This cream is designed solely to lift and tone the skin on the face. It claims to tone the skin on the jaw and cheek and reduce sagging while increasing elasticity. Additionally, it says that it does not contain any moisturizing agents, but rather is meant to be used in conjunction with a cleansing and hydrating regimen.

Product Details

According to the StriVectin website, the Instant Facial Sculpting Cream formula has five key ingredients:

Volufiline™: This particular ingredient increases the firmness of areas of the body by enhancing fat stores. This ingredient is also used in the enhancement of breast, buttock, thigh, and other parts of the body.

Yeast Extract: Yeast extract is purified from yeast and increases collagen production that will reduce the appearance of wrinkles.

Hydrolyzed Soy Protein: This ingredient comes from soybeans and will increase collagen production.

Rye Seed Extract: This ingredient will smooth skin tension to restores skin’s firmness.

Firming Complex: This particular ingredient is a combination of many different ingredients. StriVectin claims that it has “anti-tissue sagging” benefits. Take this claim for what it is worth.

Price and Availability

For $79 for 1.7oz, we aren’t impressed with the price. It does not have enough outstanding ingredients to be priced this highly.

If you are interested in trying it, however, it is available at many different online retailers as well as in several different stores.

Overall Impression

We are not impressed. This product contains so many ingredients that it’s difficult to wade through all of them. If you look at the last eight ingredients, however, you will see that they are all parabens, which are terrible for the skin, cause irritation and have been linked to much bigger problems. They are mostly found in cheap anti-aging creams.

We are surprised that StriVectin would sell such a low-quality product for $79 for 1.7oz. The only ingredient we see that might lift and sculpt the face is Anemarrhenae Asphodeloides Root Extract, which has been known to stimulate the growth and movement of fat. This is an ingredient that is often used is breast enhancing creams. This means that the “lifting” you see is just fat moving around on your face. We would not recommend this product as it will likely damage your skin and not be effective as an anti-aging cream.