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!  

Happy Chinese New Year! Grab Your Red Pockets and Enjoy Site-Wide Discount!

- by Caroline Hastings-Brown - 

It’s Spring festival time! Whether you call it Lunar New Year, Chinese New Year or Spring Festival, this special time of year is determined due to the cycles of the moon and the turn of the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar.

Festival Traditions

A time of celebration, family gatherings and reunions, the wishing of good fortune, happiness and good will for everyone. One of the traditions of this time of year is to give money in red paper envelopes. So, we thought about coming to each and every one of your homes with a red envelope, but it’s logistically impossible as you, our dear customers, come from every corner of the globe. So, we came up with a much better idea.

Red Pocket Romance

So, at COSME-DE.COM we have created an online version of this, just for you! All over our site, that houses the latest and most popular beauty brands in the world, at the very best prices, with free shipping, we have created ‘Red Pockets’ for you to enjoy cash off, percentage discounts AND free gifts when you buy your favourite brands and products. So, between 26 January and 4 February….

Cash, Percentage Off AND Free Gifts!

All you need to do is to log in our website, and you can dip into a red pocket up to 4 times a day and receive a cash discount, a percentage off your spend OR a free gift.

Free gifts include the innovative Japanese brand SK-II’s Power Radical New Age Cream, the much-loved Estée Lauder Multi Action Foam Cleanser, the romantic Chloe ‘Love Story’ Eau de Parfum, the highly effective Eminence Clear Skin Probiotic masque, dreamy Marc Jacobs ‘Dream’ Eau de Parfum, a skin-rejuvenating Sulwasoo Renewing Kit or a magnificent mane enhancer, the RENE FURTERER Professional Hair Care products! 

All you need to do is click and open your red pockets, and receive the offers inside. Your offer codes would be saved and shown in “My loyalty Discount “under “My Account” section.

And There Is More! Site-Wide Promotion Discounts

But wait, that is not all! To make sure that the year of the Rooster is truly a beautiful one, there is a site-wide promotion discount too!

·         Let off a firecracker in e-celebration when you spend USD 450 / USD 450 / AUD 600 / HKD 3400 / £360 or above and get 22% off your order total and a FREE Valentine's Gift Box.

Make January and the Spring Festival time is a truly special occasion of beauty, bounty, good cheer and fortune for all!

Product Review on DIAMBEAUTÉ Supreme Refining Cream by Amea Sandars

- by Caroline Hastings-Brown -

No one does beautiful skin quite like the French! Check out Amea Sanders’ product review of the luxurious DIAMBEAUTÉ Supreme Refining Crème. Encased in exquisite packaging, this whipped cream-textured moisturiser contains black truffle, 24 carat gold and diamond powder. Amea discusses the hydration qualities and how she uses this special product so that a little goes a long way. Find out how to erase fine lines, improve skin clarity and fight free radicals the French way!

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DIAMBEAUTÉ Supreme Refining Crème 

Start New Year with A Bang! 2017 Must-Have Best Sellers

- by Caroline Hastings-Brown -

We all have our different skin types, beauty needs and preferences. However, there are some products that are just so fantastic that everyone loves them. And votes for them by purchasing them from the COSME-DE site, time after time. So, to give you a special New Year treat in 2017, we have discounted the following 5 products just for you, between 3 – 15 January. These are the products that our dear customers buy time, after time, after time! So, try them out for yourself and find out why, or (if you are already a convert) stock up for 2017 at a discount!

Classic glamour

A gorgeous lipstick, the ultimate go-to beauty enhancer that gives you that confident, gorgeous, pulled-together look anytime, anywhere. A great formula is just as important as a superb shade that suits your skin tone. With a lovely discount at COSME-DE.COM, now is the time to try Yves Saint Laurent Rouge Pur Couture Pure Colour Satiny Radiance Lipstick, if you are not already an addict that is! In which case, it’s time to make hay while the sun shines and stock up, baby! Choose from 6 complexion-enhancing, classic shades.

