Hi guys, it's been a few months now since
I came back from Paris after doing my
big old French skincare haul and I
thought you might be interested to see
exactly what I made of all the products
that I purchased when I was over there:
which ones were good which ones were
amazing and which ones were kind of
disappointing so without further ado
let's go straight on over and have a
look at what I bought.
Let's do the Nuxe first this is
incredible like seriously you should
probably buy this, I've never had so many
compliments on a fragrance before - it's
not fragrance but it just smells so kind
of summery when you use it it's really
great for this time of year because you
know you can like put it all over your
arms on the legs as well and it gives
this really really subtle tint and a
slight shimmer as well which is really
lovely and it smells absolutely divine.
It smells like summer basicall,y remember
I got this little bag with
moisturizing face cream face cleansing
and makeup removing gel hand and nail
cream and shower oil. It's okay
they're good travel size. I think it's
safe to say that micellar water changed
my life when I was over there, I'm not
exaggerating when I say that I don't
think I've ever been as clean as when
using micellar water. It literally blew
me away it wasn't something that I
particularly used before I bought them
in Paris but now I couldn't live without
it
out of the two I would say this one is
probably my favorite now because the
venn this one's for oily and blemish
prone skin and I do think it might be
slightly too stripping for me this one
Hall of Fame seriously so I got a couple
of coup de lis products I got the
glycolic peel and a deep cleansing
exfoliator so the glycolic peel I
thought it was decent but not strong
enough for me
this deep cleansing exfoliator I quite
liked it um it's got poly lactic acid in
and
it's like a scrub I didn't find it
particularly stripping when I was using
it so you're probably good to use it
maybe God maybe even every day actually
if if you have got a thicker skin type
what I do really like about it though is
the cute caps so I don't know I think
he's a real wood because if it is that
is amazing so up next we've got the
beauty elixir from chordally as well I
didn't like the smell I'm sorry I didn't
like the smell I found it a bit
medicated smelling and when I first
bought it I didn't realize that it had
quite so much oil in you know me I love
a facial spritz I'm literally obsessed
with facial spritzes but this one wasn't
for me you know what it smells like it
smells like almost like a dental surgery
and perhaps that's why I don't like it
it's kind of a minty eucalyptus II kind
of aroma to it and it gives me
flashbacks from back when I used to be a
dentist and you know that that's not
good no not good going back to the
Bioderma we've got the purifying
concentrate gentle peal I wasn't
completely sold on it um I didn't
particularly like the texture I found it
a bit tacky look it's it's a good price
point and I definitely found it
exfoliating I'm not sure that it was for
me though because it kind of reminded me
of the new skin suit ACCA's product the
glycolic ten in terms of how felt is in
how exfoliating it felt but I feel like
the skin suit circles product is
probably more hydrating I found this one
a little bit dry though first up from La
Roche Posay we've got the effort claw k+
which contains salicylic acid
great if you've got an oilier skin type
or if your acne prone and I found this
was very non irritating and I think if
you've got quite sensitive skin but you
still have acne this would be a really
good product for you
next up we've got effaclar duo unify on
um so again this is a moisturizer for
oily skin types also contains niacin
amide and LH a for exfoliating and it's
got a bit of a tint to it as well so if
you want something which has got kind of
a tense and moisturizer feel so you
don't have to wear a foundation maybe
every day just something with quite
light coverage and you have an oily skin
type I would definitely recommend that
you check this one out next up we've got
the LA roche-posay reader Moxxi which
has got 10% vitamin C in it coming away
from the effaclar range this product mmm
I'm not I'm not sold on vitamin C's
which are not in the serum because I
find that if I'm applying too many
layers of lotions and creams I tend to
get some pilling so that's why I prefer
to use a serum so that I can layer my
skincare more effectively having said
that if you're somebody who does get
some dehydration and you're looking for
a nice budget vitamin C product to use
then I think this could be up your
street I think it smells pretty good too
I just remembered I also had some lip
balms I think they were from quarterly
but I can't find them anywhere I did use
them wasn't sold next up we've got the
LA roche-posay zero zinc
I love this it's basically a zinc facial
spritz you know my feelings about facial
spritzes and this one is really really
super refreshing and I highly recommend
it particularly if you have acne zinc is
great for acne and it was gonna be
perfect for the summer guys when you're
going to be sat by the pool and you know
you just need to like give yourself a
bit of a to make yourself feel even more
fabulous than you already are
