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11 Simple Travel Makeup And Skin Care Tips

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11 Simple Travel Makeup And Skin Care Tips

Guest Post by Chetana

I’m sure we all love travelling to get a much needed break from the monotonous and hectic life. Looking good and beautiful can be quite challenging while travelling, as it can be quite stressful, whether you’re covering a short distance or jetting halfway around the world. This article helps you to look beautiful and fresh even while travelling. With these helpful tips, you can face your next vacation, business trip or a family homecoming with utmost confidence.

Makeup and Skin Care Tips:

1. It is very important to moisturize your face well before travelling. Apply an intense moisturizer a night before the trip. This keeps your skin well hydrated while facing the dehydrating elements like cabin pressure. Apply a gel based moisturizer instead of cream based moisturizer, before heading for the journey to avoid your skin from getting oily.

2. Skip the foundation. It is important to let your skin breath while travelling. Most importantly, you wouldn’t want makeup dripping from your face before landing or reaching your destination. You must have noticed that celebrities often opt for a complete no makeup look while travelling. You can wear a tinted moisturizer if you want. Carry a facial mist with yourself to freshen up the face.

3. Apply waterproof gel based eyeliner or pencil liner on the lids and avoid applying kohl as they might smudge while travelling.

4. Skip long lasting lipsticks. They might sound appealing for a long journey, but they dry out and leave the lips parched and dehydrated.  Lip stain is a better option than long lasting lipsticks. Layer your lips with several coats of lip stains, let it dry and then top it with a clear gloss. This will keep the lip moisturized and provides a colour at the same. Reapply the gloss for a freshly applied look. Or, you can also apply a lip treatment or lip butter during the journey to keep the lips hydrated.

5. Watching back to back movies on a long flight or constant reading can leave you with watery eyes. Carry eye drops with yourself to lubricate or soothe the eyes while watching movies or to refresh your eyes after waking up from a nap. Or carry pre moistened eye pads or gel eye masks to soothe and refresh eyes during flight.

6. Avoid wearing mascara for a long journey. It will leave you with panda eyes or trail down the cheeks after waking up from a sleep.

7. Carry some blotting papers or rice paper to blot excess oil from the skin. This way you can dab the shine and excess oil off your skin without striping off the moisture.

8. Avoid touching your face while travelling. Your hand attracts a lot of unknown bacteria while travelling which can lead to breakouts and other skin problems, even if you touch your face unknowingly. If you want to touch up while travelling, then wash your hands with an antibacterial soap before touching the face.

9. Skip bright nail paints while travelling and stick to neutral and nude nail paint shades, as bright nail paints chip easily. Nude nail paints do not chip much and even if they do, they are less likely to get detected when you’re wearing nude hue nail paint.

10. Apply a soft, peachy shade of blush to get a nice flushed looks. Avoid bright pink or red shades of blush and avoid applying eye shadow completely.

11. Apply a hand cream liberally throughout the trip to prevent your hands from drying out.

Makeup and Skin Care Essentials:

a. Invest in a travel or skin care kit to keep you skin in check and hydrated while travelling. Avoid washing your face and hands with hotel soap.

b. Face wipes are an absolute essential while travelling. It is extremely handy especially while travelling in buses where you don’t have a sink nearby. Facial wipes are extremely important in clearing the grime and dirt from your face.

c. You don’t need to lug around your entire vanity for regular touch ups. Carry a handy mini or travel makeup kit while travelling. An Inglot customized palette would be a good recommendation. You can store a blush pan, a powder pan and 3 round refill pans where you can store you eye shadow, lip colour and concealer.

d. Do not cram your makeup brushes into your luggage as it can leave you with bent bristles and broken handles. Even better, pack your brushes in a separate pencil case to avoid damage. There are travel makeup brushes available which you can stock for travelling purpose.

e. Carry your personal shower gel, shampoo and conditioner while travelling. All three of them are available in travel sizes so availability shouldn’t be a problem as such.

Hope you liked the article. Please leave us a comment.

