How I get my bronze on

Since coming back from vacation, the number one question I get all the time is : how are you still tanned? My skin has always retained a tan for a very long time, I can keep tan lines for a full year but I obviously need a bit of help to keep up the bronze look. Here are my tools :

1. The Body Shop Mango Body Scrub: you need to exfoliate before any self tan application, it's the key to success if you ask me!

2. Burberry Fresh Glow Fluid: Secret #2 - Add a primer with radiance to your foundation and you get that instant vacation glow. 

3. Clarins After Sun Moisturizer Self Tanning: this is pretty much the secret to extending your tan. You apply this cream post-vacation or post-sun-exposure and the tan just continues while your sleeping because of the self tanner it contains. Also, the fact that it's moisturizing helps your skin keep the tan on. No streaks, no orange color.

4. Clarins Liquid Bronze Self Tanning: the secret to the tanned face. For me, the body part that looses the tan the fastest in my skin...such sadness ;( By applying this product on my face before bed, I am sure to wake up with a tanned fresh face in the morning.

Depuis mon retour de vacances, la question qui revient le plus souvent est: comment es-tu encore si bronzée? Ma peau a toujours gardé mon bronzage pendant très longtemps, je peux garder des lignes de bronzage pendant presque un an de temps, mais il est évident que j'ai besoin d'un peu d'aide pour maintenir le look bronzé. Voici mes outils : 

1. The Body Shop Exfoliant Corporel Mango : il faut toujours exfolier avant d'appliquer des produits bronzants, c'est la clé du succès selon moi!

2. Burberry Fresh Glow Fluid: Secret #2 - Rajoutez une base de maquillage avec de l'éclat au fond de teint et on obtient le glow instantanée de vacances. 

3. Clarins Baume Après Soleil Rehydratant Auto-Bronzant: ce produit est pas mal le secret de mon bronzage. On peut appliquer cette crème post-vacances ou post-exposition-au-soleil et le bronzage continu pendant qu'on dort car le produit contient un auto-bronzant. De plus, le fait que la crème est super hydratante permet de garder le bronzage beaucoup plus longtemps. Pas de lignes, pas de couleur orange.

4. Clarins Eau Lactée Auto-Bronzante: le secret pour le visage bronzé. De mon côté, l'endroit de mon corps qui perd son bronzage le plus rapidement est mon visage...tristesse ;( En appliquant cette crème sur mon visage le soir avant de dormir, je me reveille avec le plus beau halo. 

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Clarins Radiance Plus Golden Glow Booster

I found the perfect way to add a bit of summer to your daily ritual. 

If you know me, you must know that I become SO tanned in the summer it's crazy but once September/October hits up the tan leaves me so quickly. I am one that adores the sun, the feeling of heat on my skin, the gorgeous glow it enhances your face with, so I am always on the look out for the best tanning product to brighten up my harsh winters. 

I don't do tanning beds because that causes quasi automatic wrinkles to your face and I want to keep my youth as much as I can ;P. I try to keep it healthy but while still being able to fight the pasty whiteness when winter comes.

Enter the new Clarins Radiance Plus Golden Glow Booster which is basically sun in a bottle. If you have been reading my blog for a while you must know my love for the Clarins Liquid Bronze Self Tanning. This month, Clarins came up with this new invention : the Clarins Radiance Plus Golden Glow Booster Serum. Basically, this it the tan in a bottle for lazy girls (hint-hint ;p). You add 2 to 3 drops of this baby to your daily moisturizer and apply it to your face day and night. After only 3 hours you will start to notice a slight tan to your face. I promise you will not end up looking like a oompa loompa, which is the beauty of the Clarins tanning products, in my opinion. 

This product is a MUST try, even the palest person will see an effect. A definite must-try in my book for this summer !

Go check it out ;)

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The Vitatanz Tan

Last month, I was invited for a very girly event at the famous Rouge Nail Bar on Crescent street to try out the Vitatanz tan. 

The setting of this event was very inviting and warm and there was candy and cupcakes everywhere, a happy place for most of us girls !

During this event, we had the opportunity to try this wonderful spray tan first hand. Let me tell you, that I am a sun worshiper, I love the sun, I love a good tan but I have always been sceptic of spray tans. I always wait for the summer and rock a pasty white skin all winter long. 

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Spring Rituals featuring the Clarins Liquid Bronze Self Tanning

Every Spring as soon as the sun comes out, I start feeling the lack of vitamin D on my skin.

Obviously, my face gets very white and pasty in the winter and is usually a couple of shades lighter than the rest of my body. I am quite sure a lot of people can relate to this, since we do not live in California weather, mother nature was very naughty this year and made us suffer till the very end.

Well, I think her job is done and that spring/summer is finally settling, which means we gotta get rid of the pastiness.

Enter my little ritual and my one and only trusty Face Self-Tanner. 

Okay, I am sure many of you are very very skeptical about self-tanners, well so was I, until I got my hands on the Clarins Liquid Bronze Self Tanning.

This product does not act like many other self-tanners with the streaking and the orange glow. The Clarins Liquid Bronze Self Tanning Lotion enhances your face by adding a very discrete gradual tan. Many of you might be asking yourself if this acts like the Jergens and Dove gradual lotions. Well not quite, but I would definitely say it's in between an actual face self-tanner and those lotions.

Once you apply the Clarins Self Tanning lotion you will see a slight difference the next morning, but nothing too drastic. But once it is applied regularly, you will definitely get a tan after consecutive use. 

How to apply : Before purchasing this product, I took the time to research the how-to's and here is the best method that suited my routine.

1- At night, after washing my face, I will apply my night serum, right now I am using the Ole Henriksen Truth Serum Vitamin C. I tried this little ritual with a couple of serums that I own but I found that this combination is the best one for my skin when I wanna add the Clarins Liquid Bronze Lotion on top. 

2- I will then follow by applying the Clarins Liquid Bronze Self Tanning with a cotton pad. Apply by being very consistent to the different regions of your face and DO NOT FORGET to bring it down to your neck. One blob (the size of a quarter) of product on the cotton pad is sufficient for a use. 

3- I won't apply any night time moisturizer since I find that the Clarins Lotion bring enough moisture to my face.

4- Repeat on consecutive nights for a more apparent tan or alternate nights for a gradual and more natural look. 

This product is a really good investment for people that want to beat the winter whites and obtain the J.Lo Glow.

The Clarins Liquid Bronze Self Tanning retails for 36$CAN, you can get your hands on it at any counter that sells Clarins, such as Sephora, The Bay and Shoppers Drug Mart.

Enjoy !

K

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