Product Recommendation - O'slee White Medi Perfect Whitening Serum

Photo Credit: cosme-de

If you are in the market for a new skin lightener and you are on a budget – you’re in luck! A reader recently e-mailed me a link to a fabulous new plant extract/anti-oxidant based skin lightener by the company O’slee. Their new White Medi Perfect Whitening Serum certainly has me intrigued and I love the ingredients!

This lightweight serum contains SYMWHITE® 377 (a patented powerhouse skin whitening ingredient which is derived from several botanical extracts) that acts as a strong tyrosinase inhibitor. This ingredient is shown to be 20 times stronger than kojic acid and less irritating on the skin. It also contains natural papaya enzyme which aids in brightening and mild epidermal cell turnover.  Other ingredients include peptides and Hyaluronic acid.

The official site boasts that this serum can reduce melanin production within 24 hours. While this sounds outrageous, technically it is very possible. It probably will not dramatically reduce melanin within 24 hours, but have an effect on the production so an instant brightening can be seen. This is the case with most lighteners and brighteners which have mild exfoliating properties to them – vitamin c serums are a prime example of a product giving a visible effect to the skin tone within a 24 hour period.

There is a semi-interesting graph depicting the effectiveness of the O’slee White Medi Perfect Whitening Serum on the official O’slee website. In the image, there are 2 test tubes with melanin growth liquid. Test Tube A is treated with the O’slee White Medi Perfect Whitening Serum while Test Tube B is left alone. Within 24 hours, the color of the solution in Test Tube A is left unchanged (no increased melanin) while Test Tube B turns to black, proving that O’slee White Medi Perfect Whitening Serum can reduce melanin buildup.

The graph is sketchy and should be taken with a grain of salt. Human skin is different than anything in vitro. It’s basically trying to show how melanin suppression stops the pigmentation cycle. It just looks kinda neat when it’s done in a  test tube with melanin growth liquid, lol. 

Here is a youtube video demonstrating the whitening effect of the O’slee, which is a visual representation of what is in the graph:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzkDAJFgHbo

As of late, most of the skin lightening products that catch my attention are ones that are a bit revolutionary or have unique active ingredients in them.  As many of you know, I’ve been using  the peptide based Lantomi Skin Lightening cream for months now and have been loving it. But this O’slee has definitely caught my eye as a perfect candidate for a spring/summer lightener (I always go for more light weight and less ‘heavy’ and emollient products in warmer months). 

It’s comes in a 40ml vacuum sealed pump bottle. The price for this serum really runs the gamut but if you check out this link:

http://www.cosme-de.com/en/product/product_page.html?pdid=5019

…you can get it for roughly $17.00 USD!! There is a little catch in that you need to purchase it with at least one another product or 2 other O’slee products. Pretty fair, since the usual retail price for this serum is above $100 on other sites.
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Official Site: http://www.oslee.net/en/white_medi.htm

Ingredients:

NOTE: I’m not entirely not sure if these are in correct order or are the full ingredients- these were obtained from the Japanese Ingredient Analyzer Website- www.cosdna.com. I will make sure to re-edit if there are any errors.

Deionized Water, Glycerin, Propylene Glycol, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Mulberry, PEG-20 Methyl Glucose Sesquistearate, European Hop Flower, Cetyl Alcohol, Waltheria Indica Extract, Glyceryl Stearate, Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, Isopropyl Myristate, Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice Extract), Azone, Papain (Papaya Enzyme), Ethyl Ascorbic Acid, Vitamin E, Tranexamic Acid,  L-Superoxide Dismutase, Lecithin, Phenoxyethanol, Allantoin, Methyl Paraben, Xanthan Gum, Citric Acid, Disodium EDTA, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, A-Bisabolol, Propyl Paraben, Hyaluronic Acid, Rose Water, Butylated Hydroxytoluene, Ethydiglycol, Phenylethyl Resorcinol, Oligopeptide