References:
http://www.stylecraze.com/articles/5-simple-make-up-tips-for-travellers/
http://www.stylecraze.com/articles/must-have-makeup-products-when-travelling/

All About Skin Tightening Treatments

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This Is One Of The Most Successful Cosmetic Procedures

Guest Post

Skin tightening treatments are today’s most successful cosmetic procedure. Respect and popularity for this procedure is growing every day as people find out how easy skin tightening treatments can be. This highly effective cosmetic procedure is safe and pain-free. Unlike surgery or laser resurfacing, you can see results after the first day of treatment. Each day people witness the positive results as they look in the mirror and see a younger version of themselves.

What are you looking for in a cosmetic procedure? Is time important to you? Currently, laser skin tightening procedure takes less time than any other procedure available. For today’s fast-paced lifestyles, that is a big advantage. You will also see results with less pain. Recovery time can drag on with other procedures. There isn’t a need for a long recovery period with laser skin tightening that would take you away from work, as other procedures would. A licensed cosmetic dermatologist can perform the skin tightening procedure for you, as an outpatient, in the comfort of his office. You will experience softer, firmer skin after the first visit.

Your skin as you age begins to lose its elasticity. Due to more exposure to the elements, the face is usually the first place you will see aging. Laser skin tightening can help remove the fine lines and wrinkles around your eyes. You will be so pleased that you’ll want to see how well it works on the sag lines around your mouth too. It has also been successful with firming the areas of the neck, arms, stomach, bottom and thighs.

Skin tightening treatment combines light energy with bipolar radio frequency waves. This sounds amazingly complex but with the help of conventional lasers, the radio waves work to warm up the collagen in your skin. The warmth then helps to promote the growth of new cells. Collagen is a key element found in the composition of your skin. This fibrous protein aids the skin’s flexible qualities to help us move. As we age, our collagen production slows down. This procedure gives the collagen in the areas treated an extra boost. The extra collagen growth will rejuvenate the skin, giving it a more youthful appearance.

Laser skin tightening is a safe, quick, and straightforward procedure. Generally, patients observe an improvement in their skin’s appearance with the first treatment session. Depending on the condition of your skin and what your needs are, the dermatologist will recommend the number of treatments you will need. Most specialists recommend up to 6 treatments. After a year, you can treat the areas that show standard signs of aging again. Once you see how easy this procedure is you will be glad you tried it!

Author Bio: Christine blogs about the fantastic results of non-invasive laser skin tightening treatments that will help keep your skin feeling young. She recommends that you visit the Skin Vitality website where you can get great information about their clinics. Also, check out www.skinvitality.ca/brampton to arrange a consultation at the Brampton clinic to see which services are right for you.

Why skincare serums are all the rage

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Why skincare serums are all the rage

To get the best results for gorgeous-looking skin, along with your cleanser, toner and moisturizer, add a face serum to your daily skin care routine. Serums are usually more potent and are designed to penetrate deeply into the skin to help provide essential nutrients and produce radiant-looking skin. With their ability to deliver essential nutrients and address very specific skin concerns, serums are rapidly growing in popularity.

Lakmé Youth Infinity has introduced the first ever sculpting serum with the 10 benefits of a facial in 1. Lakmé Youth Infinity Skin firming Serum is a daily deep action treatment to preserve your 20’s best youthful look. Recommended by Lakmé Salon experts and clinically tested, this serum increases skin’s luminosity and firmness, hydrates your skin and increases its sheen and fairness.

Unlike other skin products, these have a higher concentration of active ingredients. Lakmé Youth Infinity Skin firming Serum with its translucent pearly sheen has a luxurious feel. It is an intensive treatment that penetrates deeper into the skin giving you bright and tight, younger looking skin.

Play it safe

You’ve probably had to hunt for a day cream that’s right for your skin. But when it comes to serums, you won’t have that problem. Whatever your skin type is – dry, oily or combination, a serum will work for you! The Lakmé Youth Infinity Serum is a good pick. . It glides over skin, blending smoothly for an even application. The texture is so light and hydrating that it disappears into your skin – to give you that younger looking sculpted skin.


Layer well

Now that you know how to choose your serum, make sure you know how to use it. Cleanse your skin with facial foam, Lakmé Youth Infinity Serum for deep action treatment, moisturize and protect your skin using a day cream. Use an effective eye under eye cream to prevent from dark circles and wrinkles around your eye.

