special promotion FRENCH BEAUTY SECRETS

special promotion
The
S
KIN products that are a joy
to use – and deliver results
– can help all of us to ‘feel
more comfortable in our
skin’, as the French so
poetically put it, via that wonderful
phrase, ‘être bien dans sa peau’. But
while the French may be fans of ‘slow
food’ (relaxed lunches, enjoyed with
friends and family), not to mention
long and leisurely summer holidays
(August off, anyone?), our friends
across the Channel also know a thing
or two about the tricks that make an
instant difference to how we look.
So in that spirit, the
experts at Clarins have
come up with a two-way
strategy that not only helps to smooth the
appearance of the skin around the eyes –
fighting all the different signs of eye ageing, as
we’ll see – but also delivers immediate, visible
benefits. It starts, of course, with effective
skincare: Super Restorative Total Eye
Concentrate, which tackles all five visible
signs of skin ageing –
puffiness, dark circles,
wrinkles, slackening and
the general discomfort
that comes from skin
dryness – but also helps
the eye zone to appear
brighter and more
‘The first
love letters
are written
with the
eyes…’
French proverb
MINUTE
EYE-LIFT
Who wouldn’t love to look younger in the blink
of an eye? We share the ‘quick fix’ that
Frenchwomen rely on to turn back the clock
STEP 1: SUPER RESTORATIVE
TOTAL EYE CONCENTRATE
Eyes look more wide-awake
and smoother from the second
it’s applied – and it also creates
the perfect canvas for make-up
luminous from the second it’s applied. The
secret of its speed? Boosted by cassie flower
wax, Super Restorative Total Eye Concentrate
delivers an immediate, comfortable
‘tightening effect’, while golden ‘optical
pigments’ help to bounce light from the eye
zone, blurring the appearance of fine lines.
From the moment it’s put on, eyes look
more wide-awake and smoother – and as
women everywhere are discovering, Super
Restorative Total Eye Concentrate also
creates the perfect ‘canvas’ for make-up. In
fact, as the ‘1 Minute Eye Lift’ video
on the Clarins website shows,
it really does take just
60 seconds – and a trio
of genius eye innovations
– to make eyes appear
instantly refreshed and
visibly younger.
The second step in your
‘1 Minute Eye-Lift’ is Clarins
Instant Smooth Perfecting
Touch. This award-winning
primer is actually, a hybrid
of high-tech skincare and
make-up, with a light-as-air,
ultra-smooth texture. So
easy to apply to skin, this
silkifying perfector glides on
to deliver an imperceptible
‘veil’ on the surface,
smoothing fine lines,
wrinkles and pores.
Featuring a
line-minimiser
pigment for a
soft-focus effect,
together with acacia
micro-pearls, it can
be used over day cream – but
smart women also slip it in
their handbags, for use over
foundation/powder later in
the day. (It works on lines
elsewhere on the face, too,
as an instant smoother.)
Featured in The
Anti-Ageing Beauty
Bible, it notched up
impressively high
scores from a panel of
ten testers, Instant
Smooth Perfecting
Touch elicited high
praise from the panel,
which included: ‘made
skin look brighter and
smoother, and has
encouraged me to use a
primer more regularly’,
and ‘silky texture is very
easy to apply, and sank in immediately;
definitely enhanced radiance’.
For most of us of a certain
age, dark circles also become
Any time
a beauty concern. So step
you feel
three in the ‘1 Minute Eye-Lift’
tired, this
specifically targets shadows,
wand works
with Instant Light Brush-On
its magic
Perfector. Any time you feel
tired, in fact – too-early
mornings, or evenings when your get-up-and-go
has gone (but you’ve got to go out) – this concealer
wand works its magic on shadowy areas. It’s a
double-duty eye transformer in itself: Instant Light
Brush-On Perfector gets its instantly skin-firming
STEP 2:
INSTANT SMOOTH
PERFECTING TOUCH
Smooths fine lines,
wrinkles and pores,
and features a
line-minimiser
pigment for a
soft-focus effect
FRENCH BEAUTY SECRETS
As the author of the top-selling lifestyle manual French Women Don’t
Get Facelifts, Mireille Guiliano, advises: ‘Hydrate! Water is the least
expensive anti-ageing potion. I drink a glass before going to bed and
first thing when I get up, and as much as I can during the day. It
maintains my skin’s moisture balance, moves essential nutrients
through my organs and body, removes waste and toxins, and helps to
keep cells hydrated and joints lubricated. (And oh, do we need that
flexibility and mobility during the second half of our lives…)’
botanical action
from oat sugars, while
the light optimising
complex illuminates the
eye area to banish those
so-troublesome signs of fatigue.
(To see how a quick stroke of this
brush-on concealer works Harungana
its magic on all skin types,
check out that ‘1 Minute Eye-Lift’ video.)
At night and in the morning, though, the
cornerstone of that eye-lift will be Super
Restorative Total Eye Concentrate. And as
you’d expect from Clarins, this state-of-theart eye-awakener is focused around active
botanicals. From Madagascar comes organic
harungana extract, used in traditional medicine,
selected by Clarins for its ‘eye-lifting’
STEP 3: INSTANT
effectiveness in
LIGHT BRUSH-ON
combination with a
PERFECTOR
special anti-ageing
Combines a
tetrapeptide. (In trials,
skin-firming botanical
harungana – which also
action with the ability
to illuminate the eye
has a starring role in
area and conceal
Super Restorative Day
signs of fatigue
and Night Creams – has
proved more effective than retinol.)
To restore firmness and help combat wrinkles,
Clarins skincare experts chose to incorporate
phytoestrogen-rich Pueraria lobata (derived from
ivy), which helps to reactivate collagen
production, together with Dermaxyl®, which
essentially answers the skin’s SOS call,
working to produce new collagen and elastin
fibres where the complexion needs them most.
Add to that Asian silktree extract (to fight
dark circles), plus Amazonian guarana
extract and horse-chestnut-derived
escin, and you’ve a product which
countless women are turning
to, to combat all those
Cassie flower
five ‘eye challenges’.
So: you may not
be planning to take
August off. Even
a leisurely
lunch may
not be on
your radar for a
while. But every
British woman
has surely got a
minute, to make more
beautiful eyes…