A Girl’s Guide To Face Serums

Cleaning your face and keeping it moisturized and hydrated can make your skin look young and glowing. For most people, this routine is enough to maintain their skin’s health.  However, if you want to take your skin care routine to another level, you can try adding one more product in your beauty cabinet. Face serums promise a lot of things for your skin. 

What exactly are face serums?

Face serums are enriched with concentrated amounts of active ingredients which could be one of the reasons why they can be quite expensive. However, because they are concentrated, you only need to use a small amount. 

Serums are also lighter than your average moisturizers, which makes them readily absorbed by your skin. Serums are also able to penetrate your skin’s deeper layers.

Do you really need a face serum? 

You may not use a face serum, if you prefer. However, if you want to increase the effectiveness of your current skin care routine, you can choose to use one. Serums can also help make your skin be in its best condition possible.

Do I need to choose the expensive ones?

Although expensive serums mean more quality ingredients, there are still serums that can give you the same effectiveness without breaking your budget. The key here is to look for the right ingredients that your skin needs. Here are some of the ingredients you should be keeping an eye out for:

• Retinol enriched serums for brighter and smoother skin
• Essential oil enriched serums for your skin’s overnight repair
• Anti-oxidant enriched serums for preventing premature skin aging
• Anti-inflammatory serums for soothing your skin’s redness and inflammation.

When should I apply my serum?

Generally speaking, serums are best applied on a clean face. After washing and toning, you can start applying serum when the skin is still moist. Avoid mixing it with any other product to achieve its best effect.

Although serums have many benefits for your skin, you should still take caution in using them. Serums are concentrated products which means you should not use too much of it on your skin. 

You should also take note of any pre-existing skin conditions you have. Serums are contraindicated to cases of rosacea and eczema. If you have any of these cases, it would be best to skip serums.


Ready to use Serums on your face? Take a look at these selected face serums on COSME-DE.COM

Kiehl's Midnight Recovery Concentrate

SK-II Cellumination Aura Essence

Clarins Shaping Facial Lift
Total V Contouring Serum

Helena Rubinstein Prodigy Powercell
Youth Grafter The Serum

More Face Serums:
http://www.cosme-de.com/en/product/product_list.html?catid=101104

Power of Plants: Clarins Up to 40% Off

As busy working women, we often neglect to take good care of our face and body – rushing through face wash in 5 seconds and exfoliating body every 6 months are just part of our norm. 

Living in a polluted world only makes it worse, as our skin is exposed to daily environmental stresses which can lead to premature aging. So, it’s time to get down to business and start your own beauty and body routines. 



And why not try out Clarins’ wide range of natural, effective skincare and body products?

Clarins is the No. 1 best-selling high-end skincare brand in Europe, specializing in slimming, anti-aging, bust-enhancing, and facial lifting products. With its unique expertise in plant extracts, advanced technology and flawless innovation, Clarins has brought well-being and natural beauty to women across the globe for more than 50 years.

Now, you can experience Clarins’ botanical power with bargain savings up to 42% off, from facial cleanser, moisturizer, BB cream, body treatment oil to slimming essence. Click here to see the offers. 

Here’s a list of must-try Clarins products: 

Body Lift Cellulite Control

Clarins Body Lift Cellulite Control,
COSME-DE.COM 200ml / 400ml / 200ml x2

How do you reduce "orange peel" skin on your thighs? 

The answer is Clarins Body Lift Cellulite Control. 

It contains potent plant extracts of Celosia Cristata and Mentha Aquatica which target cellulite before it starts, combating both early and stubborn cellulite. Your hips, buttocks and thighs look visibly smoother. 

This is a winning product at ELLE International Beauty Awards 2014, too. 

Double Serum [Hydric + Lipidic System] Complete Age Control Concentrate

Have crow’s feet started creeping up around your eyes? 

Luckily, we have Double Serum, an effective anti-aging concentrate that combines water and oil age-fighting serums in one optimum golden ratio to defy the signs of aging. 

Powered by 27 years of plant science, this 2013 Cosmopolitan Beauty Awards winner is infused with a blend of 20 plant extracts to make your skin younger and more radiant. 

Clarins Double Serum Complete Age Control Concentrate
COSME-DE.COM 30ml / 50ml

Bust Beauty Extra-Lift Gel (Shapes & Tightens)

Clarins Bust Beauty Extra-Lift Gel (Shapes & Tightens) COSME-DE.COM 15ml / 50ml

Perk things up with this refreshing gel that delivers an immediate “lifting” effect to your breasts. 

Vietnamese Vu Sua extract, also known as Breast-Milk Fruit, helps firm, tone and smooth bust silhouette, while Oat Sugars fight sagging by creating an invisible "natural bra", which helps breasts appear higher on the bust line, and hold a more defined shape.



Who says busy women can’t take the time to pamper themselves? Get started with your beauty and slimming routines with amazing discounts today!