Yves Saint Laurent Rouge Pur Couture Pure Colour Satiny Radiance Lipstick

Tranquility in a bottle

Is one of your 2017 New Year’s resolutions to be less stressed and well-rested? Learning how to deal with stress effectively and looking after yourself by getting enough sleep is one of the best ways to become happier and more productive. And to help you along there are few things better than nature’s aromatic oils to send you off on a wonderfully good night’s sleep. Aromatherapy Associates Relax Bath and Shower Oil awarded Best Bath Oil is an award-winning product made of nothing other than the pure plant oils. Simply add a capful to a full bath or apply to body before showering and enjoy a deep sense of peace and tranquillity, that is comforting, grounding and strengthening.

Aromatherapy Associates Relax Bath and Shower Oil

Squeaky clean

A great cleanser is the cornerstone of an effective beauty routine. For the ultimate cleansing experience and effectiveness, it is essential to try SK-II Facial Treatment Gentle Cleanser. This indulgently creamy cleanser, infused with rich Pitera™ and White Willow extract, cleanses oils, impurities and makeup with a soft lather. Help strengthen your skin’s natural protective barrier and promote hydration capability to keep skin supple. A natural rose scent brings a pleasant cleansing experience and a fragrance and colourant-free formula guarantees no skin reactions or sensitivities when using this amazing product.

SK-II Facial Treatment Gentle Cleanser

Anti-aging miracle

Have you got a great, general skin care routine that could do with a little boost to ensure your skin looks more than great, to ensure it looks EXCEPTIONAL? Then, I have the ultimate solution, discounted on the COSME-DE site. Get your hands on the Sisley Black Rose Precious Face Oil. With a high concentration of active ingredients, this silky-smooth dry oil prepares and nourishes with a dramatic anti-aging effect. Rich in omega 3 and 6, it prepares the skin to receive its daily skin care, and visibly smooths wrinkles and fine lines, and revitalizes the skin for a radiant complexion. Simply apply 3 to 7 drops in the morning or evening on bare skin, face and neck, avoiding the area around the eyes for a highly effective yet quick addition to your routine. 

Sisley Black Rose Precious Face Oil

Eyes of perfection

A great eye treatment product is a joy forever. Sometimes it is hard to find the right one, especially for a contact-lens wearer such as myself – we have the added complication of making sure no product gets into the eyes, or the world ends up looking ‘blurry’! A great eye product that suits everyone and moisturises the delicate eye area beautifully is Kiehl’s Creamy Eye Treatment with Avocado. The unique, concentrated texture does not migrate into your eyes and is opthalmologist-tested for sensitive skin.

Kiehl’s Creamy Eye Treatment with Avocado

A new year is all about new opportunities – use this opportunity to grab these favourites at a great big discount, hurry, 3 – 15 January only!

DIAMBEAUTÉ Supreme Refining Crème: The Secrets Of Classic French Skincare

- by Caroline Hastings-Brown -

The French are an enviable nation whose accomplishments and lifestyle seem so beautiful and effortless. The driving force of the Nation is in the quest for beauty – just look at the focus on architecture – the Louvre, the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe and the Notre Dame. Look at the language, the musical lilting of the rolling French ‘language of love’ and the food and wine – some would say the very best in the world.

And the beauty of French women – timeless, classic, elegant and full of confidence. French women realize that skin care is a necessary part of life. For French women, a little bit of pampering isn't just a luxury, it is about choosing only the best and understanding that you are entitled to have a beauty routine that makes you look and feel beautiful at the same time.

The Rolls Royce Of Skin Care Ingredients

Which is why the DIAMBEAUTÉ Supreme Refining Crème has been created by none other than the French. Using black truffles, also known as Black Diamond, as the main ingredient, it has major and miraculous skincare benefits. Research has shown that black truffle has 18 kinds of amino acids (including 8 essential amino acids), which are effective in reducing fine lines and wrinkles. It also contains a rich blend of vitamins, antioxidants and trace elements, which promotes skin renewal for a more radiant, translucent and youthful complexion.

