Review: Guinot Beaute Neuve Radiance Renewal Cream

Our skin typically take 4 weeks to complete a cycle of cell renewal process where the old skin cells shed and fall off and reveal newer skin underneath. When we age this process slows down considerably and on more mature or damaged skin, it can take up to 6 weeks for the cycle to complete.

Regardless of our skin’s age, we sometimes need a helping hand to ensure the top layer dead skin cells are moved off so that our complexion can be smooth and radiant.

I recently put a product that does exactly that to the test and am loving the results!

Guinot Beaute Neuve Radiance Renewal Cream - 50ml

• A light cream with a faint floral fragrance, it has a luxurious texture and goes on smoothly, absorbing into skin effortlessly without any tacky or sticky feeling.
• Contains a low dose of AHAs to help dissolve those pesky dead skin cells that dull complexion and give rise to dry patches. Using this product I didn’t notice any visible flaking usually associated with AHA based products as I slough them off during cleansing. There is also no sensitivity and irritations that comes with the usual AHA and I can use this with other products without any concerns
• With anti-oxidant Vitamin c (sodium ascorbyl phosphate, a stable and gentle version of vitamin C), is a skin brightener and pigment producing inhibitor. It also functions as a sunscreen (studies have should that it can give SPF2 protection by increasing the skin’s natural defence to incidental sun exposure). I’d however, advise topping up with a higher SPF sunscreen to avoid getting burnt and further skin damage as we all know what the sun can do on a daily basis to pre-maturely age skin.
• Also contain vitamin A and E and soybean extract to hydrate and refine’s skin’s texture.

After a month’s use during AM and PM under moisturisers, my skin feels and looks visibly firmer, and the fine lines appear lighter. There is smoothness and radiance like I’ve just visited a spa and had a facial.

If you’re after the radiant effects of a spa in a jar, then this jar of Beaute Neuve renewal radiance cream will do it gently and give you the facial effect every day. I highly recommend it.

RRP A$120 at Guinot salon and Adore Beauty online.

A sample of this product was provided for consideration.

Review: Clinique Even Better Clinical Dark Spot Corrector

Hyper-pigmentation has recently been an issue with me. I’m not sure whether it’s caused by hormonal imbalances, inadvertent sun exposure or some other external aggravators but I’m finding more tiny pigmentation marks appearing around the eye area this year. That is why I’m always on the lookout for products that promises to address pigmentation and even out skintone.

Having won Marie Claire's 2011 Prix De'Excellence International Award and garnering high praises everywhere else, I was very curious to try Clinique's re-formulated 'damage eraser'.

Clinique Even Better Clinical Dark Spot Corrector - 30ml

• Contains patent pending CL-302 complex which combines 5 ingredients to address pigmentation: Dianella Ensifolia, Ascorbyl Glucoside, Blackout Yeast Extract which addresses pigmentation by gently brightening skin and glucosamine and Salicylic Acid to normalise skin pigmentation over production and to help soften skin and increase cell turnover.  Other star ingredients which also tackle pigmentations are Acetyl glucosamine and grapefruit extract, another skin brightener to deliver a powerful anti-pigmentation punch. 
• Is a light milky fluid with a pleasant scent, it absorbs easily and leaves no visible sheen or grease. You hardly realise it was there if not for skin being so much smoother and softer to the touch afterwards. 
• Performs well with fading scar marks – my blemish marks from hormonal outbreaks were gone in 1 week when they normally take 3 or 4 weeks to fade on its own. 
• Works equally well to prevent further darkening of freckles, sun spots or pigmentation. It really stops those marks on its tracks. 
• Lightens existing pigmentations - after 4 weeks of daily use, the newly formed pigmentations are lighter and barely visible and are invisible under light makeup. The older pigmentation spots are slightly lighter, but I haven’t notice a big difference to say WOW yet. Skintone is definitely brighter and more even throughout . 
• Treated early, this serum will definitely lighten and fade pigmentation spot and dark marks till they are barely visible. Whilst it won’t completely erase the older dark pigmentation marks, they do become lighter. 

In a nutshell:
This is now my go-to daily serum for hydration with the added surety that it's slowly helping to fade my existing pigmentation. I highly recommend this serum if you have pigmentation concerns and want to gently fade without irritations to skin that other more aggressive products may cause.

Ingredients:

Water, dimethicone, isododecane, cyclopentasiloxane, polysilicone-11, butylene glycol, ascorbyl glucoside, peg-10 dimethicone, curcuma longa (turmeric) root extract,oryza sativa (rice) bran extract, citrus grandis (grapefruit) peel extract, hordeum vulgare (barley) extract\extrait d'orge, triticum vulgare (wheat) germ extract, betula alba (birch) bark extract, cucumis sativus (cucumber) fruit extract, dimethoxytolyl propylresorcinol, scutellaria baicalensis root extract, morus bombycis (mulberry) root extract, trametes versicolor extract, saccharomyces lysate extract, yeast extract\faex\extrait de levure, peg-6, tromethamine, salicylic acid, polysorbate 20, cholesterol, isohexadecane, propylene glycol dicaprate, helianthus annuus (sunflower) seedcake, caffeine, tocopheryl acetate, acetyl glucosamine, simethicone, glycyrrhetinic acid, polysorbate 80, sodium hyaluronate, di-c12-18 alkyl dimonium chloride, sodium rna, squalane, sodium sulfite, sodium metabisulfite, caprylyl glycol, hexylene glycol, ammonium acryloyldimethyltaurate/vp copolymer, acrylamide/sodium acryloyldimethyltaurate copolymer, disodium edta, phenoxyethanol, yellow 6 (ci 15985), yellow 5 (ci 19140)

RRP A$92 at Clinique counters now.
This product was provided for consideration.