Reflex ProBiome – The Back Story
Reflex is one of the oldest new products we have. I know that does not make sense. It does to me because I developed Reflex almost five years ago and have been testing it since under the code name of Silken. My problem was that the delay had nothing to do with developing the product, packaging or refinement. My problem? At least three of the ingredients I needed were not available in quantities greater than a few gallons. If you keep in mind that I need thousands of liters or gallons to bring a product to market, a single liter is only good to prototype and lead to frustration. As if it was a sign from the heavens at this place in space and time, providers showed up with production quantities of high grade organic virgin avocado oil, virgin Tamanu oil and our own ability to volume extract our Muras. Later in the aricle below, all the ingredients are described and it was the fact that I can buy ample quantities of raw materials without compromising quality facilitate the launch of our new product by its real name. Reflex ProBiome is unquestionably a big deal because of its ingredient quality. Now we can produce it in manufacturable quantities.
Dramatic Skin – Keys Reflex ProBiome Anti-Aging Fusion
A biome is an ecological community operating together in harmony. Since we began Keys, we have treated the skin and its flora as a biome or eco-system. Reflex ProBiome feeds the community offering functional nutrients for the skin and friendly flora. Chemicals in skin care products destroy the skin’s flora and create imbalance on the skin. Reflex ProBiome is designed to restore the balance and make skin look remarkable.
Reflex ProBiome is the culmination of four years of development combining modern skin age reversal without chemicals, hormones, synthetic steroids or fillers. Using Reflex ProBiome, you can expect reduction or elimination of fine lines, reduction of expression lines, skin toning, skin surface sculpting, firmness and more even skin color. The smooth luminescent finish and quick absorption into the skin are hallmarks of the quality of Reflex ProBiome. Simply we would place Reflex ProBiome in any competition against ‘any’ other anti-aging
or wrinkle solutions. Besides our confidence in Reflex ProBiome performance, it is completely made from natural unmodified ingredients. At $24.95, it outperforms international chemical laden brands at a fraction of the cost. The reason is simple 7 natural pharma grade ingredients compared to 50-75 ingredients that sometimes include hormones, Botox and exotic aggressive chemicals.
The secret of Reflex ProBiome is the combination of natural ingredients, the quality of the ingredients and the fact that all ingredients are whole and functional. Functional ingredients are those that are not over-processed and contain the whole properties from nature. Functional ingredients are on purpose and perform needed features and benefits to maximize skin appearance, hydration and skin health.
Reflex ProBiome is made from the purest organic oils assembled to replicate the skin’s own sebum while offering tetrapeptides, triglycerides, fatty acids, quadracarotenoids and nutrients that affect skin cell shape and health. Combining Organic Virgin Avocado oil, Organic Virgin Tamanu oil, Shea oil, ancient renowned Black Seed oil, Bergamot essential oil and the undisputable performance of Carrot Seed oil with our own Miras organic extract makes Reflex ProBiome a functional anti-aging product that is created from pure natural ingredients.
Expectations
The only tangible gauge of a product’s performance are the results! All the marketing hype, before and after advertisements and claims of other wrinkle serums, creams and toners are just that…hype. More, many products that do actually perform contain either fabricated synthetic ingredients, hormones, modified stem cells or hydroxyl acids to name just a few permutations.
Reflex ProBiome provides:
- Fine line reduction or elimination
- Expression line reduction
- Regenerative skin firmness
- Keys trademark luminescence
- Maximum ‘Tri-level’ skin hydration
- New smoother skin tone
- Some skin sculpting
- More even skin color and appearance
Under The Hood
Reflex ProBiome performance comes from the highest quality natural ingredients that each adds to a high degree technical functionality. Highest grade ingredients in therapeutic proportions maximizing performance without fabricated chemicals. Here is each ingredient in a brief description. We encourage you to search the internet for more information on each ingredient and you will undoubtedly understand how and why we chose each one.
Organic Virgin Avocado oil is rich in the essential fatty acids Omega 3 and Omega 9 to assist in keeping your skin healthy and hydrated. Virgin avocado oil contains high levels of proteins, minerals and Vitamins A, B1, B2, and D + E. Anti-aging antioxidants are highly compatible with our skin’s own sebum phytosterols, provide protection from water loss in the skin and increase the surface lipids. It is great for all skin types from sensitive, dry to oily offering moisturizing, soothing and protection.
Organic Black Seed oil is an ancient remedy that dates back to 900 BC Egypt. It contains 35% oil, most of which are Essential Fatty Acids (EFA’s) and 21% protein. The EFA’s like Linoleic Acid (LA) and Gamma-Linolenic Acid (GLA) acid help strengthen and maintain cell integrity, heal skin conditions like acne, eczema, psoriasis, reduce wrinkles, and heal wounds.