definitely a hundred percent this is
coming on holiday with me so let's move
on to the Tala ker I did get three masks
but I can't find the other packaging Wow
these masks are great brilliant this is
the answer to all your sheep mask
prayers in my opinion it it's got this
really interesting thing that happens
when you put it on so unlike most sheet
masks it's black as opposed to being
white and when you put it on your face
and over about I don't know two minutes
you start seeing all these bubbles
appearing underneath the mask and it's
supposed to oxygenate the skin
definitely a hundred percent look
fresher after I took it off it's really
good
also from Teleca we've got the backup 3d
and burst hi and see these are basically
lifting and firming creams for either
your back side or the chest you know I
was really hoping that after using these
for a month I was gonna have you know
like an Elle Macpherson body
unfortunately didn't quite work out that
way I think if you're prepared to accept
the minor issed of minor changes and
think that's a positive result then
definitely 100% crack on and go and use
these body toning lotions up next we've
got one of my faves SkinCeuticals
body tightening concert
trait and neck chest and hand repair
neither of these are available for
purchase in the UK you can get them in
the continent and in the States so
neither of these are available for
purchase in the UK that's why I always
load up on them whenever I go away the
neck chest and hand repair got a ton of
actives in it which I will list for you
here and I really do think it makes a
difference so you know I'm starting to
get a little bit of creepiness on the
chest which is terribly distressing and
I think we're using this in combination
with sometimes taking my retinol all the
way down has definitely improved the
skin quality there up now we've got the
body tightening concentrate which is
full of peptides and again you know it's
not exactly surgery in a bottle but I
think I noticed the difference anyway
when I'm using these products so yeah
would recommend now we've got the Petit
Kerr anti-pollution Hydra defense mist I
am just going to spritz myself because
oh yeah let's be honest a facial spritz
is never exactly going to revolutionize
your skincare routine but it does feel
pretty nice when you put it on this
particular one contains vitamin C goji
berries hyaluronic acid all the usual
stuff really it's kind of a nice adjunct
I think with a spritz you know it makes
you feel good when you use them it is
ridiculously expensive though I think
this is about 45 pounds which is just
stupid
and I don't think that I would have
bought it if I hadn't have been just
doing some shopping in the pharmacy like
I wouldn't I wouldn't go back online and
and purchase this specifically but it is
quite nice now we've got a couple of
products from a brand called result team
we've got an anti-aging mattifying fluid
and a neck and decollete cream they both
contain this vectorized micro collagen
which the brand use
and the mass defying product contains
zinc I like the texture
definitely good for somebody with an
oily skin type it's not going to
revolutionize the world it's just sort
of a bog-standard basic moisturizer
should you be into moisturizers probably
wouldn't buy it again for myself and
again with the neck cream there's
nothing like shocking inside this either
I found it to be you know it's okay it's
kind of quite a nice cooling soothing
lotion nothing special
now the embryo lease late creme
concentrate oh wow this is heavy heavy
good if you've had a peel maybe and you
need to really get some hydration going
on there personally I found it too heavy
for me for everyday use if you've got
extremely dry skin with maybe impaired
barrier function it may be good for you
says on it for all skin types
don't you sure about that embryo lease
not too sure the Eucerin
hyaluronic acid concentrates and I spent
an evening slowly rubbing a whole one of
these into my face just to see what
would happen it was okay I have used
better hyaluronic acids I think it was a
bit sticky
I personally you know this already you
know what I'm gonna say I personally
prefer the skins do tickles hecho
intensifier but this one is pretty good
value so if the skins suit across
product is a bit out of your budget and
you want something which is great value
although why wouldn't you use the
ordinary not sure then the Eucerin maybe
for you but the packaging is quite cool
and lastly we've got that van cleansing
gel pretty boxed and a kind
Angele from a van bought it because it's
a great size and very very good for
travel it's good if you have an oily
skin type probably not great for dryer
people okay so that's it folks I hope
you enjoyed my review of everything that
I bought in the French pharmacy I'm
sorry if I left anything out I think I
got everything
but apart from the lip balm that is so
apologies if I did hope that was useful
for you and you can see that they're
definitely awesome big hero products in
there but you really have to look to
separate the ones that are really really
super good from the ones that are kind
of average join me again next week while
we talking about more skin care fun tips
and tricks and in the meantime let me
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