With so many skincare and makeup products out there, it can be hard to know what actually works. These four hero products from Clarins are a great place to start in pursuit of glazed donut skin. Double Serum Eye First up, eye serum; specifically, the Double Serum Eye (€72). A comprehensive anti-aging concentrate, it’s been reinvented with a new formula that targets two types of ageing: epigenetic ageing, which is ancillary and directly influenced by lifestyle and the environment; and chronological ageing, which is physiological and related to the passage of time. Ingredients such as marjoram extract help to neutralise 98% of lifestyle-related epigenetic changes while turmeric extract works to reduce signs of chronological ageing by stimulating the skin’s five vital functions. Other hero ingredients include niacinamide (for pigmentation and radiance), horse chestnut escin (for blueish vascular dark circles) and Phyto-caffeine (to improve the appearance of puffiness). Smoothing and refreshing, it feels lovely to apply too, making it perfect for the delicate undereye area. Double Serum For the rest of your face, you can’t go wrong with the Double Serum (€81). Just one drop is enough to visibly smooth out fine lines and give you firmer, plumper, more radiant skin. Made from 95% naturally-sourced ingredients, the formula combines 22 powerful plant extracts with five new pure active molecules – all designed to stimulate the skin’s five vital functions (protection, thermoregulation, sensory reception, excretion and vitamin D synthesis). Like the eye serum, the formula is inspired by the science of epigenetics and has a unique Epi-ageing Defence technology. Provence tall reed extract – an exclusive Clarins development and 100% made in France – works to strengthen the skin’s resistance to its environment. Use morning and night for best results. Hydra Essentiel Silky Cream If you want a moisturiser with proven results, the Hydra Essentiel Silky Cream (€48) is an anti-UV, antioxidant day cream with SPF15. Enriched with hyaluronic acid, organic leaf of life extract and organic edelweiss extract, it intensely moisturises and plumps the skin, while also protecting it from UV rays and free radicals. The Hyaluronic Power Complex – developed by Clarins Laboratories – aims to boost the skin’s natural self-hydration mechanisms and preserve its moisture reserves. It only takes 60 seconds for the product to melt into your skin, leaving it plump and supple. Double Serum Foundation On makeup days, the Double Serum Foundation (€55) offers medium-to-full coverage and a luminous satin finish. It also has incredible lasting power – a consumer test of 213 women found that it was perfect even after 12 hours of wear! Featuring 14 different active ingredients and available in 37 different shades, the bottle has an adjustable dial at the top that allows you to customise how much (or how little) product you use. New A.U.R.A. (Advanced Ultra Radiance Amplifier) technology uses light-boosting ingredients and illuminating microcrystals to give an immediate glow, while exfoliating stabilised papain offers a skin-like-new effect for renewed radiance – guaranteed to get you compliments!
