Yonka Body Products: all links so far

Yonka body products

• ADVANCED OPTIMIZER GEL LIFT: Anti-aging hydration for the neck, décolleté, and bust

• CREME 55—slimming anti-water retention cream
  

• CREME 155—slimming body sport cream

• CREME MAINS: Repairing, Comforting Hand Cream (replaces Nutri-Protect) (new!)

• GALBOL 190—Firming, hydrating concentrate for bust and body

• LAIT APRES-SOLEIL—After-sun repairing cream

• LAIT HYDRATANT—regenerating, hydrating body milk (replaces Lait Corps) (new!)

• LAIT HYDRATANT VITALITY, hydrating revitalizing body milk (upcoming)

• PHYTO 152—Revitalizing rosemary body cream

• PHYTO-BAIN—aromatic, relaxing bath oil

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• Yonka—Discontinued: All links so far

Yonka’s LAIT HYDRATANT—regenerating, hydrating body milk (replaces Lait Corps)

Yonka concentrates their efforts on face care but they have come up with several new body products to help complete their line. A few simply have new packaging, others are rebranded with new names and have similar or the same ingredients. And a few are new products altogether.

LAIT HYDRATANT, Regenerating, Hydrating Body Milk, is the rebranded, repackaged former Lait Corps. It’s not exactly the same but it is very similar. The main ingredient difference is the addition of mandarin and sweet orange. This gives Lait Hydratant a distinctly different aromatic than its predecessor.

When Lait Corps was discontinued, although I liked that product and it was truly a wonderful body lotion, I wasn’t that upset. Yonka said they would be coming out with new body products and the truth is this lotion was never a good seller, at least not in my salon. I attribute that to the price, really. It’s hard to sell a $30 or $40 body cream when there are so many out on the market for half the price offering similar results. Doubtful any cream you’ll find in a grocery or Target store will have the same amazing aromatics of a Yonka product, but when it comes to the body I’m not as picky as I am with my face products.

I am certainly not dissuading you from purchasing Lait Hydratant—far from it. If you can afford to use this or any other Yonka body cream, great! You may even use this on special occasions and keep your less expensive body products for every day use. No matter how you use it, this lotion will keep the skin on your body hydrated and supple, free from flakes and itching.

From Yonka headquarters:

This fragrant body milk combines vegetable glycerin, grape seed and sweet almond oil, leaving the skin hydrated and replenished, complete with ginseng extract for a re-energizing effect. In a word, it has everything you need! Recognized efficacy: Immediate and long-lasting hydrating effect, still at + 80% hydration after 8 hours of being applied*. 
*I cannot attest to that result, but I do know from experience Yonka body products, and Lait Corps specifically, did keep the skin on my body more hydrated than less expensive, retail products.

Essential ingredients:

• Glycerin, sodium PCA—hydrating, repairing
• Ginseng, grape seed oils (rich in essential fats)—hydrating, regenerating
• Comfrey—soothing, healing
• Soft almond oil—repairing, softening, hydrating
• Vitamin E—an antioxidant that helps prevent free radical

Directions for use:

After a bath or shower morning and/or night

• Apply LAIT HYDRATANT on slightly damp skin
• Be sure to get all the nooks and crannies
• Massage in well before getting dressed

For more information, see:

• Yonka Body Products: all links so far
• CREME MAINS: Repairing, Comforting Hand Cream (replaces Nutri-Protect) 
• Are you forgetting something? THE FORGOTTEN PLACES—face & body

Yonka’s CREME MAINS: Repairing, Comforting Hand Cream (replaces Nutri-Protect)

Nutri-Protect was the first hand cream Yonka-Paris came out with in 2013. It was yummy and fabulous on so many levels. To state the obvious, I loved this cream! And, like so many favorites in the last many years, Yonka for whatever reason decided to take this product out of their lineup. I’m happy to say Yonka did replace Nutri-Protect with CREME MAINS Repairing, Comforting Hand Cream. (Mains means hands in French.)

The professional size (for treatment rooms) says Creme Mains et Pieds (hands and feet) and I totally agree! By just using a small, pea-sized amount of this cream on both your hand and your feet, your nose will be in heaven and your skin will be super-hydrated. The scent is different than Nutri-Protect. In a way I miss that aromatic, but the lovely scent of Creme Mains makes up for it.

