After a long flight, travelers often find their faces slipping on a death mask.
Eyes puff up like pillows, skin becomes reptilian and cheek color fades to gray. It does not make for an attractive arrival.
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Some experts claim sleep, water and a good moisturizer will take miles off your complexion. Beauty-Flash Radiant Effect from Comodynes, sold in a trio of palm-size sprays, is for those who prefer a more immediate fix–it promises to erase the signs of jet lag in 60 seconds. The ingredients are many, including plant extracts that the company claims will firm and tone, Triticum vulgare (a wheat germ oil high in vitamin E) and xanthan gum (to moisturize).
Sprayed on my face, the liquid felt like oily insect repellent, and its perfumey smell reminded me of discount drugstore lotion. But in less time than it takes to disembark, things started happening. My skin began to tighten, as if I had applied a light lacquer; the bags under my eyes seemed to diminish; and my skin tone took on a sunset glow. The effect was subtle, but the company says the radiance should last for eight hours.
Unfortunately, I was asleep for much of that time–jet lag, you know; $13.99 for three at comodynes.net.