YINA: Revamp & Overview

5YINA was revamped into YINA. You’ve likely seen me talk about 5YINA over the years. I love their revamp. The packaging is so much more luxe and brilliant looking. I like the slight name change as well. YINA was founded by Angela & Ervina as a vision to share wellness rituals inspired by Chinese Medicine. Ervina is a registered TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) dermatologist. Angela is an herbalist who heads YINA’s product development and operations. I started out by dabbling in the brand with a facial oil sampler at least five years ago. Since then I’ve gotten to try more and more especially as the brand expanded its offerings. It started off as a seasonal line with four oils, four mists plus the Bioadaptive cleanser and biocellulose mask. Now it has four oils, the same cleanser and biocellulose mask, one mist, a mask, decolletage treatment and body treatment. There is a new cream which I do not have yet, it’s on its way. More on that another day.

Let’s start with the Bioadaptive Cleanser. This is a creamy cleanser. Think lightweight, detox style cleanser with antioxidants, clay and herbal extracts. It has a light citrus scent and I love that for a creamy cleanser it doesn’t leave a residue. Overall for me this feels most like a spring to fall cleanser that gives some oil control. It’s really nice when you’ve had a day that you need some degriming on. Oily skin will love this as well as combo. I have dry skin and rosacea and I can use it fine, but as it’s a little more detox style so I tend to save it for summer months or times when I really want that extra cleanse. It does not strip or dry my skin. Though I would not call it ultra hydrating either, which is why I use it in warmer months. I live in South Texas it’s great here for the warmer months. Details per YINA:

Elevate your daily cleanse. East Asian medicine plant extracts such as pearl, white tea, and poria gently exfoliate, soothe, and brighten while dissolving daily impurities, residual makeup, and pollutants from your pores.

East Asian Medicinal Herbs

• White tea (白茶) – antioxidant rich, soothing + calming
• Poria(茯苓)- brightening, balances sebum
• Pearl(珍珠)- adaptogen, improves texture, evens out skin tone

Ingredients

Aqua, Camellia sinensis (White Tea) Extract+, Poria cocos sclerotium (Poria Mushroom) Extract*, Coix lacryma-job (Job’s Tears) Extract*, Paeonia albiflora (Peony Root) Extract*, Atractylodes macrocephala (Rhizome) Extract*, Tremella fuciformis (Snow Mushroom) Extract, Chrysanthemum indicum (Wild Chrysanthemum) Extract, Glycyrrhiza uralensis (Licorice Root) Extract*, Vegetable Glycerin*, Moringa oleifera (Moringa Seed) Oil*, Ricinus communis (Castor Seed) Oil*, Carthamus tinctorius (Safflower Seed) Oil*, Sorbitan Oleate, Coco Glucoside^, Sodium Levulinate^, Sodium Anisate^, Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate, Cetyl Palmitate (Vegetable-Derived), Stearic Acid, Concha margaritifera (Mother of Pearl), Kaolin (Rose Clay), Cetearyl Alcohol and Cetearyl Glucoside, Gardenia Flower Extract, Lactic Acid, Citrus reticulata (Green Mandarin), Monarda fistulosa (Wild Bergamot)*, Xanthum Gum, Chamaecyparis obtusa (Hinoki), Citral**, Geraniol**, Limonene**, Linalool**.

*Organic
+ Wild-crafted
^ EcoCert compliant
**Naturally occurring in essential oils

They now have one mist instead of four. The Essential Mist had been on my wishlist since their revamp. Think prebitoics, tremella mushroom, ginseng, schisandra berries, radix ophiopogonis, white tea, licorice, skullcap, lotus leaf, angelica, glycerin plus rose and helichrysum distillate. It smells faintly like rose but not overpowering and I love the heavy duty frosted glass bottle with sea green label. It’s nice. Details per YINA:

Your daily essential to combat stress, dehydration, and fatigue. This invigorating mist is composed of an White Tea and Rosewater base with a reparative blend of Prebiotics and East Asian Medicinal plants of Ginseng and Tremella. 

Each spritz delivers a potent dose of antioxidants and micronutrients to deeply hydrate and protect your skin from environmental damage and prep your skin for nourishing products.  Skin feels soothed, rebalanced, dewy and glowy.

East Asian Medicinal Herbs

• White tea(白茶) – antioxidant-rich, soothing, balancing
• Tremella(银耳) – hydrating + protective
• Cordyceps（虫草) – adaptogen, anti-inflammatory, powerful antioxidant

Ingredients

Radix ophiopogonis (Ophiopogon Tuber) Extract, Panax quinquefolius (American Ginseng) Extract, Tremella fuciformis (Snow Mushroom) Extract, Schisandra chinensis (Schisandra Berries) Extract, Glycyrrhiza uralensis (Licorice Root) Extract, Angelica sinensis (Angelica Root) Extract, Nelumbo nucifera (Lotus Leaf) Extract+, Camellia sinensis (White Tea) Extract+, Rose damascena Flower Distillate*, Helichrysum italicum (Helichrysum Flower) Distillate*, Scutellaria baicalensis (Skullcap Root) Extract, Lactobacillus Ferment, Cordyceps militaris Mycelium Extract, Vegetable Glycerin, Leuconostoc Ferment Filtrate (Radish Root) Extract, Pelargonium graveolens (Rose Geranium) Oil*. Citronellol**, Linalool**, Geraniol**, Geranial**.

* Organic
+ Wild-crafted
^ EcoCert compliant
**Naturally occurring in essential oils

Next let’s move into the oils. There are four oils. I originally tried all four as samples when they were four seasons. They’re been renamed but the main ingredients should be similar or the same from my understanding. I picked two oils: Regenerate and Nourish.