The ingredients in this hand treatment are almost identical to its predecessor Nutri-Protect, but like Masque Nº1 and its replacement Hydra Nº1 Masque, some ingredients are in a different order on the list. When it comes to Creme Mains, this makes for a different, more orange/mandarin aromatic than the precious hand cream. Still wonderful, still Yonka-yummy.

From Yonka headquarters: Take it everywhere you go to care for your hands, nails and cuticles. This ultra-comforting cream repairs and protects very dry and rough skin via a specialized formula, a combination of shea butter, vegetable glycerin, grape seed oil, bisabolol and vitamins A, C and E. A hand treatment gem that promotes their beauty and comfort.

This hand cream is a great solution to fight the dryness of your skin caused by the accrued use of using hand sanitizer. Recognized efficacy: Skin is nourished and repaired: 89%. (As you can read in other posts, sometimes these percentage numbers seem ridiculous in terms of hard science, but in this case since it’s a hand cream and not going on your face, it’s not such a big deal to me.)

Yonka Paris Creme Mains Comforting Hand Cream Features & Benefits:

• Superior repairing, nourishing, comforting treatments for hands, nails, and cuticles
• Fast absorbing, non-oily
• Repairs and relieves even extremely dehydrated, irritated, chapped skin
• Ultra moisturizing formula leaves hands incredibly supple and comfortable
• Promotes and preserves hands youthfulness
• Protects against unforgiving external stressors
• Paraben-free
• 97% ingredients of natural origin

Essential ingredients:

• Shea butter—repairing, nourishing, protective
• Grape seed oil (rich in essential fatty acids)—restructuring
• Vitamin B5, bisabolol—comforting, soothing 
• Vegetable glycerin—hydrating
• Vitamins A, C, E—antioxidant, regenerating
• Essential oils of sweet orange, grapefruit, mandarin, and magnolia—refreshing phyto-aromatic effects

Directions for use:

• Apply CREME MAINS cream to dry, clean hands
• Massage in well
• For damaged or cracked hands, apply frequently during the day
• For very damaged hands, apply a thick layer of cream and wear cotton gloves overnight
• Remember: A little goes a long way
• For an extra treat: use on your feet, too!

Due to the pandemic we are all using a lot of hand sanitizer, which is usually very drying, along with washing our hands more than we have in the past. Your hands, nail, and even cuticles will appreciate having this soothing, smoothing cream on especially at the end of a long day. Take it with you during the day and keep it on your bed table at night. Happy hands, happy life!

For more information, see: 

• The Forgotten Places: The Hands
• Dry Hands? A simple solution for happy, hydrated hands
• Yonka Body Products: all links so far

Yonka’s GALBOL 190—Firming, hydrating concentrate for bust and body

From Yonka headquarters:

GALBOL 190 is an anti-sagging complex for the body and bust. This fluid concentrate is non-oily and is applied to all the areas lacking tone.  

With the firming, regenerating and hydrating action of its 20 plant extracts, the epidermis [outer skin] is smoothed and tightened, the bust shape is redefined, and the tissue gains firmness. Finally, Galbol 190 vitalizes with its natural fruity scent.

Here I go again! As many of you know, I truly do not believe that a mere product applied to the skin (epidermis) can do anything close to actually “firming” and/or “tightening” skin. Ever. There are wonderful ingredients in this body product, however unless you are the type who likes to apply lots of products to your body (other than moisturizer), I can’t really recommend using Galbol 190.

Similar to my feeling about the former “Galbol 90” face product that has been renamed “Lift +” (see link below), the ingredients are wonderful but I don’t for a minute believe either of these products is lifting anything, let alone your skin. If you use Galbol 190 and love it, please let me know! I am always open to hearing from Yonka users with positive experiences even if it contradicts my own professional opinion(s).

