All Posts Tagged With: "Serum"

Clarins Spring 2010 Product Launches

I’m in love with the latest Clarins Spring 2010 product launches. Clarins was always my favorite skin care brand for years now and I didn’t quite realize how much my skin was missing it LOL.

Clarins Gentle Refiner Exfoliating Cream, $28: Very creamy exfoliator or face scrub . Smells amazing and is very comforting. I use this exfoliator once a week because the micro grains are a bit on the coarse side. My face feels super refreshed and smooth after use.

SK-II Cellumination Essence

I’m all about good skincare lately! I’m in line with my new year’s resolution (remember?) to properly wash my face before I go to bed and moisturize, moisturize, moisturize. My recent skincare helper is SK-II Cellumination Essence $138.

This illuminating serum by SK-II is  formulated to boost skin’s translucency and evenness of skin tone and give you that ‘Glow From Within” effect. Also contains SK-II’s signature ingredient Pitera which is a unique yeast fermentation rich in vitamins, amino acids, minerals and organic acids to enhance the skin’s natural rejuvenation process. This SK-II serum is very light and easily absorbs to skin. The result, happy skin in the morning and all day!

Christi Harris Seal-N-Shine Brow Serum

My love for the Christi Harris Brow System was instant. I recently even got a compliment from a brow expert I met in a spa on how great my brows looked. Really? Me? I did it myself I answered quickly. Glad you love. Thanks to Christi Harris brow products even a brow amateur such as myself can get brows just right. Here’s is the latest from the brand:

Christi Harris Seal-N-Shine, $15.99: A clear, brush-on serum, Seal-N-Shine offers 24-hour wear, holding brow hair in perfect place and maintaining color all day. The formula also contains protein to strengthen brow hair for added fullness and imparts a naturally luminous sheen.

Christi Harris brow products are available at christiharrisbrows.com

Maggie Gyllenhaal Oscars 2010

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s 2010 Oscars makeup look by COVERGIRL celebrity makeup artist Molly R. Stern.

“The finished product was perfection. She looked like herself. Authentic, cool and beautiful. Being a part of Oscar day with a nominee is such an honor. It’s like an actress’ wedding day with Hollywood. I love being here. I feel so blessed.”-Molly R. Stern

How to get Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Oscars 2010 makeup look by Molly R. Stern: Maggie is the muse of spring. Her Dries Van Noten gown is a swirl of bright colors that fades into white. For her makeup I wanted to bring out the color of her eyes with some depth while keeping with the brightness of her overall style.

We started off the look by refreshing the skin with Jurlique Rose Water spray. Then I prepped the skin with Shu Uemura red:juvenus vitalizing concentrate and lightly moisturized with La Mer moisturizing lotion.

For a flawless complexion I primed Maggie’s skin with COVERGIRL & Olay Simply Ageless Serum Primer (out in July 2010!!).

Prevage Face Advanced Anti-aging Serum by Elizabeth Arden

Introducing the NEW Prevage Face by Elizabeth Arden!

Elizabeth Arden’s best-selling anti-aging formula, with acclaimed antioxidant Idebenone, is taking anti-aging to a whole new level! PREVAGE Face Advanced Anti-aging Serum is one of this year’s biggest launches for Elizabeth Arden.

According to Elizabeth Arden: Idebenone is proven to be the most powerful antioxidant and the ONLY antioxidant to receive the highest EPF rating of 95 out of 100. It can act on all three levels of free radical damage, working deep within the surface layers of the skin to restore skin cells. The new formula delivers Idebenone to the skin in a new way that advances its protective, preventive and corrective benefits.

La Mer The Regenerating Serum

La Mer Introduces The Regenerating Serum . Available: March 2010.

The new La Mer Regenerating Serum combines powerful anti-aging ingredients including The Miracle Broth, The Regenerating Ferment, The Marine Peptide Ferment, Colloidal Gold, and Lime Tea to renew the appearance and rejuvenate skin. Four years and hundreds of hours of lab work in the making, this ultra-luxe elixir is the result of the combined effort of physicists, marine botanists and biologists around the world and holds over 50 patents.

