Timeless Beauty: Luxury Items Must-Haves

- by Brenda Chan - 

“For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.” - Audrey Hepburn

Although I very much agree with this saying, looking beautiful outside is as important as having a good soul, especially when we are living in a time where appearance matters. Like most of you, I like to try different new beauty products to experiment their effects. Some give the results they claim, some just don’t work at all. What I found is that the ones that often work are the luxury brand beauty items. With advanced technologies and exquisite ingredients, these high-end products deliver excellent performance and results. Below is a list of some of my favourite luxury beauty items.

Radiant, Flawless Complexion 

To create a glowy complexion with ultimate radiance, Guerlain L'Or Radiance Concentrate With Pure Gold Make-Up Base is always my go-to pick for primer. This beautiful, golden makeup base is sprinkled with pure 24-carat gold flakes. These precious flakes give skin divine and unfailing radiance. The skin is smooth, supple and satiny, ready for perfect and long-lasting makeup.

Guerlain L'Or Radiance Concentrate With Pure Gold Make-Up Base

For a perfect, flawless finish, I would use Chanel Perfection Lumiere Long-Wear Flawless Fluid Makeup SPF 10. This multi-faceted long-lasting wear gives a matte finish with radiance and color, thanks to the Perfect Skin Affinity Complex. It perfects all imperfections with adjustable coverage, and ensures a second-skin effect and perfect hold for 15 hours.

Chanel Perfection Lumiere Long-Wear Flawless Fluid Makeup SPF 10

Youthful-Looking Skin

To get beautiful, youthful skin, choosing an effective product for fighting signs of aging such as wrinkles, dark spots and sagginess is very important. My all-time favourite is Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair Synchronized Recovery Complex II. When my experiment with other new products fails, this is ALWAYS the item that I return to for a promising, visible result. With innovative repair technology, it delivers comprehensive and precise night-time repair by fights all major signs of visible aging. In just 4 weeks, I found my lines and wrinkles are reduced, and my skin feels smoother, younger, more radiant and even toned.

Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair Synchronized Recovery Complex II

Alternatively, La Prairie Skin Caviar Liquid Lift is another excellent product for restoring firmness and elasticity to your skin. It gives the look and feeling of an instant lift and helps increase firmness and over time. By protecting epidermal stem cells, it helps the skin act younger. It rebuilds skin to fill in existing wrinkles, and softens facial expressions to prevent new lines and wrinkles.

La Prairie Skin Caviar Liquid Lift

Shiny, Soft Pout 

How could you miss the lips? A full, shiny and dewy pout is the key element for creating your desired makeup look. This is the product that I make sure I’ll have in my makeup bag – Yves Saint Laurent Rouge Pur Couture Vinyl Cream Creamy Stain. This high-coverage liquid lip color gives your lips ultimate shine, comfort, and all-day wear. Ideal for lip contouring, it dresses your lips in vibrant color with high-impact vinyl shine. The creamy formula provides a very comfortable touch on your lips and does not leave them dry. Coming in a variety of shades, it is a perfect lip product for achieving different beauty looks. 

Yves Saint Laurent Rouge Pur Couture Vinyl Cream Creamy Stain

If you are like me who like to experiment new beauty products, definitely don’t miss out on the above items! They are on discount on COSME-DE.COM from now till Mar 19^th. Get them and you’ll be amazed with their results!  

New Year Sitewide Sale! Enjoy Up to 25% off Your Order!

- by Caroline Hastings-Brown -

It’s a New Year, a new chance and the potential and possibilities are endless! Time to look back on 2016 and think about what worked for you, what didn’t. Time to think about all the blessings you have in your life, with gratitude. Time to think about how you can improve as a human being, and what you are going to do to smash 2017 out the ballpark and make it the best year of your life!

We’re coming to YOUR party!

And, to help you make 2017 special, beautiful and very cost effective, COSME-DE is, as always, ready to come to YOUR party. By arranging a site wide sale on thousands of products, and hundreds of the world’s most amazing brands, for 4 days, just to make sure YOU have a very happy new year!

Grab everything for 15-25% off!

