Sofia’s Glimpse Routine

Sofia C. – Front Royal, VA. Sofia is a homeschooling mother of 5. She has always been an advocate for using food and a more natural approach to improving health, so using Xango and Glimpse was a natural fit. Suffering from severe eczema for many years and after trying various natural remedies with little success, Sofia was amazed at the results she experienced with Glimpse.

Interestingly, what first appealed to her about XANGO was the business opportunity which would allow her to bring in an extra income for her family while staying at home with her children. However, her results with the products have given her a wonderful benefit, too!

Sofia Before	Sofia After

Here is Sofia’s Routine…

When I started using Glimpse, I had suffered from skin problems for about 20 years, 8 of those years it was very severe. It as all over my body. I was doing a lot nutritionally and lifestyle wise that brought it about 80% under control. The majority was on my face, but I still had it all over my body as well. I had just started drinking 6 ozs. Xango juice daily two months prior. I will note here that I did not notice any improvement in my skin while drinking the juice during that two month period. I placed my pre-order for the Glimpse system I and when it arrived I jumped in with both feet. I realize now with what I have learned about the individual steps of Glimpse that I was not using it correctly but I love telling about it because it shows that Glimpse really works even if you are not using it right. I just applied all 4 steps one after another. I had what I thought was very severe detox (I don’t know if it was just very severe flushing). When I started, I had a lot of open sores on my face. The “detox” consisted in bright redness, burning, itching and oozing. As detox was not an unfamiliar concept to me, I just kept going for about 5 days waiting for improvement until I had to stop. I took a one week break and then tried again. The second time the result was much the same but not quite as bad so even though I had to stop again after about 5 days. One week later I tried again and while the flushing was prolonged and pronounced, there was a noticeable improvement each day. i also started to use Glimpse more intuitively. I paid attention to the steps didn’t feel right and didn’t use them on that day. One of the corrections I made intuitively, though rationally it didn’t seem to make sense, I stopped using the moisturizing cream on some days because it seemed to really irritate my open sores. (I later learned from Misha that the moisturizer shouldn’t be used on open sores because there are ingredients in it that can aggravate open sores) After about two more weeks of slightly varying use, sometimes no serum, often no moisturizer, my skin was dramatically improved. My sores were mostly healed and there was a greater even-ness in my color and skin tone.

For the next three and a half months I used the full 4 step System I regimen, twice a day with occasional variations as needed (i.e omitting one step or another) But as my skin continued become healthier, variations decreased as did the flushing. Over this 3 1/2 month period my flushing went down from lasting 20-30 min. to none at all. After three and 1/2 mos. I added two drops of pericarp oil to my twice daily application of moisturizing cream. I was thrilled with my comparatively healthy and beautiful skin but with the addition of the pericarp oil, unbelievably to me, my skin got healthier and still more beautiful. About two months later, I realized that my previously hopelessly dry skin seemed to not need the added hydration of the System I and I switched to the System II for normal to oily skin!

Now I use the System II twice daily with two pumps of serum mixed with about 4 drops pericarp oil every day. Every so often I go back to the creamy cleanser when it seems that my skin needs a little bit more exercise or if I am experiencing set-backs in my skin. In these circumstances I also switch back to the moisturizing cream. I find that the System I definitely exercises my skin more than the System II and I tend to get more flushing after using it.

There are times when I get away from my regular routine of two applications a day. Sometimes I get in only once a day and other times I have gone several days with out any use. When this happens I start having flushing again which goes away after I get back into a regular routine. But even so, my skin has never come close to what it was before I started using Glimpse. I can tell that the skin is so much healthier and stronger now that even when I am stressed nutritionally, emotionally or environmentally my skin seems able to handle it and always bounces back quickly with a regular Glimpse routine with pericarp added to it.

I want to add in conclusion that about 6 months into consuming 6 oz. Xango juice daily, (this was about three months into my Glimpse experience) I noticed that my skin condition had all but completely disappeared from the rest of my body. I was only using Glimpse on my face so it was clear that the juice cleared it up elsewhere, it had just taken longer working internally.

Author: Jessica. Jessica Barratt is the Glimpse Skin Specialist at XANGO. In this role, she spearheads the education and training of Glimpse with Distributors, gathers case studies, and assists with research and product development. Jessica is a Master Esthetician, certified in Utah, with over ten years of clinical experience. Prior to her work with XANGO, Jessica worked with esthetic schools, spas, dermatologists, plastic surgeons, and managed retail stores.