Reverse the Clock with Clarins’ Double Serum

Recently, I’ve noticed crow’s feet began to creep up around my eyes and my face is not as firm as before. A little internet search revealed a shocking fact: after the age of 25, we lose 1.5% of collagen every year and the production ceases around age 40-45.

So, don’t wait until 30 to start your anti-aging care.

I’ve tried a few anti-aging products and the Double Serum from Clarins  works really well on fighting signs of aging. 

Clarins Double Serum combines two powerful anti-aging serums – Hydric and Lipidic – in one optimum golden ratio to defy the signs of aging. Powered by 27 years of science, it is blended with 20 effective plant extracts to deliver visible younger-looking results. The core ingredient Cangzhu stimulates the G Protein in skin cells, which helps to boost the effectiveness of the other ingredients in Double Serum.

The Double Serum features a unique twin-tube bottle, which contains the two different serums in each tube. It releases a wonderful anti-aging elixir freshly as you press the pump. Just one pump is enough for your entire face.

After using this product for a week, I feel my skin has become visibly softer, more radiant and elastic. My cheeks and chin have also appeared more tightened and less saggy. Moreover, it helps my skincare routine with products that follow as I get a faster effect. 

If you’re looking for an anti-aging product, be sure to try this out! Clarins Double Serum will definitely impress you.

Get rid of facial puffiness in the morning

The lack of sleep, drinking too much water before going to sleep or eating too much overly salty food will affect the body's detox ability during the sleep and thus creating puffiness. Lifting products and massage are your SOS.

If one day you wake up with puffed face, even makeup wouldn't be able to cover up, the best way to improve puffiness in a short time is to use lifting and firming serums, plus 5 minutes of massage for the face. Many make up artists and models recommend Clarins Shaping Facial Lift Serum (top), together with Clarins' unique facial massage, the puffiness on your face will be improved in 10 seconds. Clinque Repairwear Contour Firming Formula (bottom) is another star product to improve facial firmness.

Other than SOS facial cream and massage, you should eat less overly salty food, and remember to drink a lot of water to wash out the old dirt inside your body.

Happy 2012!!!

How was your Christmas and New Year celebrations? We gave and received lots of awesome gifts and we believe the best way to get what you want, is to give it away first. :) We also, feasted a lot on endless amounts of delicious ham, turkey, fillings and bread and pudding. Then, we ushered in the new year by partying till the wee hours. Two days past, our knees and calves are still aching from the hours spent on our feet dancing the night away.

Regardless of how your 2011 was, we hope it was an amazing year of learning and gratitude and now to what 2012 has in store to offer! We have a feeling in our bones that it's gonna be amazing and if you feel it, all the better for it to happen for real, no?

But first, to get rid of the extra flab we've accumulated over the festive period... :(

1. Decleor Aromessence - Firming Body Concentrate, US$76 (100ml)

Based on highly advanced scientific research in the field of aromatherapy, this preservative-free elixir features the proven firming effectiveness of a unique cocktail of eight 100% pure, 100% natural Essential Oils, specially selected for their ability to help maintain skin firmness. The skin is toned and supple. It feels soft, firm and smooth. The figure seems firmer and revitalised, as if visibly re-sculpted. Ingredients include essential oils of immortelle, rose and camomile.

2.  Clarins Body Shaping Cream, US$56 (200ml)

Effective action to help reduce stubborn curves. Body Shaping Cream helps to reduce fatty deposits and minimize skin's puffy appearance in problem areas.

3. FANCL Calorie Limit, US$26 (for 30 days)

FANCL Calorie Limit helps to reduce calorie intake and curb the total calorie intake from food and blocks the body's absorption of fats, sugar and excess carbohydrates. Active ingredient Butter Bean Extract helps to control absorption of carbohydrate while Chitosan binds around fats and cholesterol for subsequent excretion.

 

4. SANA Esteny Salt Massage & Was, US$15 (250g)

SANA Esteny Salt Massage & Wash contains with sea salt which gently remove dirt, odor, and dead skin cells from arms, legs and back, all over your body. It makes a really fabulous body scrub as the salt crystals slough away dead skin leaving my skin (especially elbows, feet, knees etc.) super smooth and soft. It is also recommended for cellulite massage. This medium scrub massage with grain salt brings out the streamlined body! With Black Currant (Cassis) scent. 

 

5. Bliss Fat Girl Scrub, US$42 (226g) 

Scrub-A-Dub-Blub! Himalayan pink salt is the star ingredient in the Bliss Fat Girl Scrub exfoliant. By stimulating circulation, it helps smooth away unsightly lumps and bumps for a smoother, slimmer silhouette. Red algae enhances skin repair function, and helps diminish the appearance of excess fluid retention, while grapefruit and peppermint extract provide antioxidant protection and refresh the skin. It promotes circulation through exfoliation and massage. Also it helps reduce accumulation of stagnant fluids that contribute to lumps and bumps. Sloughs off dead skin cells.