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For your eyes
only
When it comes to specialized eye care, no one pampers peepers like Lierac!
Since fatigue does its worst damage to the sensitive, thin skin of the
eye area, it’s too important a feature to overlook. This French cosmeceutical
line actually makes five eye treatments (and two eye make-up removers)
in its Diopti line.
Diopticreme: rejuvenating cream for wrinkles around
the eyes. Dehydration and stress can make the lines around our eyes seem
even more prominent—so Diopticreme is formulated with soothing calendula,
and alchemilla, ivy horsetail and prunes to improve elasticity and circulation.
Dioptigel: reducing gel for bags under your eyes.
For the bags you couldn’t check at the ticket counter, Dioptigel comes
to the rescue! Chamomile and other botanical ingredients cool, calm, and
decongest the delicate eye area.
Diopticalm Soothing Balm for Eyelids—another
soothing and decongesting treatment formulated for the extremely delicate
skin of the eyelids. Since creams and gels tend to very mobile when applied
to the eyelids, this treatment is extra-gentle and soothing.
Diopticerne: beauty care cream for dark circles.
This comes in an untinted cream for night-time use, and a lightly tinted
cream for day. Both are formulated with the protective properties of arnica,
used for centuries to treat bruises.
Dioptilisse: an ultra-firming eye treatment with
an instant smoothing effect. This fresh, transparent gel "lifts"
the eyelids in just a few minutes to give a more youthful, rested appearance
to the eye area. Dual-purpose with both a smoothing and firming effect,
it’s formulated with aqua-lifting microspheres to plump and lift the skin,
Fucogel for moisturizing action, and acetyl for its restructuring and
antioxidant properties.
You can find Lierac products in select Sephora and Saks
Fifth Avenue stores and at www.sephora.com.
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Colour products
It’s the morning after—too late for slathering on a good night cream and
gulping down a multivitamin—so what’s a girl to do? Thankfully there are
loads of skin-treating cosmetic products to rescue your fatigued complexion.
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Prescriptives’ new, wildly popular
line—appropriately named Magic, seems designed just for this.
Illuminating Liquid Potion is a luminous fluid
with a very subtle, softening shimmer that perfects the appearance of uneven
tone and discolorations. Illuminating Cream Potion, the compact version
of this (both products are oil-free and have a silicone-based formula),
has a richer feel and slightly more coverage. The Liquid Powder,
which leaves a slightly lustrous finish, soothes, refreshes and awakens
the skin with its 70 per cent water formula. The last colour product in
the series is the Cooling Wand, and also contains 70 per cent water.
The stick instantly cools, brightens and refreshes the eye area. |
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Another slightly shimmering powder, Guerlain’s Meteorites,
does a fantastic job of giving the skin a healthy-looking glow. Yves
Saint Laurent’s Touche Éclat (radiant touch pen) is the long-standing
favourite for fixing up under-eye circles or other dark patches on the
skin. This light fluid in pen form, isn’t a concealer per se, but
is actually a translucent highlighter that instantly brightens the complexion—just
where you need it—without making the skin look made up.
Prescriptives products are available at larger department
stores and by calling Nordstrom’s Beauty Hotline at (800) 7 BEAUTY
(US). Or visit Nordstrom Beauty Hotline online at: http://www2.nordstrom.com/shop/Default.asp?.
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Make-up artist
tricks
Here are a few tricks straight from the professionals.
 Use
a navy mascara (deep navy—not bright blue) instead of black or brown mascara.
This creates an optical illusion making the whites of the eyes look brighter
and less bloodshot.
 Don’t
use a concealer that’s too light for your skin—especially under the eyes.
This common mistake draws unwanted attention to tired peepers and actually
makes under-eye bags look bigger. If necessary, use a yellow colour corrector
like Lancôme’s Maquicomplet in Correcteur, under a
concealer that closely matches your skin tone.
 Use
a cream blusher or bronzer (sparingly) to add a glow to cheekbones, temples,
bridge of nose and chin. The cream texture is especially important if
lack of sleep has made your complexion dehydrated.
 Don’t
over-powder your skin. With a brush and loose powder, lightly apply just
enough powder to set your foundation. Heavy powder can make skin that’s
prone to dehydration look rough and crêpe-y.
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One last temptation
What toiletries’ toolbox would be complete without a fragrance—or
in this case, two? Shiseido recently launched its Energizing
Fragrance to complement its popular Relaxing Fragrance. So
now you can revive in the morning, with a bright, sheer fusion of floral,
spice and musky notes in a skin-treating fragrance. The formula also contains
a unique eastern botanical complex to moisturize and energize the skin.
In the evening, try Relaxing Fragrance, which brings
together eastern flowers, herbs and spices to calm, sooth and nourish
the skin and senses. Artemisia, young bamboo, cucumber, tea rose, peony,
gardenia and cardamom all mingle in a base of soft sandalwood. If that
doesn’t help you catch some zzzs, at least you’ll smell wonderful
for the sandman…
M. K. J O H N S O
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M. K. Johnson is Lucire's
Beauty Editor.
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