This months favourites, and there's more than four. I don't know if that's a good or bad thing. Links to everything, under the video
Goe Oil
Daniel Sandler Watercolour Blush in Rose Glow
Kerastase Nutrive Nectar Thermique
Redken Stay High 18
Dior Rouge Baume Lili
Clarins Anti Wrinkle Sun Cream SPF 30
Environ AVST 1 Moisturiser
Sunday Riley Luna Sleeping Oil
Clarins Eau Dynamisante
Friday, 29 April 2016
This months favourites, and there's more than four. I don't know if that's a good or bad thing. Links to everything, under the videoWednesday, 27 March 2013
Environ C-Quence Eye Gel
Quite often I review either easily accessible 'drug store' brands or products that the pro's love - this post is going to be about one of the big guns of skincare. Environ is a serious brand with hardcore products and I have to say, although I've really been impressed by everything I've tried I really wouldn't advise using their products without consulting a skin specialist who really knows the brand.
I first became aware of the brand four years ago just before I got married. I was worried about the dry skin bumps on the tops of my arms being really obvious in my strapless wedding dress (it's incredibly annoying to be asked if you're cold all the time when in fact it's just a skin issue!). I was recommend Environ's Derma-Lac Lotion which really helped - you can read about it here. Since then I haven't really come across the brand at all until I saw some incredible before and after pictures showing the results using C-Quence Eye Gel and was so amazed I really wanted to get my mother to try it out.
I think my mother looks fantastic but she is always trying to find a non-surgical way to treat her hooded eyes and the skin around them. When I saw these pictures I just had to get hold of some of the C-Quence Eye Gel for her to try out. And then I had a baby and forgot all about it.
I have to say that so much time had passed since I had given her the eye gel, and she is never happy with any eye creams she tries, that I was expecting her to say that this hadn't made any difference either. I was wrong, she really likes it and has noticed a difference after just two weeks of use. She says... 'I have been using Environ morning and evening after cleansing, and I am very pleased with the results. My baggy, puffy eyes seem to have tightened up a bit, and I think I look a bit more awake which is great when one is 61! I shall continue to use it and am interested to know what other Environ products are available for poor old saggy faces.'
As I've mentioned before these are tough products so it really is advisable to get a consultation with someone who knows them before buying any and I think I'll definitely be taking my mother to Face It Clinic in Highgate, who have used Environ products for years, to see what other products will work with the C-Quence Gel to continue the de-puffing.
I first became aware of the brand four years ago just before I got married. I was worried about the dry skin bumps on the tops of my arms being really obvious in my strapless wedding dress (it's incredibly annoying to be asked if you're cold all the time when in fact it's just a skin issue!). I was recommend Environ's Derma-Lac Lotion which really helped - you can read about it here. Since then I haven't really come across the brand at all until I saw some incredible before and after pictures showing the results using C-Quence Eye Gel and was so amazed I really wanted to get my mother to try it out.
I think my mother looks fantastic but she is always trying to find a non-surgical way to treat her hooded eyes and the skin around them. When I saw these pictures I just had to get hold of some of the C-Quence Eye Gel for her to try out. And then I had a baby and forgot all about it.
I have to say that so much time had passed since I had given her the eye gel, and she is never happy with any eye creams she tries, that I was expecting her to say that this hadn't made any difference either. I was wrong, she really likes it and has noticed a difference after just two weeks of use. She says... 'I have been using Environ morning and evening after cleansing, and I am very pleased with the results. My baggy, puffy eyes seem to have tightened up a bit, and I think I look a bit more awake which is great when one is 61! I shall continue to use it and am interested to know what other Environ products are available for poor old saggy faces.'
As I've mentioned before these are tough products so it really is advisable to get a consultation with someone who knows them before buying any and I think I'll definitely be taking my mother to Face It Clinic in Highgate, who have used Environ products for years, to see what other products will work with the C-Quence Gel to continue the de-puffing.
Tuesday, 27 January 2009
Short
Last year I vowed to spend my clothes budget more sensibly. Less Primark more designer.
Cheap clothes just don't last. For the five times you've gone on a bit of a spree in Primark you may as well have saved that and then bought one really nice well cut pair of jeans that will last for ages. Or a really sensible cashmere jumper... It's all very well saying that but in practise sometimes you really want temporary quantity rather than extended quality.
