J’ai reçu ce sérum de nuit gratuitement de Garnier et du Review Club. En échange de ce produit, je partage avec mes followers mes pensées honnêtes et mon évaluation.
J’utilise actuellement la Vitamine C Pure pour ma routine du matin et je trouve que j’aime à quel point ma peau est plus lumineuse lorsque j’ajoute le sérum de nuit.
Ce sérum a une odeur légère, presque imperceptible, je le trouve un peu plus aqueux que les autres sérums que j’utilise mais cela ne l’empêche pas de s’appliquer en douceur sur la peau, il n’y a pas de sensation grasse ou collante après. Mon visage est plus doux, il est nettement plus lumineux et les taches sombres sur mon visage sont moins visibles.
Je peux affirmer sans crainte que ce sérum fera partie intégrante de ma routine nocturne, car j’aime vraiment ce qu’il a apporté à la santé de ma peau.
Grâce à Shiseido et Skeepers, j’ai pu tester la Vital Perfection Crème Lift Fermeté et le Soin Nuit Intensif Fermeté.
Un soin proactif pour des contours redéfinis et comme liftés.
Ces crèmes sont destinées à reconstituer et à revitaliser votre peau tout en contrant les signes visibles du vieillissement tels que la perte d’élasticité, les rides et les taches.
Quand faut-il commencer à utiliser des produits anti-âge ?
Le plus tôt sera le mieux, mais la plupart des gens s’accordent à dire que le début de la trentaine est un bon point de départ, car commencer dans la quarantaine ou la cinquantaine est considéré comme trop tardif.
J’utilise ces crèmes depuis un certain temps maintenant et je dois dire que je remarque clairement une différence lorsque je les utilise, ma peau semble beaucoup plus jeune et plus ferme, et il y a un éclat qui ne peut être attribué qu’à l’utilisation de ces crèmes. Il y a une vraie différence entre les crèmes de haute qualité et celles que l’on trouve au supermarché.
Les crèmes de cette ligne de produits sont exceptionnellement riches et possèdent un parfum incroyablement délicieux. Lorsque j’ai ouvert l’emballage, j’ai été agréablement surprise de constater qu’il contenait une cuillère pratique, qui améliore l’hygiène générale du processus d’application et constitue une touche attentionnée. Bien qu’il soit généralement recommandé d’appliquer les produits pour le visage avec des mains propres pour éviter toute contamination, le fait de disposer d’une cuillère dédiée apporte une garantie supplémentaire en matière d’hygiène et ajoute une touche de luxe à l’ensemble de l’expérience de soin de la peau.
En comparant la crème de nuit à la crème de jour, je constate que la crème de nuit a une texture sensiblement plus lourde. Malgré sa consistance plus riche, j’ai découvert qu’elle pénètre dans la peau aussi rapidement que la crème de jour. Cette qualité unique garantit que ma routine de soins de nuit n’est pas encombrante ou grasse, ce qui me permet de me réveiller avec un teint rafraîchi et nourri.
L’utilisation de ces deux crèmes dans le cadre de ma routine quotidienne a donné à ma peau la meilleure sensation qu’elle ait connue depuis longtemps.
S’il y a une chose que je n’aime pas dans ces produits, c’est leur prix, ils sont très chers mais je peux comprendre pourquoi car ils fonctionnent vraiment très bien, pour cette raison je leur donne 4 étoiles car ils ne sont pas vraiment accessibles à tout le monde.
Je l’utilise comme ma crème quotidienne pour le visage depuis 4 mois maintenant et j’en suis très satisfaite. Je pense que tout le monde doit savoir que je n’aime pas que mes soins pour le visage aient un parfum fort ou même une période de parfum et celui-ci n’a pas de parfum du tout. L’emballage n’est pas très hygiénique mais je l’utilise généralement après m’être lavé le visage pour avoir les mains toujours propres.
La crème est plus légère et s’applique très bien, elle pénètre rapidement dans la peau et laisse une sensation de fraîcheur sur mon visage, sans sensation de lourdeur.
Je n’ai pas vraiment de mauvaises choses à dire à son sujet, il n’est pas trop cher et je me vois bien le racheter une fois que celui-ci sera terminé.
J’ai récemment eu la chance de tester un nouveau masque en tissu de Nivea.