Get results

A serum is made up of smaller molecules than a regular cream. Hence, it gets absorbed into your skin faster. Lakmé Youth Infinity Skin Sculpting Serum makes your skin appear brighter, enhances skin’s firmness and elasticity making it look more radiant. Also it helps reduce roughness of skin and depth of wrinkles, blemishes, dark spots and pores.

So the right serum is your first step to looking drop dead gorgeous!

New Garnier White Complete Range

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The New Garnier White Complete range for 10/10 Complete Fairness

Revolution in Fairness
New Garnier White Complete

Are you still in search for that perfect fairness cream that gives you the 10/10 Complete Fairness you deserve? Look no further than the New Garnier White Complete, a multi action fairness cream with 10 benefits for complete fairness that you always wanted.

With the goodness of Active White, a revolutionary whitening ingredient with 10X the power of Vitamin C and Pure Lemon Essence, Garnier White Complete is the answer to instant whitening and lasting fairness. A fairness cream,with sun protection from SPF 17 and PA++, protects you from the harmful UV rays of the sun. The New Garnier White Complete multi action fairness cream leaves the skin feeling fresh and moisturised, with a healthy glow.

10 benefits for Complete Fairness

1. Instant Whitening
2. Sun Protection SPF17
3. Lasting Fairness
4. Glow
5. Deep Skin Whitening Actives
6. Skin Feels Fresh
7. Moisturizes Skin
8. Smoothens Skin
9. Anti-Dark Spots
10. Anti-Dullness

Garnier White Complete is the only cream that gives 10/10 Complete Fairness and is not heavy on the pocket. New Garnier White Complete is priced at Rs. 80 for 18g and Rs. 150 for 40g (also available in a sachet for Rs. 10). It has been dermatologically tested and suitable for all skin types. Try it today!

Have you tried the new Garnier White Complete ?

New Lakme Clean Up Range- Clear Pores

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New Lakme Clean Up Range- Clear Pores

This monsoon, enjoy a hot cuppa without having to worry about your skin. No matter how much we love the monsoons, the humidity in the air often creates havoc for our skin. The moisture laden air makes our skin prone to breakouts, blemishes, clogged pores and a constant oiliness that refuses to go. Enriched with green tea extracts, the new Lakmé Clear Pores CLEAN UP range is a salon-like cleanup giving you clear, matte skin.

Clogged pores are a major cause for concern among women. Pores can become clogged as a result of the accumulation of oil and dirt. Oily areas, most notably the T-zone, are usually home to the most noticeable pores. Having clear pores is necessary to prevent blackheads and acne, and is the first step to getting beautiful, radiant skin. A rich source of Salicylic acid and anti-oxidant; Green Tea is known to clear and soothe skin.

Created by Lakmé experts, Lakmé Clear Pores CLEAN UP range is enriched with goodness of green tea extracts that soothe and calm your skin and salicylic acid that helps prevent break-outs fight blemishes and reduce irritation.

Lakmé Clear Pores CLEAN UP is an easy-to-use professional clean-up range comes with three unique new formulations: a face wash to cleanse all visible dirt, a scrub to remove dead cells and a mask to reduce pores and tighten skin.

Expert’s Speak :

“A three step Clean-up is essential for any skin-care regime. It removes impurities from epidermis to give you clear, matte skin” – Daniel Bauer, Lakmé Expert

The Lakmé Clear Pores Ritual:

A professional weekly regime for salon-like clean up giving you clear matte skin

Step 1: FACE WASH

Wash your face with Lakmé Clean-Up Clear Pores Face Wash and prep your skin for a deep cleansing experience. This facewash cleanses all visible dirt and impurities, helps control exces oil build up and makes your skin feel tingling fresh and matte smooth.
• Squeeze a coin sized amount on your palms and lather up
• Gently massage your wet face for 30-60 seconds
• Rinse with water
• Use it at least twice a day for soft, clean and clear skin
• Available in 50gm and 100gm for Rs. 90 and Rs 160 respectively

