Road Test: Kotia skincare
Oh deer! The beauty industry discovers new goop.
What is it? The world’s first skincare range made with deer milk from New Zealand. It’s “skincare’s newest miracle”, apparently.
Here’s a wild guess: the marketing guff has the words “anti-ageing”, “regenerative” and “antioxidants” in it, right? Of course: such claims are made for every exotic substance co-opted by the beauty industry, including bee venom, snail slime, unicorn snot and sheep placenta (only one of those is made up). Kotia’s stuff feels nice on the skin; that’s as far as I’ll go.
What to say: “It’s just the thing for the discerning and results-focused modern woman!” (Disclaimer: that’s verbatim from the press release.)
Don’t say: “I feel sorry for the deer. There they are, happily wandering the green hills of the South Island – and suddenly they’ve got some Kiwi under them with a bucket, yanking at their teats. I mean, how would you like it?”
$30 to $65, kotia.com.au
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