Thursday, April 28, 2011

All about Serum: Clarins Shaping Facial Lift Serum / Eminence Couperose-C / Trilogy CoQ10 Booster Serum

Hi everyone!
Serum is the must-have procedure in my skin care routine, I can't live without it.
Today, I'm going to review 3 serum products, which I have been using for the last 3, 4 month. They are Clarins Shaping Facial Lift Serum, Eminence Couperose-C High Potency Natural Antioxidant Serum and Trilogy CoQ10 Booster Serum. I have already finished the first two and just stopped using the third one.
  • Clarins Shaping Facial Lift Serum
Purpose: 
Face lifting, in order to achieve V-shape face contour.


Bottle Design:
Pump bottle, very good hygienic design, but I find the pump itself isn't very good, there was always cream residue around the metal part, created a bit mess after few pumps.


Texture:
White color creamy texture, but it feels very light on the face.


Ingredients:


I once accidentally dropped the bottle on the floor, the bottom piece came out, then I realized I can see how much serum left inside the bottle. I prefer this kind of pump bottle design, we can use up the product without left over some serum at the bottom of the bottle.


Pros: Light texture. And it moisturizes my skin very well even without any moisturizer after it. My skin feels very comfortable, it's not sticky at all.
No breakout.
Cons: I don't really see the lifting effect, of course I didn't expect my face can change to V-shape right after using it.
Purchase again?  Probably not. Although the moisturizing effect is very good, I can definitely find similar products without paying so much.

  • Eminence Couperose-C High Potency Natural Antioxidant Serum
Eminence is an organic brand founded in Hungary. I like this brand because they use a lot of fresh fruits ingredients, and their products contain no parabens, sodium lauroyl sulfates, or synthetic fragrances.


Purpose: 
Eminence Couperose-C Serum is a multipurpose treatment designed to heal inflammation, broken capillaries, irritation, water loss, and loss of skin definition. With ingredients such as Ester-C, Rosehip, and Lavender, skin tone and texture will be visibly even, smooth, and tight.

Ingredients:


Bottle Design:
Dark brown glass bottle with glass suction tube.


Texture:
Yellow color water-based gel, it can be absorbed very fast. Sometimes I have to apply the second time, because it was totally absorbed before I massaged it to my whole face. So I used up this 30ml serum very fast, about one month I think.




Pros: Light texture. Nice plants and fruits scent.
I can see the rosehip and lavender do help calm down my skin, reduced irritation and inflammation.
No breakout.
Cons: Used up too quickly.
Purchase again?  Yes

  • Trilogy CoQ10 Booster Serum
Purpose: 
This is a intensive antioxidant boost especially designed for dull, tired and stressed skin. The key ingredient Co-enzyme Q10 helps to produce collagen which aids skin repair and reduces the signs of premature ageing.


Ingredients:


Bottle Design:
Dark brown glass bottle with glass suction tube.


Texture:
Yellow color 100% essential oil.


Pros: It brighten up my skin during the first few applications, it was really amazing to see my face was so bright when I woke up in the morning. My friends who has dry or normal skin love this serum very much, but later I found this is not my cup of tea.
Cons: It clogged my pores (I have combination skin with oily T-zone), although the brightening effect is so obvious, but I have to give it up.
Purchase again? No

That's all for my reviews on these three serum products, after finishing two of them and stopped using the last one, I'm now moving onto whitening serum, more posts are coming up.......
Cheers!

11 comments:

  1. Hi Beautyontheway, finally a post after much await..i am delighted to see your posts here, thanks for sharing! :)

    can i know where do you buy the Eminence Couperose-C High Potency Natural Antioxidant Serum and the trilogy from? thanks!

    I think clarins isn't so good because the alcohol is so high on the content list but luckily it doesn't break out on you. :)

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  2. i have used the clarins shaping serum before too~ well im still using it now... im on my 2nd bottle actually... i really like the smell of it :) and i agree, its very good at moisturizing but i dont see much difference in my face shape :( still chubby

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  3. Thank you, Audrey.
    I bought the Eminence from skincarerx.com (ship back by vpost, trilogy is from healthpost.co.nz (direct ship to sg).

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  4. Hi Meow,
    I love the smell of Clarins too. But normally I don't repurchase skin care product if I find it so so only. I always want to try new products, haha...

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  5. Hi BeautyOnTheWay,

    I've been following your blog for a while and love your informative reviews. Could I ask if you would recommend Eminence or Dermalogica's Gentle Soothing Booster which you reviewed way back? I typically have some slight bumps with redness on my cheeks and around the sides of my nose. Combination skin with oily t-zone and I typically am able to accept most brands in the market.

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  6. Hi Cindy,

    Compare Eminence and Dermalogica, I would like to recommend Dermalogica Gentle Soothing Booster for your skin condition.

    I can see immediate soothing effect after applying the soothing booster, the texture is as light as toner, the small bottle goes a long way. While, Eminence is a bit sticky compare to soothing booster.

    Thanks for following our blog!

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  7. Thank you for your reply! I will give Dermalogica a try.

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  8. for clarins.. i read that the users should do some special massage while applying the serum..

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  9. Hi, I checked with Clarins SA, she said this new version serum can be applied without special massage, of course with massage will be better.

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