A friend of mine used to work for Clarins and she introduced me to the brand, I became a massive fan of the Instant Smooth primer. I ran out of all the samples I had acquired and really felt like there was always something missing in my routine.
Well hello, to the sunny weather! I dug out my gradual tanner to get a bit of colour in my life. Then realised my face was still awfully pale, I shy away from face tanners as I am so pale and none seem to work. Then browsing the Clarins website this little beauty just slipped into my virtual basket. Oh and it was love. This is the Instant Smooth primer with a self tanner that builds up after time. It gives such a nice glow of radiance and the colour isn't too much. It's a two in one products and you only need a very small amount as it goes a long way. Such a bargain in my eyes and even though it pained me to pay this much for something (I'm all about savings!) I don't regret it one bit for these summer months. The only downside is in the pot it does have the horrible fake tan smell but once it's on the face this goes! Definitely a staple for the summer months.
I have never fallen in love with a cream as much as I have with this one. When I heard about it, I did really want to try it, and I was supposed to be getting it in a beauty box but for some reason or another it didn't make an appearance in mine! Then looking online I couldn't part with my £12.95 for something I wasn't sure how my skin would react to. But then luckily a pot appeared in a beauty box I received last month and I was over the moon!
After trying it out for about a month now I feel that I can write a better review on this product. I have used it everyday, putting it on my face just before I go to sleep. I have also been suffering with dry hands, so I have been using it as a hand cream also. You can use it anywhere really but this is what I have been trying out. Firstly, it smells amazing! It has a subtle scent of lavender and gosh it's lovely to put on your skin last thing at night! I find the scent really relaxing and calming. When I put the cream on my face I feel as though it sits there, but when I wake up in the morning- no trace! Not oily or anything and my skin is just amazingly soft! This is now my go to cream. I have combination skin, sometimes its dry, sometimes its oily and I do get breakouts so trying new things is not something I like doing but with this product I am having no problems.
You get a lot of product for the size of the pot as I find with this product a little does go a really long way, but you can always put more on if you feel the need to. I'm going to continue using this product as I'm really getting on with it and who knows it may be standing in line for a re-purchase! With the rate it's going at the moment I am almost certain. There are many different styles of tin you can buy and it's so hard to choose which one to get!
Steam Cream.
Product review time!
I heard so much about the Bourjois chocolate style products and being a white chocolate loveruvauva I thought I would try the Highlighting powder. Also, not owning a highlighter I thought this would be a good purchase. I bought mine off Ebay for about £6.
Upon receiving it I was so excited to smell it and see if it does really smell like white chocolate! All I can say to everyone who has said this is- what white chocolate have you been smelling? To me this smells nothing like chocolate- just very powdery! So this was a major disappointment to me.
There is a lot of product for your money, so in this respect it is a really good purchase. To highlight I would just put my finger in and apply to areas such as my cheeks. I found with a brush I didn't see any highlight to my face. When you swatch with your finger you get quite a good amount of product but for some reason it doesn't transfer to your face.
I don't want to write a bad review but I was a little disappointed with this product. As I said for the money you can't complain at how much product you get but if you want a strong visible highlighter then this isn't really the one for you. But if you want a subtle highlighter then I would say this would be a good product!
6/10
