PRODUCT REVIEW: SUNDAY RILEY PINK DRINK FIRMING RESURFACING ESSENCE – BEST PROBIOTIC TONER TO SUPPORT SKIN'S MICROBIOME
SUNDAY RILEY | PINK DRINK FIRMING RESURFACING ESSENCE
Wow are peptides hot lately! Like sizzling hot. They’re popping up in well-formulated, innovative skincare products everywhere. And that includes Sunday Riley’s cool new Pink Drink Firming Essence.
I’m a long time fan of the Sunday Riley Good Genes All-In-One Lactic Acid Treatment — one of the best daily exfoliating serums. But it took me a minute to get my mind around Pink Drink.
What is it?! Of course, I had to get past the gimmicky pink skincare thing. What makes it pink to begin with isn’t tinted glass or (gasp!) a few drops of red dye. Pink Drink gets its baby pink hue from the high level (ingredient number two) of Yeast Ferment Extract, which Sunday Riley refers to as “Pink Yeast”.
The third ingredient in Sunday Riley’s Pink Drink is also a nourishing probiotic ferment — the popular Saccharomyces Ferment Filtrate. It’s the same fermented active found in many popular products to support skin’s microbiome, including Missha’s Time Revolution First Treatment Essence and Fresh’s Kombucha Antioxidant Facial Treatment Essence.
Also at high levels are two firming peptides, three replenishing ceramides and Epigallocatechin Gallatyl Glucoside (EGCG) — a potent antioxidant component of green tea.
What is the microbiome?
I found an insightful article on the NIH website simply titled, The Skin Microbiome. This segment is helpful in understanding what the skin’s microbiome is and its role in the health of the skin:
An enhanced understanding of the skin microbiome is necessary to gain insight into microbial involvement in human skin disorders and to enable novel promicrobial and antimicrobial therapeutic approaches for their treatment.
The skin is an ecosystem composed of 1.8 m2 of diverse habitats with an abundance of folds, invaginations and specialized niches that support a wide range of microorganisms. The primary role of the skin is to serve as a physical barrier, protecting our bodies from potential assault by foreign organisms or toxic substances. The skin is also an interface with the outside environment and, as such, is colonized by a diverse collection of microorganisms — including bacteria, fungi and viruses.
There are so many antioxidant botanical extracts in Pink Drink that I had a hard time counting them. There’s the EGCG, of course, along with Green Tea Leaf Extract, Sea Kelp Extract and Cucumber Seed Extract.
Sunday Riley even included two replenishing lipids, Phospholipids and Sphingolipids. The experts on the Paula’s Choice Research Team define Sphingolipids as, “complex, long chain lipids (fats) that function as skin-replenishing and conditioning ingredients.” I’d never heard of them.
So what is Pink Drink? It’s a fascinating formula for sure! It’s superbly skin nourishing, protective, soothing and plumping. And it delivers beneficial support for microbiome health.I don’t think I’ve come across anything like it. Skin will certainly drink it up!
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The Ingredient List of the the Sunday Riley Pink Drink Firming Resurfacing Essence:
so|h, Honey Extract h, Acetyl Tetrapeptide- 11, Acetyl Tetrapeptide-9, Epigallocatechin Gallatyl Glucoside (Egcg) aox|so, Ceramide AP sii, Ceramide EOP sii, Ceramide NP sii, Cucumis Melo (Melon) Fruit Extract, Cucumis Sativus (Cucumber) Seed Extract, Sea Water h|solv, Phospholipids sii|emo, Sphingolipids emo, Laminaria Digitata (Sea Kelp) Extract, Zymomonas Ferment Extract h, Prunus Armeniaca (Apricot) Fruit Extract, Pyrus Malus (Apple) Fruit Extract h, Chlorella Vulgaris Extract, Phytosphingosine sii|cci|aacne|amic, Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Extract, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Fruit Extract emo, Triethyl Citrate perf, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract 
aox|so, Citrus Limon (Lemon) Peel Oil 
perf, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Peel Extract perf|vc, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis_ (Orange) Fruit Extract, Citrus_Paradisi (Grapefruit) Peel Extract perf, Vanilla Planifolia Fruit Extract, Jasminum Officinale (Jasmine) Flower/ Leaf Extract h|perf|so, Rubus Idaeus (Raspberry) Fruit Extract aox|so, Rosa Damascena Extract, Melia Azadirachta Leaf Extract, Melia Azadirachta Flower Extract, Polyglycerin- 6 h, Glycerin sii|h 0 0, Saccharide Isomerate h, Cholesterol sii|emo 0 0, Sodium Lauroyl Lactylate emu, Corallina Officinalis Extract, Coccinia Indica Fruit Extract, Betaine h, Polysorbate 20 emu|surf 0 0, Dimethyl Isosorbide solv|vc, Phenoxyethanol pres, Ethylhexylglycerin pres, Carbomer vc 0 1, Hydroxyacetophenone aox, Xanthan Gum vc|emu|surf, 1,2-Hexanediol solv, Maltodextrin, Tris (Tetramethylhydroxypiperidinol) Citrate, Alcohol amic|solv|vc, Sodium Phytate chel
