A good night’s sleep might bring back a missing bounce in your step, but all the snoozing in the world won’t regenerate a youthful bounce in your skin. What will, you ask? Most visible skin aging is caused by decreases in moisture retention, collagen production, and elastin revitalization…three issues that Relastin’s Ultra Emollient is dedicated to reversing.

Using a signature Zinc Firming Complex™, an ingredient designed to increase your skin’s elastin content, as well as Vitamin C, Vitamin A, and Peptides, Ultra Emollient ($99) is equipped to dutifully attack signs of aging from clinically proven angles. Elastin is a protein in your skin that enables it to snap back into place after being contracted or stretched…the rubber band effect, if you will. Your body stops producing elastin in your teens. After a certain length of time, then, your skin stops being able to turn a frown upside down (or side to side, or anywhere else).

When used twice a day, the creamy Ultra Emollient will quench quite a few of your sagging skin woes. It’s delightfully fragrance free, a major plus seeing as some creams’ scents have, in the past, made my REM sleep impossible and me gagging inevitable. It can be used in place of your daily (and evening) moisturizer, but you’ll still need SPF from somewhere to get you through the day. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the thickness of the cream didn’t cause any break outs.

First impressions of a product always happen via a test strip – usually the back of my hand – to make sure I’m not allergic, and to give me an idea of what I’m in for before I rub something all over my sensitive skin. Upon initial back hand application, my skin immediately felt so smooth that I fervently applied the product to my other hand and my entire face, neck and chest in a matter of seconds. Hello, scientific miracle! After over a week of use my skin feels tighter, supple and raring to punch back at a day’s worth of tugging and stretching (my facial expressions).

The Ultra Emollient is great for the dry winter season; in the summer you might want to switch to the lighter version, Relastin’s Skin Revitalizer ($69). Relastin’s Eye Silk ($69) has won over Allure’s beauty editors, winning the honorable Best of Beauty Editors’ Choice award for the “Best Anti-Wrinkle Eye Cream” for the past three years — which is also how long it’s been on the market. All three products contain the same Zinc Firming Complex formula and can be purchased online through Relastin’s website.

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