This has been a very exciting season for TATCHA: they are celebrating the release of their first ever travelogue [and I have to tell you it’s absolutely gorgeous], brand new Discovery Kit as well as new additions to the Water Collection. Today I’m going to introduce you to these two new products: Luminous Deep Hydration Firming Serum and Luminous Deep Hydration Revitalizing Eye Mask.
If you liked Deep Hydration Lifting Mask, you’re going to love Revitalizing Eye Mask! Just like its full-face sister, these eye patches are made with coconut-derived biocellulose used to speed healing for burn victims. It creates a layer between the skin and the environment to provide high absorption of active ingredients, and ensures that nothing from the outside gets in.
The list of active ingredients boasts a blend of anti-aging all-stars such as Peony, Okinawa Red Algae, Green Tea [camellia], and Rice Bran extracts. Together, this cocktail of youth helps to nourish and moisturize the skin, while fighting off free radicals and smoothing out those fine lines and wrinkles to reveal a more youthful complexion.
The mask comes in a pouch with two leaflets, each one is wide enough to cover a large under-eye area that almost goes up to your temples. It’s important to moisturize that entire region to receive full benefits from your face masks and eye creams, because they tighten the skin and provide lifting effect, so the wider the area the more awake you will end up looking. I’m sure TATCHA knew all that, because Revitalizing Eye Mask adhered well to the skin and comfortably sat there, providing my tired eyes with some much-needed cooling and hydration. TATCHA recommends using it for 15 minutes, but I really didn’t want to part with it, so I left the leaflets on for an additional ten. Boy, what a difference it made!
On the day I tested Revitalizing Eye Mask I got maybe 3 hours of sleep total, because I kept waking up to dry cough. You all know how annoying that is! 🙁 I didn’t really need to go anywhere that day, but I figured that this will be a good opportunity to test the mask. I took the leaflets out of the pouch and applied them under my eyes as directed. After that I instantly felt a cooling sensation and could almost tell that my skin started getting plumper and more “alive”. It felt like I just splashed my face with cool water, except that feeling of splashing lasted the whole 25 minutes the mask has been on my face. If that isn’t refreshing, I don’t know what is.
When the time came to take off the mask, I hesitated because I didn’t want to part with it 🙁 [come on, I can’t be the only one who feels this way!] My under-eye area looked like I just got at least 8 uninterrupted hours of sleep. And the best part is when I peeled off the patches, all of my fine lines were gone! I don’t know how this mask deals with deep wrinkles, but it totally leveled the skin under my bottom lashes and erased those “smize” lines [for those that don’t know, smizing is a term used by Tyra Banks that means “smiling with your eyes”]. Pair that with the effect from Deep Hydration Lifting Mask, and you could fool people into thinking that you just stepped out of a SPA.
Another new product from the Water Collection is Deep Hydration Firming Serum, which offers firming and hydrating skin benefits, as you might have guessed from the name. The formula contains some fabulous ingredients like Hyaluronic Acid, Red Algae Extract, Rice Extract, Camellia Extract; and some really cool ones like real 24k Gold dust and Silk.
The serum comes in a gorgeous purple pump bottle, and like all TATCHA products it’s so beautiful, I really want to display it proudly on my vanity table. The contents are just as precious, because the serum feels delightfully moisturizing and soothing. If Revitalizing Eye Mask felt like constant splashes of cool water, Deep Hydration Firming Serum makes my skin feel that sensation of comfort and moisture, the kind you get right after a proper cleansing routine.
The texture is really not greasy at all, it’s more of a balmy, fast-absorbing gel with subtle golden sheen. The shimmer adds a really nice glow to the skin, and helps to mask imperfections and fine lines by reflecting the light. I believe this serum will work well for all complexions, even oily. After two weeks of use I feel like my skin is slowly being normalized. Usually my skin is combination, with oily T-zone and dry/flaky cheeks, however, after using Deep Hydration Firming Serum under my moisturizer every day I feel like my oily parts are less oily, and the dry spots are never flaky anymore.
THE VERDICT
Needless to say, but both Luminous Deep Hydration Firming Serum and Luminous Deep Hydration Revitalizing Eye Mask totally won me over. The eye mask is perfect to use before special events, and the serum already earned its place in my daily skincare routine. Overall, I have to admit that TATCHA products really improved my skin, and I highly recommend at least trying them out. The perfect way to do that is to buy a Discovery Kit for your skin type, but TATCHA also offers travel-sized options for some of the products.
