A Beauty Day Out @ IOI City Mall

I like everything beauty, hence when IOI City Mall invited me to their beauty day out last month, I did not hesitate to RSVP myself to explore the beauty tenants there.

Our first stop was the World’s first Clarins retail kiosk that occupying a floor space of 600 square feet. It was fun to explore the open concept kiosk of this French luxury brand. 

It is equipped with a Open Spa, a makeover area, a relaxing lounge, a travel zone, a maternity zone, a gift area, a sample wall, and a recycle zone. 

My favourite zone was the Open Spa that offers a 30 minutes quick relaxing pampering while we are on the go.

Quench Your Thirsty Skin with New Clarins Hydra Essentiel Range

We all know that water is essential to life, but do you know that water is also essential to your skin’s beauty? When skin is well-hydrated, it is more plump and resilient. However, your daily schedule can cause your skin to dehydrate. In view of this, Clarins has launched their new Hydra Essentiel Range that quench your thirsty skin almost immediately.

Made from ingredients of Organic, leaf of life extract: boosts the skin’s natural hydration mechanisms; Callicarpa extract: helps enhance the complexion’s radiance; and Clarins Anti-Pollution Complex, the Hydra-Essentiel range protects the skin against the harmful effects of indoor and outdoor pollution. Skin appears younger and its radiance is revealed immediately.

Because every skin has different needs due to climate change, Hydra-Essentiel comes in a variety of 2 textures and 1 serum offering tailor-made freshness and comfort. They are Bi-Phase Serum, Hydra-Essentiel Light Cream and Cooling Gel.

Developed especially for Asian skin and climates. Its unique feather-light cream texture gets absorbed quickly, comforts the skin with a feeling of freshness and leaves it velvety and smooth.

Clarins Body Fit - The Anti-Cellulite Contouring Expert

Like many people, I am into healthy living hence I work out regularly. I have been going to the gym  for years and I found that the results are better when I work out with the right body care products. For example, a good cellulite cream could eliminate the cellulite and stretch marks more effectively, leaving my skin ultra smooth and firm.

So, I have been trying out different body products. This year, Clarins has launched the Body Fit that speed up our slimming performance. As the body expert with more than 22 years of on-going scientific research in body slimming, Clarins has always provided the most innovative slimming action for women.

Used to called Clarins Body Lift Cellulite Control, Clarins Body Fit is the ideal body slimming “coach” capitalizes on the strengths of its predecessors and goes even further in terms of body slimming results thanks to an unprecedented discovery made by Clarins Research: three adipocytes responsible fatty tissue expansion and skin sponginess. A new formula was developed, it includes an amazing plant extract - Quince Leaf Extract, which is capable of “coaching” adipocytes into regaining a normal level of activity. 

Thanks to this unique product that delivers reinforced slimming action for a refined, better shaped silhouette. Body Fit minimizes the appearance of existing cellulite and helps prevent the appearance of new areas. Beyond body slimming expertise, Body Fit helps reshape the silhouette through its ‘lift’ action as well as firms, smoothes and enhances more beautiful-looking skin, results you can see! 

The Perfect & Loving Pair For Mother’s Day from Clarins

This coming Mother’s Day, why not shower your mum with the perfect limited edition gift of “A Cheek, A Kiss”?

Easy 2-step routine mixing both skin care and make-up for wonderfully beautiful lips and cheeks especially for your mum. The limited editions duo – Daily Energizer Lovely Lip Balm and Skin Illusion Blush, that make her want to kiss and be kissed while her skin gets some love too!

Daily Energizer Lovely Lip Balm (RM79)

It all starts with a smile, Clarins created this 100% delicious and irresistible Lovely Lip Balm to take care of your lips. Filled with a plant cocktail (Organic Cocoa Butter – 8 hours hydration and repair, Shea Butter – optimal protection, Organic Red Currant – immediate and durable comfort) and an intelligent pigment that reacts to the pH of your lips to give customized colour. This comfortable, nourishing and repairing balm with delicious peach fragrance provides lips with lasting moisturization, offers lips a smooth, fuller look, perfect shine and rosy radiance, to leave them simply sublime.

Lovely Lip Balm’s ultra-lightweight paperboard packaging with a new lovely and feminine pattern was designed with the environment in mind. By choosing thin cardboard made with paper from sustainably managed forests, Clarins is protecting biodiversity and living up to its Responsible Beauty promise.

Skin Illusion Blush (RM85)

The secret behind getting showered with kisses? Glowing healthy skin and soft supple cheeks! Skin Illusion Blush, a smart and playful blush that comes in three refreshing shades with just a hint of shimmer – Pink, Coral and Havana.

