After two unappealing reviews of Seacret’s Eye Cream and Age-Defying Eye cream I received a message from the company’s marketing manager with an offer to try out their Restore Age-Defying serum and Refresh Vitamin-Rich moisturizer. I happily agreed.

It’s been at least a month since I’ve been using the products. The goal is to use them at least once per day, preferably before going to bed. First the serum needs to be applied over face and neck, followed by the moisturizer. This is exactly what I did!

I can not say that I saw much of a difference in my skin. I’m attaching some pictures of my face. It’s possible that some blemishes have faded, but it’s hard to tell.

As far as wrinkles are concerned, I don’t believe I saw much change either. See pictures below.

Though, in Seacret’s defense, I would like to quote a comment that Vera left on my previous review of Seacret Spa’s Age-Defying Eye cream:

“I have been using Seacret Eye Gel, night and day cream as well as the mud mask and I found all of them fantastic. I have been getting comments about how much younger I look and did I have a  face lift? Maybe it does not work on young skin or if it does it is not noticeably as all you would need is a good nights sleep and some concealer. Unfortunately they only come to my part of Australia once a year, before Xmas so I have to buy a years supply.”

I also heard good reviews from the mothers of my peers. They seem to love this line. So maybe it works better on older skin?

Here is my take on it: if your skin is still in decent shape, and if you are under the age of 35 or possibly 40, you probably won’t see much difference. If your skin has more damage or age under its belt, you will probably see improvement.

Each product will cost you $80 at the mall. I believe you can find them cheaper on Ebay or other online retailers (just watch out for the expiration date). The good thing is you get a lot of product for the money. The company estimates that they should last for a whole year. I believe the 1.7-ounce jar of moisturizer might last me that long, but not the 1.o-ounce bottle of serum. I estimate serum to last about 6 months, if I use it once per day.

I would like to know what you think about these products. Would you be willing to pay this much? Do or did you use these products? What was your experience?

With the 2-yr old and the second one on the way, I decided to look for a double stroller. I wanted a side-by-side type, with jogging/running capability, good size canopy for sun protection and compact enough to fit through a door. By looking through a ton of strollers online at the Babies-R-Us store, I decided to go with the Baby Jogger City Elite double stroller. It seemed to have everything, nice soft reclining seats, good size basket underneath, large size canopy for each seat and an easy fold-up technology. What else could a mom dream of? I found the stroller on the Babies-r-Us site under Jogging/Running strollers. Though the price tag wasn’t small, it retails for $420.

When my mother-in-law brought over the heavy box, she pointed out that there was a warning right on the box:

I was surprised to see this sign since it was made by “Baby Jogger” and listed under Jogging/Running strollers on Babies-r-Us website. I decided to call Baby Jogger to make sure that it wasn’t a mistake. Unfortunately, the rep confirmed that this model is not intended for running or jogging. I was shocked, to me, when I pay over $400 for a stroller, I would expect it do flips in the air!! LOL! She suggested that I call Babies-R-Us directly and deal with the issue.

My goal was to return the stroller without having to pay for shipping from my own pocket. Trust me, the box is very heavy!  When I called Babies-R-Us and explained my issue, the rep was very nice. He emailed us the UPS shipping label and all we have to do now is print it, attach it to the box and call UPS store for a pick up.

I guess my disappointment with Baby Jogger is that they omitted to mention a pretty important piece of information on their website “not intended for running or jogging!” The description mentions all of its great features, which I can’t deny. They are definitely great selling points, but please let me know what its limitations are as well. This would solve all the confusions and disappointments.

I was very pleased with Babies-R-Us. They are a great customer relations company, every time I get them on the phone they are very friendly and polite. I will definitely deal with them again!

Lesson learned: call manufacturer directly before making a purchase to ensure that the product has the features of interest.

As of now, I’m continuing to look for a nice double stroller for my babies.

After unsuccessfully trying out Seacret Regain Age-Defying Eye Cream for under-eye darkness, I decided to go back to the mall and exchange it for the Eye Gel. I didn’t have much choice, they don’t give refunds, exchanges only for 30 days after purchase. After explaining to the suave salesman that the product didn’t work and showing my receipt, he agreed to do an exchange for me.  The salesman convinced me that in order for the Regain product to work, I have to use the Eye Gel as a base (even though I was told otherwise when I purchased Regain). He was trying hard to up sell me on the facial serum as well, but after my experience with their Regain Eye Cream I wasn’t willing to spend any more money on any products from their stand. After I expressed my opinion, he proudly showed me a few impressive before and after pictures of people using their products. But how can I trust a picture if the product didn’t work on ME?

His next move was to show me how the product works on me. He dabbed quite a bit of gel under my eye, handed me a mirror and asked whether I could see the difference. The only difference I could see at the moment was the excessive shininess under the gelled eye. His verdict was that it looked lighter and smoother. In any case, I accepted his advice and decided to try out the Gel.

As I did in my previous review of Seacret Regain product, I treated only one eye for 16 days in a row. I took daily pictures of my eyes to see whether the difference can be noticed between the treated and the untreated eye.

So here are my picture results:

So here is the test for you. Can you see which eye I was treating? What do you think? My opinion is that I can’t see any difference between my eyes at this point.

Since I didn’t even get a receipt for my exchange this time around, I don’t think I will be successful at exchanging the product. But honestly, I don’t have much confidence at this point in Seacret line anyways. I guess now I see why they don’t take refunds!

If you have a success story with your eye cream (mainly removing/lightening dark circles) please leave a comment. I’d love to know!

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Oh, these bon bons.  You wonderfully surprised me tonight with the odd combination of your chocolaty constituents.  it is a harmonic assembly of the chocolate cookie topped with chocolate ice cream and fully covered with dark chocolate. Drooling yet?

As I saw the site of the dark chocolate, I anticipated the taste of decadence.  As the cookie touched my mouth, I felt the refreshing coolness of its dark chocolate coating. As it started to melt in my mouth, I tasted the sweet bitterness of the dark chocolate, combined with the cold, sweet sensation of the chocolate ice cream. As I bit further into the firm chocolate cookie, it all came together!  All the flavors and textures combined into one refreshing, wonderfully delicious, chocolaty tasting experience!

And the best thing is I didn’t feel a bit guilty afterwords, it only has 60 calories!

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I did this review using both camcorders, the Mino and the Mino HD.  If you are not at all familiar with Flip camcorders, you can visit theflip.com for specifications.

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