Clarins Lotus Face Treatment Oil

Today, I thought I would share with you one of my holy grail products. I am the biggest skin care junkie and I am always trying out new products, but the Clarins Lotus Face Treatment Oil is a product I have used for many years and love. I have a combination skin type and sometimes more to the oilier side than being dry, no matter what time of year it is. This is where this product just works magically for me.

With a oily skin type the sebaceous glands are overactive and produce more oil than is actually needed. I know, to many people, the thought of putting an oil on to a oily skin type sounds crazy and you feel like it will make the problem worse. However, applying a oil will trick the skin into thinking it has produced enough oil and will help to balance the skin out. 
With 100% pure plant extracts with no preservatives, The Blue Orchid Treatment Oil contains Lotus oil from the Lotus Water Lilly Flower. It is one of the most expensive essential oils for its proven results to improve skin tone, tighten pores, purify and reduce wrinkles. Rosewood extracts, which is anti-bacterial and can help heal blemishes and fade scarring, Geranium extracts for its toning and balancing effect on the skin and finally Hazelnut oil to soften and soothe, locking in moisture to prevent fine lines. 
This is a really light oil, it doesn't feel heavy or unbearable on the skin and it absorbs in quickly. I use three drops at night after toning and before my night time moisturiser. I rub the oil into my palms to warm the product up and then massage it into my face. The smell reminds me of being at a spa with its herbal fragrance. When you wake up in the morning, there is no oily residue and your skin looks even, bright and has a gorgeous healthy glow.   I have seen a dramatic improvement in my skin using this product, I still get oily but not nearly as much or as fast throughout the day, as I did before. It really helps to balance my skin and helps my skin to feel less congested. Also, a bottle of this lasts me months! I have just repurchased another bottle but the previous one lasted for nearly a year!
Clarins do have a few facial oils, so if you have a dry skin Santal Face Treatment Oil is one that you can try or if like myself,  you have a combination to oily skin type, then the Lotus face Treatment Oil is the one for you. It retails at £32 and I think it is money well spent for the results and for how long the bottle lasts.    If you are looking for the perfect evening treatment to improve your complexion, I can not recommend this product enough.
Have you tried The Clarins Lotus face Treatment Oil?
Samantha x

Clarins The Essential Mineral Eye Make Up Palette

When I stumbled across this little beauty at my local Clarins Counter, I just had to have it! I'm such a sucker for a great nude eye palette. This Christmas limited edition palette is packaged within a sleek, rich chocolate brown compact, containing a mirror and a double-ended applicator. The palette contains a collection of ten very wearable eye shadows. It has a well balanced collection of colours from warm browns to a very vibrant gold and the pressed mineral formula of these shadows can be used wet or dry. The super silky eye shadows are long lasting and are suitable for sensitive eyes as they are ophthalmologist and dermatologist tested.

The pigmentation lets this palette down a little which is a shame as Clarins is one of my favorite brands. There were three shades when swatched that I felt you really had to work hard with to get the colour on the eye lid when used dry. The first colour being the palest; number 1. However, when used wet the colour was a lot stronger but it is not ideal to use wet if you're using this colour for your natural base.

How amazing is number 6?! The bright, sparkly, vibrant gold. This colour is very pigmented and will look great for a night-time makeup look, especially for those Christmas parties! A tip for when applying this gold to the eye is to press the eye shadow on not rub, otherwise you will end up with gold glitter all over your face. The last two colours 9 and 10 again, when used dry, I felt like you had to work really hard with to get a good build up of colour on your eyes. Although when used wet for contouring and blending in the crease and corners for that smokey eye look, it works perfectly.

 I created a natural smokey eye for a day time look using colours 2, 3 and 8. The look lasted perfect all day. The colours in this palette are gorgeous and I would actually say this palette reminds me of the famous Urban Decay Naked Palettes.

The Clarins Essential Eye Palette is available for £35 but it is a limited edition for Christmas, so I imagine it will sell out quick.

What eye shadow palette have you been using recently? Which colours do you like in this palette?

I hope you enjoyed this post and if you have any questions do leave me a comment in the box below

Samantha x