PRICE & AVAILABILITY
Deep Hydration Firming Serum – $95 USD for 1 fl. oz, $33 USD for 0.33 fl. oz. Available at TATCHA.
Revitalizing Eye Mask – $12 USD for 1 set, $95 USD for a 10-pack. Available at TATCHA.
First of all. Your pics at the beach are AWESOME!!!! I LOVE Tatcha packaging. I’m excited to try the serum and eye mask. Thanks for such a thorough review.
Thank you Elvira! I figured the beach was the best place to act as props for products from Water Collection 🙂 And I totally agree with you, their packaging is so elegant, and every detail means something.
The eye mask looks incredible! I would totally try it as you know, I am all about skincare and masks
Knowing your tastes, I really think you would love it, Norah.
I still need to try this brand. I hear so many great things about them.Nice photos, too!
Thank you Kim! Tatcha offers travel-sized options for many of their products, and the masks also come in singles. And US shipping is free!
I LOVE LOVE the pictures for this post!! Makes me want the product and go to the beach!
Thank you Eugenia! These products were made with red algae extract after all, so the beach was the perfect setting for this shoot 🙂
wow!! Your photos are outstanding!
Thank you so much!
First off, your pictures are insane. Especially that water drop one! Secondly, Tactcha needs to come home with me! A mask that makes you look like you’ve actually gotten sleep? SIGN. ME. UP.
Haha, thank you Noelle, so glad that you enjoyed my photography! I’m sure you are going to love Tatcha products!
Gorgeous photos!
Thank you, Phyrra!
Anastasia, you go above and BEYOND with your review photos! It really makes your posts a pleasure to read
Thank you Miranda, I go an extra mile for products and brands that I really love, and I hope my love for Tatcha can be seen in these pictures 🙂 The products are just so great, the pictures really express it better than my words ever could.
Your photos are BEYOND breath taking. I felt like I was at the beach. Great review!
Thank you, Ashley! Glad I could add a little zen to your day 🙂
Adding to what everyone else says, those are awesome photos!!!!
Thank you Carleen, I’m glad you liked the pictures 🙂 They translate my feelings about these products very well.
Omigosh your photos are absolutely phenomenal – I love it. 😉 I want to try that mask.
Thank you Honey! Yes, you should absolutely try it, those patches work wonders!
Yes, breathtaking and panoramic photos… so pretty I bypassed your review. Just being honest! xo
Thank you Kath! The feeling you get from the photos is pretty much my review 😉 You didn’t have to read a word to be able to tell how much I love these products.
Tatcha has my heart with their items! I love your photos in this post!
Thank you! They have my heart, too 🙂
Your photography has me drooling. Can I come over and take pictures?? Tatcha packaging is great but you make it so enticing.
Thank you, Marcia! I would love to come over and take a few pictures, portraits is my next favorite thing to shoot after macros 🙂 Although no matter how hard I try, my selfies always turn out sub-par… something about taking your own photos without being to control the angles is just making them all look mediocre at best =/
Tatcha is a fabulous brand and your photography is fabulous too, great post!!
Thank you so much!
Love this line. Especially the new serum!
I’m a huge fan of that new serum! I use it in the morning, and their beautifying oil in the evening, and they work so well together. I see you reviewed their mist, too, it’s the next thing on my Tatcha radar 🙂
Your pics are to die for! Also, I am trying this brand finally from the recommendation of your blog and Laura’s and I’m kind of terrified I will love everything and go broke! lol
Oh my, well you’re in trouble, because I bet you are going to love everything 🙂
Your photos are FAB! I have such an itch to try Tatcha – everything sounds great!
Thank you so much, I’m so happy they turned out the way they did! Tatcha is definitely a great brand to try.
You get down with your artistic self, gurl. Love the photos. Take me away to the beach, Tatcha!
Thank you, Nidia! Feel free to come check out my beach anytime, haha 🙂 It’s private, and there’s never anyone around. Perfect setting!
Loveeee the creative photography
Thank you, Kimmi!
Your pics are fantastic!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you, Brooke!
wow, those pics are amazing. You made me want everything.
Thank you Kendra! I love when pictures turn out well 🙂
Love the pictures. Great review and I really wanna try this brand 🙂
Thank you Diana, so happy that you liked my photography!