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An Apple-a-day keeps the wrinkles away

by Wendy Lerman


Finding the next best thing in beauty products can put a smile on even the most botoxed of faces, but when it's for a great cause it is just that much more rewarding. The newly launched Clark’s Botanical Cellular Lifting Serum is a breakthrough skin serum. Its key active ingredient is plant stem cells from a rare Swiss Apple, making it the first serum of its kind.

Clark’s Botanicals Cellular Lfiting Serum, $355. Available at Saks Fifth Avenue.
I was thrilled to be invited to the launch party Wednesday night at Saks Fifth Avenue. The entire skin care line is top notch and I had been eager to test out the new product. It was only there that I learned the incredible story from which Clark’s Botanicals was created. Founder Francesco Clark was working in the fashion arena at Harper’s Bazaar when he suffered a crippling spinal cord injury in a swimming pool diving accident. He lost the ability to walk and even to sweat. This led to clogged pores and chronic breakouts that neither over-the-counter products nor prescriptives could remedy. Francesco and his father, Dr. Harold Clark, worked together to develop botanically-based formulas that effectively rebalanced Francesco’s skin, clearing it up entirely. He quickly gained a cult-like following in the fashion world and beyond and thus Clark’s Botanicals was born.

Francesco is a National Ambassador for the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, which is dedicated to curing spinal cord injury and improving the quality of life for people living with paralysis. A percentage of profits from his sales goes to the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation. So the serum is fabulous for the face and better yet, the proceeds go to an unbeatable cause. And they say beauty is only skin deep!

For more information on Clark’s Botanicals, please visit: www.clarksbotanicals.com

For more on the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, please visit: www.christopherreeve.org


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