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Chic Giveaway! Enter to win a Chic Bracelet, Vichy Thermal Mask, Nivea Styling Mousee and L’Oreal Cashmere Perfect foundation

Published on January 12, 2010 in Beauty. 20 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

Hello Ladies!

Welcome to the first Chic Giveaway of the year! I know it’s been a long time since my last Giveaway but I proposed to myself to make more Giveaways this year. This Giveaway, the same as the others, is opened for all of my readers, so anyone can participate, doesn’t matter which country you are from.

So, let me present you the 4 products that I will be giving away.

Vichy-Nivea-L'Oreal

Vichy Rehydrating Thermal Mask – 50 ml

This facial rehydrating mask is for all skin types even for sensitive skin. It contains Vichy thermal spa water and it’s allergy tested. It comes in a light blue tube that contains 50 ml of product.

Vichy Rehydrating Thermal Mask has an intense and long-lasting rehydration, soothes and softens the skin. You should apply this mask 2 times a week on the cleansed face and neck and you will how your skin will become smoother and relaxed.

Nivea Styling Mousse Extra Strong – 50 ml

NIVEA Extra Strong Mousse belongs to a new generation of styling mousses. It provides extra strong hold for creative shapes that last all day long. Moreover its new ThermoCare Formula not only offers passive heat protection, but for the first time even turns hairdryer heat into extra care for your hair. With the new Vitamin Fix System it ensures long-lasting hold and provides active care, leaving your hair soft and supple.

  • Provides extra strong hold for creative shapes
  • Gives visible shine
  • Turns blow-dryer heat into care
  • Does not weigh hair down and isn’t sticky
  • For healthy hair and a healthy scalp

L’Oreal Cashmere Perfect foundation – 30 ml

This foundation comes in the shade Warm Beige (Beige Dore) 16. It has a melting cream texture that transforms itself into a silky powder finish for a soft-touch sensation of cashmere and easy application. The result – skin is 2x softer. The complexion is incredibly velvety soft, matte and even. Perfect skin for up to 12 hours.

Chic bracelet Chic Giveaway! Enter to win a Chic Bracelet, Vichy Thermal Mask, Nivea Styling Mousee and LOreal Cashmere Perfect foundation

Chic Bracelet

The star of this Giveaway it’s a very chic and trendy bracelet in black and white and with a finish in a gold shade.
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Complexion with problems? Vichy NormaDerm could be the answer you are looking for!

Published on October 17, 2009 in Beauty. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .

Sometimes not even the makeup removal lotion, not even the expensive treatments or natural remedies can fix the complexion’s problems. Did you ever thought about changing your face cream with one that is specially designed for skin with problems?

Normaderm Hydrating Cream

What is the cause of the problems?

Probably is not much of a consolation for you to know that you are not the only one facing the problem with dilated pores, shiny complexion, eruptions and many other problems specific skin problems, which seems to be solving at a point but they are coming back despite your cleansing ritual. Vichy specialists verdict is: guilty are the nervous terminations that get in contact with the sebaceous glands, producing it an excessive irritability. Continue reading ‘Complexion with problems? Vichy NormaDerm could be the answer you are looking for!’

Declare war to acne with Avon, Clinique, Vichy, Garnier, Boots and Maybelline products

Published on September 11, 2009 in Beauty. 3 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , .

We all have those days when we woke up in the morning we look in the mirror and we discover a fresh new pimple. These situations don’t happened to me very often, but when they do they kind of kill my day. For these kind of problems and even for others acne problems more severe I found a strategy. Out there are products designed to help us defeat the acne problems, we just need to look for the good ones.

The other day I was reading a post about How to Treat Post-Acne Scarring and I decided to develop this idea and talk to you about all the products that I have tried concerning this problems. Let me know in your comments if you have any other ideas about products that can help us fight the acne and their scars and even those red spots or pimples.

Avon Solutions Plus Pure Pore - Fection Self - Foaming Cleanser

If we just keep some rules in mind and follow them we can diminish the apparition of pimples and win the war against acne. So here are some steps that helped me in those situations and I hope to be helpful for you too.

  • Don’t sleep with your makeup on! It’s essential that your skin is perfectly clean during the night. You can use a makeup remover product that also has antibacterial action, morning and evening.

My recommendation: Try the Solutions Plus Pure Pore – Fection Self – Foaming Cleanser from Avon ( 150 ml) with bamboos and bisabolol extracts. It’s an oil-free product that will give you a tingly clean feeling. Cleanses deep down to remove dirt and make-up, leaving skin feeling refreshed and energised.

  • Clean the pores! For this you will need a mask specially created to reduce and prevent the apparition of pimples and dark spots.

My recommendation: Use twice a week, Clinique Oil-Control Cleansing Mask (19,50 $ for 100 ml), the new acne solution. This clay-based mask will help heal your blemishes, prevent breakouts and also will keep your skin shine-free. This is a good mask to use even for those ladies who don’t have acne problems but have an oily skin like mine, because its medicated formula gives your skin a deep clean, unclog  pores and rid skin of excess oil. Anyway it’s a mask designed for all skin types so it can’t have undesirable effects on your skin. All the process takes me about 7 minutes, while I apply the mask evenly on my face ( avoiding the eye area), then I wait 5 minutes and after I rinse off thoroughly with warm water. My skin feels smoother and clearer after this. I also like it because it has an oil-free formula and it won’t irritate my skin.

