Genuine Product or Imitation?     Back to Product Education Page

            In order to determine whether a product is an imitation, the authentic one should be referenced. The box of the Day Cream has violet blue, gold and burgundy red colors. The violet blue makes up 60%, and the burgundy red makes up 20%. The gold foil strip separates the blue and red sections and occupies 20% of the face of the box. The first important thing to look for is the Valanna® just above the "Whitening Sunblock Cream (Day Cream)" in the blue section (See Figure 1.A). The second important thing to look for is a flowery background in the burgundy red section (See Figure 1.B). The third important thing to look for is a two line date at the bottom of the box. The first line is the manufacturing date and the second line is the expiration date (See Figure 2). The last thing is the ridges on the gold foil strip that can be felt by your fingers. The whole box is shiny in color. 

            When the box is opened, the inside of the box has the same flowery background in burgundy red. There is an additional folded box that is gold color on the outside and violet blue flowery background on the inside. The gold on the outside has a big 88 in a circle. There is also small 88 and Valanna printed all over (See figure 3):

            The jar has a hot pink cap and a rainbow colored stamped on top. There is a gold ring around the jar below the cap, and a white p on the inside when the cap is opened (See Figure 4). 

            At the bottom of the jar is a blue, red and gold sticker. There is a red circle in the middle that has a gold 88 symbol, and Valanna printed in the blue section towards the outside of the sticker (See Figure 5A). The last important distinction of an authentic product is an engraved 88®Valanna® symbol just above the sticker at the base of the jar, and it can be felt by your fingers when touched (See Figure 5B).