THE RENEWAL BODY OIL BALM // LA MER

GLOW ALL IN

24/01/2020 / by / in Body, Other, Skin / No comments

THE NEW RENEWAL BODY OIL BALM

Beauty editors swear by it. Devotees can’t live without it. La Mer reimagines The Renewal Oil, bringing its head-turning radiance and treatment benefits to the entire body. Every sumptuous touch of the NEW Renewal Body Oil Balm wraps skin in a transformational wave of Miracle BrothTM-infused soothing hydration and the kiss of a gorgeous, healthy-looking sheen.

VISIBLY HEALTHY AND HYDRATED

The Renewal Body Oil Balm cocoons skin in Miracle Broth, the legendary cell-renewing elixir that flows through all of La Mer – and precious Miracle Broth Oils to help soothe dryness and visible redness and irritation. Skin is nourished and softened, its barrier strengthened, and resiliency renewed. Texture is visibly improved and skin looks and feels smoother. Potent antioxidant power neutralizes free radicals to help protect skin from environmental pollution.

A SENSORIAL EXPERIENCE

The concentrated balm is activated by the warmth of the skin, transforming into a lightweight, silken oil on contact to create a radiant, glowing look, while delivering powerful treatment benefits. Influenced by the natural scents of the Miracle Broth oils combined with orange flower, woody, soft floral and tea notes, the aroma soothes the senses and instills a feeling of calm and relaxation.

THE ULTIMATE HEAD-TO-TOE GLOW

La Mer treats the body as seriously as it treats the complexion. The Renewal Body Oil Balm doubles as a treatment for knees, elbows, cuticles, heels, and other areas in need of special attention. Together with The Renewal Oil, this duo imparts skin with soothing hydration for a luxurious all-over glow.

THE RENEWAL BODY OIL BALM // LA MER

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8-flower golden nectar // beautenet

8-Flower Golden Nectar

19/01/2020 / by / in Skin / No comments

A NEW GOLDEN ERA FOR REJUVENATED SKIN

Tried and loved by L’Institut Darphin, the new 8-flower Golden Nectar is an ultra-luxurious lightweight, fast-absorbing sensorial Elixir that will transform a dull and tired skin to a youthfully radiant complexion. 

WHAT IS IT

A blend of 8 flowers -Immortelle, Ylang Ylang, Patchouli, Neroli, Rose, Lavender, Jasmine and Iris- infused with Salicylic Acid that helps bring new cells to the surface for healthy-looking, smooth, youthfully renewed skin. 
Darphin’s oil mastery is reinforced with a carefully balanced blend of precious oils and 24k Gold.

HOW IT WORKS

Indulge thirsty skin with a hit of hydration courtesy of Darphin’s 8-Flower Golden Nectar Oil.

Working with the laws of nature, each flower is harvested at a different month and time of day, taking months to extract and preserve the potent energy from these 8 precious flowers. This youth renewing blend helps create a youthfully radiant looking skin.

The 8-Flower Golden Oil helps nourish skin with Sea Buckthorn oil, rich in omegas 3 & 6, essential lipids that the body cannot naturally produce. It immediately hydrates and softens the appearance of fine dry lines. Skin is illuminated with 24K Gold that immediately disperses onto skin’s surface. 

Oils are complex and multifaceted and this lightweight nectar is no exception. Over 20 botanical and essential oils composed this elixir for youthful radiance.

8-FLOWER GOLDEN NECTAR OIL

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Biotherm Blue Therapy Abler Algae // Chrity Turlington

REVITALIZE SKIN FROM WITHIN

10/10/2019 / by / in Skin / No comments

BLUE THERAPY AMBER ALGAE

As global experts in advanced skincare, Biotherm knows that daily life can leave its mark on our skin. Powered by its exclusive healing Life Plankton™, new BLUE THERAPY AMBER ALGAE REVITALIZE DAY & NIGHT CREAMS have been specifically formulated for women in their forties and beyond, to heal the visible signs of time and restore skin’s youthful radiance.

