Beauty: Laura's Beauty Clinic

14.05.10

 

Dry, dehydrated skin is always a hugely popular topic on Laura's Beauty Clinic, today she has brought us a few instant skin savers that will tackle hydration, fatigue and fine lines.

 

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Clarins "Super Restorative Wake-Up Lotion" €30, counters nationwide.

The super-selling Super Restorative range from Clarins is for ladies 50+ with mature skin, in the menopausal and post-menopausal years that are experiencing changes in their skin, e.g. lack of radiance, loss of tone, deep set lines and wrinkles and the appearance age spots. The ingredients, Pueraria Lobata (aka Forever Young Plant) in the range copies what oestrogen use to do in the skin, restoring, renewing and replensihing the skin, helping to boost the snythesis of collegen and elastian in the skin.

This morning skin care step helps eliminate puffiness and quickly erase sleep marks, making the skin "Wake Up"!

The lotion promotes cell activity to stimulate collagen production and regenerated skin, green tea and ginseng give the skin a bolt of reviving and firming caffeine, butcher's broom reduces puffiness and hibiscus brighten's dull skin and eliminates dry skin cells.

Wake-Up Lotion is a good cup of coffee for the face in the morning!

 

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La Roche Posay "Thermal Water"

Still one of France's top selling beauty products and one of the most prized natural skincare ingredients worldwide for skin repair and soothing, Thermal Water bathing is the reason for a huge proportion of summer holidays across Europe where people undertake sessions of bathing etc for the treatment of various skin disorders like eczema, psoriasis and dry skin.

La Roche Posay's Thermal Water is especially special because it contains the highest level of selenium amongst the waters available. Selenium is a powerful antioxidant that plays a vital role in healthy cell function by protecting against oxidation, an important skin aging factor. This natural water has been used in treating skin ailments since the 17th century.

This spray can be used by all skin types and ages for cooling, soothing and giving the skin new energy, either before or after make-up at any time of day. If hot flashes are a problem, pop the tin in the fridge and use chilled when necessary.

 

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Matis "Night Essential Concentrate" €49, stockists nationwide, 01 4605055, or online at

As the skin is resting at night and clean of grime and make-up it is the perfect opportunity to get some restorative ingredients to wok at replenishing and moisturising the face while you sleep.

This beautiful concentrated serum from French brand Matis works to boost cell renewal and to improve the skin's barrier effect with White Lupine and Butterfly Pea extracts, essential for fresher looking skin with resistance to further dehydration.

Shea and Illipe nut butters offer intense and long lasting hydration on the skin without being heavy or greasy. The serum melts into the skin and in a matter of days there should be a marked improvement in the skin.

Use on cleaned skin every night or when stress, tiredness and dull skin needs treating.

 

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M&S "Advanced Formula Intense Serum Plus" €26.89, Marks & Spencer nationwide.

M&S have relaunched their entire skincare collection in a sophisticated and thorough fashion for 2010. Not only have they taken the step to use independent consumer trials to test out their products on real women and chart their results, the ranges from early signs of ageing to post-menopausal skincare are packaged impeccably, easy to understand and great value for money.

This morning and evening serum comes from a range of add-on products for when the skin needs an extra boost. Advanced Formula as a range offers those SOS products whether you're looking for radiance, smoothing, pore minimising or anti-redness.

This serum is specifically for line reduction, hydration and plumping. It contains peptides and hyaluronic acid to smooth and fill out lines, and 85% of testers reported rejuvenated skin after trying it out.

Use under your day or night cream depending on time of day.