Time and Tide Wait for No Man (but Söliv can help!)

The once promising Metrosexual movement, although it went a little overboard, has been declared dead, in case you haven’t heard. Macho is back. Personally, I hope men won’t give up their newfound amour-propre without a fight. It would be too bad if the trendsetters shamed them into waiting another fifteen years for permission to purchase skincare products without risking a public ribbing.

Seattle men never really cottoned to the Metrosexual lifestyle, but you don’t have to be a modern-day Beau Brummell to care about looking healthy – and younger. Even a Macho guy can love Söliv. Our products are free of irritating preservatives and perfumes, good for the environment, and fast-acting. They are also particularly effective on rosacea – one of the scourges of older skin. I just spoke to yet another client who went to the refrigerator one day to discover that her boyfriend had used up her Vital Gel Therapy. And once men discover the foaming, exfoliating cleansing bar for shaving, they never use anything else.

The FMO (For Men Only) line is specially formulated to treat the coarser texture of a man’s skin. As one male first-timer (a man’s man, I might add) declared, “My face feels so good – light and fresh. I felt a smile wanting to come out. The whole experience has been uplifting!”

A forty-something male client who has used our products for four years running related the following story: when he had the bags removed from under his eyes, the doctor took the liberty of using a laser on the outer corners, resulting in abnormal wrinkling. All the doctors he consulted told him the damage was irreversible, although he might expect some results from Botox.

Then a friend referred him to Söliv’s founder, Diane, who started him on a regimen that included the cleansing bar, FMO Vital Gel Therapy and Sea Foam Moisturizer. He noticed a difference immediately, and after four months of regular use, the improvement was dramatic and obvious to everyone around him. He’s been a believer ever since.

I asked him, has he recommended the product to his guy friends?

“I have,” he said, “but it’s one of those things that takes discipline. They would need to be sufficiently motivated, like me, and see the effect on their own faces. You have to stick with it and use it properly. I use it daily every morning for twenty minutes. I have my ritual. I’ve often thought if Söliv were to go bye-bye, there would be no replacement. There’s nothing I, or anyone I’ve talked to, knows of that is remotely as effective. The plastic surgeon also told me it was impossible. I wouldn’t want to risk not using it at this point. It’s part of my life. Overall, it’s just great. Everything has improved. It tightened everything up. It improved the tone… It’s phenomenal. My main comment is: find me a substitute product that does the same thing. Where is it? It doesn’t exist!”

We love hearing client stories about unusual uses for the Vital Gel Therapy. There’s one use I’m not going to spell out for you. Give a man a product that “takes the wrinkles out” and you know what he’ll do. From what I hear, it works wonders.

Vital Gel Therapy 101

I was one of those four-year-olds who, in coloring books, had trouble staying within the lines. The kid sitting next to me painstakingly produced little dots and dashes to create an illusion of texture. He was the Seurat of Preschool. Probably grew up to make those Photomosaic portraits – the ones comprised of a zillion tiny photographs.

If, like me, you had crayon issues, you may also feel that the whole Vital Gel Therapy routine has way too steep a learning curve. Unlike the folks I wrote about last week, you have the time, just not the talent. Or so you think.

Help is here! Söliv’s website now includes a two-minute Flash File Demonstration of how to apply Vital Gel Therapy.

And BTW, are you looking for even faster results? Then apply VGT every day, use the special Söliv brush, and don’t stint on quantity. Two coats should do the trick. Think of it as an investment in the integrity of your skin. If you do take a break from using VGT, you may lose ground, but most of the healing and tightening you’ve already experienced is there to stay.

One longtime client I interviewed admitted she sometimes lets the VGT treatments slide for months at a stretch. Overall, she’s thrilled by her results. Saggy skin runs in her family, and by the time she turned forty, she already looked old. Söliv transformed her face, and especially her eye area.

“I used to have a deep groove down my cheek, which is pretty much gone,” she told me. “But I’ve been a little bit bad. I would use it for a while, then not, then start up again. When I’m being good, I use it all the time. I wish I’d used it every day. Your face never goes back to its original state pre-Söliv, but it won’t look quite as good, and it won’t keep improving. It does bounce back much more quickly when you start up again. I’d probably be further along like these other people I know if I’d been more consistent.”

So… if you’ve been taking a break, get back into the groove(s). When it comes to your skin, anyway, there’s a surefire way to smooth over the cracks.

Introducing... Vital Gel Moisturizer

This time of year, many of Söliv’s customers suffer from “White Rabbit Syndrome.” This has nothing to do with the Easter Bunny, but rather Alice’s guide, the one addicted to checking his pocket watch and lamenting his tardiness.

Everyone has days – or weeks – when there’s no time to kick back and indulge in even twenty minutes of Vital Gel Therapy. So Diane has dreamed up a new way of splashing around in the Fountain of Youth. We call it “Pink,” or officially, Vital Gel Moisturizer. It’s Sea Foam Moisturizer meets Vital Gel Therapy in one easy formula. While not designed to replace VGT treatments, it’s sure handy in a pinch.

BTW, our website will soon include a flash file demonstration of the most effective application of Vital Gel Therapy. Although there is a best way, the worst way is no way. Take advantage of the freshness of your VGT and use it now. Even applied imperfectly, Vital Gel Therapy will make a dramatic difference in the quality and tightness of your skin. It’s uplifting in every sense of the word.

If you think you are following the instructions you were given to the letter but still find application tricky, try using one of our brushes. They simplify the process and intensify the results. Brushes (not currently listed on the website) cost $6 for a large and $1 for a mini. Both work great and are reusable. E-mail us at info@soliv.com or call 206-270-0112.