J’ai reçu le masque en tissu Naturally Good Hydratant et rafraîchissant.
Il s’agit d’un article à usage unique, je n’ai donc pu l’utiliser qu’une seule fois. J’ai beaucoup apprécié ce masque, il était assez facile à appliquer, mais un peu trop grand pour mon visage. Le retrait du masque a également été facile, ma peau a été laissée très hydratée et j’ai pu masser le produit restant dans ma peau.
Pour un rafraîchissement supplémentaire, je vous suggère de placer votre masque au réfrigérateur avant de l’utiliser.
Pour le prix, je me vois bien acheter des masques supplémentaires à utiliser au moins une fois par semaine.
Je lui donne 9,5 étoiles sur 10 uniquement parce qu’il était un peu trop grand pour mon visage.
The month of both Naveen and his father’s birthday as well as several other family members. The month of Halloween which I have to admit I don’t really pay attention to. We’ve never celebrated it when I was growing up but Naveen has been big on doing the whole dressing up and trick or treating but not this year for obvious reasons.
Since the 25th of September, I’ve been using the Multi-Restore Gel Cream and Multi-Restore Facial Sleeping Oil from Garnier Bio. I spoke a bit about it here. This was my first time using a Gel Cream and a Facial Sleeping Oil, normally I wash my face and apply a cream then go to sleep so this really was a new experience for me, here are my thoughts on the products:
Multi-Restore Gel Cream
First of all, what is a Gel Cream?
A Gel Cream is water-based, it has a lighter and more fluid texture compared to regular creams which is why they provide better hydration without leaving your skin feeling heavy or greasy. They are aimed towards people with oily skin.
The first thing I noticed about the Gel Cream was how light and easy it was to spread it on my face and neck, the second thing I noticed was the scent, I really don’t like the smell of hemp and this was no exception, whenever I get a whiff of hemp it reminds me of some kind of musty old thing you’d find in the back of your grandmother’s house. Disgusting.
Thankfully the scent does not linger at all.
Once the Gel Cream is applied it absorbs into the skin rapidly and you forget all about that terrible scent and are left with a very moisturized face.
Multi-Restore Facial Sleeping Oil
Facial Sleeping Oils or Night Oils are oils designed to be used before you go to bed. They are usually too heavy to wear during the day or under makeup.
When using a Facial oil a little goes a long way, trust me, when I first applied the oil I used it like I would a cream and it left my face feeling very very greasy, the next day I applied less and it was much better. Once again the scent is terrible but doesn’t last long. I never remember that I applied anything with Hemp let alone two products which in my opinion is great.
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I can’t say for certain that the products were behind my lack of PMS pimples, PMS is the only time I get pimples, and this month I had 0 pimples! If it was because of the products then great but it could easily have been just a coincidence. I will only have to keep using it for a couple more months to see if I skip the pimples for the next two or three months to see.
Voxbox Update
Now onto my Voxbox or should I say lack of Voxbox…
I know, it’s been 4 weeks since my last post and I’m still without my Opi Rainbow Voxbox…
A lot of people in the UK as well as some in France for their boxes but I’m among the unlucky few who have still not received their boxes. The campaign ended earlier this week and literally disappeared off my dashboard, I was pretty anxious, to say the least. If you don’t complete your missions for a campaign you can be excluded from ever receiving one again and I really didn’t want that to happen. Two days later the campaign reappeared and has been extended again! It should last until November but to be honest I’m losing hope that I will ever receive this box. I’ve been a member of the site for 6 years and this is the first time I’ve ever had this kind of problem. I don’t know if Covid is to blame for the terrible shipping or if this will be the norm now.
So, you remember those false nails I bought to use with the Voxbox?
I already started using them. I have painted my nails a few times thinking “Oh no! What if my box comes now?” It never does though so I’ll continue to use the nails and color my nails something new every few weeks.
The nails are very long in my opinion, I can’t leave them too long or I start to feel like I can’t do anything so I trimmed them down to the perfect length for me.
Nailfies 💅
Cien in 15 Nude BrownSpartoo Glossy Nail Polish in Red BeautyOpi Tokyo Collection – I’m on a Sushi Roll
I guess we’ll see if I get my box next week or if I never get it…
So it’s been almost three weeks since I posted about looking forward to September, usually, I would have had my OPI Rainbow Voxbox at least two days after receiving the You’re In! email but…Covid.