The Regenerating Serum 1 oz. Suggested Retail $250. Available in March 2010 at select Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman and www.lamer.com

White Caviar Illuminating Système from La Prairie

I’m already a huge fan the La Prairie Anti-Aging Longevity Serum and this is why I’m excited about La Prairie’s latest addition: White Caviar Illuminating Système.

About White Caviar Illuminating Système from La Prairie: Luxury Swiss beauty company La Prairie is dedicated to keeping skin as young looking as possible, as long as possible, and that means launching high-performance products to target lines, wrinkles and now, age spots.


Introducing White Caviar Illuminating Système from La Prairie, which includes:

White Caviar Illuminating Cream – $450
White Caviar Illuminating Serum – $450
White Caviar Illuminating Eye Serum – $250

Lancôme & Saks: Exclusive Deal

Talking Makeup is excited to share with you Lancôme’s chic gift-with-purchase promotion that runs until this Saturday, January 30th, exclusively at Saks Fifth Avenue.

Spend $50 with Lancôme and here’s what you can walk away with: A black mini bowling bag filled with a slew of makeup samples, such as a Color Design eye shadow compact featuring several star shades, Color Design Lipcolor in Pale Lip and the always-popular Définicils Mascara. Choose your own anti-aging trio, including a day cream, eye cream and serum, from the Rénergie, High Résolution or Absolue Premium βx collections.

Jennifer Garner at the 2010 Golden Globes

GET THE LOOK: Jennifer Garner was wearing CHANEL Beauté at the 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards. Jennifer’s makeup look was created by Makeup Artist Kate Lee.

Beauty Inspiration & The Look: “Jen’s dress was a perfect nude colour, and the beads were pink and silvery. The overall look was champagne and beige. With her pale skin and dark hair, it was my job to bring colour and radiance to the silhouette because everything else was quite monochromatic. I saw it as an excuse to break out the perfect lip shade.”

Beauty Tip: “I prepped the skin with CHANEL Hydramax + Active Serum and then CHANEL Sublimage Fluid Moisturizer, which leaves a velvety texture on the skin. On Jen’s eyes I used CHANEL Quadra Eye Shadow in Kaska Beige. I liner her lids with CHANEL Long Lasting Eyeliner in Espresso, smudged it out, and used the dark burgundy shade from the quad along the lash line. I then used my favourite colour in the world, the beigey-taupey-lilac shade in the quad, in the socket line. I feathered it along the lash line as well, to blend the chocolate brown liner. I curled the lashes, an applied one coat of CHANEL Inimitable Waterproof Mascara in Noir. On her cheeks I used Neutrogena a combination of Neutrogena Mineral Sheer Cheek Colours in Apricot, Sable, and Rare Rose. Finally, on the lips I used CHANEL Rouge Coco in Rouge Orage. I chose this shade because it has amazing staying power and incredible hydrating properties. It’s an intense rosey colour with a bronze shimmer – perfect or Jen’s full lips.”

Kate Hudson’s Makeup at the 2010 Golden Globes

GET THE LOOK: Kate Hudson was wearing CHANEL Beauté at the 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards. Kate’s makeup look was created by Makeup Artist Leslie Lopez.

Beauty Inspiration & The Look: “Golden Globes makeup is all about the dress. When I saw Kate in her gorgeous white dress, I knew we had to go for a clean, sophisticated, pretty look – very Grace Kelly.”

Beauty Tip: “I prepped Kate’s skin with CHANEL Sublimage Fluid before applying her base, L’Oreal True Match Foundation in N-3. In the crease of her eyes I used the grey shade from the CHANEL Quadra Eye Shadow in Blue Celestes. I applied the lightest silvery white shade under the brow bone, as well as under the lash line. The inside of her eyes were lined with Almay black eye pencil, and I finished the eyes with CHANEL Inimitable Mascara in Noir. Finally, on her lips I used CHANEL Aqualumiere Sheer Colour Lipshine in Malta, a sheer subtle peach shade.”