Holistic Silk Beauty Cocoons

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AS well as the usual lotions and potions, I get sent some very odd things in this job. You may recall my post the other month about the sticky patches to help with anti-ageing? Well, here’s another one of my category ‘ Weird and Wonderful Beauty’ – Silk Cocoons.

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Let me explain a little more! Holistic Silk are a company who make beautiful items from silk – pillowcases, eye masks and more. And these funny little silk cocoons. Holistic Silk discovered a traditional Chinese beauty secret favoured by Chinese Princesses to achieve smooth, radiant skin.

holistic silkSo, lets explore further. These Nourishing Natural Silk Beauty Cocoons to give them their full name, contain the silk protein Sericin, a natural compound filled with amino acids that are very similar to those found in your skin.

A key ingredient found in many anti-ageing skin products, the silk cocoons provide a 100% natural beauty alternative – no synthetic ingredients or harmful preservatives here.

But what on earth do you do with them?! Well, you simply place a cocoon on the end of your fingertip, dampen with warm water and massage over the face to release the Sericin from the silk. This in turn stimulates the epidermis, and, Holistic Silk say, balances the skin and imparts an immediate long-lasting smooth silky feeling, and leaves a protective anti-wrinkle film on your skin.

Right. I’m not sure this really does happen. I found them quite odd to use, and to be honest, they do work better in their other suggested uses, of exfoliating and smoothing facial pores. It’s an odd sensation, rubbing this little cocoon over your face. But I kind of like them in a weird way. If you’re into your beauty routine, why not add something else to it, I say!

The Holistic Silk Beauty Cocoons come in packs of 20, and each cocoon can be used around three times, so that’s 60 uses – not bad for £25.

Available from holisticsilk.com