With cheap clothes you become all attached and then they just fall off you six months later (or one wash later in the case of Primark... ). I have, however, just bought two pairs of Topshop jeans online. Why online when I know that they won't fit? Because I am associating 'credit crunch' with not leaving the W6/W4 area and that money saved on travel can go on Internet shopping. I know Topshop isn't cheap cheap but I usually get Replay or Diesel jeans as I get through about 3 or 4 pairs a year (they go at the thighs and there's nothing I can do about it!) so £40 at Topshop is much more reasonable and I figure that if I have loads of jeans then I won't burst through the seams of my favourite pair six months after I've bought them. I think this is a sensible policy. Not sure how Mr J will feel when he's living in a denim emporium... mind you I am addressing and sending out our engagement party invites this evening whilst he pays squash so I think I deserve to be thinking about my new purchases while I do it.
What really gets to me though is that I seem to have stopped growing with a 31 inch leg. 30 is too short 32 is far too long. Time and time again I get told to take my trousers to get taken up at the dry cleaners but I don't want to have to. I will. I will get over it and take them all at once and go and maybe even learn how to do it myself on my sewing machine (if I get the one on the wedding list!!! doubtful). I can't be the only one with in-the-middle length leg can I?? Really??
In a products update the Environ DermaLac lotion if FANTASTIC. I still have little lumps and you do need to use it everyday but if you have dry skin patches on the tops of your arms (or anywhere on your body I suppose) use this product. It is the one that works and is worth every penny of it's £30ish price tag. 'Exfoliate, DermaLac, moisturise' is my new mantra and it's working a treat xx
With cheap clothes you become all attached and then they just fall off you six months later (or one wash later in the case of Primark... ). I have, however, just bought two pairs of Topshop jeans online. Why online when I know that they won't fit? Because I am associating 'credit crunch' with not leaving the W6/W4 area and that money saved on travel can go on Internet shopping. I know Topshop isn't cheap cheap but I usually get Replay or Diesel jeans as I get through about 3 or 4 pairs a year (they go at the thighs and there's nothing I can do about it!) so £40 at Topshop is much more reasonable and I figure that if I have loads of jeans then I won't burst through the seams of my favourite pair six months after I've bought them. I think this is a sensible policy. Not sure how Mr J will feel when he's living in a denim emporium... mind you I am addressing and sending out our engagement party invites this evening whilst he pays squash so I think I deserve to be thinking about my new purchases while I do it.
What really gets to me though is that I seem to have stopped growing with a 31 inch leg. 30 is too short 32 is far too long. Time and time again I get told to take my trousers to get taken up at the dry cleaners but I don't want to have to. I will. I will get over it and take them all at once and go and maybe even learn how to do it myself on my sewing machine (if I get the one on the wedding list!!! doubtful). I can't be the only one with in-the-middle length leg can I?? Really??
In a products update the Environ DermaLac lotion if FANTASTIC. I still have little lumps and you do need to use it everyday but if you have dry skin patches on the tops of your arms (or anywhere on your body I suppose) use this product. It is the one that works and is worth every penny of it's £30ish price tag. 'Exfoliate, DermaLac, moisturise' is my new mantra and it's working a treat xx
Monday, 10 November 2008
Dry Skin Rears its Ugly Head
I've mentioned this before I have terrible trouble with dry skin bumps on tops of my arms and thighs. Thus far I have tried most kinds of exfoliators, oils and moisturisers to get rid of them and although I have succeeded in softening them up a bit after one day of lapsing they are back in force. I mentioned this whilst having a pedicure at Essence Beauty Rooms in 
Hammersmith and was recommended Environ's Derma-Lac Lotion. I nearly didn't get it as I have tried so many products that haven't worked and it is around £32 but I need to get this sorted out before I get married so I'll give it a go. I work close enough to the Essence Beauty Rooms to go in and complain if this doesn't work.
Hammersmith and was recommended Environ's Derma-Lac Lotion. I nearly didn't get it as I have tried so many products that haven't worked and it is around £32 but I need to get this sorted out before I get married so I'll give it a go. I work close enough to the Essence Beauty Rooms to go in and complain if this doesn't work.
Its designed to treat rough, dry skin specifically feet and elbows and so far (fingers crossed) it really seems to be working. I've been using an exfoliating cloth in the bath and then applying the Derma-Lac with cotton wool. Although it was pretty pricey it should be used within 6-8 weeks so I feel that that's a fair trial period. After that I'm going to leave it for a week and see if they come back just as bad as they ever were. If they are reasonably fine still then I'm going to continue using this because so far the results have been fantastic. xx
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