UNLOCK SKIN’S VITAL ENERGY

Enriched by new hero ingredient, Amber Algae – nature’s potent revitalizing agent – together, the DAY & NIGHT CREAMS hydrate, firm and smooth, to visibly transform the skin and tone and texture.
Give your skin back its natural healthy glow.

#YOUTHHASNOAGE

Biotherm Blue Therapy Amber Algae // Christy Turlington

THE CREAMS

A rich, melting texture, that absorbs rapidly. The DAY CREAM contains micro-pearls that melt on the skin when applied. A daily cream that moisturizes and revitalizes skin while providing a healthy glow thanks to its rosy, illuminating micro-pearls. The DAY CREAM has a TTT texture “ Thick-to-Thin-to-Thick ” – inspired by Korean’s successful textures: thick visual & touch, thin upon application with easy skin penetration and thick finish to provide a wrapping and comfortable sensation.

It combines a revitalizing Amber Algae – Laminaria Ochroleuca – sourced for its fascinating capacity to produce its own vital energy and a potent blend of nutrients that provide intense nutrition and reinforce skin barrier.

Richer and more indulgent for nighttime, the NIGHT CREAM envelops skin in lasting moisture, leaving it smoother and more luminous come morning. An ultra-nourishing night cream that, strengthens and revitalizes for a skin that feels regenerated and renewed.

THE BLEND OF NUTRIENTS

– Amber Algae (Laminaria Ochroleuca) : renowned for the ability to generate its own vital energy, Amber Alage revitalizes the skin texture, acting on both deep and surface lines, to restore radiance
from within.

– Life Plankton™ : the most unique ingredient of the cosmetic industry.

– 5 Vegetal Oils : helps preserve skin hydration and elasticity. Olive oil, apricot seed oil, corn oil, passion fruit seed oil, rice bran oil : rich in fatty acids, nourishes skin and protects its barrier.

– Shea Butter : nourishes and softens skin.

– Mineral Calcium : involved in cellular energy metabolism.

Instantly, skin is totally revitalized and moisturized, all visible signs of
time are healed, to restore the skin from within.

BLUE THERAPY AMBER ALGAE REVITALIZE DAY CREAM

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BLUE THERAPY AMBER ALGAE REVITALIZE NIGHT CREAM

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LA PRAIRIE SKIN CAVIAR EYE LIFT

EYES IN FOCUS

05/10/2019 / by / in Eyes, Other, Skin / No comments

SKIN CAVIAR EYE LIFT

At La Prairie, the boundaries of innovation are constantly being pushed, the potency of caviar science is always being enhanced and new realms of its potential are perpetually being explored. With an infusion of Caviar Premier, the latest caviar incarnation developed by La Prairie scientists, the eye becomes the focus of La Prairie’s Swiss science. Caviar’s full lifting potential is harnessed for the first time to revive, raise and redefine the gaze.

La Prairie introduces Skin Caviar Eye Lift, the first eye-opening serum for the whole eye area, including brows – the gentle yet effective answer to eye lifting and firming concerns. Skin Caviar Eye Lift is a potent combination of two formulas enriched with Caviar Premier and La Prairie’s Exclusive Cellular Complex, which uses cutting-edge biotechnological research to give new life and energy back to the very cells where beauty is born.

La Prairie Skin Caviar Eye Lift

THE INNOVATION

The innovation that defines Skin Caviar Eye Lift is not limited to its cutting-edge formula. Inspired by the vial design of Skin Caviar Liquid Lift and its visible caviar beads, this latest eye area treatment is an homage to the potency and indulgence of the La Prairie’s iconic gold caviar beads. With a press of the activating pump, the two formulas – one encapsulated in caviar beads, the other in an innovative tourmaline-pink gel-cream emulsion, each housed in separate chambers to maintain their purity – are drawn up to a patent- pending mechanism that freshly blends them with each use. The result is a delightfully textured serum that melts into skin with a refreshing touch and an immediate tensing sensation.

Skin Caviar Eye Lift brings together audacious science, cutting-edge technology and the indulgence of caviar in one elevated creation for the eyes.