Regenerate Botanical Serum is a facial oil with centella, reishi, mulberry, chrysanthemum, Solomon’s seal and goji berries plus camellia, safflower, pomegranate and raspberry oils. It does have essential oils like petigran, manuka and sandalwood. Honestly this smells light and just a really nice fresh, herbal scent. Nothing too strong at all. I love it. It’s become a nice facial oil I really enjoy. It’s a little more on the nourishing end so I would slate it as a night or winter oil. If you have dry skin you might be able to use it for days but I really like it at night. The scent is so calming. Details per YINA:

Infused with YINA’s proprietary East Asian Medicine plant complex to help heal sun damage, improve elasticity, and brighten skin tone for a youthful, supple, and radiant complexion.

Silky and fast-absorbing, this multi-correctional botanical oil serum is powered by reparative Reishi and Centella, fatty acids, antioxidants, and skin-healing phytonutrients. This exquisite treatment oil helps restore your skin’s glow and resilience.

East Asian Medicinal Herbs

• Reishi(灵芝)adaptogen, protective, soothing
• Centella(积雪草)adaptogen, repairative, promotes elasticity

Ingredients

Camellia oleifera (Camellia Seed) Oil*, Carthamus tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Oil*, Centella asiatica (Gotu Kola) Extract, Polygonatum officinale (Solomon’s Seal) Extract, Ganoderma lucidum (Reishi Spore) Extract, Morus alba (Mulberry Leaf) Extract, Chrysanthemum morifolium Flowers Extract, Glycyrrhiza uralensis (Licorice Root) Extract, Lycium barbarum (Goji Berries) Extract*, Punica granatum (Pomegranate Seed) Oil*, Raspberry Seed Oil, Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate, Rosmarinus officinalis (Rosemary Leaf) Extract*, Citrus aurantium (Petitgrain sur Fleurs) Oil*, Osmanthus fragrans Flowers Extract, Leptospermum scoparium (Manuka) Oil+, Santalum spicatum (Sandalwood) Oil+, Linalool**, Limonene**, Geraniol**, Isoeugenol**, Eugenol**, Farnesol**.

* Organic
+ Wild-crafted
^ EcoCert compliant
**Naturally occurring in essential oils

Nourish Botanical Serum is the bright red facial oil. Of course I picked to try it based on the color. It’s stunning. This facial oil is adaptogen rich with rhodiola, bakuchiol, angelica, asian knotweed and gromwell root plus camellia, safflower and blackberry seed oils. It has essential oils vetiver, ho wood, black spruce, frankincense, agarwood and myrrh. This facial oil has a very deep, earthy, woody scent. I like it, but more as a perfume than on my face. I wanted to really like this one but it wasn’t really suitable to my rosacea skin. I loved the scent don’t get me wrong, but something about it was just not working on my face. Would love this as a roll on scent though. I found myself reaching for Regenerate constantly and hardly ever this one. The texture of this one is lighter than Regenerate though. I wouldn’t call it light but maybe light medium. Details per YINA:

The NOURISH botanical serum is infused with YINA’s proprietary East Asian Medicine plant complex to help deeply nourish, condition, and hydrate the skin for a luminous, smooth complexion. 

Potent and grounding, this phytonutrient-rich oil serum is powered by rare botanicals Rhodiola, Bakuchiol, and Asian Knotweed. 

East Asian Medicinal Herbs

• Rhodiola(红景天)- moisturizing, strengthening
• Bakuchiol(补骨脂)- rejuvenating, reduces appearance of fine lines

Ingredients

Camellia oleifera (Camellia Seed) Oil*, Carthamus tinctorius (Safflower Seed) Oil*, Rhodiola rosea (Roseroot) Extract, Psoralea corylifolia (Bakuchiol Seed) Extract, Angelica sinensis (Angelica Root) Extract, Polygonum cuspidatum (Asian Knotweed) Extract, Glycyrrhiza uralensis (Licorice Root) Extract, Arnebia euchroma (Gromwell) Extract, Olive Squalane, Rubus fruticosus (Blackberry Seed) Oil*, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Ubiquinone, Vetiveria zizanioides (Vetiver) Oil*, Cinnamomum camphora (Ho Wood) Oil, Rosmarinus officinalis (Rosemary Leaf) Extract*, Picea mariana (Black Spruce) Oil*, Boswellia carteri (Frankincense) Oil*, Aquilaria crassna (Agarwood) Oil, Commiphora myrrha (Myrrh) Oil*, Limonene**, Linalool**, Geraniol**, Citronellol**.

*Organic
+ Wild-crafted
^ EcoCert compliant
**Naturally occurring in essential oils

I love how they changed the facial oil bottles. They’re now short and squatty I love it. Let’s move onto the last item–the Divine Bio-Cellulose Mask. I am not a huge masking fan by any stretch. However, I do actually like a hydro-gel or bio-cellulose sheet mask. I might use an acid mask on occasion but it’s like once a month if that. There’s something cooling and refreshing about a bio-cellulose mask. I get their a waste of packaging and expensive, but they’re soothing, refreshing and cooling to my skin. I do think YINA hands down makes one of the best bio-cellulose masks on the market. Think soothing, adaptogenic herbs, no essential oils or fragrance beyond natural ingredients. You can use the serum to glide your NuFace across right after. I think the mask is plumping, hydrating and soothing and it actually fits my face well. I can’t say that for more than 80% of sheet masks. Details per YINA:

Inspired by the ancient wisdom of Chinese Medicine and created with modern alchemy, this bio-cellulose mask is formulated with east Asian medicinal herbs and skin-plumping peptides to enhance your skin’s self-renewal.

*PR products with no obligation to post. All thoughts are my own. I have purchased their products on my own in the past.