The days were passing without a box and everyone was getting worried because Influenster doesn’t provide International tracking so the tracker never moved past this:
This campaign is active in the US, UK, and France and it seems the US got their boxes but the UK and French boxes were nowhere to be seen. I sent a message asking if the boxes had been shipped yet since no one in the UK or France received their boxes and afterward I received this email:
Basically, the email is saying they just learned that I hadn’t received my box yet and they were experiencing shipping delays and I should expect my Voxbox in one to two weeks.
My nails are jacked and I said I would look for some falsies to do the campaign. I honestly didn’t know what brand to get so I searched Amazon France for one with the best reviews. I found these by a brand called Vixi.
This set includes 600 nails of 10 different sizes. My hands are small, size 2.5 ring! With all these different sizes I know I will find a good match (I hope so anyway).
The set comes with a little tube of glue but I’m not overly fond of the glues that come with false nails, they have a habit of being very weak. My nails will pop off the very next day if I don’t continuously reapply glue.
I decided to buy a pack of glue made especially for false nails.
The pack includes 5 bottles of glue and a nail file. The set of nails also comes with a nail file and I have a few of my own already. You can never have enough nail files.
It’s been about 5 days since the email about the delays so now it’s just a waiting game. I’m guessing I’ll get it around the same time as the package from Le Lab.
Maybe I should say “What’s up, October?” or maybe not. I might jinx it again.
Hey guys! Today I’m going to sidestep the emotions lol I got a lot of response from it and frankly, I felt overwhelmed and needed to process. I never really meant for it to cast blame on anyone, I just needed to release something that’s been with me for many years. I’m happy to finally let it all out and now I’m going to talk to you about the new Gel Micellaire Nettoyant I bought recently from Le Petit Marseillais.
In this post, I spoke about how much the scent is similar to the 1 Minute Masque that I recently tested and that this was the first Gel Micellaire that I’ve used. It is pretty different from Eau Micellaire but kind of similar to Milk Make-up removers I’ve used before only in the fact that it’s not a tiny liquid. It was pretty sticky and left my skin feeling a bit heavy almost like I didn’t remove everything. It did work really well and got rid of all the everyday yuck but it’s a bit too heavy for me to use on a daily basis. I think I will leave this for those occasions when I have a full face of makeup on. I haven’t noticed any new breakouts since using this which is always a plus but I’ll be keeping a close eye on my face for the rest of the week.
Today we went shopping at Carrefour, I really wanted to get some of those press-on nails that they had and see what hair supplies were available but I only accomplished one of those goals.
There were no press on nails to be found anywhere! But I did manage to get the entire line of Garnier Ultra Doux Richesse D’Argan as well as some other things.
Since my move here this line has been my holy staple and it is very hard to get my hands on all the products when I need them. They fly off the shelves so fast!
I also picked up Garnier Ultra Doux L’huile Merveilleuse aux huiles d’argan et de camélia which is also another one of my favorites, if I’m not using abierto one of Garnier’s oils. You can probably tell I adore Garnier’s products. What can I say? They work really well for my hair and they are inexpensive.
My last purchase was a Gel Micellaire Nettoyant from Le Petit Marseillais.
Gel Micellaire Nettoyant Fraîcheur de Rose
I’ve used Eau Micellaire from Cien which I’ve spoken about here and Eau Micellaire from U which I’ve also briefly spoken about here. This is my first time using a Gel Micellaire and I’m really interested in seeing what the difference is. The scent is the same as the 1 Minute Masque of theirs that I recently used and spoke about here.
All in all, it was a pretty good haul and didn’t cost that much money.
If you’re lucky you can find all these products at your local Carrefour and you don’t have a Carrefour in your location then you might be able to find one of two items at a Super U, Lidl, Netto, or other supermarché. You can also try looking on Amazon, I can’t guarantee that the price will be pocket-friendly though.
As you guys may or may not know I shaved off all my relaxed hair two years ago and let my natural hair grow in. Let me tell you it was quite an adventure.
