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I started my Herbal Face Food journey back in the fall of 2021. I cannot believe it has been 3 years since I started using these products. Given its been quite a while I thought it was time for an updated review.

The first products I used were The Serum 1 and The Cure X. I used them for about a year and then moved up to The Serum 2 and the The Serum 3 which is what I currently use. In addition I just recently switched from The Cure X to The Cure Extreme XX. It has been a steady climb to the top and I have loved every moment. Waking up each day to skin that is balanced, glowing, and healthy.

In this post I will share my current skincare routine. I will also link to all of my previous, detailed reviews of these products. Taking some time to learn about what sets these products apart is worth your while. There is nothing like Herbal Face Food on the market which is something we hear from a lot of skincare brands but Herbal Face Food has the ingredients, the information, and the performance to back up this claim. It truly stands out.

If you know anything about me you know I love anything and everything skincare. There is always temptation to try something new. Before I started using Herbal Face Food I was constantly trying the next new skincare product with a list of promises. I’m not going to lie. When you love skincare as much as I do the temptation is always there to try something new but what I have found over these last 3 years is nothing compares to Herbal Face Food. Nothing has changed my skin more than these products!

What I noticed in the first few months of using these products and what I have continued to notice is Herbal Face Food gives me consistent good skin days. I no longer struggle with days of dryness, irritation, redness, and occasional breakouts. Overall my skin looks and feels good every day. And, I feel good because I know I am not putting toxic ingredients on my skin. I am feeding my skin effective ingredients straight from nature.

I am 46 and my skin looks better than it did three years ago! The picture below was taken at the end of the summer. To be fully transparent I have always had pretty good skin but in my later 30’s and early 40’s I definitely started noticing fine lines, redness, enlarged pores and other skin concerns all of which I feel have improved since using these products. I do think a healthy lifestyle plays a massive role in our skins health so the better we eat, sleep, and move the better or skin is going to look. However, these products do more than just mask the skins imperfections. They actually promote skin health.

LOW TOX LIVING IS IMPORTANT TO ME

My Father passed away from Lewy Body Dementia the beginning of this past summer. And since his passing I am more motivated than ever to focus on the things that can really impact my health. Living as low a tox lifestyle as I can is important to me. We cannot avoid everything but there are things we can control and what we put on our bodies is one of them.

Our skin is our largest organ and 67% of what we put on our skin goes directly into our body. In fact, within just 28 min of application chemicals in skincare products can be found in the bloodstream and vital organs. The average woman puts 515 synthetic chemicals on her body every single day which equates to about 5lbs of chemicals absorbed into the body yearly! Pretty crazy when you think about it! But this helps us to understand that the products we use can hinder our healing. You can learn more about how the body absorbs chemicals from the products we use here.

WHAT MAKES HERBAL FACE FOOD DIFFERENT

The Ingredients do! There is no other product like Herbal Face Food on the market. Herbal Face Food products are 100% PLANT (not plant-based). Meaning they contain only plants and nothing else. No synthetic or man-made ingredients and are also safe to eat! I’m not saying to eat it but you could if you wanted to. Their products go beyond clean and non-toxic skincare. There is nothing like Herbal Face Food on the market. “Plants are the original Scientists. Plants are the ancient Estheticians.” – J. Michael Zenn

All ingredients are Organic and or Wild-Harvested
100% Plants (NOT plant-based)50+ Botanicals (more than any other serum on the market)
20 of the most powerful Anti-Aging Botanicals
20 of the Rarest most Expensive Botanicals in the World
10 of the most Anti-Viral Botanicals
Edible (you can eat it, but I don’t encourage it)
Vegan, Sustainably and Ethically Sourced
No Fillers, Chemicals, or Preservatives

OXYGEN RADICAL ABSORBANCE CAPACITY (ORAC) RATING

Antioxidants are important but all are not created equally. Did you know there is a scientific method for measuring the antioxidant/anti-aging power of a given ingredient or plant-chemical combination. Its called the ORAC rating. I was blown away when I learned about this. You can find some of the most well known and expensive skincare products and their ORAC rating here. Want to hear a fact that will blow your mind? At least it did mine. Vitamin C rates less than 100,000 on the ORAC scale. Herbal Face Food serum registers at over 30 million on the ORAC scale. That is 100,000x the anti-aging power of Vitamin C. Absolutely crazy right? How great to have one main go to product that is delivering unmatched anti-aging power.

