiencing loss of firmness, elasticity and want a skin care product to visibly correct sagging, laxity and thin, crepe skin. Containing a breakthrough three-tiered technology that: tightens - neck immediately feels tighter; fortifies - skin's supportive matrix is fortified and neck looks firmer; and strengthens - NIA-114 molecule strengthens skin's hold on natural collagen and moisture - resulting in a neck that regains lift and contour.

Available at Shoppers Drug Mart and Hudson's Bay stores across Canada.

Elizabeth Arden Prevage Anti-Aging neck and Décolleté Firm & Repair Cream - 50ml - $142 - with a luxurious formula that helps correct and protect the appearance of the dry, delicate, vulnerable skin on the neck and décolleté. With a formula that supports skin's vital collagen and elastin containing idebenone technology to help fight lines, wrinkles and crepiness for firmer, more lifted, smoother, younger-looking skin and a protein restoring complex that with continued use, fights dryness and reduces the appearance of existing dark spots and sun damage.

Available at Shoppers Drug Mart, Hudson's Bay and London Drugs stores across Canada.

Avon Skin So Soft Firm & Restore Neck & Chest Treatment Cream SPF 15 - 100ml - $16 - gives skin a firmer, more radiant appearance, restores moisture and reduces the look of fine wrinkles with a skin correcting formula containing babassu oil and caffeine.

Available from your Avon rep - 1-800-265-AVON or online at www.avon.ca.

- Lisamarie -

Massage your way to a better shape for your face with this skincare duo from Clinique!

Clinique introduces a clever little  skincare duo to lift and firm while hydrating and smoothing fine lines and wrinkles and leaving the skin radiant:

Clinique Sculptwear Contouring Massage Cream Mask - $53 - a luxurious cream mask with skin conditioning agents such as olive squalane and jojoba oil - help to condition skin and provide moisturization; sodium hyaluronate - provides instant moisture and helps to keep skin plump, firm and comfortable; sweet almond seed extract - provides a tightening sensation on skin; and an optics blend of titanium dioxide, mica and nylon-12 - together provide an immediate pink glow that helps to deliver radiant skin while providing a luxurious texture.

As well, it offers long-term lifting and firming with a smoothing / firming complex that includes bamboo extract, pea extract and glucosamine - which helps increase the natural production of hyaluronic acid, collagen and elastin - helping skin become firmer and reduces the appearance of fine lines; chlorellagen - helps to stimulate natural collagen and elastin production to maintain skin’s firmness and reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles; whey protein - initiates the development of new skin, helps skin look and feel firmer and increases skin’s natural collagen, providing a bettersupport structure; crithmum maritimum extract - helps reduce lines and wrinkles. Along with a moisture complex including cucumber, barley and sunflower extract to help moisturize the skin.

That you use with: Clinique Sonic System Massage Treatment Applicator - $41 - creates a massage action that gives skin a rosy glow while cooling and refreshing skin  - which attaches to your Clinique Sonic System Purifying Cleansing  Brush - which is what I really like about this whole deal, they aren't making you go out and buy a whole system, just an attachment for something you already (or should already) have!

It's easy to use and just takes a minute:

Apply a generous amount of the mask all over face and neck. Avoid the eye area.

Place massage applicator on chin and sweep across the jawline up toward the ear. Repeat on the other side of the jawline.

Place massage applicator at the corner of the mouth and move up along one cheek in a circular motion using the wave pattern. Repeat on the other cheek.

Glide toward the jawline and chin, meeting at the chin and reversing to the sides of the face. Move gently toward the jawline and continue down the side of the neck to finish.

Reapply product onto applicator and press button for an additional 30 seconds.

Begin at center of forehead and make small circular motions outward towards the temples. Pause at temples and circle 2-3 times. Begin again in center of forehead and repeat out toward opposite temple side.

Finish by placing massage tool between the brow area where tension lines are most visible. Move gently in up and down motion to stretch and relax the skin.

The mask can stay on the skin for 5-10 minutes and you can either tissue off the excess or sleep in it and let it soak in.