So, between 30 December 2016 and 2 January 2017, get ready for the party by spending USD180 / AUD180 / HKD800 / GBP180 or above, and grab yourself a cool 15% off your purchases by using the code: NEWYEAR15 when you check out!

It’s not difficult to do, so we have made sure that there is even more available for you when you spend USD380 / AUD380 / HKD2,000 / GBP380 or above and use the code NEWYEAR25 at check out for a cool 25% discount! So, you can have the best beauty products and the latest makeup looks in 2017, and still have cash to splash on going out and showing off your gorgeous look!

Four of the ultimate beauty must-haves for 2017

The divinely effective and universally acclaimed SK-II Facial Treatment Essence. Also known as the ‘Miracle Water’, SK-II Facial Treatment Essence has over 90% Pitera™, the highly effective ingredient discovered over 30 years ago that remains essentially unchanged till today. Want breathtakingly crystal clear skin within 14 days? Look no further than this! Spots are less visible, the appearance of wrinkles is reduced, skin texture is refined, firmness is improved, and radiance is beautifully elevated. Happy 2017! 

SK-II Facial Treatment Essence

If you suffer from dry skin, there is a must-have product for your skin care regime - LANCÔME Re-Hydrating Comforting Toner. A silky, soft moisturizing formula gently tones and immediately rehydrates the complexion. It is instantly soothing and especially adapted to the needs of dry skin, with honey and almond seed extract for perfectly clean, soft and comforted skin.

LANCÔME Re-Hydrating Comforting Toner

Another year gone by means another year added to your age. This is very attractive as age brings wisdom and insight. However, there is no need to accept the visible signs of aging along with the wisdom, if you don’t want to! Make sure fine lines under the eyes don’t become a prominent feature, with  Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair Eye Synchronized Complex II! Repair any visible damage around the eyes with this silky serum-gel that helps dramatically reduce the look of every visible sign of aging, by effectively diminishing the appearance of lines, wrinkles, puffiness and dark circles. 

Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair Eye Synchronized Complex II

So, to finish off making 2017 the year when you turn back time and look even younger and more beautiful than ever, give yourself a beauty treat with Laura Mercier Loose Setting Powder. Infused with the finest French cashmere talc, this powder looks and feels natural. And what’s even better, unique light-reflecting ingredient creates a "soft-focus" appearance that smoothes fine lines and imperfections as it sets your makeup.

Laura Mercier Loose Setting Powder

Here’s to new beginnings, a new you and a year full of happiness and beauty!

Best Buy Black Friday & Cyber Monday Deals

By Brenda Chan
 

It’s that time of the year again! Black Friday and Cyber Monday! The time when you can go on a shopping spree in department stores and on the Internet where products are reduced to absolutely low prices, and everyone is grabbing as soon as they can before stock runs out. This year, COSME-DE.COM has prepared great discounts on a wide range of beauty products plus free gifts for you! Are you ready for some crazy shopping spree? Let’s get started!

Spend On Your Favorite Products and Get Free Gifts

So, here is how it goes. When you spend a minimum amount on your favorite cosmetics and skincare products at amazing discounted prices on our website, you get a free gift as well. There are 4 tiers of minimum spending and you’ll get a different free gift from each of them. To give you a hint, if you reach the highest tier of spending, you get a full-sized perfume! Really! Isn’t that amazing?

Enjoy Discounted Price on Signature Items

For this Black Friday & Cyber Monday, we offer great discounts on many signature products that you love or have always wanted to try. Here’re just a few of the discounted items.

First, we have the holy grail of moisturizers – La Mer The Moisturizing Cream (Creme de la Mer)! This is the moisturizer many people love or would like to get their hands on. Containing nutrient-rich, highly potent Miracle Broth™, skin becomes softer, firmer, looks virtually creaseless in a short time. Aging lines and pores become noticeably less visible. Now is the perfect chance to get this amazing cream with a 26% discount!

La Mer The Moisturizing Cream (Creme de la Mer)

Next, Japanese skincare products are renowned for their anti-aging effect. SK-II Facial Treatment Clear Lotion is infused with Pitera™ and AHA to gently exfoliate dead skin cells and impurities, revealing a clarified, glowy skin that is ready for your skincare regimen. 