Essential ingredients:

• Horsetail—helps firm and promote cellular regeneration
• Hop plant—intensely shapes and firms
• 20% PCA (beets, potatoes)—super-hydrating
• Citrus Complex—tightens
• Sage—firming, regenerating
• Coltsfoot—stimulating
• White nettle—corrects tissue pressure, vasotonic
• Yonka “Quintessence” (essential oils of thyme, lavender, cypress, geranium, and rosemary)—revitalizing, toning 

Directions for use:

Apply morning and/or night:

• After the shower or bath 
• Concentrate on the areas of concern 
• Help it so soak in with active movements
• For a reinforced firming action, use GALBOL 190 in combination with PHYTO 152

Don’t let me stop you from trying this product. If the firming and tightening fail, you will at least be using great ingredients on your skin.

For more information, see:

• Moisturizing—Body: all links so far
• PHYTO 152—Revitalizing rosemary body cream
• GALBOL 90 (renamed LIFT +)—firming, hydrating concentrate

Yonka’s CREME 155—slimming body sport cream

From Yonka headquarters:
CREME 155 is a comprehensive slimming regimen to trim the silhouette by contouring fatty tissue and alleviating water retention. It improves blood circulation, reduces tissue pressure, and prevents “spider veins.” This multi-active balm and strongly scented massage cream contributes to reshape the figure by acting on localized fatty deposits that are sensitive to the touch.

If you are concerned with edema (water retention) and/or cellulite, give Creme 155 a try. As with any and all anti-cellulite type creams and treatments, this cream can only do so much. Adipose tissue (fat) is important to the functioning of the body as a whole, so it is not designed to be completely eliminated—nor should it. But using Creme 155 can help relieve edema and in some cases excesses of fatty buildup in the tissue.

Essential ingredients:

• Maritime pine and burdock—slims and fights cellulite
• Climbing ivy essential oil—reduces tissue pressure
• Nutmeg—oxidizes fat
• Capsicum—increases microcirculation
• Cedar—reduces localized hypersensitivity
• Yonka “Quintessence” (essential oils of thyme, lavender, cypress, geranium, and rosemary essential oils)—nourish and balance skin

Directions for use:

• Apply the cream morning and/or night:
• After the shower or bath
• Apply on slightly damp skin
• Concentrate on the areas of concern
• For a strengthened slimming effect, alternate with Creme 55

Specifics:

• For slimming: Massage Creme 155 morning and evening into damp skin
• For swollen legs: Morning use Creme 55 into damp skin. Evening use Phyto 152
• For stretch marks, pregnancy, weight fluctuations: Starting from the first month of pregnancy, apply Creme 55 alone or mixed with Huile Corps daily over the abdomen and hips
• For exercise relief: Before and after exercise, apply Creme 155 alone or mixed with Huile Corps

Huile Corps or Emulsion Concentrate may be applied over the cremes to intensify their action

For more information, see:

• EMULSION PURE—Toner and blemish spot treatment
• CREME 55—slimming anti-water retention cream

Yonka’s CREME 55—slimming anti-water retention cream

From Yonka headquarters: 
CREME 55 slimming anti-water retention cream drains tissues and favors refining the figure. It adds flexibility to tissue, improves elasticity, and assists to combat aqueous cellulite. This phyto-aromatic massage cream, rich in climbing ivy and with legendary “anti-water retention" virtues, improves the tone and texture of the epidermis, and preserves its tone during weight changes.

I love both Creme 55 and Creme 155 for alternatives to my normal body lotion. The aromatics are wonderful and both of these creams have terrific hydrating abilities along with all of their other actions.

If you’re looking to supplement your regular body cream with something a little more therapeutic—and aromatic—try Creme 55 or (in an upcoming article) Creme 155 from Yonka.

Essential ingredients:

• Olive oil—moisturizes, nourishes, softens
• Climbing ivy essential oil—reduces tissue pressure
• Yonka “Quintessence” (essential oils of thyme, lavender, geranium, rosemary, cypress, and thyme essential oils)—nourish and balance skin

Directions for use:

Apply the cream morning and/or night:

• After the shower or bath
• Apply on slightly damp skin
• Concentrate on the areas of concern
• For a strengthened slimming effect, alternate with Creme 155

Huile Corps or Emulsion Concentrate may be applied over the creme to intensify their action.

For more information, see:

• Yonka body products: all links so far
• Body—Misc: all links so far

Yonka-Paris LAIT APRES-SOLEIL—After-sun repairing cream

From Yonka Headquarters:
LAIT APRES-SOLEIL is an after-sun hydrating lotion that is repairing and soothing for face and body. From the first application, this cream for all skin types cools the sun’s fire and provides a fresh feeling to the skin. Quickly absorbed, this milky lotion soaks in as it relieves the hot feeling of extended sun exposure. Apres-Soleil leaves your skin soothed, supple, fresh and silky.