Step 2: SCRUB

Designed specially for skin prone to breakouts, Lakmé Clean-Up Clear Pores Scrub is dermatologist tested and is non-comedogenic and hypoallergenic. This scrub helps get rid of dead cells, unclog pores, remove blackheads and gives you clear matte skin.
• Squeeze out sufficient amount of the face scrub to cover your face and neck
• Gently massage for 2-3 minutes in circular motion with fingertips, avoiding eye contour
• Concentrate around problem areas like nose, chin and forehead
• Rinse thoroughly and pat dry
• Use it twice a week, as required to get deeply clean and smooth skin
• Available in 50gm and 100gm at Rs. 110 and Rs.225 respectively

Step 3: MASK

Get that clear, matte skin with Lakmé Clean-Up Clear Pores Glow Mask as the absorbing power of clay helps remove excess oil and tighten pores. This mask helps soothe your skin, prevents breakouts and fights blemishes.
• Squeeze out a generous amount of mask and apply a thin film on your face and neck. Avoid the eye contour
• Allow it to dry for 5 to 7 minutes. Dab with water to soften it and gently rinse off
• Use it at least once a week, to get matte clear, clean skin
• Available in 50gm and 100gm at Rs. 110 and Rs.225 respectively
Lakmé Clean-up range also consists of:

Lakmé Clean-up Nourishing Glow


It gives you salon-like ‘deep cleansing’ for soft and radiant skin. This three step regime gives you soft and glowing skin as if you have just stepped out of a salon!

Lakmé Clean-Up Fresh Fairness Range

It gives you salon-like fresh and fair skin every day. So you can flaunt that fresh fairness, like you’ve stepped out of a salon!
Have you tried nay of the Lakme Clean Up Range ?

Learn How Vitamin Can Give You Vibrant Skin

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Learn How Vitamin Can Give You Vibrant Skin

A healthy and balanced diet, which is rich in key nutrients is beneficial not only to the overall health, thus helping to prevent the risk of various disorders, but also to a wrinkle-free, firm, elastic and glowing skin. Essential vitamins and minerals are crucial for a healthy, young-looking and radiant skin naturally. Almost all skin care products available on the market contain essential vitamins, because they are scientifically and clinically proven to support the natural beauty and health of the epidermis in the long run. The assimilation of these key vitamins can be achieved either by food intake or by vitamin supplementation. It is important to learn how vitamin can give you vibrant skin and below are the main benefits of essential vitamins for your skin.

1. Vitamin A ( Retinol and beta-carotene) is Essential For Skin and Cellular Health

This fat-soluble vitamin occurs naturally in foods either as retinol or as carotenes, such as beta-carotene which functions as pro-vitamin A. This is due to the fact that beta-carotene is converted into retinol within the small intestine. Vitamin A plays an important role in dermatology, because it helps the skin to maintain its health by supporting the active transformation of immature skin cells ( medically as keratinocytes) into full-fledged epidermal cells. A typical symptom of vitamin A deficiency is a dry and scaly skin. Both oral intake and topical application of vitamin A are highly beneficial to the skin, because retinol increases the thickness of the dermis, the deepest layer of the skin where wrinkles form.

Vitamin A is incorporated in various prescription skin care creams (such as for acne, psoriasis and rosacea) and non-prescription skin care creams and serum (such as anti-aging skin care products). These creams typically contain first-generation retinoids, which are derivatives of retinol. Vitamin A also boosts the production of collagen and elastin within the skin, which prevents and improves fine lines and wrinkles. In addition, it helps to restructure and reconstruct the tissues and it accelerates the healing of wounds and damaged skin. Food sources of vitamin A include green leafy vegetables (spinach, collard greens, dandelion greens, broccoli leaves), sweet potatoes, kale, carrots, tomatoes, papaya, apricots, kale, eggs, cantaloupe melons, peas and pumpkin. 

2. Vitamin B Complex Is Important In Skin Cell Metabolism

These water-soluble vitamins are essential for the regeneration of the skin cells and for a young-looking, glowing skin from within. The most important vitamins of the B complex are vitamin B2, also known as riboflavin, vitamin B5, also known as pantothenic acid, vitamin B3 (or niacin) and vitamin B7 (or biotin). A deficiency of vitamin B2 leads to the occurrence of seborrheic dermatitis, which consists of flaky, red and itchy skin. Vitamin B3 deficiency also causes dermatitis, eczema or skin rash, while vitamin B5 deficiency triggers the risk of acne. Niacin is highly important if you have a sensitive skin, prone to redness and irritation or a dry skin, which needs extra moisture. Vitamin B3 increases the production of ceramides, which are essential to keep moisture in and to prevent the occurrence of brown spots. Lack of vitamin B7 leads to a red, irritated and scaly skin often accompanied by eczema. Natural sources of vitamin B complex include whole grains ( oatmeal, maize, barley, wheat bran, rye, buckwheat, brown rice), green leafy vegetables, peanuts, cheese, soy milk and eggs.