SK-II Facial Treatment Clear Lotion 

Eyes and lips tell about your age so it’s important to take good care of them. Sisley Sisleÿa Eye & Lip Contour Cream is an age-defense formula with active ingredients such as Matricaria, Licorice, Wheat proteins and vitamins E, B5 and F, which help counter the formation of visible lines and wrinkles, minimizes under-eye puffiness, dark circles and signs of fatigue. 

Sisley Sisleÿa Eye & Lip Contour Cream

To have radiant, firmer and younger skin, try SkinCeuticals Phloretin CF. This highly potent essence protects skin cells by shielding their DNA from environmental attack in the deeper layers of the epidermis. It also boosts the skin’s collagen and elastin levels, making it firmer, more radiant, and younger-looking. 

SkinCeuticals Phloretin CF

4 Tiers Of Minimum Spending And Get A Free Gift

If you spend of a minimum of USD 150/ AUD 150/ HKD 800 or above, simply enter the code “BLACKFRIFREE” at check out and you will get a FREE Marc Jacobs Daisy Eau So Fresh Eau de Toilette (0.04oz, 1.2ml). 

For a minimum spend of USD 250/ AUD 250/ HKD 1800 or above, simply enter the code “CYBERMONFREE” at check out and you will get a FREE Estée Lauder Stress Relief Eye Mask (1 sheet). 

If you spend of a minimum of USD 350/ AUD 350/ HKD 2800 or above, simply enter the code “THANKSGIVING” at check out and you will get a FREE Guerlain Super Aqua Lotion (1.3oz, 40ml). 

For the highest and most attractive tier, if you spend of a minimum of USD 450/ AUD 450/ HKD 3800 or above, simply enter the code “FREESCENTS16” at check out and you will get a FREE full-sized perfume at random selection! Think DKNY MYNY Eau de Parfum. This eclectic and passionate fragrance reflects the scent of New York city that we love – urban, carefree, spirited!

Ready, set, go! The Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales start from 25 Nov – 30 Nov, get ready to get your beloved products at attractive prices! 

Singles’ Day Discounts: Gorgeous, Single, And Free To Mingle!

by Caroline Hastings-Brown

I do not need an excuse to buy gorgeous gifts for myself, but I know some people do, so here it is! On 11/11 is the Singles’ Day Festival. You, see, 4 ones all lines up, on their own? The holiday originated in China, called Guannggun Jie, and it will be in its 8^th year in 2016.

This modern “folk” holiday is all about celebrating being proud to be single. And yes, being single is super fun! You are free to do as you please. And as this is a recently created holiday, the tradition is………online shopping! Yes, I know, as if we needed an excuse! Singles’ Day is the perfect time to jump online and treat yourself! And especially at COSME-DE.COM where we are always looking for ways to give more! All discounts valid from 9 – 14 November 2016.

Shop Online And Get More For Your Money

So, let your fingers do the hard work, and get yourself major discounts and free gifts when you shop at COSME-DE.COM for all the best, the latest and the greatest skin and makeup products. Spend USD 260 (US site) / USD 260 (RMB 1742) (China site) / AUD 300 (Australia site) / HKD 1600 (Hong Kong site) and you get 15% off your order! Treat yourself just a little more (we all know the latest beauty products are ESSENTIAL) and get a whopping 20% off your order of USD 300 (US site) / USD 300 (RMB 2031) (China site) / AUD 390 (Australia site) / HKD 2000 (Hong Kong site). Go the whole way by spending USD 510 (US site) / USD 510 (RMB 3452) (China site) / AUD 580 (Australia site) / HKD 3500 (Hong Kong site) or above, and not only will you save an incredible 28% on your entire order, but you will receive one of our gorgeous free gifts as well!

Thanks, Estée Lauder

Estee Lauder is definitely a major player when it comes to being one of the biggest beauty brands in the world. This powerhouse of a business lady is an inspiring icon to women and girls all over the world. And we are giving away free Estee lauder gifts with your spend!