This product is kind of an unknown gem from Yonka, which is really too bad. Apres-Soleil is a wonderful moisturizer and really helps to soothe and rehydrate skin after sun exposure. Although Yonka suggests using it on your face—and there is nothing wrong with that—I still like to use my facial products for face and Apres-Soleil for my body. Experiment for yourself and see what you prefer.

There are many products you can use for after-sun exposure or simply to keep the skin on your body soft and supple, but if you haven’t ever used Apres-Solieil: Try it—you might just fall in love!

Essential ingredients:

• Cornflower, calendula, Roman chamomile, German chamomile, linden flower—soothing 
• Pro-vitamin B-5—hydrating, repairing
• Allantoin—soothing, calming
• Vitamin A—regenerating
• Cucumber extract, milk proteins—hydrating, soothing
• St. John’s Wort—rejuvenating, moisturizing
• Yonka “Quintessence” (essential oils of thyme, lavender, cypress, geranium, and rosemary)—vitalizing, balancing

Directions for use:

• Apply generously after any sun exposure to body (and/or face)
• If you received a sunburn, I recommend my Sunburn Relief Cocktail (see link below). Here you can use Apres-Soleil as one of the 3 ingredients listed in the article
• Not only for after-sun exposure, you can use this silky body moisturizer all year round as your preferred body cream

For more information, see:

• SUNBURN RELIEF COCKTAIL: Important TIPS & help for healing a sunburn—updated
• HUILE CORPS—aromatic body oil
• The BEST Self-Tanner! Lait Auto-Bronzant

Yonka’s ADVANCED OPTIMIZER GEL LIFT: Anti-aging hydration for the neck, décolleté, and bust

From Yonka Headquarters: ADVANCED OPTIMIZER GEL LIFT dramatically lifts, firms and smoothes the delicate neck, decollete, and bust areas. This fresh, naturally aromatic gel contains innovative hibiscus and soy peptides, which in clinical tests boosted collagen production and GAGs, essential structural components of the skin, for dramatically improved firmness and smoothed texture.

With twice daily use of Yon-Ka Advanced Optimizer Gel Lift, the tissues of the neck, decollete and busts appear more youthful. Cool, gentle, and quickly absorbed, deliciously and naturally aromatic, this gel envelops, smooths, and restores firmness to the delicate area of the neck, décolleté, and bust. The skin is refined and its tone improves rapidly; the breast contour becomes firmer.
 

Full disclosure: I’m not a fan of products that proclaim to “firm” skin—Yonka products or otherwise. However, Gel Lift is a wonderful hydrating gel that is an integral part of keeping the neck and especially the décolleté (the area above the breasts and below the neck) well tended to.
 
I am not disputing what Yonka has to say about Gel Lift—well, I guess I am in a way. Again, I don’t believe you can dramatically (noticeably) “firm” skin, therefore all the references to firming in this or any description of a product goes right by me. I do believe in supporting the structure of skin and helping to reinforce that. To me, this doesn’t “firm” skin, but does add to the integrity of the tissue, which must help with the aging of skin. And both of those Gel Lift does. Plus, I can’t ignore how much my clients love this product! It may not be firming skin, but it does a wonderful job of keeping that particular area hydrated and looking great! One client writes:

I’ve been using the Optimizer neck stuff [aka Optimizer Gel Lift], and I have to say that I do see an improvement in my neck. Never thought I’d say that! Although I think the skin on my neck looks better, I can’t say it seems firmer. It’s just that the aging that has happened to my neck looks much less noticeable, and nothing else I’ve tried really did that. So, once again—yay Yonka!

Essential ingredients:

• Hibiscus peptides, silicon-rich horsetail extract—firmness booster, stimulate collagen production, remineralizes supporting tissue
• Soy peptides—restructuring
• Sweet almond proteins—shaping, lifting
• Marine collagen, hyaluronic acid, plant glycerin—hydrating, smoothing, helps elasticity

Directions for use:

Use a nut-size dollop of gel in the morning and/or evening. Apply it in smoothing motions from the chin to the base of the neck and use circular motions to massage it onto the bust, moving up towards along the neckline.

