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Too much fragrance
Super Restorative Serum is one of Clarins’ most expensive skin-care products, but this is also a classic case of a product’s name, price, and marketing agenda not adding up to what’s inside the bottle, which, for all intents and purposes, is just another thin-textured moisturizer (it really doesn't have a standard serum look or feel; in fact, the finish is a bit tacky, not silky). The Clarin...read mores sales staff would no doubt blanch at that statement, as most of the counter personnel we spoke to treated this product as if it were the fountain of youth, yet they clearly must be entranced by their company’s assertions, because nothing in this product can firm, lift, restore, or tone the skin. This product contains mostly water, slip agents, thickeners, emollient, silicone, film-forming agent, water-binding agent, fragrance (lots of fragrance), several plant extracts (all present in minute amounts), caffeine, preservatives, and coloring agents. Clarins tends to favor exotic-sounding plants over state-of-the-art skin-care ingredients such as proven antioxidants or anti-irritants. Obviously, although that is undeniably enticing to some consumers, it doesn’t help skin and it often causes undue irritation. There is no reason to consider this product an anti-aging treatment option. If you’re shopping for serums or moisturizers at the department store and want a selection of modern, elegant formulas, your skin and pocketbook would be better off exploring the options from Estee Lauder, Peter Thomas Roth, DDF, or Clinique before just about anything Clarins offers.This review is: Helpful | Not helpful | Inappropriate | 1 of 1 people said helpful
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Didn't notice a difference
I couldn't tell if this was helping. Genefique by Lancome really DID make a difference though. And I am so far impressed with Philosophy's Hope in a Jar and Eye Hope products.This review is: Helpful | Not helpful | Inappropriate | 1 of 1 people said helpful
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Clarins Super Restorative Serum
It's impressive when a product delivers what it promises even on the first use. After the second use, a day later, I was amazed at how velvety smooth my skin was. Clarins Super Restorative line is intended to be used after exfoliating with a fine, gentle skin polisher, then just two pumps in the palm of the hand spread evenly and pressed, not rubbed onto the face is the best way for the ingredient...read mores to affect the skin. It's recommended that we sit down, turn the palms of our hands up and press our face to our hands (not pressing hands to the face), counting 10 seconds for each area and breath deep and relaxing breaths (heel of hand to eye sockets, whole fingers to forehead, full hands to cheeks and chin, full hands to neck and finish on decolete). One bottle lasts a half year. Those of us with crows feet and forehead wrinkles will appreciate this product the most; however, prevention in our thirties would've been better. Well worth the $125 price tag.This review is: Helpful | Not helpful | Inappropriate | 4 of 7 people said helpful
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