How do you feel about a free stress relief eye mask? Singles are known to be the best partiers, so if you have had a few too many late nights and good times, don’t let it show around the eyes! Estée Lauder Stress Relief Eye Mask helps prevent moisture loss and gives additional moisturization to dehydrated skin. Puffiness around eyes is visibly reduced. Try this revitalizing, 10-minute mask treatment for the vulnerable area under the eye, diminishing puffiness and signs of fatigue. A targeted concentration of anti-stress and anti-fatigue ingredients relax and refresh the skin around the eye. That’s better! 

Estée Lauder Stress Relief Eye Mask 

And we all know the most important feature of the face is….the eyes. The windows to the soul. Make sure your windows are beautifully framed with Estée Lauder Double Wear Zero Smudge Lengthening Mascara. Get big, beautiful and wide-open eyes with lashes seductively curled, intensely lifted and highly defined.

And it’s super party-friendly because it resists high temperatures, high humidity and perspiration and holds an expertly separated, smudge-free lash look with 15-hour staying power. 

Estée Lauder Double Wear Zero Smudge Lengthening Mascara

And after all the fun you had you need to get some refreshing sleep and rest, make sure your beautiful face is as clean as could be with Estée Lauder Perfectly Clean Multi Action Foam Cleanser. The formula thoroughly cleanses and gently exfoliates skin without drying, leaving it soft, smooth, supple, comfortable. 

Estée Lauder Perfectly Clean Multi Action Foam Cleanser

So, be young, be free, be single and happy! It’s your time!

Celebrity Makeup Trends for Autumn 2016

One thing is for sure when it comes to autumn makeup trends for 2016 – there is no room for “shy and subtle”! It’s bold and beautiful all the way with exciting looks that you can use or lose to suit yourself and your individuality. Celebrities embraced this move to major makeup statements with joy – from Katy Perry to Kate Upton, Karlie Kloss to Salma Hayek, those who know their worth know they can rock this season’s boldest looks with pride!

Strong lips

If there is only one trend you embrace this autumn, make it the bold lip! Seen everywhere, on everyone, it is the return of the mouth! On-trend favourites are the darkest, deepest reds for a gothic vibe – think lacquered black cherry for a decadent look. Or try Giorgio Armani Rouge Ecstasy Excess Moisture Rich Lipcolor in the dark, rich “403 Downtime” shade. The intense and highly pigmented formula is ideal for this season’s look. 

Giorgio Armani Rouge Ecstasy Excess Moisture Rich Lipcolor

If deep burgundy and plum are not quite your thing, you can still do the bold lip – but go bright. Brighter than you have ever gone before in an array of shades – from candy apple red to fuchsia pink and bright blue and purple, there is no escaping this major lip trend, so choose your palette, get lippy and be strong and proud!

Dark eyes

The other big one that you will see everywhere is the smoky, sensual or downright graphic appeal of dark, dark eyeliner. From a subtle smudge to a great graphic block, the eyes have it with black, black and more black. Black is the new black, so choose your extremity and line those beautiful eyes of yours to add intensity and autumn style to your look. For one product that can produce a myriad of eye looks, go for Estée Lauder Little Black Liner (Thick. Thin. Ultra-Fine.) in Onyx. The three different application results all deliver an even, easy liner that is so adaptable. 

Estée Lauder Little Black Liner (Thick. Thin. Ultra-Fine.) 

Dazzle with glitter

Now, I did mention that autumn’s looks are bold so here goes – who fancies splashes of glitter on their face? I do! Keeping it interesting on the autumn catwalks was a razzle dazzle of glitter. From a gentle dusting on the eyelids for a pretty daytime look to a bold splash going from brow bone to cheek bone, it was time to shine! And this is so versatile – you can glam it up strongly if you are going to a club and be right on trend, or just add a hint of sparkle to your office look to keep your look right up to date.

The Illuminati

And, last but not least, healthy, The Illuminati glowing skin is never out of style. This autumn, glowing skin went to a whole new level with iridescent powders on cheeks, eyelids and lips to add that extra element of radiance and dewiness. The perfect product for this is Guerlain Meteorites Light Revealing Pearls of Powder incorporating Guerlain’s exclusive Stardust Technology, each pearl contains a spherical light-creating polymer, which transforms light invisible to the naked eye into a pure and endless glow on the skin. A subtle blend of matte, rosy and radiant blue-toned white pearls, combined with corrective coloured pearls – yellow to counter redness, pink for freshness and mauve to catch the light – Guerlain Meteorites Light Revealing Pearls of Powder light up the face in an illuminating and corrective halo to give endless radiance. 