3. Vitamin C Is a Potent Antioxidant For a Healthy And Naturally Glowing Skin

Free radical damage is linked to the occurrence of wrinkles and fine lines and it leads to a dull facial skin. In addition to functioning as a powerful natural antioxidant, highly effective against the oxidative stress that leads to signs of aging, vitamin C also increases the production of collagen within the deep layers of your skin. Collagen is responsible for making your skin suppler and firmer and for reducing age spots. A smooth, young-looking and naturally radiant skin requires daily intake of vitamin C, either from natural sources or from supplements Food sources which are rich in this water-soluble vitamin include almost all fruits ( such as strawberries, lemons, rose hips, papaya, acerola, apples, raspberries, kiwi) and vegetables such as cauliflower, red peppers, garlic, spinach, lettuce, tomatoes, parsley and broccoli. 

4. Vitamin E Is An Effective Antioxidant and Prevents Premature Skin Aging

This fat-soluble vitamin is one of the essential micronutrients for a young, wrinkle-free and healthy skin. Vitamin E is incorporated in all anti-aging skin care products, because it protects the skin cell membranes from oxidative stress and it helps to repair the damaged tissues. Vitamin E is clinically proven to improve the appearance of deep wrinkles, such as the ones occurring at the corner of the mouth and around the eyes, stretch marks and age spots. It can either be applied topically or ingested from various natural sources. Olive oil is extremely high in vitamin E and it is reported to be the elixir of youth used by Italian celebrities such as Sophia Loren who does not look her age at all. Other food sources of vitamin E include wheat germ oil, peanuts, almonds, hazelnuts, asparagus, avocado, sweet potatoes, leafy vegetables and sunflower oil.

Guest Author Bio:
Jennie Richard is a blogger for Dermatend-Skin Tag. She likes to blog on various health topics that are related to Skin care and Beauty.

Do you include these Vitamins in your diet and skin care ?

Olay Total Effects Moisturiser + Serum Duo Review

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Olay Total Effects 7 in 1 Moisturiser + Serum Duo Review

What the Company Claims: Olay Total Effects Moisturizer + Serum Duo – fragrance free is the most concentrated Total Effects formula for anti-aging skincare, designed to fight 7 signs of aging in one step, for visibly younger-looking skin.

• Skin has a soft, smooth, and youthful appearance
• Reduces the look of fine lines and wrinkles
• Protects skin with broad spectrum SPF 15

Olay Total Effects Moisturizer + Serum Duo – fragrance free combines the Total Effects moisturizer you love with an intense serum to fight 7 signs of aging:

1. LINES AND WRINKLES
2. LOSS OF FIRMNESS
3. VISIBLE PORES
4. UNEVEN TONE
5. UNEVEN SKIN TEXTURE
6. DRYNESS
7. DULLNESS

MRP: Rs.369/- for 20g

Directions:
• apply liberally 15 minutes before sun exposure
• reapply at least every 2 hours
• use water resistant sunscreen if swimming or sweating

Ingredients:

It comes in a small pump packaging with a plastic cap..which clasps tight and well..I love the golden swivel design on the packaging..

Its a light yellow colored cream..with a slight floral smell similar to the Pond’s Daily Spotless Day Cream..

Pump dispenses a little too much than required..I think the nozzle should have been smaller for controlled dispensing..coz just a pea sized amount is more than enough for the whole face and neck..its quite rich..but not greasy kinds..blends and settles easily..though gives a dewy finish for some time..I think it would be rich for oily skin..but since it is anti ageing..most people after a certain age..tend to have dry skin..and hence its perfect..

I am using it from a week..and cannot comment on the age spots and wrinkles claim..but its very hydrating..and I do not need to reapply it whole day..but since I am combination..I find it a little rich during the hot and humid days..

