Product *Sample* Review: HERA V Collagenic Cream
HERA V Collagenic Cream, 10ml (sample)
This is the last of the HERA samples that I tried. I received this generous sample (10ml) from royalbeautycosmetics.com with purchase late last year and I used it last month for 2 weeks.
There isn’t a whole lot of info (in English at least) on this product (or most of the HERA products) so I wasn’t sure what to expect. I assume this is anti-aging because of the ‘collagenic’ name.
I first used this on my forehead, since it is the area that shows signs of aging (those darned fine lines!). The texture of this is very thick and not particularly easy to spread – I would say medium to high viscosity – but the fragrance is very nice, you can tell this is a high end product. Anyhow, my skin showed a reaction and my pores were congested overnight, with several milia forming. I discontinued it for one night and used a retinol product to clear it up and the milia went away overnight.
Just to confirm my hunch, I used this cream again on my forehead on day 3, and the same thing happened. I think this is just too rich for my skin, which is now dehydrated combination (instead of dry and dehydrated in winter). My skin didn’t feel like it could breathe while using this on the forehead, and it clogged my pores. I woke up with a super greasy forehead. After that, I didn’t use this on my face again, only on my neck. It didn’t have any effect on my neck after 2 weeks of use – it wasn’t a long enough duration to test anything anyway. But one thing is certain: my skin just doesn’t agree with HERA creams. This is the second cream from HERA that did that to me.
The full size (50ml) retails at US$169.96 at royalbeautycosmetics.com. The only thing I would recommend is for people to test out a small sample before committing to a full size product as expensive as this though – I for one can’t seem to use HERA creams without triggering a reaction. I can’t even say for certain if it’s the fragrance, since I was totally fine with most of the other Korean brands with heavy fragrance too. After this, I am saving the rest of my rich, anti-aging products (including The History of Whoo Gongjinhyang and Isa Knox Te’rvina) for fall/winter time! 
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Kev Jang
May 17, 2011 at 1:28 pm (733 days ago)Hi Joseibi, maybe you can try out a cheaper alternative which is LacVert’s Collagen C cream. It’s a somewhat stickier gel cream containing vitamin C and the extracts of 3 berries, gooseberry, wolfberry, and blueberry, and collagen of marine origins. I got it in Korea last time for a friend who has dry skin, similar to yours, and it was like buy-one-get-one at Watson’s in the Hongdae University area, around 15,000 won (after deduction and so on, I think you can say that each jar of 50ml cream is really 7,500 won which is like USD$7 something….). I think you can probably get it around a price like 20 USD at the max. That is probably a better collagen cream than Hera’s collagenic cream which could be really heavy.
Kev Jang
May 18, 2011 at 1:15 am (732 days ago)I think I got the name wrong. It is called Vita-C Collagen Plus cream by LG LacVert.
Kev Jang
May 18, 2011 at 1:17 am (732 days ago)Isa Knox T’ervina is really expensive! I remember seeing it once at Olive and Young and it was like nearly 120,000 won, which is around US 110 and more……
Joseibi
May 18, 2011 at 11:55 am (732 days ago)@Kev Jang – LacVert! What fond memories. I sold that good brand back when joseibi.com was a store. Like Enprani, it wasn’t known to most of the people here at the time, which was a real shame because both are good brands. From the sounds of it LacVert’s version is probably much better and easier on the wallet!
T’ervina is part of that Stem Cell Institute LG is partnered with, just like the OHUI The First line – I noticed the same stamp of the Stem Cell Institute on both – I have high expectations for it but I am too afraid to use it now that my skin isn’t dry anymore. I will save that for winter and you know how our Canadian winters are here!
Kev Jang
May 19, 2011 at 2:02 am (731 days ago)LacVert and Enprani are underrated but they perform better than expected. I think Isa Knox T’ervina is really rich and creamy, probably better for winter use than during spring or summer. I think using it for the short Canadian fall is somewhat unsuited to its texture too. Then again, your skin tends towards the dry side, so it might be different. I find that for Isa Knox, the fragrance tends to be stronger than anything else. Have you ever used Isa Knox Alarm Cell , either the Hydra or Recovery range? That range is supposed to be relatively good.