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Clinique 3-Step Skin Care Samples

Swathy · March 18, 2013 · 2 Comments

Clinique 3-Step Skin Care Product Review

Well, you must have already been aware of the amazing 3-Step Clinique skin care routine. I got their samples very recently and I used them for a week now. Since the turn-around time was very less, please consider this as a preview instead 🙂

I was definitely excited about using their products because I have heard all the amazing things about the Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion. So, finally, I got a chance to use it and how did it fare for my skin? Ok, let me start with the face wash. Before I start, please consider that the products I received were for dry-combination skin.

Clinique Liquid Facial Soap Mild (1st Step)

The product is transparent and is gel-like in consistency. I don’t remember reading the ingredient list so can not say if it has SLS but I think it is soap free. Anyways, it lathers really well. But, somehow I felt it has alcohol because it smells of it sometimes! But, the product is really gentle on skin and cleanses well. I do not remember it drying my skin.

Clinique Clarifying Lotion Clarifiante 2 (2nd Step)

The toner is supposed to clean the skin, remove the makeup residue and the dead skin cells. It smells strongly of alcohol. And, stings the eyes real bad! I am using it very regularly after the face wash. It cleans the skin well as it is supposed to. It also controls the oil production and the best part is it leaves a cooling sensation which stays for like 10-15 minutes which feels really awesome in these hot summers.

excuse the extremely dry skin!!

Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion (3rd Step)

The product is very light and non-greasy and literally disappears into the skin. But, since it is for dry-combination skin, I guess it wasn’t enough for my skin! Sometimes, I did feel dry after using it. But for the most part, especially in the morning, it suited me perfectly. The MVO sunscreen glided on the moisturizer easily and my skin did not feel dry AT ALL which it sometimes does because of the Zinc Oxide in the sunscreen. And, the oil on my skin was almost non-existent!

Overall Experience with Clinique 3-Step Skin Care
Since my skin is not exactly troublesome, I would not say I saw drastic difference. But, when I started using these products, for the first two days, I saw my skin behave really well. But, later, somehow it returned back to normal or may be I just got used to the change. I am not able to decide which one is the case with me! But, yup, if you are willing to shell money, I would definitely recommend the kit. And, I think it would be of more help to the oily skin people. But, damn the expense (the regular kit is around 4k!).

Auravedic Ritual Cleansing Ubtan Mask Sandal Saffron {Product Review}

Swathy · March 17, 2013 · 6 Comments

Price: Rs 200 for 50gms

Pros

makes the skin silky soft and glowing!

cleanses the skin really well

Cons

leaves the yellow tinge on skin!

My Experience

Last time I had reviewed the Auravedic Skin Lightening Mask which was basically this ubtan mixed in oil or honey base as a ready made mask. This product is just a variant of the homemade ubtans and works like a charm!

As you can see, it has all the good ingredients and smells herbal. It is a soft powder which when mixed with milk (that’s how I used it mostly), goes on the skin smoothly and dries up in 5 minutes.

and you can see the product gets accumulated at the neck!!

And, then, you can scrub it off. Results? It is not at all harsh on skin and leaves the skin totally smooth and silky in texture. And, the skin glows very naturally. And, the best part is this ubtan can be used everyday, even twice a day.

Now, lets come to its biggest con. It leaves a yellow tinge on the skin, especially the palms, fingers and the nails!! Otherwise, its an amazing product. And, oh, it also cleanses the oil off the skin.

I once used it after using coconut oil to remove the sunscreen and after washing my face with this product (I used only water to mix it that time, not milk), the oil was totally gone from the face. And, the skin wasn’t dry either.

I loved the product but I am definitely lazy to mix it with milk and use it everyday so I have ended up using only a bit of it yet but yes, it is a good product to be tried out!!

PS: Product sent by brand.

Other products from Auravedic:

Auravedic Botanical Actives Pulpy Facewash Honey Almond

Auravedic Pomegranate Grapeseed Face Polish
Auravedic Facial Skin Repair Moisturizing Lotion

Home Remedies for Hair Fall {Pregnancy}

Swathy · March 14, 2013 · 5 Comments

Hair Fall is one of the very common issues. When I googled about this topic, I found one common suggestion which was to use a shampoo that contains biotin and silica.

Honestly, I don’t have any idea of such shampoo but you might ask a dermatologist or a trichologist. If you can find such a shampoo, do let me also know 🙂 And, coming on to the regular mom’s remedies, let’s check out what my mom suggests.

Warm Ghee
My mom suggests me to apply warm ghee (Indian butter) to reduce hair fall during pregnancy. I think this remedy can also be used when not pregnant. But, remember to use only the pure ghee. And, eat lots of sunflower seeds, walnut and almonds. I never tried this as I can’t bear that stickiness of ghee but my sister had good results using both the things.

Oils and Derivatives
Applying mixture of castor and almond oil does help a lot. Also, coconut milk hair mask was very useful during my pregnancy.

Regular Tips

Avoid or minimize the use of hot styling instruments on your hair, such as blow dryers or flat irons.
Be calm and happy during pregnancy, its really important coz stress can be the reason for your entire problem during pregnancy.
Massage your scalp with warm oil and relax your self.
Brush your hair regularly.

Thanks a lot, Punam, for this helpful post. Co check out her blog here 🙂