Well done!
At first glance, some of this company‘s health and beauty aids look more dollar-store-novelty than haute-fashion. I began using one because of a contracture scar on my neck. It’s very small, but I’m always conscious of it; I saw a long time ago that if I stretched it—put my fingers on either side and pulled in opposite directions—it disappeared. So I looked for something that would mimic this effect.
After lots of frustration I tried Cosmesearch’s “Original Secret Face Lift” (not to be confused with their “Secret Neck/Jaw Lift“, a single unit which is also good but hard to customize.) When I opened the package I wasn’t impressed. Inside were covered elastics with little metal hooks at the ends, which go through holes in the stems of the teardrop-shaped tape pieces. These were hard to place at first. But after a few practice runs (which you’ll need!) I loved the result. One tab of tape beneath each ear, with the elastic behind my neck, provides the right amount of pull and is invisible. If I wipe my skin with alcohol as suggested, the tape sticks until I take it off—at least 24 hours. Only wringing-wet sweating (like a half hour on the dance floor) budges it. Yes, $17 is pricey for the raw materials, which probably aren’t worth ten cents. But making something like this is surprisingly difficult—believe me, I tried. And the failures—creams, lotions, coverup, and ten kinds of tape—cost much more than success.
I’m very aware of products that create a need and then address it; the beauty/fashion ecosystem was built on that principle. (Men are now getting a dose of it via the Grow Hair and Enlarge Your Penis markets. Take it from us, guys: save your money.) Cosmesearch may have ridden in on that wave, but their products are based on simple concepts—like gravity—and come with minimal hyperbole. Secret Lift doesn’t promise anything it can’t deliver; its purpose is to lift sagging skin, and when I have that I’ll know what to grab. Meanwhile the product has an off-label use that’s a godsend to me. My only reservation is that it does indeed stretch skin. So I use only occasionally—but always for photographs. The confidence and great pix I get are well worth $17.
31 May 2020
Unprompted review