For more Yonka products, see:

• Advanced Optimizer Duo—Serum & Cream for Anti-Aging
• Cellular Code Serum—for mature skin
• Yonka-Paris skin care products defined

Yonka’s PHYTO-BAIN—aromatic, relaxing bath oil

Yonka’s PHYTO-BAIN is a revitalizing, relaxing product for your bath. I love this product! I call it incense for the home. The ever-so-pleasing aromatics of this bath and body product really are relaxing and revitalizing. You will become addicted to Phyto-Bain—guaranteed!

This is both a body wash and a bath oil; I prefer using it in the bath water. It does create bubbles, but not like a true bubble bath. However, if you have a Jacuzzi, Phyto-Bain will make tons of tiny bubbles. That along with the aromatic heaven this product exudes makes Phyto-Bain a must-have for relaxing bath-time bliss!

Yonka describes Phyto-Bain as “a genuine spa effect at home with this highly concentrated aromatic bath treatment with plant extracts and essential oils known for their multiple therapeutic virtues. Invigorates, restores full vitality, relieves tired legs and gives the whole body a feeling of well-being and relaxation. Note: it can also be used in a shower with a damp glove”

Essential ingredients:

• Essential oil of lavender—relaxing, balancing
• Everlasting essential oil (hylichrysium)—invigorates, increases vessel resistance
• Sage essential oil—firms, tones
• Extracts of witch hazel—improves circulation, purifies, tones
• Petitgrain essential oil—calms, drains, uplifts
• Rosemary essential oil—uplifts, rejuvenates, stimulates
• Horse chestnut—venous tonic, vasoconstricts
• Cypress—venous tonic, vasoconstricts

Directions for use:

• Pour 1-2 tablespoons of PHYTO-BAIN into the bath water as it’s running
• Get in and relax while breathing in this aromatic concoction

For more information, see:

• LAIT HYDRATANT—regenerating, hydrating body milk (replaces Lait Corps)
• Phyto 152—Revitalizing rosemary body cream
• Bathtime Quick Tips  

Yonka’s PHYTO 152—Revitalizing rosemary body cream

PHYTO 152. If you love Yonka’s rosemary aromatic, you will love this body cream! From Yonka headquarters:

“Phyto 152 helps to firm tissue, diminish stretch marks, and maintain a well-shaped breast. Relieves tired legs providing freshness and well-being. Its toning fragrance also provides an incredible energy. 

Phyto 152 is a phyto-aromatic body cream that deeply energizes and promotes natural vitality. It dramatically firms and tightens the vulnerable tissues of the throat, decollete and bustline, maintaining a well-shaped bust. This anti-sagging cream combats free radicals responsible for aging signs.
 
Phyto 152 firming, energizing cream works for all skin types to firm to revitalize the body. Well-being and freshness are returned to fatigued, tired legs. Stretch marks as a result of pregnancy or weight gain are diminished.”

• Firms and tightens tissues
• Maintains a well-shaped decollete and bust
• Reduces stretch marks
• Energizes fatigued extremities
• Fights sagging and free radicals that cause signs of aging

Essential Ingredients:

• Rosemary extract & essential oil—intensive firming, anti-aging
• Beech bud peptides—hydrates, rejuvenates, restructures
• Aloe vera—heals, soothes
• Hazelnut oil—balances, liposolvent, nourishing
• Plant glycerin—nourishing, hydrating
• Vitamin E—antioxidant, nourishes, protects
• Yonka “Quintessence” (essential oils of thyme, lavender, cypress, geranium, and rosemary)—nourishing, balancing

Directions for use:

• Apply the PHYTO 152 morning and/or night after the shower or bath with Phyto-Bain on slightly damp skin, concentrating on the relevant areas
• For strengthened firming action, use the cream in combination with Galbol 190 concentrate

I love to use this cream on my legs after a hard workout, hike, or run. It really does give a “lift” to my step, and the rosemary aromatic helps to relax me—inside and out!

For more information, see:

• Phyto-Bain—aromatic, relaxing bath oil 
• CREME MAINS: Repairing Hand Cream
• Pregnancy & stretch marks