WHAT’S PROMISED

The results are simply unprecedented. Using innovative algorithms specifically developed for the study of Skin Caviar Eye Lift’s data, the scientists at La Prairie found that with regular use, over time the eyes are opened while the eye contours and eyebrows appear redefined. The upper lids look tightened while crow’s feet appear visibly reduced. Lower lids appear smoothed and under-eye bags and puffiness look diminished. With daily use, the complete eye area appears lifted and firmed. The gaze is raised, revived, redefined – reawakened with a new appearance, with a new perspective.

THE RITUAL

The Skin Caviar eye area ritual begins with perfectly clean skin. A few drops of Essence of Skin Caviar Eye Complex helps sooth and prepare the eye area for the treatments to follow.

Gently pressing on the pump of Skin Caviar Eye Lift activates the blending mechanism and releases a single dose. Starting at the inner corner of the eye, the silky formula is dotted along the eyelid crease to the outer corner. As the dabbing gesture continues along the eye’s contours, a pleasant lifting sensation takes place, adding a delightful moment of indulgence to the morning or evening skincare ritual.

Follow with Skin Caviar Luxe Eye Cream to complete the Skin Caviar eye area ritual for an indulgent experience that puts the eyes in focus.

SKIN CAVIAR EYE LIFT

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Clarins Rose Radiance Cream

ROSE RADIANCE CREAM

02/10/2019 / by / in Skin / No comments

Instant glow, lifting, replenishing

In its expert formula, Clarins Laboratories have combined the
most effective instant radiance-boosters with the best
replenishing key ingredients. What makes it really irresistible?
Its pink colour! A bold shade that reminds us that you can feel
young, vibrant and radiant… at any age!

Designed for women age 50+ who know their own true beauty Clarins created Rose Radiance Cream. A skin-enhancing cream to replenish, exfoliate and beautify the skin and every morning, revive its natural, rosy radiance. But what is radiance in mature skin? It’s an undeniable yet subtle glow. With this in mind, Rose Radiance Cream consists of three expert ingredients that combine their radiance-boosting properties to deliver a smooth skin texture, luminous complexion and an even skin tone.

SMOOTH SKIN TEXTURE

HIBISCUS FLOWER ACIDS

Famed for its beauty, the hibiscus sabdariffa flower hides a real treasure: flower acids, such as those used in Rose Radiance Cream, which offer a guaranteed content of exfoliating pyruvic acid. Incorporated in a skin care and applied to the skin, they prevent the accumulation of dead skin cells which can dull the skin and make it rough. Their plus? Gentle exfoliation. By protecting the epidermis, they do not cause dehydration or irritation.

A smooth skin texture is achieved with the gentle biological exfoliation of hibiscus flower acids. Very gentle hibiscus sabdariffa flower acids encourage the quick and delicate removal of dead skin cells, to boost complexion radiance, encourage skin renewal and preserve a tighter skin texture. The smoother and more supple the skin, the more even it is and the more it reflects the light.

EVEN SKIN TONE

VITAMIN C

Even skin tone: the tinted texture and a vitamin C derivative
On the skin, the vibrant colour of the texture tones down, leaving a subtle shade of pink with an instant healthy glow effect. Day after day, the vitamin C derivative helps reduce the look of dark spots to give a perfectly even complexion. Finally, the cream’s fresh fragrance with notes of blossoming rose gives Rose Radiance Cream a delicate feminine touch.

REPLENISH SKIN AND REGAIN TONE

ORGANIC HARUNGANA EXTRACT

Studies carried out on organic harungana extract have revealed its capacity to reactivate the metabolic functions of the fibroblast and increase the synthesis of collagen fibres. Skin is progressively strengthened, skin slackening slowed and wrinkles and fine lines visibly reduced.

In the formula of Rose Radiance Cream, the replenishing properties of organic harungana extract and an anti-ageing peptide are combined with the plumping effect of line-filling pearls. At all levels, skin is replenished and more toned. The fuller look of more youthful skin is restored, a key factor for better reflection of the light.

