Review: Yves Rocher Derma soothing day moisturizer--a dupe for Clinique moisture surge intense skin fortifying hydrator gel-creme

Yves Rocher Derma soothing day moisturizer is definitely a dupe for Clinique moisture surge.

YR's moisturizer is housed in a small portable jar with a pink lid. The jar looks small though it contains 50 ml.

The moisturizer is supposed to be a day time moisturizer without spf. I checked the ingredient list and did not find any sunscreen ingredients so I think you can use it in the night time as well.

I do not understand why some products claim to be day cream but with no SPF in it. I mean why bother it if it's just a moisturizer which can be used anytime anywhere?

The texture of Yves Rocher's Derma Soothing day moisturizer is gel to cream. It's lightweight, yet moisturizing.

 

You can see from the picture above, the textures are similar between the two. Clinique is a little bit (just a very tiny little bit) watery than YR. But when you apply it on the skin, you can not feel the difference. They are both light weight, hydrating and they do not irritate your skin at all.

Both of them claim to be suitable for sensitive skin, however, they do have some very light scent to it. Clinique is with a chemical scent while YR is floral. But the scent is really not detectable and it disappears immediately once you blend the cream into your skin.

All in all, if you like the texture and the feeling of Clinique moisture surge and do not want to spend more than 50 dollars for a jar of 50ml gel cream, give YR a try. At the price tag of $27 CAD it cannot go wrong--especially when it's 50% off!!

Review: Yves Rocher Apricot Fruity Gloss--A possible dupe for Clinique Superbalm moisturizing gloss

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This gloss is one of the in store gifts in August. The sales lady showed me some other flavours and I chose this apricot one.

I am not a big fan of lip gloss. One of the reasons why I dislike lip gloss is because lip gloss tends to be super sticky and not moisturizing at all. They say the stickier the better staying power. But I don't care if lip products can stay or not because I have the driest lip ever and I always drink lots of water and reapply--if I remember to ....

The lip gloss is in orange color when you look at the tube. However when you apply it's almost transparent on your lips. It does give shiny effects. It looks natural and also smooths the fine lines on the lips.

What makes this lip gloss worth to try is it's very moisturizing on the lips. It reminds me of clinique superbalm moisturizing gloss which has very subtle color on the lips as well. Yves Rocher's lip gloss is not sticky at all. It can work as lip serum since it's enriched with oil.

The lip gloss works well as a lip color primer. You can top anything on it and it helps your lip makeup pop out and last longer.

It has very subtle smell which YR describes as apricot scent.

The tube is 10ml. The price is originally 5 CAD, you can get it 3 dollars now.

If you like Clinique superbalm moisturizing gloss and do not want to spend 20 dollars on it. Try Yves Rocher's fruity lip glosses!

Cle de peau brightening powder foundation vs Clinique Almost Powder makeup review

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I love to try different types of powder foundations. I always look for powder foundations with spf (higher than spf15) and good coverage. To me, good powder foundations can offer better coverage than any other liquid and cream foundations. I also use powder foundations as part of my sun protection.

I do not use primer. Sometimes I do, if a primer has contains good spf. Otherwise I use only sunscreen with powder foundation as my base makeup.

The sunscreen I used yesterday was the brightening enhancer base by Cle de peau. There's no spf on the packaging. But looking through the ingredients list, titanium dioxide is on the third of the list. I know some Japanese- made sunscreen products do not list the sunscreen drug facts like Canadian's products do. I suppose it's because of the law to enforce companies to do that here. The sales lady told me the brightening enhancer base has spf 35.

The CdP brightening enhancer base has thin consistency. It's like lots of Japanese made sunscreen texture. The color is light yellow undertone (it's around loreal true match's w1 to w2 shade) with some tiny tiny sparkle that we can never detect. It contains very light smell. I personally prefer cosmetics to be no scent, but because it's so light and so nice, so I do not mind.

