The Visa Diaries

Despite the fact that this blog is not meant as a product-endorsement platform, I must do a bit of raving about my latest skin care purchase. I was wondering around town the other day, in the mood for a little shoppy-shoppy, specifically a little beauty shoppy-shoppy, and found my way to Origins. Now Origins is not usually my choice cosmetic brand. For all of my own new agey/ woo-woo/ yoga proclivities, I want skin care products that are going to work. To me that usually means some scientific-looking “breakthrough” rather than some smell-good combo of essential vegetable blarney. I’ve slathered on enough fruit enzymes and nut-oil creams in my time, and woken up the next morning with absolutely zero visible improvement, to be a bit skeptical about the beautifying properties of the plant kingdom.

However, as options for quality cosmetic outlets in New Haven are limited, Origins it was. I walked out with a small green bottle of something called “Plantidote“:

According to the product schpiel, Plantidote is formulated out of some groovy mushrooms by Dr. Andrew Weil, whom Origins is promoting as a holistic health guru. It turns out that “inflammation” is the root of many evils according to Dr. Weil, and these lovely mushrooms calm our overly inflamed selves.

Turns out, this stuff is fantastic. I have truly been feeling radiant-of-visage ever since using it.

Skin is so important to how we look. I read once that whether we are having a good or bad hair day is the biggest factor that affects our mood. I think skin is at least as important. Obviously a big zit can just totally shoot your confidence and make you want to catch some good re-runs on a friday night instead of facing social scrutiny, but I think that less obvious gradations on the skin-glow factor can have big self-perception implications as well. You know how there are those people that just have nice skin? And how it seems like you would just face the world with a greater joie-de-vivre if you were one of them? Well, I now feel like one of them. Thanks, Dr. Weil.