Egyptian Magic Cream Is A TikTok Favorite
Affordable, multipurpose, and effective beauty products that are flying just below the radar are one of our favorite topics to cover. We've seen it with heavy hitters like the Embryolisse Lait-Crème Concentré moisturizer and Albolene cleansing balm. Now, we can add Egyptian Magic cream to the list.
Not too far off from products like Vaseline or Aquaphor, Egyptian Magic is less of a cream in the traditional sense and more of a balm that can be used for a near-unending list of applications. It promises to address split ends, fade stubborn acne scars, hydrate lips, and remove makeup in the same way you would use a cleansing balm.Its best-known use, especially on TikTok, is for slugging — a dermatologist-approved technique that involves applying an occlusive product as the last step in your nighttime skincare routine to lock in hydration and improve the efficacy of your other skincare products that are layered underneath.Many TikTokers attest to its deeply hydrating and skin-improving ability — notably, former reality TV star Lo Bosworth, who referred to Egyptian Magic as her 'holy grail' and said it leaves her skin feeling 'perfect' in the mornings.Egyptian Magic contains just six all-natural ingredients that are known to have deeply hydrating and healing properties. Its power comes from bee propolis and royal jelly — which studies have shown to promote wound healing and offer antimicrobial benefits to the skin — and the inclusion of antioxidant-rich olive oil and beeswax, which can offer lasting hydration.The product claims to use a proprietary formula that was created by ancient pharaohs. While this is difficult to substantiate, The New York Times reported in 2007 that beeswax and olive oil were widely used beauty ingredients in ancient Egypt.Outside of TikTok, other users of the stuff have said the cream has dramatically improved the appearance of keloid scars, combated skin discoloration, cured extreme dryness, and healed burns. You can read more of these testimonials below or grab a tub for yourself from any of the above retailers to see just how 'magic' it really is.
Promising reviews:
'I love this stuff. I go to sleep looking like a glow worm, but in the AM, it's all soaked up in my skin. I also have oily skin and have no issues using this as I have not experienced any breakouts.' —Loreezy'Amazing balm/ salve style miracle cream!! I literally use it for everything from deep moisturizer to helping heal cuts, sores, or scrapes, feet/ heels... It's perfect and worth the price, lasts much longer than other creams I've purchased!!' —TT'I have extremely dry skin. Like flaky sandpaper skin with past Accutane and nightly tretinoin use. THIS CREAM IS EVERYTHING! [It's] very [moisturizing] and actually hydrates the skin rather than absorbing and nothing changes or [just sitting] on skin — this product actually hydrates the skin. Blown away!' —Shayla Jones'I had to write a review about this amazing cream. First, I want to start by saying that I am 52 years old, and at the age of 24, I got these nasty little keloid [scars] on the left and right sides of my face due to acne. During the time that I've had these keloids, I have NEVER been able to get the redness to reduce. I always get questions about what happened, do I have a scratch? What happened? It always bothers me, and nothing has ever helped. So I was looking at Amazon a month ago, and I happened to come across this product. Today is Sunday, and I applied the cream to my face Friday night before bed, and also Saturday night before bed. I'm not going to say that the keloids are gone, but they are so much lighter. I was blown away at how fast this worked. I am now a lifelong customer, and I will never not use this!! The best part is the price.' —Jeannie Behrens'This works for moisture, discoloration, burns, chapped lips, [and] so much more. I accidentally burned my entire face using a mixture of tea tree oil and apple cider vinegar without dilution (I know I know) and this was the only thing that helped me. My skin after it was healed (in three days) was sooo close to perfect! It was clear of all blemishes, [it was] bright, and sooo smooth. I also use this on my bikini area. The skin on my face is so sensitive that I could never find a moisturizer that didn't break me out after two weeks of using it. This has been working for me for over a year now.' —Nique (This review was edited for length. Read the full review.)