While I enjoy my hair in its natural state I wash my hair quite often and it’s getting expensive continuously buying Shampoo, Conditioner, Deep Conditioner, and Leave-in Conditioner. Hair oil can last me a few months so there’s no problem on that front.
I keep seeing reviews of Dry Shampoo and some of them have not gotten very good reviews from other women of color. The one that did have good reviews was the DevaCurl No-Poo Original Zero Lather Conditioning Cream it’s not exactly a Dry Shampoo but it seems the Quick Cleanser is no longer available. This poses a problem for me because of 1. DevaCurl not shipping to France and 2. Buying it on the French Amazon is expensive as hell DevaCurl No-Poo-Cleanser. On the DevaCurl website, the cleanser is just $10, and Amazon.fr it is 38,00€ which is a $32.97 increase. I understand importing can be expensive but $32.97?!
With DevaCurl out of the running I turned to Dry Shampoos that would be readily available in the stores around me, they include the likes of Batiste, Garnier Ultra Doux, and U by Super U.
Yes, I live in a very small town and our offerings are very limited!
I was not going to pick up any Batiste because of all the reviews I’ve seen where it does nothing but makes natural hair greasy and leaves a white residue. That left me with Garnier Ultra Doux and U by Super U, I’m well acquainted with the brands having used Shampoo, Conditioner, Leave-in Conditioner, and Deep conditioner from both the Ultra Doux line and U by Super U, I’ve also used hair oil, Micellaire water, and facial moisturizers by U.
With this in mind, I think I will buy both the Garnier Ultra Doux Dry Shampoo and the U by Super U to test out which one I like better.
What about you? Do you have a brand of Dry Shampoo that you like?
I am not affiliated in any way with Cien or Lidl, I was not given these products to review or offered a reward for my review.
I was recently complimented on my clear skin, to be honest, I have never had much issue with my skin, one or two pimples over the years, my main problem is my raccoon eyes but they are hereditary so not much I can do about it except try to find a really good concealer.
Even if I’ve never had to battle bumps on my face I still try to take care of it, one of the first things I did when moving here was to find a good facial wash and moisturizer, I was not used to the cold and it was proving to me that I needed moisture more than anything in this unforgiving temperature, my husband bought me a Nuxe Huile Prodigieuse set that included a small bottle of bath oil, multipurpose oil, a candle, and hydrating cream.
These items served me well for a few months but I had run out and Nuxe is not the cheapest product to buy especially when you have a really small income. I needed something but I had no idea what to buy so I asked a friend what she used, her answer was Nuxe lol but she also mentioned that there was a line of products by Lidl called Cien and she had heard good things about it, Lidl, if you don’t know, is a German global discount supermarket chain, based in Neckarsulm, Germany, that operates over 10,000 stores across Europe and the United States. There is a Lidl very close to my home and it is very affordable so I decided to give it a try.
I picked up the Crème Hydrante Aqua for 2,99€
Made with Glycerol and Pantherol.
This cream will deeply moisturize your skin and protect it from the harmful effects of the sun thanks to its UV filter. Its formula is without mineral oils which allow for better absorption of the cream, without leaving a greasy effect, it promotes the oxygenation of the skin.
Essential protection for all skin types.
No added Mineral Oils.
A great success and a recognized quality that allowed him to be acclaimed by a jury of consumers during the 12th Victoires de la Beauté.
I also picked up the Aqua Rich Gel Nettoyant for a little under 2€.
For clean and fresh skin.
For Normal and Mixed skin.
Lastly, I picked up the Eau Micellaire Refraichissment for a little under 2€.
Facial Cleanser
Makeup Remover
Refreshing
Now, this was my first time using a Micellar Water I don’t know if it’s usual for it to leave your face feeling dry but this one does that, I always put on some of the moisturizers after using this, it works really well for removing makeup and I especially love that it’s a pump bottle I just have to press my cleansing pad down on the tip and the product comes up and wets my cleansing pad, this bottle design leads to less product wastage and one bottle can last you a pretty long time.
I’ve been using these products for a year and a half now and I think they do their jobs very well, my face has never been more smooth or soft, if I don’t moisturize around my nose it can get pretty dry but not with these products. In total, I think all the products came up to less than 7€.
If you’re in France and don’t have a lot of money to spend or just like a good bargain I’d highly suggest buying these products from Lidl.
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