• Cruelty free NO
• Expensive, two sizes available
• Tube component
• Fragrance free NO

My skin type is oily/combination which is fair with freckling and currently 38 years old.

This is the first and only product I have tried by StriVectin and  I have used it for  7 months as I bought the biggest size available. 

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I had received a deluxe size sample back in late December 2016 with another beauty product purchase in store at David Jones *a local high end department store*.  I started using it and after about two weeks I noticed a difference in my skin.  It is expensive even at the smaller size but because I was impressed by the results from the sample size I splashed out and bought the largest version.

If you haven't heard of this brand, it found fame around ten years ago stating it was a needle free version of Botox.  It received a lot of hype because of this statement which ultimately proved untrue.  There is nothing like Botox except Botox which is an invasive skin injectable.  Until technology can replicate the muscle movement restricting effects of Botox in a topical formulation then that is the state of affairs.

Since then it has been reformulated three times and the Botox claim has been dropped (which never had scientific research to back up such a strong statement ever).  This version has a whole host of beneficial ingredients to provide moisture and anti ageing benefits to your skin.  It is not fragrance free there is a scent there and it is from ingredients cinnamic and ginger.  It is not obnoxious though.

New advances in skincare science have revealed that Collagen III, or ‘youth collagen’, is critical to baby soft, smooth, skin. StriVectin SD Advanced is the first product to harness technology to target ‘youth collagen’ for impressive anti-wrinkle clinical results in just 15 days. Your skin will show a dramatic difference in the appearance of wrinkles with a skin surface that looks visibly plumped, renewed and revitalized. Statement from the StriVectin website on how this product performs.


I have to agree that with consistent use you will see a difference in two weeks.  I only used it at night or in the morning but I did not apply it twice a day but you absolutely can.  The majority of ingredients are great but some are known skin irritants for some people.

The reality is that without surgical or invasive techniques there are some things that cannot be altered with a topical product.  One of those is stretch marks and the other is deep formed wrinkles that stay in place no matter what your facial movements are.

The product is a white cream that is of a medium thickness to it.  You will smell the fragrance and cinnamic and ginger, it is not an obnoxious smell and after a while I no longer noticed it.  It comes in a squeeze tube.  It is not oily at all either.

I won't be repurchasing this moisturiser because I have found that using a good serum with a very hydrating moisturiser works better for me when I consider overall performance, cost, fragrance free status and cruelty free status.

I do recommend this product if you don't mind the cost, lack of cruelty free status and fragrance free status then it is a good well rounded moisturiser.  Ingredients that are known to potentially cause irritation to the skin are highlighted in bold type. The ingredients list below has hyperlinks to click on should you wish to learn more about that individual ingredient and learn about what really constitutes an expensive moisturiser on today's market. 

Ingredients List:

Water, Glycerin, Myristyl Nicotinate, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Isocetyl Stearate, Isodecyl Neopentanoate, Dimethicone, Glyceryl Stearate, Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil, PEG-100 Stearate, Propanediol, Butylene Glycol, Cetearyl Alcohol, Behenyl Alcohol, Polyacrylamide, Palmitoyl Hexapeptide-12, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-38, Panthenol, Bisabolol, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice Powder, Zingiber Officinale (Ginger) Root Extract, Methylglucoside Phosphate, Copper Lysinate/Prolinate, Resveratrol, Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid, Cyathea Medullaris Leaf Extract, Phaseolus Lunatus (Green Bean) Seed Extract, Rutin, Arachidyl Alcohol, Caprylyl Glycol, Saccharide Isomerate, C13-14 Isoparaffin, Ethylhexylglycerin, Hydroxypropyl Cyclodextrin, Cetyl Hydroxyethylcellulose, Ceteth-10 Phosphate, Dicetyl Phosphate, Arachidyl Glucoside, Laureth-7, Aminomethyl Propanol, Dipotassium Phosphate, Xanthan Gum, Glyceryl Caprylate, Cinnamic Acid, Levulinic Acid, Sodium Levulinate, Stearic Acid, Lactic Acid, Tetrasodium EDTA, BHT, Parfum (Fragrance), Mica, CI 77891 (Titanium Dioxide), CI 77491 (Iron Oxide), Citric Acid, Sodium Citrate, Phenoxyethanol, Benzyl Alcohol, Benzoic Acid, Sorbic Acid, Chlorphenesin

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