DIAMBEAUTÉ also introduces three natural ingredients which have been acknowledged by scientists for their skin beautifying effects – diamond powder, 24K gold and SEPILIFT™ DPHP. Extra-fine diamond powder penetrates into the skin to stimulate skin cell renewal, revealing glowing, younger-looking skin; 24K gold helps revitalize skin, improve dullness, and promote skin metabolism to fight against free radicals and delay aging; SEPILIFT™ DPHP, one of the most powerful patented anti-aging ingredients in the 21st century, triggers collagen remodeling and collagen fiber contraction to deliver instant lifting and wrinkle-smoothing effects as well as excellent hydrating capability.

Diamonds Are Your Skin’s Best Friend

To add an extra dimension of luxury and effectiveness, the crème contains an extra-fine diamond powder that penetrates into the skin to stimulate skin cell renewal, revealing glowing, younger-looking skin. In keeping with precious minerals, 99.99 pure gold leaves improve dull skin and promote skin metabolism to fight against free radicals.

And for enhanced results and absorption of these amazing ingredients, the DIAMBEAUTÉ Crème comes with its own applicator tool. To use, you scoop cream onto the spatula of the massager tool. Place the cream on the palm of your hand, and dot it on the 5 points of the face – cheeks, forehead, nose and chin. Using the ball-shaped end of the massager tool, gently massage your cheeks in circular motions. It helps warm up your skin and allow faster absorption of the formula. You start from the center of the forehead, draw small circles in an outward movement and lightly press the cream into skin. Draw circles on the lower cheeks slowly in an outward movement towards the ears. Press the cream along the jaw line gently upward towards the ears. Finally, gently massage eyes and nose areas by drawing small circles. 

DIAMBEAUTÉ Supreme Refining Crème

The Secret Is Out... 

And there you have it, the simple, beautiful way to give your skin everything it needs and that gorgeous, effortless beauty that comes with exquisite skin, no matter what age!

4 Top Autumn Skincare Tips

As we start to feel an unusual chill in the air and those bright green-hued leaves start slowly turning to gold, russet and beautiful reds, it’s time to look at the best way to care for your skin during autumn. Autumn is a transitional time, and our skin deserves a bit of attention, both to correct any damage done in summer, as well as prepare for the start of the dryness of winter.

Change It Up!

It is the perfect time to change up your skincare. Autumn and winter bring dryness in the air, so the central idea is to adapt to this by bringing a lot more moisture into your skincare routine. You can start with one of the most important factors for skin hydration all year round – water, water and more water. Drink water whenever you can, give it a twist with some lemon and cucumber slices, do what you must to ensure you drink enough water, and your skin will thank you for it! You can also put back some moisture into the air in your home by using a humidifier, especially at night, to beat the dryness and keep your home environment nice and moist.

When it comes to looking at products, the same theory applies, we need to lose any drying, soapy ingredients that we might have loved in summer, and look for moisturising, emulsifying, creamier textures in our skincare products.

Add Some Moisture Wherever You Can

Exfoliation is still important, as this gets rid of dead skin cells; however, try a lovely oil-based scrub that moisturises as it sloughs away that dead skin, such as L’Occitane Shea Butter Ultra Rich Body Scrub. Its creamy texture with shea butter, honey extract and apricot means it gently gets rid of any flaky skin without drying, leaving the skin silky and supple. Massage the body with gentle circular movements, rinse and pat dry.

L'Occitane Shea Butter Ultra Rich Body Scrub

The cleansers we will want to use change too – going for an oil or creamy wash for face and body is better than a soap-based wash. If you have not tried the absolutely wonderful EVE LOM Cleanser, now is your chance! A signature blend of 4 aromatic oils, this cleanser was described by Vogue magazine as “probably the best cleanser in the world” and I would like to agree here! The result is glowing, radiant, moisturised, perfectly clean skin with a smooth, refined texture. The cleanser comes with a specially woven muslin cloth and a quick and highly effective routine.

EVE LOM Cleanser

You Can Never Be Too Rich…

When it comes to moisturising, we can ditch the lotion in favour of a richer cream. This provides a far better barrier against water and moisture loss as well as imparting more moisture into the skin. And it’s important to remember the parts of us that get dry quickly, like our hands, feet and lips. Hands are exposed to the harsh elements and need a rich, caring cream, and gloves when necessary. Feet get closed up, and forgotten about once it is no longer warm enough to wear those gorgeous strappy sandals and lips get chapped and dry.