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NEW CLINIQUE SMART CLINICAL MD

THE SMART APPROACH TO ANTI-AGEING

02/10/2019 / by / in Skin / No comments

CLINIQUE SMART CLINICAL™ MD

With age, the skin’s metabolism slows and loses its youthful luminosity and elasticity. If you are not ready yet for any invasive facial procedure, it’s time to meet a new way to resculpt, revolumize and
reshape your appearance. Clinique introduces the NEW Clinique Smart Clinical MD™ to boost your skin’s youthfullness.

WHAT IT IS

An ingenius approach to visibily rejuvenating facial morphology that targets key areas of concern while also addressing lines, wrinkles, dullness and uneven skin tone. Available in two specialized formulas: one to visibly resculpt key areas like the neck, jowls, jawline and the other to visibly replump areas of volume loss. 

Clinique Smart Clinical MD Age Transformer Duo

MEET THE HEROES

TO RESCULPT

Clinique Smart Clinical™ MD Multi-Dimensional Age Transformer Resculpt is an instant-tightening gel-cream with neuropeptides that resculpts and redefines for visibly lifted skin. 

It helps create firmer, lifted and contoured skin powered by Morpho Technology + Custom Repair. This global de-ageing formula with Sweet Almond Seed and Soybean Seed Extract helps visibly correct lines and wrinkles, dullness and uneven tone.

Key Ingredients/Technology

– Soybean Seed Extract: Rich in Lysophosphaditic Acid (LPA), this naturally derived extract helps skin achieve a tightening and lifting effect.
– Sweet Almond Seed Extract: Works at the skin’s surface to form a film that allows an immediate blurring effect of fine lines and wrinkles.
– Whey Protein: Rich in amino acids, it helps increase skin’s natural collagen, leaving it looking and feeling firmer and more resilient. 

CLINIQUE SMART CLINICAL MD / RESCULPT

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TO REVOLUMIZE

Clinique Smart Clinical™ MD Multi-Dimensional Age Transformer Revolumize is an instant plumping dense-cream visibly rejuvenates facial morphology that helps replump skin and provides volume building day after day.

A combination of three different molecular weights of Hyaluronic Acid helps achieve a plumped look. This global de-ageing formula helps visibly correct lines and wrinkles, dullness, and uneven tone. Powered by Morpho Technology + Custom Repair.

Key Ingredients/Technology

– Hyaluronic Acid: Hydration is the key to healthy, youthful skin. This effective humectant has skin-plumping effects—it can attract up to 1,000 times its weight in water.
– Soybean Protein: This plant-derived ingredient helps provide a support system to plump up skin, filling in lines.
– Yeast Extract: Helps skin hold onto moisture, providing a smoothing effect that minimizes roughness and plumps up wrinkles.

CLINIQUE SMART CLINICAL MD // REVOLUMIZE

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TO RESHAPE

Clinique Smart Clinical™ MD Multi-Dimensional Age Transformer Duo is two innovative moisturisers, in one jar. An instant-tightening gel-cream and an instant plumping dense-cream that resculpts, revolumizes and reshapes your appearance.

Morpho Technology + Custom Repair help you reshape your key areas: Lift the jawline, firm the neck and contour facial profile. All while targeting wrinkles, dullness and uneven tone.

Key Ingredients/Technology

RESCULPT:

– Soybean Seed Extract: Rich in Lysophosphaditic Acid (LPA), this naturally derived extract helps skin achieve a tightening and lifting effect.
– Sweet Almond Seed Extract: Works at the skin’s surface to form a film that allows an immediate blurring effect of fine lines and wrinkles.
– Whey Protein: Rich in amino acids, it helps increase skin’s natural collagen, leaving it looking and feeling firmer and more resilient.

REVOLUMIZE:

– Hyaluronic Acid: Hydration is the key to healthy, youthful skin. This effective humectant has skin-plumping effects—it can attract up to 1,000 times its weight in water.
– Soybean Protein: This plant-derived ingredient helps provide a support system to plump up skin, filling in lines.
– Yeast Extract: Helps skin hold onto moisture, providing a smoothing effect that minimizes roughness and plumps up wrinkles.

