PRODUCT REVIEW: SEPHORA BEAUTY INSIDER GRAB! SUNDAY RILEY PINK DRINK FIRMING RESURFACING ESSENCE – BEST PROBIOTIC TONER TO SUPPORT SKIN'S MICROBIOME
SUNDAY RILEY | PINK DRINK FIRMING RESURFACING ESSENCE
This review was originally part of my blog article titled, Cool Sephora Beauty Insider Grabs – Farmacy Honey Potion, Sunday Riley Pink Drink and Sobel Skin Rx 27% Glycolic Acid Facial Cleanser. You can catch the full piece here.
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Wow are peptides hot lately! They’re popping up in well-formulated, innovative skincare products everywhere. And that includes Sunday Riley’s cool new Pink Drink Firming Essence. If you thought a pink drink was nothing more than a tangy lemonade, it’s because this stuff just hit the market in the past month. And it kinda blew my mind. There’s simply nothing else like it!
I’m a long-time fan of the Sunday Riley Good Genes All-In-One Lactic Acid Treatment — one of the best exfoliating serums for everyday use. It’s one of the few AHA serums that my skin seems to tolerate well.
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-means-it’s-good-for-your-skin 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 of Yeast Ferment Extract (ingredient number two), 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.
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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.
Also at high levels are two firming peptides, three replenishing ceramides and Epigallocatechin Gallatyl Glucoside (EGCG) — a potent antioxidant component of green tea.
There are so many antioxidant botanical extracts in Pink Drink that I had a hard time identifying them all. 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.” Sphingolipids sounds so exotic right? I’d never heard of them either!
So what is Pink Drink? It’s a fascinating formula for sure! Well, it’s a superbly skin-nourishing, protective, soothing and plumping fermented powerhouse. And it delivers beneficial support for skin’s microbiome — essential for skin health and defending against sensitivity, acne, rosacea and all manner of unhealthy skin behaviors. I don’t think I’ve come across anything quite like it.
Get yourself a bottle of Sunday Riley’s Pink Drink at the Sephora Beauty Insider event and try it for yourself. Like mine does, your skin will drink it up!
SHOP THE BLOG: Rouge members can purchase the Sunday Riley Pink Drink Firming Resurfacing Essence for $38.40 (reg. $48) here.
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