Guerlain Meteorites Light Revealing Pearls of Powder

So, boldly and brightly we will forge ahead into autumn, with makeup to inspire and to make a statement!

Lay The Right Foundation For Flawless, All Day Beauty

While I am an absolute fan of the ‘barely there’ no makeup look that has been popular for a long while now, there are some situations where it just doesn’t cut it! Like, when you need to take over the world, or get married, or win an Oscar, or globe trot from boardroom to boardroom. Or just get through a long, hot, rainy, cool, sweaty, busy day. You don’t really want makeup migration in all directions all over your face. You don’t need a little meltdown at the wedding. What you do need, is a handy long-lasting foundation, there for you through thick and thin, something with a bit of backbone!

Beauty Tech is our friend!

Some long-lasting foundations had a bad reputation in the past, for being cakey and drying out the skin. Well, technology in beauty and makeup is definitely our friend and the formulations are silky, smooth and lightweight, they don’t dry out the skin and yet last and last when you need them most!

So, whatever is on your skincare ‘be gone with you’ list – be it dark circles, scars, blemishes, pigmentation, redness, visible pores or any other gremlins, it’s worth finding yourself one of the foundation friends that does not abandon you after a paltry couple of hours!

Prime spot

One of the best ways to ensure your makeup stays put while you get around, is to use a primer under your makeup. Primers don’t have an immediate visible effect, but they do work hard for their money – minimising the appearance of pores and keeping the foundation on top firmly in place. Laura Mercier has a winner with its Foundation Primer. A colourless, lightweight creamy gel that creates an invisible layer that acts as a buffer to outside elements. It keeps your makeup looking fresh and colour-true all day. As an added bonus it contains Vitamins A, C, and E, which are antioxidants and protect the skin from harmful, aging effects of the environment. If you are in a warm weather climate, you can keep it in the fridge before applying for a refreshing blast that reduces puffiness.

Laura Mercier Foundation Primer

Keep going!

Once you have done your preparation, it’s time to choose your hard worker! A product that stops me from doing a Cinderella and leaving at midnight is Guerlain Tenue De Perfection Timeproof Foundation Ultimate Lasting Perfection SPF 20 / PA++. It is a delight when it comes to colour and texture, with a velvety soft finish. It blends into my skin for a perfect-looking complexion, and then it lasts, and lasts, and last! After-party anyone? 

Guerlain Tenue De Perfection Timeproof Foundation Ultimate Lasting Perfection SPF 20 / PA++

Another favourite long-wearing foundation is Estée Lauder Double Wear Stay-in-Place Makeup SPF 10. Like Estée herself, this foundation is hard working and innovative. A worry-free 15 hours of staying power that stays fresh and natural-looking for all the activity we can dream of getting up to! It also comes in a wide range of colours so you can match your skin tone perfectly! 

Estée Lauder Double Wear Stay-in-Place Makeup SPF 10

Magic mist!

So, you’ve primed your face, used a long-lasting foundation and done the rest of your makeup and you can’t help a little ‘wow’ as you look in the mirror! You need your makeup to stay EXACTLY like this all day! There is one more trick, used by catwalk makeup artists everywhere – it’s fixing spray! These are fine mists, often with nourishing and cooling properties that set your makeup ‘just so’. Yes! A magic mist that keeps your game face on all day! A brilliant fixing spray is Clinique Moisture Surge Face Spray Thirsty Skin Relief. It helps set makeup, replenish thirsty skin, and restore moisture equilibrium. Its gentle texture provides an immediate feeling of freshness and well-being, leaving the skin soft and supple. Just spritz and be merry! 

Clinique Moisture Surge Face Spray Thirsty Skin Relief

So, it’s easy to keep super girl’s makeup exactly where she wants it – all day, and right into the club! Hear hear!