Don’t let this be the case in winter as you keep your hands, feet and lips well-moisturised in autumn and throughout winter. To keep your lips super moisturised and protected, use Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream Lip Protectant Stick SPF 15, pop it in your handbag and don’t go anywhere in autumn without it!

Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream Lip Protectant Stick SPF 15

Don’t Forget To Smile And Enjoy!

Remember, above all, that autumn is also a LOT of fun! You can pack away the pastels and look for beautiful, rich, deep colours. You can pull out your stylish boots, jeans and scarves. Don’t despair for those balmy summer days, autumn is just as beautiful, and so are you!

Secret Garden Promotion: Final Week! Hurry, Hurry, Hurry!

Do you enjoy unravelling a bit of mystery? Are you delighted by the idea of hidden treasure? Because that is exactly what we have been giving over the last three weeks with our delightful “Secret Garden” promotion. Transporting you to a garden of sensory delight every week has been such fun. If you have missed it, do not despair, there is one last chance, for in week four, you can get your eagle eyes on and be part of the treasure hunt!

All you need to do is find the hidden codes on the COSME-DE.COM website, enter them into the search box and as if by magic, your treasure will be unlocked! Now, we all know that treasure for a COSME-DE girl comes in the form of the best and most exciting beauty products in the world, so you will instantly unlock either a cash discount on products or a free gift!

Spectacular Sunflowers

So, each week we have shone the spotlight on one of the exquisite flowers in the secret garden, from the delicate rose, the colourful tulip to the soothing, calming lavender. For this week, we cannot deny the happiness that the bright and beautiful sunflower brings to our lives! She brightens up the dullest day with her burst of yellow happiness. Close your eyes and think of a field of tall, proud sunflowers dancing in the breeze and tracking the sun across the sky – do this and you cannot help but feel happy – go on, try it! The sunflower is the symbol of goodness and hope, so we can never get enough of her!

Be Inspired

And speaking of our dear sunflower’s beautiful face, what about your beautiful face? If you want the face that inspires famous paintings like Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” then look no further than La Mer Genaissance De La Mer The Serum Essence. An immediate infusion of life, this age-transcending serum imparts lifted contours, refined pores and a plumper, more translucent look to the skin, as if you have been lit up inside by the sun, it’s magical! And worth treating yourself to!

La Mer Genaissance De La Mer The Serum Essence

And if that sunlight is getting a little hot and leaving you flushed, keep a fragrant spritz of Dermalogica Multi Active Toner nearby. Its refreshing spray gives the skin immediate and soothing hydration with aloe, lavender, mint and arnica.

Dermalogica Multi Active Toner

If dullness and dark spots are preventing you from taking your place in the sun, look no further than Clinique’s Even Better City Block Anti-Pollution SPF 40 to protect your skin against what the city takes out and boost your radiance with powerful anti-oxidants.

Clinique’s Even Better City Block Anti-Pollution SPF 40

And what about the fact that we might not have seen the sun for a little while, and need a bit of gentle colour to brighten our days? No problem, all you need is a few strokes of Dolce & Gabbana The Bronzer Glow Bronzing Powder on temples, hairline, centre of the nose, chin and under cheekbones, and instantly you have a sun-kissed glow!

Dolce & Gabbana The Bronzer Glow Bronzing Powder

With discounts, free gifts and solutions to every beauty dilemma, you cannot afford to miss your spot in the sun this week!

Secret Garden Week 3: Luxurious, Fragrant Lavender Has It All!

By now I know you have been doing your detective work around the COSME-DE website, looking for your secret codes that unlock a treasure garden of cash discounts and free gifts! And if you haven’t, do not despair, as Week 3 of our Secret Garden promotion has arrived. We know you love beautiful things, because you are a COSME-DE girl, and we are always the beautiful ones. Which is why we want you to have more of the exquisite products you love, for less!

