Escentual French Pharmacy Giveaway!

For the whole of March Escentual  are running an amazing promotion where you can save up to a 1/3 off all off all of their French Pharmacy Brands.

Brand like Vichy, Caudalie, La Roche Posay, Avene and Bioderma are beginning to become big news in the UK and are often raved about on beauty blogs (including mine) so now is the perfect time to try out the brands and product you’ve always wanted to.

Better still, the guys at Escentual have kindly offered 5 of my readers the chance to win my top picks from their website, so read on, enter and be welcomed into the wonderful world of French Pharmacy Brands!

Vichy Normaderm RRP £14, now £9.33

 

 A moisturiser that’s perfect for oily, imperfection prone skin. The targeted formula provides complete care for complexions that experience blemishes, enlarged pores, excess shine, oiliness, residual marks and scarring, and an uneven complexion.  

 Even sensitive skin is well cared for with its unique combination of three peeling active ingredients, including salicylic acid, glycolic acid and LHA. 

Caudalie Nourishing Body Lotion 250ml RRP £19, now £17.10

Packed with nourishing active ingredients, this Body Lotion instantly moisturizes and hydrates the skin. Grape polyphenols prevent premature ageing where gingko biloba activates microcirculation bringing life to your skin. 

 It’s lovely light lotion that sinks into your skin quickly and leaves your skin feeling moisturised an nourished without being greasy. 

Nuxe Huile Prodigieuse Multi-Purpose Dry Oil Spray 100ml, RRP £28.30, now £18.86

Loved by models and beauty insiders the world over, the Nuxe Huile Prodigieuse Multi-Usage Dry Oil infuses the skin and the hair with moisture.

The lightweight, dry finish, multi-use oil is made up of 98.1% natural origin ingredients with a high concentration of 30% precious plant oils, including borage, sweet almond, hazelnut, St. John's wort, camellia, and macadamia. An added infusion of soothing, nourishing vitamin E ensures antioxidant protection and long-lasting moisturisation.

The oil sinks into your skin leaving it feel moisturised and supple and when used on your hair, leaves it feeling glossy and healthy.

A truly fab multi use item!

Caudalie Vinosource Moisturising Matifying 

Fluid RRP £23, now £20.70

 

 

Banish shine from your oily complexion with this little gem. The lightweight fluid has an instant matifying effect and long-lasting oil-control action.

 

 

 Your skin’s balance is restored for a velvety, matte complexion. The fluid is oil-free, hypoallergenic and non-comedogenic with 92% natural ingredients.

 

 

Avene Tolerance Extreme Anti-Irritating Soothing Cream RRP

 

 £14.50, now £10.87

 

Specifically developed for hypersensitive and allergic skin, the Avène Tolerance Extreme Anti-Irritating Soothing Cream is an ideal complexion calmer. The moisturiser soothes skin that is reactive to cosmetics, external aggressions, and skin allergies. 

It is formulated with the purest ingredients which are selected for their gentleness and any potentially irritating additives are omitted. A high concentration of healing Avène Thermal Spring Water freshens and revitalises the skin, and reinforces the skin's natural defences.

You can read about how much love i have for Avene here!

 All of these products and much, much more can be found over on the Escentual website NOW!

So, If you like the look of these gorgeous items worth almost £100, then enter my competition below to be in with the chance of winning one of 5 set’s for yourself!

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Avène Eau Thermale: For Sensitive Skin

I suffer with really sensitive skin and therefore for me, trying to find products that work the best for my skin is often difficult.

Yes, I know to steer clear of overly harsh products which contain fragrances, chemicals and other nasties, but even then I can never be too sure how my skin will react.

It’s a real bugger.

Recently I’ve been struggling with my skin, from dry patches to breakouts, oily t-zone to skin begging for moisture. Ugh.

I decided that to try and sort myself out I would ditch everything I’m currently subjecting my face to and try a brand i hadn’t used yet.

Eau Thermale Avène is a unique French dermo-cosmetic brand dedicated to each level of skin 
sensitivity; from sensitive, intolerant to allergic.  

Each product contains the Avène Thermal Spring 
Water, a unique ingredient whose properties have been endorsed by dermatologists over the years for its soothing properties.

I tried out their Soothing Hydrating Serum (£17) and Hydrance Optimale Light cream (£13.50).

The Soothing Hydrating Serum is an intensely soothing and hydrating serum and is ideal for sensitive skin, or skin that is easily effected by stress, pollution, or irritation.

It has a high concentration of the Avène Thermal Spring Water and the serum works to soothe and heal the skin with the help of its patented lipsomes, which work to diffuse the ingredients gradually into the upper layer of the skin.

Like all serums, I used this under my moisturiser. The formulation was thicker than some other serum’s I’ve tried, but it glided onto my skin beautifully and sunk into my skin almost immediately leaving my skin feeling soft, smooth and nourished.

Next I used  the Avène Hydrance Optimale Light cream.

Because my skin tends to be oily, I worry about adding too much moisture to my skin, but this cream was perfect.

HydranceOptimale Light works to deeply hydrate dry skin without overloading or clogging it and Sebo-absorbing capsules regulate oil production for a light matifying effect.

Indeed, I find this cream works as a wonderful primer as well, but as a moisturiser it does just the trick.

Both products are lightly scented with a pleasant, spa-esq, non offensive aroma and my skin has really begun to benefit from using them.

The dry patches on my face have lessened and the oily patches have calmed down somewhat!

I’m thrilled to have found these products and look forward to exploring more of the Avène range.

You can buy your  Eau Thermale Avène from Boots.

Have you tried and Avène products? What do you think of them?