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Chanel,”Hydramax + Active”: Facial Cream

Last spring, I tested the famous active moisture gel cream Hydramax + Active de Chanel. A light silky smooth texture melts in skin like a voile. Discrete and uplifting nice smell, in an elegant jar. Epicurean and hedonistic, I was captivated. What asking for more? Moisturizing! Skin comfort. Applying the gel-cream, I felt on my skin an incredible freshness. But after few hours, my skin was thirsty and tugged. Another bad thing, totally personal, I had a small allergy: mini red spots. My skin is very sensitive. So I asked for the opinions of my user friends. Mo is an early twenties years old lovely baby face, with an oily skin and she is a smoker: “This moisturizing really works on me, I can see the difference when I use it. And it lasts”. Tatiana, also a twenty years old pretty face, agreed with Mo. But Noemie, her older sister, an early thirties replied: “I tried this cream and there was not any effect on me. No particular super moisturizing effect on my skin!”.

Conclusion: could we say that Hydramax + Active is really efficient with very young skin (less than 25 years old)? Reactive skins might watch.

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Facial Cream: “Ferox Pure Pulp” de Veld’s

August 3/08 : I think I have to add changes

to my first article about the Ferox Pure Pulp of Veld’s (the box below). Course I tested this cream! Course I really noticed what I wrote. And that’s true, I was disappointed by this “amazing” product. BUT in the main time, the founder of the Veld’s brand contacted me here in my blog (you can read the comment in the French version of this post).     

Joyce Musy wanted meeting me to present me her product and the right way to use it and understand why it didn’t work with me. I agree to meet her and then we had a fascinating chat about the components of the product and their effects on skin (in coming up post). As soon as she saw me, she explained me why the cream didn’t work on me: my skin is too young to need to be plumped. And the small nagging pain was normal, it’s the firming effect. Ferox Pure Pulp is a cream for “mature” skin, starting from forties to…

Joyce was really surprised that the seller didn’t recommend me another product in the brand, more concerning with my skin, like the Roïbos Flash Repair. I haven’t test it yet, but BE PATIENT! And I will let you know of course! I want to precise: I am not paid by Veld’s for my comments! I’m free and I have to be honest with you: I think this is high quality product. It didn’t work on me, cause it wasn’t for my skin and age.

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Wong Kar Wai Team: who are you Miss Candy Law?

Welcome back in HK Baby!

– I’ve worked very hard on this film: he’s full sense of humor, he’s a funny guy.

He, Wong Kar Waithis movie: “2046” (2004), before My Blueberry Nights (2007). And the shy young lady is Candy Law, a great fashion make-up artist and make-up consultant. She also works with the brillant filmmaker (I’ve been a big fan since my Movies studies at university) and his production company Jet Tone Films.

– Due to the pro-longed production schedule, the previous make-up artist had to go due to other commitment.  Then the “2046”Art Director, William Cheung, gave me this great opportunity. The challenge: he asked me to make a basic look and it was a huge challenge, as you know the simpler the harder. Plus I worked alone with all the famous actors like Tony Leung, Chang Chen, Dong Jan and actresses like Gong Li, Faye Wong, Carina Lau. I wanted to cooperate and finished as scheduled. 

– Working for cinema: you have to spend long hours on the job. Especially Wong wanted everything to be perfect, that was pressure on its own, and there is no tolerance for error on the sense. You have to be under control: it’s very grueling physically!

In the IFC’s Starbuck, finance people around us and Candy looks like a Tim Burton’s character, dark, a bit gothic and full of sense of humor and lovely contradictions:

– Why did I name my dog, Muffin? Cause I don’t like muffins. I love wicked idea. I can be very extreme in my make-up. Just like I love books, but I don’t read into them, I look at the pictures because I don’t want to get too involved.     

At 24 years old, she goes to Sydney to meet her dad and study in a make-up school for movies and stage and ballet dancing. Two years later in 1999, she’s back in Hong Kong and starts to work for fashion editorials and ad campaigns:

– I have never thought about going outside of my country. I’m a very traditional Chinese woman: family is the most important thing. I know marriage is difficult. I always worried about the future.

The future?

– Alone without friend (a big laugh). No, I really enjoy going out with a few close friends (last for ever), staying at home with Muffin, my dog and my very wise 86 years old grandma. She calms me because she is the closest person to me at heart. I talk to people when I want to.  

Thanks a lot Candy!

 

Bonus tracks: leaving Candy, I meet those two unbelievable “guys” made in Hong Kong and coming from the comics planet.

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