All you need to do is put your most stylish detective hat on, and search the secret garden on COSME-DE.COM for our secret codes. Once you spot one, you enter it into the search box, and as if by magic, a cash discount on products or free gift is yours! So we have given the transcendent rose and the beautiful tulip each a week to bask in your attention, and now it is the turn of our exquisite new flower, lavender, to have its aromatic week in the sun!

Lavender really has it all – it’s beautiful, bright and extremely fragrant! Lavender has been used for centuries as a calming and soothing balm, one whiff and you feel restored, serene, fresh and calm. So, get your purple glow on and take a look at some of the pick of products that give you the beauty advantage.

What better way to get all the benefits of lavender in Jurlique’s Lavender Hydrating Mist. It’s the perfect pick-me-up if your skin is feeling a bit tight and dry, and if you need that boost to restore your senses and calm your mind. All you need to do is close your eyes and gently give your face a rejuvenating, moisturising, toning spritz.

Jurlique’s Lavender Hydrating Mist

When it comes to aromatics, Clarins just does it so well with their finest quality botanical ingredients. You can give oily and combination skin a fragrant boost with the Lotus Face Treatment Oil. Pure plant extracts of Rosewood, Geranium and Lotus tighten pores and refine skin texture, while Hazelnut Oil softens, soothes and seals in moisture for a perfect facial treat, in only a few drops.

Clarins Lotus Face Treatment Oil

And what self-respecting bathroom does not have at least one beautifully scented lavender soap in it? For a wash that smells so heavenly you will never want to leave the bathroom, try John Masters Lavender, Rose, Geranium and Ylang Ylang soap for an aromatic experience. It is also highly moisturising so will not dry your skin, but leave it soft, luminous and deliciously fragrant. This indulgent treat also makes a great gift – who can resist?

John Masters Lavender, Rose, Geranium and Ylang Ylang soap

And while we are basking in the glow of fragrant aromatics, you can make sure your environment smells as lovely as you do by adding a couple of drops of Aromatherapy Associates Relax Room Fragrance to an aromatherapy burner. Rich scents of geranium, myrrh and West Indian Bay will waft around your home or office, transporting you and all those around you to a happy place.

Aromatherapy Associates Relax Room Fragrance

Fragrance is the most evocative of our senses, we have all experienced that moment when a smell transports you to a place from the past. So, make memories in the present by using the calming, delightful aromas of nature to keep you deliciously happy!

Secret Garden Week 2: The Tulip – Symbol of “Perfect Love”

So last week we let you in on Week 1 of our magical Secret Garden promotion for August, a chance for you to add the enchantment of a perfect flower garden into your life. If you missed it, don’t worry, we are all set and ready to delight your senses a little more for Week 2! Every week in August we will be hiding secret codes on the COSME-DE.COM website, for you to search for, find and unlock cash value discounts and gifts!

Because we know how much you love beautiful products at beautiful prices, we have hidden secret codes on various COSME-DE.COM web pages, for you to hunt in the garden of amazing products to find! Once you have spotted these hidden gems, all you need to do is enter the code in the search box, which is easy to spot! And then, as if by magic, you will be the recipient of a cash discount or a free gift on your purchases! So hunt away secret gardeners, and make sure you get your share of the treasure!

Tulips in the garden

So, last week we concentrated on the magnificent rose, and this week we present to you her equally exquisite sister bloom, the tulip! Yes, the divine cup-shaped blossom, that blasts your beauty receptors with its rainbow of deep, true colours. The tulip is the symbol of “perfect love”, and that is what we want for you, to have a life filled with perfect love! The tulip also symbolizes “most admired and beloved”, so let’s bring it on week 2 of the Secret Garden promotion!

Your most youthful bloom

So, let’s get a little loving on ourselves, and start by loving our skin with Christian Dior Capture Totale Dream Skin Global Age-Defying Skincare Perfect Skin Creator. How does a soft-focus veil that instantly, visibly transforms the texture of your skin sound? How does tightened pores, spots, redness and wrinkle reduction, increased firmness and a glowy radiance sound? Grab yourself this luxurious treat from the Dior garden to find out!