IT’S IN THE RESEARCH

Herbal Face Food serums have been proven to reverse the 10 most visible signs of aging: wrinkles, large pores, dryness, redness, discoloration, loss of skin tone, firmness, smoothness, radiance, brightness as well as addressing chronic skin issues such as acne, eczema, rosacea, and psoriasis. The plants in Herbal Face Food are backed with a lot of research which you can learn more about here.

UPDATED ROUTINE

As I shared above my journey with Herbal Face Food started with Serum 1 and The Cure X. Herbal Face Food has 5 different serums. Serum 1, Serum 2, Serum 3, The Cure X, and The Cure Extreme XX. Each serum contains the same ingredients just in different concentrations. Herbal Face Food suggests starting with Serum 1 and The Cure X and then working your way up. There is no harm to starting with a higher serum but Herbal Face Food is very different than any other product out there in that it creates a warming, tingling, almost burning sensation on the skin. This is the plant actives going to work and is one of things that makes Herbal Face Food standout. But, for some new users it may feel too intense to start at a higher number. The higher the number the greater the sensation. I personally started with Serum 1 and worked my way up to Serum 3.

Here are the products I currently use and how I use them.

EVENING ROUTINE

I start with an oil to remove eye make up and face make up. This is almost always avocado oil from my kitchen cabinet. I keep it in a pump bottle and use about three pumps to cleanse my dry face. I tissue it off and move on to step 2.
I cleanse my skin with The Cure X Soap which I have grown to love! It was not a product I was consistent with initially but as soon as I started using it daily I was blown away. Mostly seeing the larger pores on the sides of my nose get smaller and smaller. Now it is one of the products I feel is hard to live without. It may seem excessive but I like to double cleanse my skin. After rinsing I fully cleanse my face again. I recently learned that you can let the soap sit on your face and dry down before rinsing. Basically use it as a mask. This is something I do a few times a week and I love it! Once my face is fully clean I move on to step 3.
I pat my face dry and then I use a gentle dry face brush to exfoliate. Herbal Face Food suggests ensuring your face is exfoliated a few times a week as it will help with the absorption of the products on a deeper level. I love my little face dry brush and have found it to be a great alternative to more aggressive exfoliants. You can find them online.
I then use The Eye Cream on both my lower eye area and my eye lids. You don’t need much. Just a little. I played around with using The Eye Cream before or after The Serum and I prefer using it first. I find it absorbs a bit better. I still use the serum around my eyes as well but do so after I use The Eye Cream.
Next I use The Serum 3 and The Cure Extreme XX. The Cure X and The Cure Extreme XX are very concentrated and intended to be used as a spot treatment. However, you can use however you like. If I feel I need a little extra boost I may mix in a drop or two of The Cure Extreme XX into The Serum 3 and use all over my face. I did this when I used The Serum 1 and The Serum 2 as well with The Cure X. If you use both separately then you can either use The Cure first on areas that need most attention and then one of the Serums all over.
I then finish with The Cream. Again a little goes a long way. If I have time I may do a little gua sha or face massage.

MORINING ROUTINE

There are mixed thoughts on whether we really need to wash our face in the morning. Personally I always do! I love the feeling of a fresh clean skin in the morning.
After cleansing I use The Serum 3 all over my face and a very small amount of The Eye Cream and The Cream.
I follow with a little gua sha or face massage if I have time and then apply my makeup.

One of the things I love most about Herbal Face Food is they don’t have a million products in their line. They stand behind a small assortment of products that perform. I absolutely love this and the ease of not having a 10 step skincare routine. Just a simple routine that works!

WOW ITS A BIT SPENDY

Yes it is. There is no denying that Herbal Face Food is a higher priced brand. To be honest the cost shocked me at first. But then I went and looked in my drawers and added up all of the money I have spent on skincare products that never really lived up to their claims and they were definitely not as clean as Herbal Face Food. When I did that exercise I realized that quality over quantity matters and these products last a long time which I personally think makes them not as expensive as you might think. Below are the number of days each product typically lasts.

50ml Serums (40-50 days)

50ml The Cure X (60-80 days)

50ml The Extreme Cure XX (60-80 days)

50ml The Cream (3-6 months)

30ml The Eye Cream (3-6 months)

The Cure X Soap (They don’t give a specific time but I have found a bar can last up to 6 months. A little goes a long way)