How did you discover Merlot Skin Care?

Posted on by Nicole Beckley

Nora Roberts the villa grape seed romance skin careOur customers are the best, and they often get in touch to let us know how they found out about us. Recently a customer wrote in who discovered us through one of the most surprising ways we’ve heard — by way of a romance novel. While reading a Nora Roberts book, she came upon a section of the story where the characters are talking about grape seed-based skin care. Intrigued by the idea, she did some online searching and found Merlot!

 

 

 

 

Here’s an excerpt from the Nora Roberts novel “The Villa” :

“See, red wine contains antioxidants — polyphenols, and –“
“Maddy, I know about polyphenols.”
“Okay, okay. But see the seeds — and you ditch them during wine production — they have antioxidants. And that’s really good for the skin…”

So great to hear that these characters know how great grape seed antioxidants are!

Tell us — how did YOU hear about Merlot Skin Care?

 

Your Exclusive $5 Off Discount Code

Posted on by Nicole Beckley

vineyard, merlot, wine, fall skin care It’s officially fall — the perfect season for relaxing with a little Merlot!

Relax and save some green with our exclusive discount code, available on select Merlot Skin Care products.

Enter the discount code MERLOTSAVEFIVE at checkout and save $5 off each of these popular Merlot products:

• Merlot Moonlight Radiance Night Cream
• Merlot Moisturizer
• Purifying Peel Off Mask
• Grape Seed Eye Cream

This code will only be available for a limited time — so act now. Plus, get free shipping to the USA on orders over $50!

Offer code is case sensitive — use all caps.

Offer only available at merlotskincare.com. Expires 10/24/2014 at 11:59PM MST.

What makes Merlot Moisturizer a natural wonder?

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merlot moisturizer, aloe vera, grape seeds, natural skin careWhen we talk about the Merlot Skin Care line’s signature product, Merlot Moisturizer, we often talk about one thing: natural antioxidants. These natural antioxidants work to protect the skin against environmental damage (smog, pollution, harmful UV rays) and stress.

Where do these antioxidants come from? Merlot products use red grape seeds. What’s so special about red grape seeds? Found to be 50 times more powerful than Vitamin E and 25 times more powerful than Vitamin C, red grape seed antioxidants fight against free radicals – the particles that routinely damage our skin.

By providing antioxidant protection, Merlot Moisturizer helps inhibit the appearance of aging, providing a more youthful, healthy look.

In addition to grape seed extract, the Merlot Moisturizer formula utilizes aloe vera to help protect skin from UV damage. Aloe vera works to moisturize and hydrate skin while offering cooling and soothing properties. Hydrated skin is healthy skin!

Merlot Moisturizer has become a go-to product for those with sensitive skin thanks to its fragrance-free and non-irritating formula. Matricaria Flower (also known as chamomilla recutita) helps reduce redness. Its anti-inflammatory properties keep Merlot Moisturizer working gently and effectively.

Build A Healthy You – For The Sake Of Your Skin

Posted on by Nicole Beckley

no smoking, merlot skin care, antioxidantsThere are many reasons to want to improve your diet, quit smoking, and wear sunscreen.  In addition to helping live a longer, healthier life, developing these healthy habits can have a big impact on your skin.

In the July/August issue of GCI (Global Cosmetic Industry) Magazine, Katerina Steventon explains that extrinsic aging – exposure to outside elements such as UV rays and smoking – strongly contributes to “deep and coarse wrinkles, mottled hyperpigmentation and reduced skin elasticity.”  Smoking, in particular, reduces skin’s elastic fibers, making facial wrinkles appear deeper.  The long-term harmful effects of smoking are well documented, and in the short-term, the habit is actively damaging your skin as well.

Steventon also points out that 80% of the effects of aging seen on facial skin, is due to sun exposure, over the course of one’s lifetime.  Wearing sunscreen or a lotion with UV protection is the easiest way to fight against harmful UV rays.

Want to ward off wrinkles?  Ditch the cigarettes and don’t forget the SPF!

Steventon also suggests utilizing antioxidants that offer environmental protection.  Merlot’s Anti-Wrinkle Cream, with its elasticity-improving formula, 11 amino acids, and grape seed antioxidants, might just be the way to start.

Healthy Tip Tuesday: What’s So Great About Kale?

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If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it a hundred times:  you are what you eat.  We want our bodies to be super, and if there’s one food that being touted at the latest “superfood” it’s the leafy, vitamin-packed roughage kale.

Naturally high in antioxidants, kale may help kale1guard against heart disease, with its high fiber content working to help lower cholesterol.  Rich in Vitamin A (beta-carotene), kale can also help the workings of the immune system, and may even help boost brain functionality.

In the latest issue of New York Magazine, in an article about kale, Dr. Drew Ramsey, an assistant professor at Columbia University explains, “Your brain makes up 2 percent of your body weight, but it consumes 20 percent of everything you eat. By changing your food, you change genetic expression and actually change the way your brain functions.”

If you really are what you eat, don’t you want to be smart?