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Franc Essential Serum {Beauty Products}

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Intense skin rescue: For dry, damaged, scarred or normal skin types
Instantly moisturises and brightens ageing skin. A premium, rejuvenating formula of emollients, antioxidants and beta-carotene to revitalise and bring new life to dry, tired and dehydrated skin. Protects against premature ageing and fine lines. Franc Serum boosts cell renewal and accelerates skin repair. The Serum is a rich cocktail of active essential oils including centella oil to increase collagen production, rosehip oil to encourage the regeneration and repair of scarred and wrinkled skin tissue and apricot kernel oil to nourish mature, inflamed or irritated skin.Can also be used on normal skin types for prevent premature aging and fine lines
Great for sunburn and bites/skin irritations
Great to use after being out in the sun or on problem skin areas
Great for scarring of any type, even acne scarring (needs to be used regularly to see results)

Check out my experience with the serum here. The serum has been endorsed by Bali bombing survivor, Peter Hughes of the Peter Hughes Burn Foundation as being a successful product to reduce scarring caused by burns.  You can read more about PHBF here: http://peterhughesburnfoundation.org.au/
PS: Information provided by PR

Ponds Pure White Deep Cleansing Facial Foam Product Review

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I have been really excited about this product because of the carbon content in it and have been dying to try it out. And, of course, it wasn’t available in the stores for quite a long time so when I came across this unexpectedly in Spencers, I grabbed it up. So, lets check if it was really worth that excitement?

Price: Rs 75 for 50 gms

Ingredients

Packaging

It looks a cute and classy in its black packaging and draws attention. It has a flip top.

My Experience

Well, I would say it has been both good and bad. As you all know, I am troubled with a very moody skin which is oily and dry both at its will and wish so I need a product which will take care of both these things. And, since the weather these days is cooling off and getting drier, that’s definitely taking a toll on my skin. So, first time, I used the face wash, I saw that my face was neither dry nor stretchy and was completely clean. I could stay for a complete night without a moisturizer too. It did becomes stretchy after a while though but that’s not really any face wash’s fault. I am supposed to moisturize.

Now, the product is grayish in color and as with other face washes, it foams a lot in a very less product so you would really want to use less of the product every time coz a little more of the product does cause dryness. I noticed that. If I take a good amount of product, it does cause my skin to go dry and I have to moisturize immediately but if I stick with just a bit, my skin is very comfortable. And, regarding its ability to control the oiliness, I think oil doesn’t come back for an hour or so. But, that’s not something I really expected from this.

My Recommendation

I think it is worth a try, definitely!!!

Hair or Body – which is first? {Skin Care}

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I did a poll for a week asking “Whether you wash your Hair first or your Body”? So, the results were:

Hair – 79%
Body – 21%
So, what do you think? Are the 79% correct or the 21% people?
Well, here goes my answer. One should always go top to bottom. That would ensure residual cleansing too. When we wash the hair, shampoo pours on the back and then, the conditioner and here I would like to stress that conditioner residue on the back is one of the major reasons for back acne. So, always make sure you wash off your conditioner before proceeding for further rituals.
The reason I am writing this post is that even though I used to wash my hair before, I usually used to leave the conditioner to soak into the hair while I washed my face and body and then, when I was done with everything I used to wash off my conditioner. Then, one day it struck me that the residue of the conditioner doesn’t get washed off till the next bath. No, I did not get any back acne but I do suffer from flaky skin on my back and I don’t know how much that can be attributed to conditioner, though. But, it would be of prime importance for people who suffer from acne. Similar to breakouts on hairline and chin, back acne can also be attributed to hair products. So, next time, keep a check on such small things which can make a huge difference in the long run.