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'Letting them know how you feel, what you are doing in terms of your financial health and how you two can navigate the differences,' Evans added. 'Now, this is very hard, being vulnerable is complicated and nuanced, so go easy on yourself.' Tu, who heads up her own financial education and advice company, says it is essential to consider what is 'truly going to bring you value' and not hurt you in the future at the same time. She has a handy tip that can help visualize whether that summer impulse purchase – be it new clothes, a night out or a trip – is worth it. 'I call it 'YourRichBFF is it Worth it? Equation,' Tu said. 'Figure out how much your hourly take-home pay is, and that hourly take-home pay, essentially, is how many hours you'll need to sit at your desk to afford something.' 'Say your hourly take-home pay is $20, you go to a fancy store and you want to buy a pair of designer leggings for $100,' Tu explained. 'You have to sit at your desk for five hours. 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Epoch Times
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'My family members—including my wife, daughter, son-in-law, and granddaughter—have all been infected,' he said. Fear of Zero-COVID Restrictions The school suspensions and quarantines have heightened public concern that the regime's draconian zero-COVID restrictions employed from 2020 to the end of 2022—during which communities were locked down, mass testing was mandatory, travel was restricted, and residents were forcefully sent to quarantine centers—could make a comeback. Dr. Jonathan Liu, director of Liu's Wisdom Healing Centre and a professor at Canada Public College, told The Epoch Times on May 30 that although mainland China is experiencing another wave of COVID-19 infections, the official data hasn't indicated a serious spread that requires the lockdown of cities. 'Following the continuing strategy of concealment, the Chinese regime does not want to shut down the cities or implement the zero-COVID policy at the moment because that will seriously affect its economic development. Now, stimulating economic development is the regime's top priority,' Liu said. Sean Lin, assistant professor in the Biomedical Science Department at Feitian College and former U.S. army microbiologist, shares a similar assessment. 'The authorities won't immediately adopt the lockdown measure because they also know that if they implement the strict zero-COVID policy, it will cause a huge backlash from the public,' Lin told The Epoch Times on May 30. 'So the government is now building mobile cabin hospitals or temporary isolation facilities in various regions to quietly take people away. There may not be major changes in policy announced to the public,' he said. The Chinese language edition of The Epoch Times reported earlier this year that, according to insiders in some parts of China, local governments were building large scale mobile cabin hospitals to quarantine patients with respiratory infections, including COVID-19, such as in Urumqi in Xinjiang region and in several provinces. Employees work at a makeshift hospital that will be used for Covid-19 coronavirus patients in Guangzhou, in China's eastern Guangdong province on April 11, 2022. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT Lin said that some places may have adopted measures to let people stay at home for quarantine 'but it will not turn into a large-scale policy unless the regime is unstable and the authorities have to take such measures. It has not reached that point yet.' The China CDC has yet to release its COVID-19 data for May but did update its weekly influenza report, in which the number of infections increased significantly this week. According to the weekly influenza report for epidemiological week 21 (May 19 to 25), released May 29, a total of eight influenza-like outbreaks have been reported nationwide. In comparison, only one influenza-like outbreak was reported nationwide in week 20 and no influenza-like outbreaks were reported in week 19. Lin said that the authorities continue to cover-up real COVID data in China. 'The people do not know the real situation and the severity of the wave of outbreak, especially the severity rate and mortality rate. The authorities don't tell the people.' He said that China's situation is more complicated and severe, as 'it involves multiple respiratory pathogens co-circulating and co-infections, with three or four respiratory pathogens infecting at the same time, not just this NB.1.8.1 strain. But the officials have not revealed the real situation, so I think it is difficult for the international community to understand.' NB.1.8.1 Chinese health authorities announced on May 23 that Omicron variant NB.1.8.1 is currently the primary variant spreading across China, as detection of the variant increased in the international community. NB.1.8.1 is a sixth-generation sub-branch of the XDV variant. 'The current data does not show that the NB1.8.1 variant has a significant breakthrough in pathogenicity, but it has an almost 1.8-fold improvement in immune escape capability. If it replaces the previous dominant variant that caused COVID-19, it's because its transmission ability is enhanced,' Lin told The Epoch Times. He pointed out that new COVID variants have frequently emerged in the past three years. 'Often new strains quickly replace old ones to be the dominant one. This has become routine.' A person receives a COVID-19 vaccine at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, Calif., on Dec. 22, 2021. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images The World Health Organization (WHO) has As the wave of infections in China continues, However, Lin said there is no sign of a ban of travelers or flights from China by other countries 'because the WHO does not have accurate data from China.' 'According to the current monitoring of countries around the world, there has not been a rapid, large-scale increase in infections like in the one in 2020.' Lin said that because the Chinese regime does not reveal true data, 'it's not possible to track virus spreading routes.' 'This also brings about a greater danger,' he said. 'China often covers up many things until they can no longer be covered up. When they come out, the situation is already quite serious and may be out of control. This is actually the biggest concern.' Luo Ya, Fang Xiao, and Xiong Bin contributed to this report.