SMART CLINICAL MD AGE TRANSFORMER DUO

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Gisele Bundchen x Dior Capture Totale

GISELE BÜNDCHEN IS THE NEW FACE OF DIOR CAPTURE TOTALE

30/09/2019 / by / in Skin / No comments

THE JOINED FORCES

A beautiful woman and an iconic skincare line join together in search of wellness and serenity. The Brazilian model Gisele Bündchen is the new face of Dior Capture Totale, the anti-ageing skincare line that focuses on revealing skin that radiates healthy beauty.

Gisele Bundchen is the new face of Dior Capture Totale

“The perfect embodiment of healthy beauty, our new spokesmodel is the icon of wellness, generated by a unique idea of healthy and purely authentic beauty,” said Claude Martinez, president and chief executive officer of Parfums Christian Dior at WWD. “This very same idea lies at the heart of the origins and the history of Capture Totale.”

“Inner beauty nourishes, regenerates and radiates infinite external beauty with its full power and vital energy,” the executive continued. “Today, we are celebrating a supermodel glowing with health, who is an accomplished, stunningly beautiful woman, and of course, the iconic muse of conscious beauty, who joins us to convey and celebrate the house of Dior values.”

Apart from being a model, Bündchen is also an author, an unrelenting enviromental activist and a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations’ program for the environment.  

The Brazilian model will appear in a new print and digital advertising campaign for the skincare line in 2020.

 

HYDRA-BIOME PROBIOTIC SUPERDOSE FACE MASK // KORRES

REAL GREEK YOGURT IN A SUPERDOSE FACE MASK

28/09/2019 / by / in Skin / No comments

HYDRA-BIOME PROBIOTIC SUPERDOSE FACE MASK

Life is stressful. Late nights at work, screen time overload, polluted air, one too many drinks…it all takes a toll on our bodies and minds. We all know what comes next – skin acts out – you can see it and feel it. It’s time to feed your skin the comfort it’s craving. Experience deeply nourished, balanced, healthier-looking skin after just 15 minutes of use. 

Meet your stressed-skin savior: KORRES HYDRA-BIOME™ Probiotic Superdose Face Mask. This first-ever probiotic superdose mask made with real Greek Yoghurt instantly comforts and relieves stressed-looking skin by maintaining skin microbiome balance.

SKIN’S MICROBIOME

Skin’s unique microbiome – the fragile ecosystem of microorganisms that work together to protect and shield skin against stressors – is taking center stage in the beauty universe. This living protective layer is so delicate that it can easily become imbalanced from the stressors we are exposed to every day. Everyone’s skin reacts to stress – but how it reacts is different for each person. Skin might look red or feel dry, tight, itchy and exhausted.

ABOUT THE MASK

This mask is a multi-tasker with clinically proven anti-pollution protection, a time-released hydration complex and a long-lasting cooling effect, created by the natural superfood, Greek Yoghurt. It continues working beyond application, with anti-pollution protection to help skin survive urban stress caused by environmental pollutants. 

This superfood mask is a super quick solve for post-party days, all-nighters, long hours in the sun, air pollution, and all those stressors that throw your skin off balance. Use 2-3 times per week, or daily if it’s one of those weeks!

WHAT IS FORMULATED WITH

Formulated with cutting-edge microbiome-friendly technology, HYDRA–BIOME™ Probiotic Superdose Face Mask works in as little as 15 minutes to maintain skin microbiome balance and transform stressed-looking skin into a comforted, glowing complexion after one use.

The unique formula includes:

– Real Greek Yoghurt, a Greek superfood: delivers an instant cooling sensation along with deep moisturising and nourishing action
– Hydra-Biome™: cutting edge microbiome-friendly technology clinically proven to maintain your skin’s invisible microbiome balance, returning skin to its healthy-looking form
– Pre- and probiotics that help maintain skin microbiome balance, while delivering nourishing and smoothing effect
– Time-Released Hydration Complex: releases hydration for 48-hours to keep skin feeling bouncy, youthful and energized

– Three types of Hyaluronic acid for supreme moisture absorption to help skin look plump and smooth
– Bisabolol and Ginger Root Extract to intensely soothe parched skin
– A rich blend of Shea Butter, Apricot Oil, Sweet Almond Oil and Aloe Vera to nourish and deeply hydrate
– Fragrance of 100% natural origin

HOW TO USE IT

Slather a super thick, creamy layer to clean, dry skin and leave on for 10-15 minutes. Rinse and pat dry to instantly relieve and soothe de-hydrated, sensitive skin while giving it a “healthy” microbiome-friendly superdose. For super quick mask removal, use a wet washcloth. It doubles as a sleeping facial: smooth on a thin layer before bedtime to wake up to plump-looking and well-rested skin.