Pros:

1. Very hydrating.
2. Gives a dewy finish.
3. SPF 15..though its a little less..and if it would have been around 30..it could replace the use of separate sunscreen too…at times.
4. Niacinmide  (Vitamin B3) and Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E) both are beneficial for the skin.

Cons:

1. Expensive.
2. Not for oily skin.
3. Has parabens.
4. Pump dispenses a little too much..

Overall I would say its good for dry mature skin..and would work for them..very hydrating and skin gets the essential vitamins too..

Rating:

Quality: 3.75/5
Value for money: 3.5/5
Availability: 4/5

Overall Rating: 3.5/5

Would I buy it again: Maybe after a few years..

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P.S: I am trying out Olay Total Effects as a part of the product review program at BlogAdda.com 

Have you tried Olay Total Effects Moisturiser + Serum Duo ?

Keep your 20’s Sculpted look with Lakmé Youth Infinity

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Keep your 20’s Sculpted look with Lakmé Youth InfinityLakmé, India’s iconic beauty brand is known to innovate continuously and add new products to its repertoire across cosmetics, salon services and skin care. In its endeavor to address every woman’s intrinsic need for younger looking skin, Lakmé now introduces the revolutionary ‘Sculpting’ skin care range – Lakmé Youth Infinity.

Women love the radiant and youthful skin of their early 20’s. It is a time when skin is at its supple best, with great collagen support. As skin matures over time, it begins to look dull and loses its elasticity due to aging effects of the sun, environmental pollutants, and stress. Unveiling the most exciting beauty trends worldwide; the Sculpted Look is essentially the best of your 20’s skin – the firmness, the radiance and the youthfulness. Women have increasingly come to believe that the first step to gorgeous looking skin is that perfect Sculpted look. The sculpted look is what women of today, looking for youthful, tight and bright skin, desire most.

Recommended by Lakmé Experts, Lakmé Youth Infinity range consists of Insta-Collagen Boosters™ and Luminizing Pearls that tightens and brightens your skin. The range contains Peptides, Retinol & Retinol Boosters that stimulates collagen production, CLA enhances skin cell turnover, AHAs exfoliates dead cells, Glycerine restores & enhances moisture content and Niacinamide enhances visible skin lightening.

1st ever sculpting serum from Lakmé: The Youth Infinity Skin Firming Serum

An essential to get the 20’s sculpted look is the Youth Infinity Skin Firming Serum, the first ever sculpting serum from Lakmé.
Lakmé Youth Infinity Skin firming Serum with its translucent pearly sheen has a luxurious feel. It is an intensive treatment that penetrates deeper into the skin giving you bright and tight, younger looking skin. It glides over skin, blending smoothly for an even application. The texture is so light and hydrating that it disappears into your skin. Recommended by Lakmé Salon experts and clinically tested, this serum increases skin’s luminosity and firmness, hydrates your skin and increases its sheen and fairness. With the 10 benefits of a facial in 1, Lakmé Youth Infinity Skin firming Serum is a daily deep action treatment to preserve your 20’s best youthful look.

It increases:
• Skin luminosity – Making it appear brighter
• Fairness – Improving shade of skin color
• Glow – Making it more radiant
• Hydration- Transforming normal skin to well hydrated skin
• Firmness and elasticity of skin

It reduces:
• Roughness of skin and depth of wrinkles
• Sebum content of skin
• Blemishes
• Dark spots
• Line lines and pores

MRP: Rs. 899 – for 30 ml

Lakmé Youth Infinity Skin firming Day Créam

It is your daily dose of salon care that helps make your skin firm, while brightening it. With SPF 15 ++, the day cream protects skin from UVA & UVB rays. Luminizing pearl instantly brightens skin tone. Insta-Collagen Boosters™ helps improve elasticity to tighten skin. The Lakmé Youth Infinity Skin firming Day Créam leaves you with freedom from dullness, keeps skin young.
Clinically Proven, Dermatologist Tested

MRP: Rs. 699 – for 50g and Rs. 299 – for 20gm

Lakmé Youth Infinity Skin Firming Night Créam

It re-generates your skin’s own youthful brightness & tightness overnight.
Lakmé Youth Infinity Skin Firming Night Créam helps repair your skin while you sleep, giving you younger looking skin. It contains Niacinamide that brightens skin tone with regular use. The Insta-Collagen BoostersTM helps improve elasticity to tighten skin.
Non-comedogenic, Dermatologist Tested

