| |
 |
| Author |
Message |
|
|
|
Fri Jul 21, 2006 5:12 am  |
i say this is a mini-review, but perhaps i should qualify that. this a a *full* review for only a mini-portion of my face. here's the story... i have been trying to get my hands on a sample of this since the dregs of winter and parched skin season when my skin was desperately in need of moisture. as luck would have it, i got it two weeks ago and we've been going through an astonishing heat-wave (just typing this is breaking me out in a sweat -- we've no a/c) and my face is a slick less than a minute after washing. the thought of putting a cream, *any* cream is out of the question and just plain gross to contemplate. but i got my sample of Guerlain Orchidée Impériale that i'd been lemming for months -- what's a girl to do??? (yeah, i know, wait till winter. right! and me, with the patience of a pea....)
so i had to put it *somewhere* to try it out.... so where are my worst lines? around the lips, smoker's lines. mine are deep and, i'm afraid, all the actives i've been using on my face have seemed to make these a lot worse. it's almost as though that part of my face is an oasis of sorts. for two weeks i've been diligently putting it on, morning and evening, really not expecting anything. but you know something? this stuff is really working! even after i've cleaned my face, i still see a lessening of lines (unlike all those so-called lip-line erasers) and it's still getting better ever day. i'm not saying to run out and get this $350 cream for your lip lines but if you have a problem in that area, i'd definitely try to nab a sample or two. |
|
|
|
|
|
Fri Jul 21, 2006 6:44 am |
now if I can just find the paper where I wrote down the duty free price of this in Australia....  Keep up the good work on your lips me darlin'... and you have my great sympathies with the heat! |
_________________
SKIN: combination, reactive to climate changes and extremely fair. "Women complain about premenstrual syndrome, but I think of it as the only time of the month that I can be myself." --Roseanne |
|
|
|
|
Fri Jul 21, 2006 3:41 pm |
| i will start using it on my eye area as well and see what it does there (another tres dry spot on my face). i really didn't expect much, was just lemming to try it.... strange, but i've come to believe my skin likes orchids. i fell in love with Clarin's Blue Orchid Oil for when my skin is feeling dehydrated. (highly recommend that product BTW for your next trip down under.) |
|
|
|
|
|
Sun Jul 23, 2006 4:03 am |
I got a sample sachet of this & btw it costs somewhere around $560 or so in Australia (non duty free price though). It's quite a nice, luxurious cream...but definitely more for the slighly drier more mature skintypes. I actually found it a bit too rich for my skin & it gave me breakouts too. But I love the smooth, satiny texture & the scent too  |
|
|
|
|
|
Sun Jul 23, 2006 6:54 am |
Yes, Orchid products are intriguing to me at the moment...
I am dying to try the Astara antioxidant one... Now you have me eyeing the Clarins Blue Orchid.
OH btw, I found my duty free info for the Orchidee Imperiale:
** in Australia, it is AU$420 (um, roughly US$315) - compared to its retail of around AU$550
** In Japan, our duty free price is a whopping 36% below retail. 33500 yen (about US$290/AU$395 on current rates) Our retail is.. wait for it... 52500 Yen (US$455/AU$615 approx)...
** US retail is $350, so wonder what the duty free price there would be?
How would you rate the Clarins Blue Orchid to other night oils such as L'Occitane Immortelle?
Ooh, someone on makeup alley answered my question.
| Quote: |
I love using treatment oil at night and my previous facial oil was L'Occitane Immortelle Elixir which has become very hard to get (don't know why but it's not always on the shelf where I live both in the UK and in Southeast Asia). So, I have to find something else. After a few weeks of using Clarins's Blue Orchid, I think it is far better than L'Occitane Immortelle Elixir. The oil absorbs very nicely and my face is so very supple and soft. It also goes well with my other night time skin care routine. The smell might offend some people but I think it reminds me of my home and my grandfather's hair cream and it sends me to sleep calmly (probably because of Patchouly in the oil). Definitely another keeper!!
|
|
_________________
Will the real Tiger_Tim please stand up?! |
|
|
|
|
Tue Jul 25, 2006 2:21 am |
| tiger_tim's_shadow wrote: |
Yes, Orchid products are intriguing to me at the moment...
How would you rate the Clarins Blue Orchid to other night oils such as L'Occitane Immortelle?
|
i haven't tried the L'Occitane Immortelle as i have a bias against L'Occitane on my face since shea butter breaks me out like mad. even if a product doesn't have it, it's guilty by assosiation (silly but true). the Clarins, though, is really lovely. it does exactly what it says it does -- it re-hydrates dehydrated skin *and* it doesn't break me out at all. (note the re-hydrate rather than moisturise -- that's key.) it also is really soothing when i've used too many actives on my face or, as happened stupidly on sunday, get a slight burn. (i was out watching the final day of the TDF and my LRP sunscreen melted down my body and, despite several reapplications, my neck and chest got burnt to a crisp. face, thankfully, was only rosey. my BF got a kick that his southern californian girl got burnt worse that his scottish skin.) i'm not saying that Blue Orchid Oil is the be all end all product, but it's a wonderful product that does it's job well and i don't think i'll ever be without it. best of all, my BF is madly in love with the smell and sometimes i dab a bit behind my ears before i go to sleep because he wants me to wear it every night! |
|
|
|
|
| Mon Apr 22, 2024 11:34 pm |
If this is your first visit to the EDS Forums please take the time to register. Registration is required for you to post on the forums. Registration will also give you the ability to track messages of interest, send private messages to other users, participate in Gift Certificates draws and enjoy automatic discounts for shopping at our online store. Registration is free and takes just a few seconds to complete.
Click Here to join our community.
If you are already a registered member on the forums, please login to gain full access to the site. |
|
 |
|
|