Christian Dior Capture Totale Dream Skin Global Age-Defying Skincare Perfect Skin Creator

And speaking of youthful radiance, around the eyes is where we often get the first signs of aging. However, you can protect yourself from this by enjoying La Prairie Essence of Skin Caviar Eye Complex. Only the best for our beloved tulips! One drop of this essence is like a mini facelift that firms, nourishes and re-energizes the eye zone, fading lines and wrinkles away to give your skin its perfect bloom! If you have been working a little too hard recently, give your precious skin a boost and melt those under-eye signs of stress and fatigue far, far away.

La Prairie Essence of Skin Caviar Eye Complex

The sought-after blush of youthful skin is due to the fact that youthful skin retains moisture and always looks perfectly hydrated. You can help to put back what the sun, pollution and stress take out. Try SkinCeuticals Hydrating B5 Gel to replenish nutrients. Vitamin B5 helps with tissue repair, giving skin exactly what it needs to feel smoother and appear younger. The gel contains hyaluronic acid, the body’s efficient natural hydrator. You need a few drops on face, neck and chest. This pre-treatment will also help increase the benefits of your daily moisturiser.

SkinCeuticals Hydrating B5 Gel

And, last, but by no means least, let’s moisturize that body to perfection and improve appearance of any scars, uneven skin tone or stretch marks with the award-winning specialist skin care product – Bio-Oil. No smooth, peachy-skinned gal should be without it! Improve elasticity, pigmentation marks, scars, aging skin and dryness with just a few drops every day over the body or in the bath. It can even be used on the face.

Bio-Oil Nature Skincare Oil

So, the ultimate recipe for skin that glows and shines with youthful bloom! Happy hunting, and happy gardening this week!

Your Secret Garden Of Enchanted Treasure

Do you ever feel that life needs a little bit more enchantment, a little bit more magic and a little bit more mystery? We do, which is why we have created a magical, mysterious and enchanted treasure hunt for you for the whole of August! Yes, every week in August we will be hiding secret codes in the COSME-DE website, for you to search for, find and unlock cash value discounts and gifts!

What’s that Watson?

Now, we know for sure that this appeals to the beauty sleuth in you, so this is how it works! Secret codes will be hidden on various web pages, and once you have spotted them with your eagle eyes, all you need to do is enter the code into the search box. Ok, so the search box is easy to find, it’s just the secret code that requires a little of your Sherlock-like detective work! And then? Well then, Voila! You will be on the receiving end of a cash discount on purchases, OR a free gift? How blooming cool is that?

Now, we move on to the theme of the Secret Garden. I want you to close your eyes (yes, go on) and imagine the enchantment of a secret garden, full of flowers, everywhere you look there is the discovery of something fresh and new and delightful, bursts of colour and a profusion of heady fragrance.

Get your rose-tinted glasses on

Each week we will focus on one of the exquisite flowers from this secret garden, so you may take part in the magic every day at home with beautiful, fragrant products. So, week 1 is, drum roll………. the most celebrated of blooms, the ROSE. The rose – revered by poets and artists, with petals of velvet and silk, and fragrance delicate and sweet.

So, how do you get some of this loveliness for yourself? You can start by infusing your beautiful face of a flower with the intensely soothing and hydrating rose face mask, a gel mask infused with real rose petals and pure rose water to restore a rosy radiance and suppleness to all skin types. Beside the regal rose, the cooling gel contains cucumber, aloe vera, algae and green tea to deliver a host of brightening, beautifying benefits. Apply this loveliness in a jar to cleansed skin, avoiding the eye area, for 5 – 10 minutes to let that rose sink in and then rinse. You can mask up every day if you so wish, and I think you just might!

Fresh Rose Face Mask (For All Skin Types)

Treat yourself to the ultimate skin care luxury, Sisley Black Rose Precious Face Oil. This silky-smooth dry oil with Black Rose extract at the heart of the formula is perfect for dry skin, restoring vitality and youthfulness and erasing fine lines with every precious drop. Combined with active botanical ingredients, as well as Bulgarian Rose and Magnolia, this potent oil gives a delicious boost to all the senses. Just apply 3 – 7 drops in the morning or evening on face and neck for powerful benefits.