MRP: Rs 699 – for 50gm

Lakmé Youth Infinity Skin Firming Eye Créam

The concentrated cream with Insta-Collagen Boosters™ refreshes tired eyes and diminishes puffiness and appearance of dark circles. It gives your eyes a brighter and younger look while soothing the delicate areas around. The luminizing pearl instantly brightens skin tone; while the Insta-Collagen BoostersTM help improve elasticity to tighten skin.
Non-comedogenic, Opthalmologist Tested, Suitable for contact lens wearers.

MRP: Rs. 475 – for 15gm

Lakmé Youth Infinity Skin Firming Facial Foam

This cleansing liquid transforms into light, rich foam and washes away all impurities, dirt & pollution without drying skin. It prepares skin for maximum absorption of the active ingredients in your skin care regime.

MRP: Rs. 450 – for 130ml

The Sculpting Ritual
For best results, it’s recommended combine the products with the Youth Infinity Sculpting Ritual. These salon-style massage techniques help the products penetrate deep into your skin to give you the maximum impact.

Stroke 1: Sculpt your neck
Using upward strokes massage the left side of your neck with your right hand. Move from above your collar bone towards your chin. Switch hands and massage the right side of the neck. Repeat twice.

Stroke 2: Sculpt your jaw
With long upward strokes, massage the sides of your face with your index and middle finger. Start at the chin moving up to the ears. Press firmly for a moment at the top. Repeat twice.

Stroke 3: Sculpt your smile
Using your index and middle fingers, work across your smile lines. Slowly travel up towards the nose following the same stroke. Repeat twice.

Stroke 4: Sculpt your cheeks
ALWAYS in upward strokes, using your fingers, gently massage from the sides of the chin to the top of the cheekbone, across the cheek. Release. Repeat twice.

Stroke 5: Sculpt your brows
With two fingers, hold up both brows to open up the eye area. Rub in a circle around the eye socket out to the temples. Repeat 3-4 times.

Proactiv Refining Mask Review

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Proactiv Refining Mask Review

What the Company claims: Proactiv Refining Mask

A good cleansing milk and moisturizer can keep your skin clean and well-hydrated. But sometimes the skin needs something extra, a bit of pampering occasionally. Moreover, if you happen to have a sensitive and pimple-prone skin, then it gets even more important for you to take special care of your skin.

Proactiv Refining Mask provides pampering that an oily, pimple-prone and sensitive skin needs. The facial mask acts as an acne treatment skin care product as it contains elements such as sulphur that effectively fights acne causing bacteria. The active ingredient in it absorbs excess oil, reduces the appearance of pore size, pacifies redness and improves the skin texture. It also works well on stubborn blackheads and whiteheads. Regular application of this facial mask will give your skin a smooth and radiant effect.

For best results, use it after Proactiv Renewing Cleanser and apply the Revitalizing Toner and moisturizer after washing-off the Proactiv Refining Mask. You can also make use of this mask as an over-night pimples treatment.

Rich, deep cleansing mask
Absorbs excess surface oils
Soothes inflammation and refines skin tone and texture
Reduces the appearance of pore size
Helps to boost the benefits of Proactiv Solution
Leaves skin feeling smooth and glowing throughout the day
Great for emergency pimple treatment

MRP: Rs.600/- for 70g

Active Ingredients: Sulfur 6%

Inactive Ingredients: water (aqua), kaolin, glycereth-26, linoleic acid, cetearyl alcohol, magnesium aluminum silicate, ceteareth-20, sodium lauroyl sarcosinate, linolenic acid, cymbopogon schoenanthus extract, geranium maculatum extract, melaleuca alternifolia (tea tree) leaf oil, tocopherol, tocopheryl acetate, butylene glycol, hydrated silica, ethoxydiglycol, ethylparaben, methylparaben, fragrance (parfum), titanium dioxide (CI 77891), zinc oxide (CI 77947)

Directions:

It comes in a normal white tube packaging..and is like a thick cream in texture..this thing is magic for people who suffer from breakouts !