Organic Virgin Tamanu oil is from Vanuatu. It contains many lipid forms including phosholipids, neutral lipids and glycolipids. Calophyllolide, lactone and calophyllic super-fatty acid offers antibiotic, antiseptic, antiviral and some anti-cancer properties. Globally, it is an anti-inflammatory oil that calms, conditions and smooths skin.
Wild Crafted Ghana Shea oil is a complex fat that contains the following fatty acids: oleic, stearic, linoleic, palmitic and linolenic. It absorbs quickly into the skin acting as a super-emollient with no residue or oily feeling.
Organic Carrot Seed oil is an essential oil pressed from carrot seed. The main constituents of carrot seed oil include a-pinene, camphene, b-pinene, sabinene, myrcene, y-terpinene, limonene, b-bisabolene, geranyl acetate and carotol. Generally, the oil offers carotene and pure whole vitamin A. It acts as an astringent, hydrator and humectant with strong anti-inflammatory properties while also detoxifying the skin.
Keys Miras® Extract comes from the distillation of forsythia fruit. This is a Keys exclusive development. We wort the forsythia fruit and extract it for high levels of Betulinic and Oleanolic acid. These are both naturally occurring pentacyclic triterpenoids which have anti-retroviral, and anti-inflammatory properties, as well as a more recently discovered potential as an anti-cancer agent.
Bergamot Essential oil in Reflex is a non-photosensitive purified oil specifically used for its anti-wrinkle and scar reducing properties. It reduces infection caused by flora imbalance on the skin. The aromatherapy aspects include stress reduction and lowers tension. This calming effect directly benefits overall well-being.
Reflex ProBiome has:
- No Botox
- No Estrogen
- No Steroids
- No Snake Venom
- No Leech Extract
- No Stem-Cells
- No HLA’s
- No ‘Dirty Dozen’ Chemicals
- No Preservatives
- No Fragrance
Reflex ProBiome Medicinal Aspects
Each ingredient in Reflex ProBiome carries two distinct aspects. One is the appearance it gives the skin and the other is skin health. Every ingredient has a natural medicinal aspect to it offering performance, efficacy and results when it comes to common skin disorders and problems. The quality of the ingredients and the therapeutic proportions provide a level of therapy for the skin. Years of research into natural alternative medicine and the revered properties of natural oils and extracts brings us a wealth of reported benefits to the ingredients in Reflex ProBiome. These include, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant properties, antiseptic, anti-fungal, bacterial and flora balancing added to all the anti-aging regenerative properties. In our tests with these ingredients, our customers have reported dramatic positive results in addressing:
- Eczema
- Psoriasis
- Rosacea
- Acne
- Burns
- Post surgical scarring
- White dry patches
- Skin Dryness
- Cracking lips & skin
- Skin Itching
- Pre-Cancerous anomalies
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Here is the Reflex ProBiome Label
This product is exciting. I am wondering about how to use it with my other Keys products. Should this be applied before I use my Aquavit and Solar RX? Should it be used with both my morning and nightime
regime, or if once a day, which is best?
Thank you.
Hi Janet, We just published an article with the uses and sequence of the regimes. Here is the link. http://www.cleangreencafe.com/CGC/?p=1740
Regards,
Mickey
I love Reflex as well as every product in the Keys line! I have tested so many products and I don’t think I will ever have to again. I have sensitive skin and your products have taken care of many skin related issues I have had. Thank You!
Hi Cheryl,
Thanks for your nice comments and I am happy our products work for you.
Often it is a combination of getting a way from something and going toward a more natural solution. Then again, using natural products with high quality ingredients in therapeutic proportions will swing the pendulum even further.
Reflex is our super hero. It has been in development for over four years with delays coming from our inability to get the quality and purity of the ingredients we needed to make it so effective. We have seen results that are amazing.
Regards,
Mickey
I have Rosacea and have tried a ton of creams and currectly taking a perscription for it. Will this product be benificail for this condition?
Hi Kelly,
The answer really depends on the type of rosacea that you have. If it is vascular rosacea, Reflex could help, but it is a long shot. Now, if you have a more common bacterial based rosacea, our Solar Rx will probably help. The reason is that most prescription rosacea treatments have uncoated zinc oxide (ZnO) at usually 3% to 5% levels. We use a pharma grade uncoated ZnO at 20.5% and there are no parabens that tend to throw the skin probiome out of whack. So, many people have found relief using Solar Rx as a anti-inflammatory cream.
Hope this helps!
Regards,
Mickey
Reflex ProBiome is amazing. When I first tried it I put it on the back of my hand. Later that day when I was driving home I noticed that the hand I put it on looked significantly different, and better! I was truly amazed. I kept looking at my hand to make sure I was seeing it correctly and had to stop doing that so I could drive safely. I immediately put some on my face. This stuff really works.