Sisley Black Rose Precious Face Oil

Next, let’s focus on getting the texture of your body skin as plush and smooth as the most delicate rose. Use Jurlique Rose Body Lotion every day for a lightweight moisturiser infused with rose, calendula and daisy to hydrate, balance and firm the skin to the texture of a supple, perfect petal.

Jurlique Rose Body Lotion

And finally, for the ultimate in irresistible lips, give yourself a slick of Givenchy Rouge Interdit Vinyl Extreme Shine lipstick illicit colour. Go for extreme shine, impactful shades and a major plump up effect – and go for it all in rose! Choose 03 Rose Mutin, 05 Rose Transgressif, 10 Rouge Provocant or 11 Rouge Rebelle for the unfair beauty advantage. Rare black rose oil is part of the formula that delivers extreme moisture, with a silicone resin for that vinyl-like, mesmerizing shine. I dare you!

Givenchy Rouge Interdit Vinyl Extreme Shine Lipstick Illicit Color

So there you have it fellow garden lovers, get your rose on, get your sharp eyes out and get those discounts and gifts that will make August the most magical month of the year! Watch this space for next week’s featured garden flower!

Bronze Summer Skin, Please Stay A Little Longer…….

While summer rudely leaves us at some point in the year, it doesn’t mean you can’t rock your sun- kissed glow pretty much all year round if you want to! A few skin care tips and a couple of helpful products and you can look like you just stepped off the vacation-plane; every day!

Glow Girl

So, let’s address the glow part! It’s that enticing sheen that a healthy skin imparts. To achieve this, do not be shy of exfoliation. This gets rids of dead skin cells and build-up, ensuring the fresh, new skin cells are out on top giving off their glow. While some people feel that exfoliating will “take away” the tan, it actually helps prolong it and also keeps the skin prepared for the other great tan-booster – moisture and hydration. For skin that is super polished, try La Prairie Cellular Mineral Face Exfoliator. This decadent treat ensures complete exfoliation of dead skin to clarify the complexion, while providing a moisture boost. 

La Prairie Cellular Mineral Face Exfoliator  

Moisturise, moisturise, moisturise

You should use every opportunity to moisturise your skin in summer, as a hydrated skin looks beautiful and feels healthy. With the additional swimming, sweating and showering you will be doing in summer, we also tend to strip the skin of moisture more, and therefore should pay some extra attention to replacing this moisture as often as possible! If you really need an excellent moisture boost, it is worth splashing out on the exceptional Dermalogica Super Rich Repair cream. This miracle in a tub delivers immediate hydration benefits, making use of peptides to stimulate collagen production, a smoothing complex for elasticity and tone and shea butter and oil of evening primrose to soften and replenish. Add some antioxidants to help shield against environmental elements and you have yourself a new, super-moisturised skin in an instant!

Dermalogica Super Rich Repair cream

Top up tan

You can also help your tan stay a little longer by topping it up with a gradual tan moisturising product or some tan towelettes, allowing you to target areas and add that subtle extra glow. Use a product like St. Tropez Gradual Tan Everyday Body Lotion. A nourishing moisturiser that has a touch of bronze that builds up gradually over time (use it every day), to prolong and create that gorgeous, golden glow. 

St. Tropez Gradual Tan Everyday Body Lotion

Shimmy into shimmer

Nothing enhances a tan like a bit of shimmer, and you can sprinkle some golden fairy dust on your face to keep that glow alive. Jane Iredale 24-Karat Gold Dust Shimmer Powder can be brushed over the cheekbones and forehead to highlight and add warmth to your face. Use Tom Ford Shade and Illuminate Brush to highlight and contour the face with precision. This luxurious brush is made with synthetic hair to achieve a radiant glow without creating streaks or unnatural lines. The handle is specially designed for true comfort and balance.

Jane Iredale 24-Karat Gold Dust Shimmer Powder

Tom Ford Shade and Illuminate Brush 04

Don’t let the weather dictate your look, keep your inner and outer glow alive for as long as you choose!