Don't have the applicator, no worries, you can also use the mask alone!

And if you want something you can use daily to help boost the mask's effects then check out:

Clinique Sculptwear Lift and Contour Serum for Face and Neck - 30ml - $63, 50ml - $95 - targets three zones of the face: firming and sculpting cheeks for a more defined and contoured appearance while visibly tightening, toning the jawline and reducing the appearances of lines and wrinkles in the neck. This lightly hydrating and silky treatment serum leaves skin feeling immediately tightened and visibly reduces fine lines in the neck area after only four weeks.

It lifts and firms with: PolySculpt technology which includes sweet almond seed extract - to provide skin with an immediate tightening sensation; red algae extract - to smooth and aid in the minimization of the appearance of lines and wrinkles; and soybean seed extract - to help give skin a smooth appearance and provide a flexible film on skin to help provide visible directionality to the surface of the skin.

Revs up skin’s energy with: coleus barbatus extract and clary sage extract - to support skin’s structure to discourage the appearance of sagging skin; and coffee seed extract-  to help fuel the skin and provide a boost to skin’s natural energy.

And energizes and re-awakens skin with: laminaria digitata and acetyl hexapeptide-8 - helps to promote natural collagen production, which can help achieve the appearance of lifted directionality of the skin; and glucosamine / bamboo extract / pea extract complex - that helps to increase the natural production
of hyaluronic acid, collagen and elastin.

Available now at Clinique counters across Canada and online at www.clinique.ca.

- Lisamarie -

Juice Beauty Stem Cellular Anti-Wrinkle Solutions Kit

Juice Beauty Stem Cellular Anti-Wrinkle Solutions Kit - $54 - with all the essentials for a complete treatment regimen for reducing the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles to achieve smoother and younger looking skin including: Stem Cellular Anti-Wrinkle Booster Serum - 15ml, Stem Cellular Anti-Wrinkle Moisturizer - 15ml, Stem Cellular Anti-Wrinkle Eye Treatment - 7.5ml along with a sample of Stem Cellular Lifting Neck Cream.

Containing a proprietary blend of fruit stem cells infused into vitamin C and organic resveratrol-rich grapeseed for powerful age defying results in just 6 weeks - the kit is the perfect way to try the line without committing big money to full sized products!

Available now at Murale stores across Canada and online at www.murale.ca.

- Lisamarie -

Stick your neck out with Dr Renaud, PCA Skin and Philosophy!

Laboratoire Dr Renaud Pure Neck & Decollete - 50ml - $51.95 - with a unique formulation that combines a lifting effect with a firming and anti-wrinkle action to remodel the neck, reduce a double chin and smooth the decollete for improvement of skin texture.

Contains Acetyl Tetrapeptide-9 - expert peptide, Centella Asiatica, Pea Extract, Glaucine, Calcium and Essential Nutriments. And free of parabens, alcohol, colourants, mineral oil or any toxic ingredients.

Available at spas and clinics across Canada - go to www.ldrenaud.com to find a location near you.

PCA Skin Perfecting Neck & Decollete - 85g - $75 - specifically formulated for the delicate skin on the neck and chest to improve laxity, wrinkling, hyperpigmentation and persistent redness and provides smoother and younger looking skin in as little as one to five weeks.

Contains Palmitoyl Tripeptide-38 - to minimize the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles; Palmitoyl Tripeptide-5 - to stimulate collagen production to strengthen skin and minimize wrinkling; Vitis Vinifera Fruit Cell Extract - to protect epidermal stem cells from damage; Calcium Hydroxymethionine - fortifies and restructures thin, fragile skin; Niacinamide - minimizes hyperpigmentation, impaired barrier function, breakouts and skin redness; Rye Seed Extract - stimulates the synthesis of stress fibers to reduce laxity in the skin; and Vitamin A - promotes a clear complexion and an even skin tone.

Check out www.beautynext.com for details on where to purchase near you.

