Clarins Instant Smooth Perfecting Touch Primer and Wonder Volume Mascara

Hey Guys,

New post focusing on one brand today: Clarins.

I have chosen to highlight 2 products that I really really like and use every single day. Those products are:

1- Instant Smooth Perfecting Touch / Lisse Minute Base Comblante

2- Wonder Volume Mascara

1- The Instant Smooth Perfecting Touch

Description on Clarins website:

“This award winning primer is the perfect combination of make-up and skin care. With an ultra-light, ultra-smooth texture it glides on skin, leaving an imperceptible veil on its surface, filling in and smoothing away the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles and pores. Your skin is left ' foundation ready' to give your make-up a more even and flawless finish. Can also be used alone or mixed-in with your foundation.”

You got it, this product is a primer to be used prior to applying a foundation but what works well as well is mixing the primer with the foundation or concealer and then proceed to application. It blends really easily and gives the same smooth and flawless finish than when applied on its own.

This primer does its job perfectly, smoothing the skin, covering dilated pores, fine lines you can have around the eye area or nose and mouth. I am really happy with the results I get from this primer.

See the results on me below. Sorry for the redness my skin has been extremely sensitive lately and really red on the cheek area. Despite the redness I think you can really see how the primer smoothes and evens out the skin where you can usually find undesired dilated pores!!

Without the primer

With the primer on

2- Wonder Volume Mascara

Description on Clarins website:

“Promotes fuller-looking lashes after the first brush stroke and delivers incredible volume thanks to the "Wonder-Full" complex. Lashes are brushed individually and intensively coloured for hours.”

I think that this mascara is a great one if you want long natural lashes. Personally I prefer to focus on volume than length as I am happy with the length of my lashes but if you are not looking for a dramatic effect then give this one a go, you won't be disappointed.

See the before and after pics below:

Before 1

Before 2

After 1

After 2

Like I said, I do think that Clarins Wonder Volume mascara works best for length than volume but when I want more volume I just add a layer of either the Givenchy Noir Couture Mascara or the Max Factor Wild Mega Volume (I discovered both thanks to my little sister and I have been wearing them ever since she's advised them). 

Givenchy Noir Couture

Max Factor Wild Mega Volume

Apart from all this, it is a really nice mascara, not difficult to remove and more affordable than Chanel or Givenchy for example.

I hope you will find this post interesting and useful. Any other products you need an opinion on or before/after pics just let me know guys, I may well have what you are after in my stock ;) 

Kristina