Personal Review on CLINIQUE skincare products

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1. Clarifying Lotion 2

I am using Clarifying Lotion 2, which contains deformed ethanol. Therefore, there is a strong smell of alcohol when I use it. But don’t be panic, a certain content of alcohol is good for your skin. According to the user instruction, the water should be wiped on your face with make-up cotton instead of being pated on your face. It is used for cleaning your skin rather than being absorbed. When I used it at the first time, I felt a little bit burning, and later I learned that it was due to my skin condition. But later, it was not burning anymore. If you have acne, be sure to avoid placing it on it (including the acne that just healed).

In fact, if you don’t have too much acne, it is not a big deal to use the water containing denatured alcohol. Alcohol has anti-inflammatory effects, which is great for acne. Actually, all products for healing acne more or less contain containing some alcohol and salicylic acid.

2. Liquid Facial Soap

What I am using is the mild one of dry combination, aka for the type “2” skin. It is suitable for dry or mixed skin.

As the texture, it is kind of transparent gel. I use 2 pumps each time, add a little water, there is a trace of foam. After washing your face, your skin will not feel too tight, but very smooth and soft.

Price: US official web: $17.5/200ml

3. Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion+

4. Dramatically Different Moisturizing Gel

First of all, show you a comparison of oil one and oil-free one.

The differences of the packages are: There is “lotion+” on oil one, but “gel” on the oil-free one. The oil-free one has a lighter color, and it is more lightweight than the one with oil. Oil-free lotion is easier to apply.

After applying the oil-free one for 10 minutes, you will feel very cool and you will feel nothing on your face. But with oil one, you will feel slight stickiness. It would be better for autumn and winter. Normally, I buy a 50 ml oil-free, just for summer. But in autumn and winter I need to apply on both neck and face, so I go for a 200 ml one.

There is a limited edition of 200ml in UK official website, and mine is the 200ml one. The 3-Step I bought was a gift-set that I bought from a duty-free shop in Sanya Islands, (liquid cleansing for 200ml, cleansing water for 400ml, butter for 200ml). All of them are made in UK, totally cost 660rmb. It said that the 200ml is only available for Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion+, and you can only buy the BCA limited edition in UK official website. The oil-free lotion for 50ml was bought from the US official website, which cost $14.5.

5. Deep Comfort Hand and Cuticle Cream

Thick texture, just like creamy cream, it has no sticky feelings after application, instead, it is cool. But you can also apply on your nails, which can deal with the edge of the dead skin, barbs and other issues. Frankly speaking, it is just ok for using, which is not as good as Herbacin German hand care cream.

6. Pore Refining SolutionsCorrecting Serum

It is matte on the face, and it can control oil. There is a light taste of alcohol. According to the ingredients, it contains alcohol denat, aka denatured ethanol. You see? All these stuff have this in it. The effect can't be seen in a short time. Do you dare to use it if it has effect after several times usage? (That may be hormones) I used it for two weeks, and the pores became smaller. But still did not achieve the desired effect. Maybe I should spent more time on it.

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