I would not suggest anyone to use this base as a sunscreen. Since you need to put certain amount of the sunscreen to make it effective. When I put a tea spoon amount of this brightening enhancer base on, I feel it's too pale. It's remind me the older CdP's blue tube base, which also creates lots of white case on the face. You'd better to use it like a make up base to bright up the face.

However, if you have the same make up routine like me--sunscreen and powder foundation, you can still use this brightening enhancer base as your sunscreen. Since this white case does not show anymore after you put a powder on.

The shade I choose for new CdP brightening powder foundation was BF 20. It's a light yellow undertone shade. I compared this BF20 with my another older CdP powder foundation O10, the shade BF20 is surprisingly lighter than O10.

For your reference, I am around MAC NC 20.

I applied CdP brightening powder foundation on my right side of my face and Clinique almost powder makeup in light on my left side of my face. The two shade look no difference on my face.

The best brush to apply for powder foundation is The Body Shop Extra Virgin Minerals kabuki brush. It not only offers even and great coverage, but also speed up my makeup time.

A good powder foundation with a TBS kabuki brush, my makeup look very polished, as if I have spent a long time on the process (from primer, to liquid foundation, to concealer and to powder)--which I don't.

The coverage of both foundations on my face were great. They are medium to full coverage to me. I also use them to cover my dark circles and they conceal pretty well.

The finish is not matte nor glowy dewy. It's more like a satin finish on the face.

The staying power was really good. I am do not touch them up after 6 hours of wearing them both on my face.

The CdP brightening powder foundation did not perform anything special to me. I cannot tell any difference between this powder foundation and the Clinique one. Maybe I will be finding something new after I finish this powder foundation.

So far I do not recommend people to spend so much money on a powder foundation. The CdP powder foundation is $95 CAD plus tax for 11g, while the Clinique one is $31 CAD plus tax for 10g. Three times more expensive, but does not perform 3 times better so far.

The CdP brightening enhancer base is $65 CAD plus tax for 30 ml.  It's too expensive to be a sunscreen and for being a makeup base, it's a good but not a superb product.

Review: CLINIQUE Repairwear Laser Focus Wrinkle & UV Damage Corrector

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Some people say this serum can be a dupe for EL ANR, well, for me it may be not the case.

The texture is slightly less thicker than EL ANR. If I do not apply any moisturiser right after this serum, my face feels tight and dry.

It claims to reduce wrinkles, sun damage and lines in 4 weeks. However after finishing the whole bottle I do not feel any difference. Maybe I do not have wrinkles yet and cannot see any result. But I don't even feel my skin is moisturised or in a healthy condition after this.

I would rather to spend on something else than buying this.

Review: CLINIQUE Moisture Surge Intense Skin Fortifying Hydrator

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This is a gel-cream texture with a light scent which does not bother me. It hydrates me instantly once I put it on. I am not sure if it hydrates me 24 hours after I put it on but what I can be sure about is that it can work as good as night mask when I feel extremely dry some day in the winter.

Review: Clinique Almost Powder Makeup spf 15

Clinique Almost Powder Makeup spf 15 can be a cheaper (but not the cheapest ) dupe for diorskin flawless compact.

There are very finely milled light- reflecting particles in the foundation that isn’t obvious. This powder foundation has a buttery and creamy texture.  The coverage can be almost full. You can get a glowy and dewy skin after 3 hours of applying this foundation, yet the coverage is above medium. It looks like that you applied some very hydrating cream or liquid foundation instead of powder foundation. I guess it’s because of the glitter in the pan.

 

Sadly, I am not impressive with its shade selection. The colors tend to be more pink and neutral, it seems there’s no perfect match for my Asian olive NC 20 skin tone. The shade 02 is too pink to me while shade 03 one shade darker.

Overall, it’s still a good powder foundation. If you are looking for a powder foundation that offers you a glowy and dewy skin without any highlight or cream foundation, this is for you. It can work well for almost all skin types. It offers decent UV protection with active UVA/UVB ingredients. What’s more, it can save you around 20 bucks to have close finish to diorskin flawless compact!