Spotless and Healthy Skin with The New Clarins White Plus Range

Like many other Asian women, I dream of achieving a beautiful skin, a spotless and healthy skin. However, I was born with tan skin and I didn’t take care of my skin until late 20’s hence my skin was dull, dry and there’s visible freckles on my cheeks too. I was also afraid of using brightening skincare products because I had a serious breakouts experience with one of the renowned brand’s whitening series, quite unlucky isn’t it?

Somehow I was also lucky that I did not gave up achieving my dream skin, and I have given Clarins Paris’ latest white plus range a try lately.

Launched in March 2017, Clarins White Plus Range give us a total brightening regimen made up of 5 complementary steps to naturally clear our skin: Purify, Prepare, Correct, Embellish and Revive.

For the 1st time, Clarins Research has identified the 3 stages of dark spot formation due to melanin overproduction.

Stage 1: Under normal conditions, there is a regular production of melanin by the melanocyte, which is transferred to the keratinocyte. Responsible for natural even skin tone which can then be affected by UV exposure and lead to FUTURE DARK SPOTS.

Stage 2: Under UV exposure, melanogenesis is enhanced by both the direct hyperactivity of the melanocyte and exosomes. This leads to an increase of melanin content in the keratinocyte, but not enough to be visible at the skin surface. These are what we called DARK SPOTS IN PROGRESS.

Stage 3: Over time or due to more intense UV exposure, the quantity of melanin accumulated in the keratinocytes reaches the level required to make the dark spot visible at the skin surface. These are STUBBORN DARK SPOTS.

Also for the 1st time, Clarins Research has identified the ability of acerola fruit extract to regulate the melanocyte’s environment by inhibiting the message contained in exosomes, proteins which trigger an overproduction of melanin. It helps in decreasing it by 24.5%*, significantly counterbalances the exosomes’ impact on melanin overproduction.

The new White Plus range able to control the movement of exosomes to keep melanin production under control and offer 3 complete anti-dark spot benefits (prevent, correct and control).

STEP 1: PURIFY

NEW Brightening Creamy Mousse Cleanser RM140

The essential first step to clean, refresh and relax the skin. It cleanses all impurities, sebum and pollution. With the action to leave the skin luminous and less dull.

Texture: A pale pink, whipped cream texture with a very gentle and comfortable feel.

Clarins Instant Light Lip Comfort Oil

I have very dry lips, and I suffer from chapped and peeling lips from time to time. I blame this to my mum because I believe it’s due to my gene haha. I drink lotsa water every day but I am still suffering from dry lips. 

I have been using lip balm and lip sleeping mask all the time, but somehow chapped and peeling lips still hits me occasionally.

Clarins Instant Light Lip Comfort Oil

This year, a lot of brands have launched the lip oil for moisturizing and makeup effect. Among them, I love Clarins Instant Light Lip Comfort Oil the most.

As the treatment oil expert, Clarins invents a totally new skin care and make-up beauty step for our precious lips. Clarins Instant Light Lip Comfort Oil is a new tinted lip care that offers all the comfort of an oil and color to enhance beautiful lips. It transforms lips from dry and damaged, to plump and luscious-while adding just a hint of lip-sparkling color. Instant Light Lip Oil nourishes, hydrates and soothes-the natural way-with oils of mirabelle plum, Jojoba and hazelnut, for lips that look naturally-shiny and appear fuller.

I have been using Clarins Instant Light Lip Comfort Oil in 02 Raspberry for the past 2 months. You see, my dry lips is moisture instantly with its nourishing and innovative gel texture that hugs lips comfortably.

I like its sheer and subtle color. I use it as a lip balm as well as lip gloss, it can be used alone or over your regular lipstick to add shine and comfort. It soothes my dry lips and gives me comfort feel for long time.

Clarins Anti-ageing Treatment Essences

Do you afraid of ageing? According to a research, this is the major concern for Asian women as early as 25 years old. When we aged, we needed extra care to help pave the way for young and beautiful looking skin.

To achieve a youthful skin, Clarins, the anti-ageing expert, has launched three pioneering anti-ageing Treatment Essences in August 2016. It is the first step in any anti-ageing beauty routine, tailor-made for skin at different ages, they are designed to enhance the youthfulness of all Asian women.

Clarins Research has discovered that the skin has a physical barrier that protects against external aggressions. In order for the powerful anti-ageing ingredients to effectively penetrate and reach its biological target which is located at the deepest skin layers, it is necessary to “unlock” this barrier. This is to allow the active ingredients to be able to absorb easily.

There are three types of skin ageing:

1. Age 25+ - Early signs of ageing: The outermost skin layer is made up of 15 to 20 layers of corneocyte cells, this compact structure forms a “physical” protective barrier limiting the penetration of cosmetic ingredients.

