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Principal Secret Botanical Line?

PhilosophyGirl22 — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 14:15:28 GMT

Has anyone tried this yet? If so, is it anything at all like her original line (which was the best in my opinion!)

Re: Principal Secret Botanical Line?

caralchemist — Tue, 28 Jul 2015 23:43:50 GMT

I loved the original line with the pink lids.

The botanical line, after a week of use, stung terribly and made my skin itchy. It caused a wide red band (about an inch in width) on my neck and redness on my cheekbones that were painful and took about 10 days to go away.

That was about 4 months ago, and to this day my skin itches and stings when I perspire or if I go, oh maybe, 12 hours without washing my face.

Obviously, my skin has not fully recovered.

BTW, I am 62, post menopausal, hmmm, what else...and very fair skinned. It actually has been a bit traumatic.

Oh, also, the day and night creams leave the skin sticky feeling. Neither of my sisters wanted my leftover products because of the stickiness. I don't wear makeup so I don't know how the stickiness would impact your makeup application.

Re: Principal Secret Botanical Line?

donna71 — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 02:52:02 GMT

I have used the REclaim line with some of the original line for about 10 years! I was so excited to try the botanical line, but had a similar experience to the other poster. rash, very bad. I sent it back.

sticking to the Reclaim.

Re: Principal Secret Botanical Line?

MyShadowLove — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 13:57:52 GMT

I'm also a Principal Secret fan and love her Original line and have been disappointed to see a few of the products from this line discontinued, due to her Reclaim line being promoted and now her Botanical line.

I have incorporated a few of the Reclaim products into my skincare routine and am pleased with them.

As far as her Botanical line, I did give a few of the products a try, one being the facial cleanser, and I found it to be drying to my skin, so I stay away from any products in this line.

Re: Principal Secret Botanical Line?

Gussie2007 — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 16:58:40 GMT

My experience with the Botanical line was similar sensitivity as noted by others. I'm happy with the regular Reclaim but last winter I was having some trouble with the items I needed being out of stock. I tried the TULA discovery kit and it reminds me a lot of the original Principal Secret products. Ratings are good for this line, too.

Re: Principal Secret Botanical Line?

beauty junkie — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 04:43:14 GMT

Loved the original line and the advanced one but the Botanical was brutal on my skin and hated the earthy scent.Really irritated my skin. I have a feeling it was a flop as I never see it on TV anymore.

Re: Principal Secret Botanical Line?

caralchemist — Sun, 13 Sep 2015 06:52:08 GMT

Update on my VP Botanical nightmare: washing with Cetaphil and toning with witch hazel has cured me!

Re: Principal Secret Botanical Line?

rounddance — Sun, 13 Sep 2015 16:16:30 GMT

I am also a user of principal secret and have had no problems w/the botanical line; however, I am thinking of changing over to boots #7 as the principal line's shippping costs are very high; does anyone have an opinion on boots skin care line? tks.

Re: Principal Secret Botanical Line?

drmsmom — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 00:15:43 GMT

I'm another who longs for the original Principal Secret with the pink-ish tops. I miss them so much!

Re: Principal Secret Botanical Line?

nyc1 — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 12:00:59 GMT

I too loved the ORIGINAL line, and was not a fan of the Reclaim line. Is anything from the Original line even available?

Re: Principal Secret Botanical Line?

Harpa — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 12:52:40 GMT

@nyc1 wrote:
I too loved the ORIGINAL line, and was not a fan of the Reclaim line. Is anything from the Original line even available?

Yes, all of her original things are available. I wish you could just order on-line, though. Do you need the phone number to order?

As far as the botanical, it took a long time for me to try from this line, but I am currently using a couple of pieces and love them! I think what is the main difference is the marine algae, which others find intolerable, but this is just a guess.

Re: Principal Secret Botanical Line?

nyc1 — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 18:03:41 GMT

@Harpa wrote:
@nyc1 wrote:
I too loved the ORIGINAL line, and was not a fan of the Reclaim line. Is anything from the Original line even available?
Yes, all of her original things are available. I wish you could just order on-line, though. Do you need the phone number to order?

As far as the botanical, it took a long time for me to try from this line, but I am currently using a couple of pieces and love them! I think what is the main difference is the marine algae, which others find intolerable, but this is just a guess.

@Harpa Thank you for letting me know. You can't order online? I wonder why not.