Philosophy Miracle Worker Miraculous Anti-Aging Neck and Decollete Cream - 60ml - $59 - a light and silky textured, targeted, anti-aging care for neck and decollete and is formulated to help improve the appearance of wrinkles as it supports collagen and improves elasticity for firmer looking skin. A nurturing blend of omega 3, 6 & 9 essential fatty acids deeply hydrates and smoothes skin while a multi-active form of vitamin C helps brighten and even skin tone.

Available at select Shoppers Drug Mart, Sephora and The Bay stores across Canada.

- Lisamarie -

Want to firm up your chinny chin chin? Rodial and Skinn can help!

When you think about areas on the face that can really age you, most people usually focus on the eyes and forget about the chin and neck which when firm and refined, can take years off! Here's a couple of products that could be your fountain of youth:

Rodial Chin & Neck Lift - 50ml - $98 - with an immediate firming and lifting effect, it sculpts the neckline for a visibly smoother and younger looking chin and neck. With ingredients that fortify and restructure fragile and thin skin; redensifies and firms the skin around the chin and neck; reshapes facial contours and stimulates fat burning; reduces the appearance of a double chin; corrects uneven skin tone; and increases radiance and brightness.

Available at The Bay and Murale.

 

Skinn Chin-Up Firm, Lift & Tone Streamlining Serum - 50ml -  $38.50 - for heavier necks and fuller jaw lines, it was specifically created with Ovaliss complex, which is a high tech coco extract that has been shown to help strengthen, tighten and also helps burn excess fat deposits that accumulate on the neck area. The result is a more stream lined, less full and firmer looking neck and jaw line.

Available at The Shopping Channel - www.theshoppingchannel.com 

- Lisamarie - 

(Turkey) Neck and Chest Creams from Avon, Biotherm and StriVectin

You'll do yourself a world of good if you start moisturizing your neck and decolletage area now - along with your hands, it's one of the areas that can really show your age even if you have taken great care of your face.  You can use your regular moisturizer or if you feel like getting fancy, there are special creams especially for these areas, here are a few that I've tried, with mixed results:

Avon Solutions Neck & Chest Perfector Refining Cream SPF 15 - 100ml - $20 - It says it helps reduce signs of sun damage, blotchy discolourations and fine wrinkles in the delicate neck and chest area. It is a lovely thick lotion that is very moisturizing - be careful about how much you pump, I found a full pump was way too much - half was just right!  What I really like is the SPF that is in this product - if you are wearing a top that exposes your neck and chest you should be using sunscreen on those areas too but who ever remembers to do that? So by using this cream not only will it help me fix any damage already existing, it will also protect me from future damage, perfect!  And of course you can't beat the price!

Get it from your Avon rep 1-800-265-AVON, or if you are in the Montreal area - one of our readers is a rep there and would be happy to help you out, you can contact Stacey:
stacey.johnson@interavon.ca
interavon.ca/stacey.johnson
and of course online at www.avon.ca

Biotherm Décolleté Laser Anti-Aging Corrective Serum - 50ml - $55 - It claims that it firms the appearance of skin and reduces the appearance of wrinkles, moisturizes and plumps skin as well as works on age spots.  If you like a lighter serum rather than a cream, you will like this one - and the serum seems to have a bit of shimmer to it so it looks really flattering on the skin.  It actually made my skin feel firmer and my skin looked smooth and moisturized so I would definitely repurchase this product.

StriVectin Neck Cream - 40ml - $113.99 - It claims to visibly firm and tighten the neck area, reduce the appearance of sagging "turkey neck", improve the look of neckline and décolletage, even out skin tone and discolourations.  I really wanted to like this just for the sake that the term "turkey neck" makes me laugh, I'd love to be able to tell you it's worth the money and did everything it said it would, but alas, it's just a jar of overpriced moisturizer - not even good moisturizer at that, it felt kind of weird on my skin, like it wasn't sinking in properly or something.  If you have a lot of money and like to spend it on overpriced cream that doesn't live up to it's claims, then by all means pick up a case of this stuff, otherwise save yourself the money and effort of rubbing it in, and buy 5 of the Avon ones or 2 of the Biotherm and consider it money much better spent!

- Lisamarie -