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Sun Apr 16, 2006 9:42 am  |
Hello All,
I've been using stimulcoll for about a week now, and i really like it, but it has an "exfoliating" texture that i am not used to seeing with any other product--is this a normal feature of the product? It feels like fine grains of sand (that i just wipe away after the product dries. I am nervous because i don't want the fine skin under my eyes to tear from this texture--although I have been pretty careful thus far. Any input from fellow stimucoll users would be much appreciated! BTW, I love the entire PSF line!
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http://newnaturalbeauty.tumblr.com/ 37, light-toned olive skin, broken caps, normal skin. My staples: Osea cleansing milk, Algae Oil, Advanced Protection Cream, Eyes & Lips, Tata Harper, Julie Hewett makeup, Amazing Cosmetics Powder, & By Terry Light Expert, Burnout, and daily inversion therapy and green smoothies! |
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Sun Apr 16, 2006 12:58 pm |
Hi!
I received the trial size of this and I noticed it was grainy too - glad it wasn't just me - still like the product though! I agree PSF is a brilliant.
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Lucia, VERY fair (ghostly so!)redhead, combination skin prone to dehydration. |
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Mabsy
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Mon Apr 17, 2006 12:50 am |
I bought a 5mL trial size of this and it's also quite grainy. I'm still trying to figure out if I like it, though I will probably come around (I don't think there is a PSF product that I tried and didn't like so far). I had to transfer the StimuColl out of the pump bottle it came in though because it just kept squirting out large amounts of it each time  I transferred it to a vit C serum sample vial - it will be interesting to see how quickly it will go dark.... |
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Mon Apr 17, 2006 7:22 am |
Mabsy,
I noticed that about the trial packaging too - but I coudln't get it apart to transfer it?
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Lucia, VERY fair (ghostly so!)redhead, combination skin prone to dehydration. |
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Mon Apr 17, 2006 9:00 am |
| I have the same problem too. Mine has changed colour and turned grainy after opened for about two weeks. |
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Mon Apr 17, 2006 12:06 pm |
Hopefully Darren will check in at some point and let us know what he thinks - he's always so helpful!
Darren where are you?  |
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Lucia, VERY fair (ghostly so!)redhead, combination skin prone to dehydration. |
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Mon Apr 17, 2006 6:05 pm |
Darn! I am about to place an order for the full size of StimuColl (for the first time) as well as other PSF products but I guess I'll hold on that till we hear from Darren.  (But I really really don't want to wait!!). Were all of the above posts about the trial size? Maybe it was a bad lot # for the trial size product  |
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Mon Apr 17, 2006 6:20 pm |
| Mine is full size with dropper bottle. |
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Mabsy
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Mon Apr 17, 2006 10:32 pm |
| Lucia wrote: |
Mabsy,
I noticed that about the trial packaging too - but I coudln't get it apart to transfer it?
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I gave up on that and just squirted it out directly into the vial. If you tap the bottom of the sample bottle on something then most of it will head to the bottom and you should be able to get most of it out through squirting. |
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Mon Apr 17, 2006 11:48 pm |
| Mine is full size--today when i used it I shook it up a little between my hands and the texture was a bit better--I just wonder, after reading some things on this forum, if the c hasn't crystallized... |
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http://newnaturalbeauty.tumblr.com/ 37, light-toned olive skin, broken caps, normal skin. My staples: Osea cleansing milk, Algae Oil, Advanced Protection Cream, Eyes & Lips, Tata Harper, Julie Hewett makeup, Amazing Cosmetics Powder, & By Terry Light Expert, Burnout, and daily inversion therapy and green smoothies! |
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Tue Apr 18, 2006 12:30 am |
| Maybe we should get Darren in to comment and fill us all in on the "grains". I am sure there must be a reason! |
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Tue Apr 18, 2006 6:03 am |
| I have 2 of the dropper ones-not grainy at all |
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Tue Apr 18, 2006 11:13 am |
| I have one with a pump and not grainy at all. |
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Tue Apr 18, 2006 8:29 pm |
Hi, I ordered the small trial size of the Stimul-Coll, hugely disappointed, it is grainy also, yellow/orange, turned my undereyes orangey (not permanent stained, though), and after using it 2 days, my undereyes have developed WAY MORE FINE LINES than I had and really dry and ugly looking.