Hi Kelly. I love love love Reflex! I’m 42 years old with very fair skin. I hardly have any wrinkles at all after years of very carefully caring for my skin with only the purest products I could find – Reflex now being part of my morning and evening regimen every day. Anyway, I do not have Rosacea and I am not in any way affiliated with the company I’m going to mention to you, but when I read your comment I wanted to offer this product as something you may want to check into. I’ve been using Osmosis skincare for years and love it more than words can say. You may want to check into their product called Calm. I believe one of the things it claims to alleviate is Rosacea. Very best of luck and thank you Keys for creating such fabulous products. Every morning I apply the Solar RX to my four kids’ faces before camp and every night the Luminous following their showers. You guys rock!
Hi,
I tried keys awhile back and some products weren’t for me while others worked awesomely. My question is with the presence of bergamot oil in this formulation and concerns using it during the day because according to pubmed bergamot oil has been shown to be phototoxic and can cause pigmentation issues. It smells great but being a pigmented skin type I am definitely quite careful with things which may cause more than good. Any comment on the presence of this oil (or phototoxic oils in general) in skin care and uv light?
Thanks
PS: I was wondering if you have any solar rx tests which measure how much UVA is blocked by the actual product itself (as compared to other products) and not just the nano zinc. It is always good to know how much protection a product is actually giving your skin.
Dear Bernard,
All the studies I have read talk about low-grade bergamot and sweet orange oil used full strength as a tanning aid. It is a common practice for those who tan to use citrus essential oil to get a more even tan. Ironically, the cheaper the oil, the better the tan. All essential oils have some photosensitivity when used full strength if impurities are present. The impurities and constituent components of the oils can cause freckling and pigmentation if used directly on the skin and if exposed to strong UV for prolonged periods. Citrus oils all have photosensitization properties if used full strength. Bergamot is the least and has the added benefit of mirroring the skins own sebum.
We use a <1% of the most pure bergamot to prevent the skin from pore blocking which can cause blemishes. This small percentage and the fact that we are an everyday sunscreen will not cause any pigment darkening.
About the lotion portion of Solar Rx having SPF properties, it does when measured in the bottle or when first applied to the skin. It is approximately SPF 8 without the zinc oxide in the UVB spectrum. The SPF reduces quickly due to design because the lotion portion helps to create a monolithic coat on the skin giving the zinc oxide a thinner and still protective layer. In short, a few minutes after applying, the zinc oxide is doing all the work.
Regards,
Mickey
I’ve been using this for about 2 weeks and I’m extremely impressed. I see a significant improvement on my forehead where I was developing some noticeable lines–so much so that I’m no longer using a makeup base that helps to cover lines. In the morning when I’m putting on my makeup, I actually stand back and am amazed that my skin DOES looks brighter; I have more color and it really looks better. I’ve never been this impressed before by a skin care product. This stuff is amazing! Thank you!
Hi and thanks for the comments. Our technologist, Bob Root, actually developed the technology in Reflex about four years ago. He wanted an effective product that did not contain estrogen or other stimulating hormones/steroids. His approach was to find ingredients that would stimulate natural collagen growth as opposed to topically adding the stimulus.
The irony is that it was not until recently that we could get enough of three critical ingredients to make the product available. Reflex has been in use by makeup artist for the last three years with amazing stories that include skin restoration after extreme makeup and sun exposure. Part of the secret is also that it is very luminescent to both the camera and eyes. Add Luminos on top and it is a very cool combination.
Thank you very much for taking the time to write to us. This is very heavy fuel for our team! 🙂
Regards,
Mickey
This is my new moisturizer. Luminos was too rich for me, this works great. I was curious though, since Ive heard a lot about Argan oil. Do you know how much antioxidant vitamin E is in argan oil? And how much vitamin E is in your avocado oil? How much IU is in your serum?
Dear Lisa,
Argania once covered North Africa and is now endangered and under protection of UNESCO. We have found that black seed oil is much more powerful and effective, so we would not use the Argan oil even if it was better to support the concerns with extinction.
Vitamin E or any Vitamin can only be measured in IU’s if it is estered. The whole oils of Avocado and Black Seed have some of the highest levels of whole E and A, but cannot be stated in IU’s.
I hope this helps.
Mickey
I have hyper-pigmentation. Do you have a skin care product that can help to reduce that?
Hi Mona,
We have two products that help with some levels of hyper pigmentation. Our Island Rx Foaming Wash helps to fade spots, blotchiness and age spots because it is slightly alkaline and has avocado oil which contains natural whole retinol. The same is true for our Solar Rx because it also uses avocado oil and contains uncoated zinc oxide that has shown to fade pigment spots and areas. Please do keep in mind that it takes time because we do not bleach the skin. You will notice improvement in a few weeks and it will continue. It is not overnight.
I hope this helps!
Regards,
Mickey