Clarins Instant Smooth Self Tanning Review

Morning lovelies!

Firstly i hope you're well! I've eaten far too much this christmas and i am currently struggling with that! 

This morning i am going to review the instant smooth self tanning product from Clarins. I got this product online when i bought my Clarins Eye Quartet Mineral Palette which i reviewed here. 

Ok so essentially what is this product? It's a self tanner for the face which also claims to perfect the skin and produce a gorgeous natural looking glow. I was interested to read this product contains acacia micro-pearls, heaven knows what they are but they sound expensive so that works for me!

In order to apply this product you perform your normal daily routine, so i exfoliated with my St Ives facial scrub then cleansed my face before moisturising (skipped the toner, sorry peeps), then i used the TINIEST amount of this and blended it into my face before applying my makeup as normal after about a two minute wait. You really don't need a lot of this at all so i know it is going to last ages, yay! But as with all tanning agents it is important to exfoliate beforehand, tan sticking to dry areas is not a good look!

This product was £17.50 and was a really good buy IMO. In other words, i am really glad i bought it as i noticed the results straight away, so i will continue to use it with pride.

There is only one down side... as soon as i opened this pot of magical loveliness.. i was hit by a not so magical smell. This does have a tan/biscuity smell about it that is quite strong. I can live with it but you ought to know! I'm just going to apply it holding my breath, it's not that bad really but it is a slight downside.

I hope you enjoyed this review and i hope you have a lovely day. Mine shall be filled with essay prep that is literally killing me, but i won't go on (:

Thankyou for reading!

XOXO

Clarins Eye Quartet Mineral Palette 09 Odyssey

Hello lovely readers, thought i would get a blog post done before tomorrow as things are going to be a bit hectic. I haven't finished the Xmas shopping yet, yes I'm a last minute Jane, plus have to do the big food shop tomorrow as the only thing i've got is the turkey!

Anyway, to take my mind off the stress i am going to review an eye quarter i have been lusting over for a while. I saw this product being reviewed and tried to get hold of it online but couldn't, until a week ago when it was available, yay!

Ok so ho ho and away we go...

This eye quartet was bought from Clarins online for £30.

Lovely luxe packaging (a la Dior, Chanel etc), a luxe velvet case is provided to encompass the palette and an application card is provided.

Here is the palette in all her glory!

So as you can see we have a myriad of brown tonal shades with a gorgeous gobsmacking gold leaping out from the palette! To be honest this gorgeous gold shade is the predominant reason as to why i bought this palette, i think it is truly beautiful!

Below are swatches of the eyeshadows moving from left to right across the palette. These were applied wet as the product description states these eyeshadows can we applies wet or dry, however i found the shades really came to life when applied wet.

Don't you just love 'em! I think they are absolutely gorgeous and i am so pleased i splashed out to get this palette. Admittedly colour 1 and 3 are a tad similar, but i can work with that and the gold really is the stand out shade for me. I can't wait to get going and start doing some Christmas looks with these! 

I hope you enjoyed my post. Please let me know your thoughts on this product! 

XOXO