Clarins Double Serum Review

Hey Hey my loves

Hope your week is going well :D 

So this post is all about the Clarins Double Serum which I have been using and loving for the past 3 months now. I picked this up after I had Clarins Training with work. The lady Debbie spoke so highly about this product and allowed us to take a sample home with us to try for the night, I instantly fell in love with it. 

Double Serum is one of the longest serving products in the Clarins range. It was launched in 1985 and has proven to be one of their most successful products to date. The  Double Serum contains active ingredients to help with  hydration, nutrition, oxygenation, protection and regeneration. The key ingredients are as follows: 

1. Katafray and Hydroclonic acid - These are the key ingredients to keep the skin hydrated. 
2. Kiwi - This fruit is the richest in vitamin C & E and it has the highest concentration of nutrients 
3. Rosehip oil - Keeps the skin oxygenated
4. Pistachio and Green tea - are the ingredients used to protect the skin
5. Organic Green banana - Helps to regenerate the skin and diminish the appearance of wrinkles. 

The double serum is powered by 20 plant extracts and it has 2 efficient anti ageing formulas that target all aspects of the skin. The best thing about this serum is that it can be used on all skin types whether you are prone to oily, dry, combination, sensitive or normal skin. 

Since using this serum I have noticed my skin has balanced out, it is visibly smoother, pores are less visible and my complexion seems more even. 

9 out of 10 women will say the same as me too as it is proven to be a product that has worked for many and it is a multiple award winning product. 

You can start to use Double Serum at any age and they actually recommend to use it from a young age (18/19)  so it is suitable to use on young and mature skin. You can use this day or night but it is not recommended to use it more than once in a day. 

The best way to apply is:

•  pump one pump of product in to the palm of your hand,
•  rub palms together to heat up the product in your hands (don't worry about product being wasted as your palms in fact do not absorb products.)
•  Gently apply the serum to cleansed skin. 
• Using some firm yet gentle pressure press the serum on to your face and neck using the palms of your hands, never tugging or pulling at the skin. 
• Move outward on the cheeks towards the ears, from the centre of the forehead to the temples,and from the jaw down to the lower part of your neck. 
• Follow with moisturiser

I know the steps seem a bit long, and even I don't do it exactly this way every time, but when I have the time I do like to give myself the full experience of the Clarins way. It is very luxurious and such a nice treat so do treat yourself :)

So this retails at €69.50 for a 30ml sized bottle and I think its around €89 for a 50 ml. It is pricey but it is so so nice!! If you have followed me on here for a while you will know that I do blog about products that I am very passionate about and really enjoy, most of the things I go for normally are very affordable but sometimes when I get the opportunity I will splurge that little bit more especially on good skin care. Your skin is an organ and it needs to be treated with great care and I am really realising this the older I get :/ 

So who else loves the Double Serum?? 

Let me know below :)

I hope you enjoyed reading

Until next time

Lots of Love 

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Keratase Bain Exfoliant Hydratant shampoo review

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Hey my lovelies!! 

I hope you are all well!! So I haven't been on here in ages because my internet was not working on my laptop and using my phone as a hotspot was just too painfully slow!!! But it's back working finally!!! yay!! So hopefully I can post more regularly now !! I feel like I have taken a huge back seat from blogging and I really miss it so I'm hoping I can get back on the blogging band wagon and block out all the negative energy I have been feeling lately!! But we'll save that for another post some other time !! 

Moving on... I have got to talk to you guys about this shampoo that I have recently learnt about and have been loving!!! So a few months back I went to my hair dressers for a curly blowdry and while I was there I just enquired about what shampoo I should be using as I was suffering so bad with dandruff and dry scalp at the time. It was at the point where it was so embarrassing like I would just tip my head and there would be a fall out of dandruff. It was really starting to get me down, so Tracey recommended to me to go to peter marks and ask for the Keratase exfoliant shampoo. I had tried all the pharmacy treatment shampoos and had been lacing coconut oil in to my hair every second or third night but just nothing was helping it. So I went to peter marks and was chatting to one of the girls in there and explained what was going on, she was so friendly and lovely and gave me the Keratase Bain Exfoliant Hydratant shampoo, it was €19 ( a bit steep I know) but I was willing to try anything at this point. 

So when I went home that night I decided no time like at the present!! So I applied some of the shampoo on to a dry scalp scalp using the precision nozzle which the shampoo bottle comes with (see pics below ) this is so unbelievably handy to get it even down the centre, I then just slightly dampened my hair and massaged it right in to my scalp. I left it to settle for about 2-3 minutes and then started to wash it out of my hair ensuring to massage it right in to my scalp, when i rinsed it all, I then applied more of the shampoo and washed as normal. I then just used some of my own conditioner in the ends of my hair as I cannot go without conditioner. So I repeated this for 15 consecutive days and girls I am not lying I literally don't have a spec of dandruff anymore. I cannot believe it!! I really thought it wasn't going to work, I was very sceptical but it has worked and I will never use another shampoo again lol!! So just like our skin our scalp too needs to be exfoliated and looked after just as regularly! This shampoo contains zinc pyrithione, micro-beads and glycerol which helps exfoliate the scalp leaving it feeling moisturised and smooth. 

precision nozzle 

micro-beads 

Now the only bad thing I have noticed with this shampoo is that my hair is getting greasy a lot more frequently than before. So before I would have gotten away with washing my hair every 3-4 days (I don't dye my hair so it just never really got very greasy) but now I'm finding I am washing it every second day! But if that's the only bad thing to come of it then I won't complain ;) 

So overall I am so happy I found this product! I would highly recommend it and I will most definitely be purchasing it again as soon as my one is gone! Oh and that's another thing even though the bottle may look small it lasts ages!!! :)

So I hope you enjoyed this post! If you think this may be a product you need and want to try or have already tried it, please do let me know in the comments below or on any of my social media links linked below my name !! :)

Here is a link to the Peter Marks website where you can purchase the product online or you can pop in store to your nearest Peter Marks and chat to one of the lovely ladies in there for advice on what you may need :) Peter Mark online

Thanks for reading

Until next time

Lots of love 

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