2. Age 35+ - More permanent signs of ageing: Water content in the upper skin layers decreases with age, lack of water is the second factor that limits the absorption of active molecules in addition to the physical barrier.

3. Age 45+ - Prominent signs of ageing: The accumulation of dead cells on the skin surface limiting the absorption of active ingredients.

As women are all unique, Clarins has formulated three specific Treatment Essences rich in plant extracts, with highly sensorial smooth textures that specially designed to “unlock” the skin barrier and optimize active skin absorption for skin at all ages and to ‘lock’ the skin with moisturisers.

The 1st tailor-made essences for different age groups and as an essential first step in any anti-ageing beauty routine, Multi-Active boosts skin vitality for 25+, Extra-Firming enhances skin bounciness for 35+ and Super Restorative reinforces skin smoothness for 45+.

Smaller V Face and Bigger Eyes with NEW Clarins Shaping Facial Lift Range

Every Asian women dream of a slimmer face, shaper face contour and bigger eyes. Clarins, a French luxury cosmetics company, knows this well and have become the face contouring expert. It all started 17 years ago, Clarins founder Jacques Courtin-Clarins received feedback from the Japanese women in his Parisian Skin Spa about their dream to own a refined, smaller face and a perfect V-shaped contour. This inspired Clarins to develop the first contouring serum, Shaping Facial Lift.

Today, Clarins meets the expectation of Asian women better than ever by introducing 2 NEW synergistic solutions to help us achieve our goal of ideal features. Benefiting from the permanent innovation of Shaping Facial Lift, and thanks to a unique expertise in the Asian face, the 2 NEW products are V-Facial Intensive Wrap, a highly effective wrap for an instantly lighter V face and Enhancing Eye Lift Serum, a unique eye contour serum to reshape and open up the eyes, in synergy with the exceptional Shaping Facial Lift Serum, we can now discover a new total facial reshaping program, for a complete V-face contouring approach.

The Powerful Facial Reshaping Program

Shaping Facial Lift (Bestseller) (50ml | RM310)

The revolutionary “Total V Contouring Power” combining 3 powerful plant extracts, helps to slim, visibly de-puff and lift facial contours. The 3 powerful plant extracts are as below;

1. Guarana – Slim. for more visibly defined cheekbones and a reduced double chin.
2. Zerumbet Ginger - De-puffs. Sharper facial features.
3. Kaki – Lift. A sharper facial line and tighter skin.

Verdicts: Clarins Shaping Facial Lift works like a charm on puffiness and sagging skin. The light texture serum absorbed easily into my skin. It smells heavenly with floral accents, when apply on my face along with the Manual Lifting Method, my skin feels soft, supple and tight instantly. This is no doubt a wonderful skincare product for all of us.

Enhancing Eye Lift Serum (New) (15ml | RM250)

Clarins has studied the specific features of Asian eyes and identified their 3 main characteristics: smaller eyes, darker eye contour and thinner eyelashes. To resolve these problems, Clarins launches the 3rd generation of Enhancing Eye Lift Serum that specially dedicated to Asian women to genuinely and visibly open up their eyes.

The First “Green Angel” Campaign From Clarins Malaysia

In an effort to inspire and raise awareness in appreciation of the natural surrounding environment and to reduce carbon footprint, Clarins together with customers who are the top 40 “Green Angels” planted 40 fruit trees in Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) on Earth Day.

Clarins Malaysia organized the first “Green Angel” Campaign in all Clarins Skin Spas which started from 1st March 2015 till 30th April 2016, aimed at encouraging consumers to recycle. During the campaign, consumers of Clarins were encouraged to bring back empty jars, bottles, cartons for recycling. Top 40 recyclers of “Green Angel” were rewarded and a tree was planted for each of the winner.

Bravo to Clarins team + customers!

On Earth Day, Clarins team together with a few customers had an enjoyable time in FRIM. The day started with a short welcome address by Gillian Tyo, General Manager of Clarins Malaysia & Singapore followed by FRIM and then a 40-minute walk to Taman Bidara trail where the tree planting took place. Right after the tree planting, each winner was presented a tree certificate, as a symbolic gesture to reward their commitment to protect nature; and helping Clarins run a greener operation in Malaysia.

Some customers commented that they were happy to be part of this meaningful and educational activity and they wish to participate in such activities again.

From the very beginning, Clarins has based its development on respect for nature. It has always honored the principle of extracting the benefits of each plant without harming ecosystems, as well as making a commitment to preserving and reintroducing biodiversity where deforestation, urban construction and extensive farming have destroyed local flora and fauna.