PRO TIP: Keep the face mask in the fridge and indulge in its extra-cooling effect as the revolutionary formula works its superdose magic!

 

HYDRA-BIOME PROBIOTIC SUPERDOSE FACE MASK

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Bianca Brandolini x Re-Nutriv

BIANCA BRANDOLINI d’ADDA AS THE NEW RE-NUTRIV AMBASSADOR

17/07/2019 / by / in Skin / No comments

Estée Lauder has announced that it has signed Bianca Brandolini d’Adda, French-born international fashion muse, as the brand’s global Re-Nutriv Ambassador. Bianca will feature in a new global digital campaign, “Live a Life of Extraordinary Beauty”, debuting in September.

“I am thrilled to welcome Bianca to her role as global Re-Nutriv Ambassador,” said Stephane de La Faverie, Global Brand President, Estée Lauder. “Bianca has a deep appreciation for travel, art, style and beauty, making her the perfect ambassador for our luxury skincare and makeup line.”

“I am honored to represent Re-Nutriv,” said Bianca Brandolini d’Adda. “

Bianca Brandolini d’Adda is among the world’s most influential fashion muses. Born into an aristocratic family, Bianca was educated at the Institut du Marais-Charlemagne Polles in Paris and divides her time between her family homes in Venice, Paris and Rio di Janeiro. Bianca is credited for being an inspiration to many designers including Valentino and Giambattista Valli, and has been called one of the most beautiful women in Europe. While living in Rio di Janeiro, she collaborated with the Brazilian brand Osklen to design a swimwear collection and designer shoe brand Sergio Rossi, as well as appeared as an actress in television shows and short films. Bianca has been a friend of the Maison Cartier for a number of years and has featured on the best dressed lists of Vogue and Vanity Fair.

Photos: Courtesy of Estee Lauder

The secrets behind Crème de La Mer

20/02/2016 / by / in Skin / No comments

What began as one man’s journey became transformative experience that would be
whispered about all over the world…
Some say it’s magic. 
Some say it’s science.
Others just believe.

As the groundbreaking skin-care brand turned 50, we reveal the secrets behind the delicate science of Crème’s enduring appeal.


1.  Driven to find a treatment for his own burn scars, it took aerospace physicist Dr. Max Huber 12 years and 6,000 experiments with ingredients and time-intensive bio-fermentation to develop the formula for Crème de la Mer. Today, the rarefied mixture has never been more popular.

2.  Each jar of Crème de la Mer is hand-filled within eight hours of the formula’s completion, with the room’s temperature tightly controlled.

3. When La Mer’s sea kelp is harvested in the spring and fall, it’s shipped directly to the lab on ice. Because only the top fronds are used, the plant remains unharmed.

4. To speed up the fermentation process, the Miracle Broth is exposed to pulsating sound waves and light energy from specialized equipment, which intensifies potency. To maintain the integrity of every batch, a small portion of Broth from the previous is added to the next.

5. Known officially as the Miracle Broth, La Mer’s secret sauce is a powerful blend of sea kelp, calcium, magnesium, potassium, iron, lecithin and vitamins C, E and B12, along with oils of citrus, eucalyptus, wheat germ, alfalfa and sunflower. Fresh limes are hand peeled to maximize the living benefits of the rind, then added as Lime Tea Extract.

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Recently, the luxe sea-kelp-based skin-care brand has opened its first spa in the U.S. at the Baccarat Hotel & Residences in Midtown Manhattan. Opulent services—like a bespoke, 90-minute La Mer Baccarat Facial, with a diamond-powder exfoliation and warming facial massage using Baccarat stones—harness the healing energies of the sea to help guests relax.