That’s right! Some things are meant to be together! Peanut butter and jelly springs to mind immediately (sorry if you have a nut allergy). 

A nice pair of socks is another (if you are the sort of person that gets fussed about that sort of thing).

With Valentine’s Day coming up we may just have couples on the mind. 

Which leads us to ask, what are some great products that work great together?

Certainly we’re all for your right to customize and design your own skin care routines. In fact, that’s one of the founding tenants behind Skin Actives Scientific. We want you to have the power of customizable skin care and provide you with the knowledge you need to use it. So you won’t find any of these great combos in packs together, but take a look at them, maybe they are exactly what your skincare routine is looking for.

Meanwhile, we sat down with Ben, one of Skin Active’s most senior employees to get the scoop on his favorite skin care products from our huge catalog today. After fifteen years of experience at Skin Actives, these are his favorites.

So keep reading, we have a lot to cover!

Great Products That Go Great Together!

We asked our customer care expert Rachel what she thought were some great pairings that you might be overlooking. Here’s a couple that she came back with:

The Picnic Lunch 

This pairing is the ultimate light and breezy day pair to accompany you out into the world for a light picnic lunch in a sunny park at the center of your city. Rich in moisturizing and antioxidant fighting power, both of these products will battle ROS* pollutants in the environment, while going on under make-up.

• Hyaluronic Acid Serum with EGF - You’re already hydrating your skin and scouring free radicals with hyaluronic acid, now you are promoting elasticity and cell production with epidermal growth factor. Hyaluronic Acid Serum with EGF is light and playful, silky to the touch, and one of our most fun products to apply.

Paired with:

• Antioxidant Moisturizing Cream - Perfect for the morning and unbelievably light. Antioxidant Moisturizing Cream hydrates while purging free radicals with Skin Actives’ proprietary ROS* BioNet™. Layer on after your serum step and apply make-up on top with confidence.

A Night At the Opera

Did you know that in latin the word “works” translates to “opera”? I bet that makes you look at the musical artform a little differently (or maybe not). Regardless, this song-filled date night “works” great for you! Check it out:

• Vitamin A Serum - We already knew from Tuesday’s blog that vitamin A products would rather stay in until the sun goes down. Whether you are staying up late, or going to bed early, you want to promote collagen synthesis, which has been shown to reduce fine lines and wrinkles. Vitamin A Serum is down for some of that! Meanwhile it’s mild, mild, mild, meaning gentle, unlike many other retinol treatments.

Paired with:

• Revitalizing Nutrient Cream - Like a really fancy dinner, revitalizing Nutrient Cream is bringing in a full array of nutrients to keep your skin satisfied! Well fed skin is happy skin, because when your skin has all the nutrients it needs, it can work against all those fine lines and wrinkles. Meanwhile Revitalizing Nutrient Cream is coming in hot with our Mitochondria Concentrate to activate your skin on a submolecular level.What a pair!

Never a Third Wheel: Sunscreen goes great with everything! So always make sure that you have some to “round out the numbers” as they used to say in polite society.

Let’s Meet Ben!

This month we’re featuring Ben from Shipping in our employee focus. 

Fun Fact: Ben is literally the third employee ever to be hired at Skin Actives Scientific and currently holds the record for second longest duration of employment! Ben was hired to help out with Production way back in the hazy days of 2007. When he came into the office he brought an exuberant energy for debate about board games, professional football, and current events.

Over the years he worked his way up from Filling Room to Shipping and now he oversees the staff of both the Shipping Room and the Filling Room. If you have been a customer of Skin Actives for a long time there is no doubt that your product or your order was fulfilled by Ben. These days though his hours are well spent making sure that your product comes together right, or in our B2B facing. 

Let’s hear what Ben’s favorite pairings are!

The “Ben”

• Hydrating Shave Cream - “This is my favorite Skin Actives product! I shave with it all the time. I shave both my face and head around three times a week. It is my absolute favorite cream with which to shave. I have so much less irritation. Even just the feeling of shaving with the cream is different and feels great whether it is the ease of the razor over the skin or the soothing feeling afterwards. And my skin feels great afterwards as well!” 

Truthfully, most shave creams are devoid of activity, which is why they cost so little. Skin Actives Hydrating Shave Cream is nutrient dense with our Sea Kelp Coral to enrich your skin while you shave as well as moisturize. The process of shaving is stressful to the skin, even if you don’t see it right away, help your skin as much as possible with this calming, soothing shave cream.

Pairs with:

• Skin Soothing Serum - “I love Skin Soothing Serum whenever I have skin irritation or dry skin. I used to use this product as an aftershave all the time. It applies wonderfully and feels amazing and soothing on irritated skin. Between this and the shaving cream, I feel great after shaves!”

While Skin Soothing Serum can be used for any type of skin irritation or agitation, it works great for shaving. Hyaluronic acid with collagen and sea kelp all work to maximize your skin’s health with soothing redness and irritation. 

Never a Third Wheel: Every Lipid Serum - “ELS is one of the few products I have tried that is able to alleviate the dry skin patches I get on certain areas like my elbows. I have tried other products to help heal the dry splotches, and nothing works like ELS. It works fast as well. Even after just a few applications, I notice a marked difference. “

As Ben accurately illustrates, the struggle against dry skin is real. With 100% active ingredients and 0 fillers, Every Lipid Serum is rich in the lipids you need to feed your skin and get it back on track if you struggle with dry, chapped skin sometimes, or all the time; a little or a lot, check out Every Lipid Serum.

Thanks for joining us for another blog folks! This one has "Ben" fun (get it?). See you again on Tuesday!