Clinique Oil-Control Cleansing Mask

Another great facial mask that I love and I’m currently using is Clinique Turnaround – 15 Minute Facial mask, and you can check out my review for more details. Continue reading ‘Declare war to acne with Avon, Clinique, Vichy, Garnier, Boots and Maybelline products’

Silver eyes – cool and natural makeup look

Published on September 1, 2009 in Beauty. 2 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , .

Silver is perfect as an evening makeup and emphasizes the eyes, no matter the color. If you take a peek to Giorgio’s Armani summer collection and you’ll study the radiance makeups based of metallic gray, you will see that I’m right.

Choose products for both lips and cheeks that include in their composition shiny particles. Even celebrities like Blake Lively adopted this makeup. Let’s get inspired by this  natural makeup. You can use some products from my suggestions bellow or you can try your own and let me know how the look came up.

Silver eyes look

What you need:

  1. MM795344 100x150 Silver eyes cool and natural makeup lookCollistar Kajal duo Magnetica collection. Use the black for a discreet eye contour, and the white to  to illuminate the internal corners and inside the lower lid.
  2. Gloss Clinique long last glosswear ( SPF 15) – 27 $
  3. Chanel Soleil Tan is a gently bronzing. It’s innovative oil-free formula promise to give you a natural gorgeous bronze. It’s available on 5 shades at Sephora for about 50$. 
  4. The corrector from L’Oreal Paris Infaillible Concentrat (14.25 $).
  5. Mascara Captiv Eyes Extreme Black from Givenchy ( 26$ at Sephora).  This intense volumizing mascara will instantly plumps and thickens your lashes to the maximum. From the first application your look will be intensified because this irresistible mascara  plays with the light in order to create a deep and intense reflection. It’s available in 2 shades: Extreme black and Brown black. Continue reading ‘Silver eyes – cool and natural makeup look’

Innocent look – The makeup that makes you look younger

Published on August 28, 2009 in Beauty. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , .

innocent lookAfter the age of 25 the search of the innocent beauty becomes a purpose. We want to look fresh and young. I know I want it every time I look in the mirror. This thing can really become possible. We only need the courage to adopt a natural trend.

If you are used to cover your face with lots of makeup, foundation and powder, your complexion will start loosing its natural color after a long period of time. Of course you can choose solarium or creams with tan effect if you really want to.

I start using foundation and powder only 3 years ago, because I noticed that during my working hours on my complexion begun to appear some red spots. I used to work in a place where was a lot of smoke from cigarettes and cigars and this smoke was entering deep into my skin. I have to admit that I’m a non smoking person and I try  to keep away from all the smoking areas as much as I can. After a period of time while I was working in that place, the effects start appearing on my face. When I got home, all the time I start a cleansing routine and OMG you don’t want to know how black and dirty were my makeup removal pads. So, I decided to start using a foundation and powder, just to protect my skin against the smoke.  Now I quit working there and during the summer I don’t cover my face with anything (besides face creams with SPF, of course). Sometimes during the cold season I like to use Vichy Flexitent, but not everyday.

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Did you know that skin care products can also be used for hair?

Published on August 6, 2009 in Beauty. 1 Comment Tags: , , , , , , , , , , .

I know it sounds a little strange, but is true: some skin care key products can do wonders in reparation of  hair problems. Maybe you’ll think I have gone crazy but I’ve tested them  on me first.

Hydrating cream

I used my Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturizer ( 125ml for 24$)  for split ends and dry hair. Being a hydrating cream can also nourish your hair as good as it takes care of your face.

clinique dramatically different moisturizing lotion 300x300 Did you know that skin care products can also be used for hair?

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Do you think you know everything about wrinkles? LiftActiv Retinol HA from Vichy

Published on July 26, 2009 in Beauty. 1 Comment Tags: , , , , .

vichy retinol HA 300x300 Do you think you know everything about wrinkles? LiftActiv Retinol HA from VichyFor a long time it was thought that battle against wrinkles should start in the moment when those are visible, without putting to much accent on preventing them. But more and more studies that appeared in the last years show that we should care about wrinkles long before they start appearing. The good news is that i have the perfect “anti wrinkle weapon”!

Do I have wrinkles?

You are still far away from prefix “4″ and you can hardly notice some fine lines. But to answer your question…yes, everybody has them. More specific, the research of Vichy laboratories, a certain study realized on a long period of time on  the same women for 20 years, shows that on the woman’s face exist 3 types of wrinkles, no matter her age.

Types of wrinkles:

  1. Printed wrinkles are those visible wrinkles which are accentuated along with age.
  2. Reversible wrinkles are those who can become visible during the day.
  3. Embryonic wrinkles are those wrinkles “programmed” to appear on our face.

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