I ordered other samples of stuff, and I hate all the containers. Why do they put a cleanser in a tiny container with a pop open lid, and you can't get it out without making a mess?
And the Oxygen serum looks, smells and feels just like straight hydrogen peroxide like you buy in the grocery store.
I'm sorry, but what are the good products from this line? I haven't tried the C serum yet, I do have a small sample of it also, and of the firming eye gel, I think.
i love that there are no bad synthetics in these products though.
Anyone know why the Stimu-Coll made my eyes look so old, wrinkled, dry? Is that normal? I have really sensitive eyes and I was so hoping this would really help my fine lines. |
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Tue Apr 18, 2006 8:33 pm |
| stimucoll makes my eyes look plumped, and i loved the extra added layer of antioxidant prtection for that area. i think it has made a great difference in my undereye area--but maybe that is the retinol talking as well. the grainy texture is disconcerting, though. |
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http://newnaturalbeauty.tumblr.com/ 37, light-toned olive skin, broken caps, normal skin. My staples: Osea cleansing milk, Algae Oil, Advanced Protection Cream, Eyes & Lips, Tata Harper, Julie Hewett makeup, Amazing Cosmetics Powder, & By Terry Light Expert, Burnout, and daily inversion therapy and green smoothies! |
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Wed Apr 26, 2006 1:53 am |
| Did anyone find out directly from PSF about the grainy texture of this? Was thinking of ordering, but now am having second thoughts... |
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Wed Apr 26, 2006 2:07 am |
| I have the full-size and mine isn't grainy at all. |
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Wed Apr 26, 2006 2:36 am |
| tiger_tim wrote: |
| Did anyone find out directly from PSF about the grainy texture of this? Was thinking of ordering, but now am having second thoughts... |
I'm waiting to hear from Darren about this. HE was going to get the previous batches tested. |
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Wed Apr 26, 2006 6:14 am |
| I have two 5ml trial sizes and they are both grainy, but I still use them. Wonder if they are as effective that way? |
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Wed Apr 26, 2006 10:41 am |
My understanding from a past purchase is that the grainy texture was NOT the vitamin C but the coconut endosperm (?) or something or other related to the coconut stuff... I don't remember and can't find the email from back when I made the inquiry.
I like the stuff alot though. I just ordered some more of it from EDS  |
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Wed Apr 26, 2006 5:53 pm |
They tested that particular one batch of the StimuColl against other batches and found that it is a little bit grainy (I'm impressed - PSF keeps a sample of each batch of each product they produce!). All other (earlier/later) batches are smooth. It is still 100% safe to use it's just that it has slightly less water than the previous (and later) batches. If you are concerned about the texture then please PM me.
Meanwhile, knowing this, I'm happy to continue using mine. I just need to be done with my Juvedical sample first (liking this also!  ). |
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Sat Apr 29, 2006 10:56 am |
| I've been using the eye cream for the past two months and still liking it despite the it having turned a very vivid carroty orange colour and yep feels rather grainy when I smooth it on. Strangly, when it first arrived it was a pleasant yellow shade. I guess the Vit C oxidised overtime as most do whether stable or not so I don't mind that bit. Just that little annoying when I wake up in the morning and look into the mirror to see two dark orange peepers looking back at me, that's all. |
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Asian, normal, prone to dehydration, fine under-eye lines, pale, 31( seems like it was late 20s just yesterday). HG : Avene Ystheal gel, Candy's dmae/ha serum, Vivier's 20% Vit C serum |
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Sat Apr 29, 2006 12:36 pm |
| I have the eye dropper bottle and it is not grainy at all. |
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Sun Apr 30, 2006 12:32 am |
Fenn, are you saying that your under eye area is also that color in the morning?  |
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Sun Apr 30, 2006 11:44 am |
| Yep...not the most pleasant thing to see especially when I'm so not a morning person and I wake up all grouchy and still super sleepy and having to face orangey undereyes. But it does seem to be doing something. Not really sure what. Perhaps some slight firming. Yay for that! =) |
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Asian, normal, prone to dehydration, fine under-eye lines, pale, 31( seems like it was late 20s just yesterday). HG : Avene Ystheal gel, Candy's dmae/ha serum, Vivier's 20% Vit C serum |
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