It smells strongly of sulphur..I am a combination skin.and when used as a mask all over, its a little drying..though it tightens the pores and they appear smaller in size and mattifies the skin..I need a moisturiser over this..

But when used as an overnight pimples treatment, I have never seen anything better in life !! To sum up in one line, if you suffer from breakouts, this will be your BFF !

It works like magic..truly..I got a small zit..and in one night it was totally shrunk with no redness..and after second night, there is no trace of it at all..

Those who suffer from a lot of acne I think it would work great for them as a mask..and more so along with the entire Proactiv kit..

Pros:

1. Does what it claims.
2. Works like magic on pimples.
3. Easy to carry around.
4. Its expensive..but when used only on zits you hardly need a little amount..and 70g would last really long.

Cons:

1. Available online only.
2. They have Rs,150/- additional shipping and handling.
3. Has parabens.

Overall I would say its an amazing product..why did’nt I find you earlier Refining Mask ?! :p For those of you with oily- combination or acne prone skin, this is going to be your BFF ! Go Grab it..

You can order it HERE

Rating:

Quality: 4.5/5
Value for money: 4/5
Availability: 3.5/5

Overall Rating: 4/5

Would I buy it again: Definitely

Have you tried the Proactiv Refining Mask yet ?

P.S: PR Sample. Honest Review.

Nivea Total Face Cleanup Review

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Nivea Pure Effect Total Face Cleanup Review

What the Company claims: Nivea pure effect total face cleanup enriched with Active Magnolia Extract provides you 5 benefits for Pure and Clear skin:

• Its unique cleansing complex deeply washes off skin impurities.
• Its peeling particles unclog pores and purify skin from blackheads.
• Left on as a pack for a few minutes will refine skin’s appearance and support a perfect complexion.
• Its anti-bacterial formulation helps fight spot causing bacteria & gives visibly pure skin.
• Is soft and gentle to skin due to its mild formula.

Directions:
Step 1: Apply the product to moistened face by smoothly massaging in upward circles focusing on forehead, nose & chin, avoiding the eye area.
Step 2: Spread evenly across face & leave for 3-4 minutes.
Step 3: Rinse off with lukewarm water to get the perfect complexion.

MRP: Rs.99/- for 50ml, Rs.199/- for 150ml

Ingredients:

It comes in a normal tube packaging with a flip cap..is off white in color with small blue granules..has a minty salty smell..its quite creamy and runny in consistency..so spreads easily..

I love multi tasking products..and this is 3 in 1..face wash, scrub and mask..you can carry only this when travelling..and be sorted..

It does not foam as a face wash..I am not a foaming fan..if you prefer foaming face washes, you would not like this as a face wash..works decent for me.

As a scrub, the particles are quite small..this is good for people with sensitive skin..who cannot bear those harsh scrub particles..I like it coz I many a times forget scrubbing..and this does the work when using it normally like a face wash too..though very mild as a scrub.

As a mask, its amazing..as it has kaolin it dries fast..just 3-4 minutes is all you need..the kaolin clay would absorb all the oil..and keep skin fresh..love it in this summers..

Dry skin would find it drying..and need a moisturiser after this..its meant for normal to oily skin..and it surely is for them..


Pros:

1. Does what it claims.
2. Multi tasking.
3. Travel friendly.
4. Would work well for normal to oily, combination and sensitive skin too.
5. Economical.
6. Reduces appearance of pores when used as a mask.

Cons:

1. Dry skin will need a moisturiser after this.
2. Would not help in removing blackheads or reducing spots.

Overall I do like this..its decent as a face wash, mild as a scrub but amazing as a mask…but multi tasking is all we need in today’s world, don’t we ? 😉 Surely recommend it..

You can get a free sample of Nivea Total Face Cleanup HERE. Just click on send me a sample..and try on your own.. and also participate in “5 minutes to Beauty” contest- where you can post your “5 minutes to beauty stories” on the microsite- www.just5mins.in- and stand a chance to win an evening with Parineeti Chopra.

Rating:

Quality: 3.75/5
Value for money: 4/5
Availability: 4/5

Overall Rating: 3.75/5

Would I buy it again: Yes

Have you tried Nivea Total Face Cleanup ??