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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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Chanel, “Hydramax + Active”: crème visage

J’ai testé au printemps dernier, le fameux gel-crème Hydramax + Active de Chanel. Un rêve de texture finement onctueuse qui fond sur le derme comme un voile. Discrète odeur très très agréable, euphorisante, dans un élégant pot  qui sublime le tout ! Epicurienne hédoniste, suis conquise. Que demander de plus ? De l’hydratation ! Confort de la peau. Passée la sensation de pur plaisir lors de l’application de la crème, je constate que ma peau quelques heures plus tard tiraille vraiment. Autre soucis mais purement personnel, j’ai fait une petite allergie a un des composants : réaction cutanée par de petits boutons rouges qui à l’arrêt des applications ont aussitôt disparu. J’ai la peau très sensible. Je sonde dans mon entourage les utilisatrices d’Hydramax. Mo, peau grasse et fumeuse d’une vingtaine d’années, en est fan : « Cette crème m’hydrate vraiment, je vois la différence quand j’en mets et elle dure longtemps ». Tatiana, vingt ans aussi, me confirme la tendance : c’est une fidèle d’Hydramax. Seule fausse note, Noémie, peau grasse, non fumeuse et trentenaire : « J’ai essayé cette crème que ma sœur Tatiana utilise, ça ne m’a absolument rien fait et pas hydratée du tout ».

Conclusion : Hydramax + Active ne s’adresserait-il pas plus aux besoins des peaux très jeunes (moins de 25 ans) ? Mon conseil, peaux réactives : attention !

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Dover Street Market, London

Window reflection or game of my overactive imagination: Karl, the unique, would join me here in London, in the Dover Street Market’s window, Rei Kawakubo’s smart concept store, the stylist of Comme des Garçons.

Intrigued I get inside: yes that’s Karl! Focal length problem, not one, two: numerous Karl in life-size. I work too much. Rub my eyes, to be 100 % sure… the hall dotted with some Karl, here near carryings at the first floor, second floor…

Vertigo, rain of… Yes it’s raining some Karl at the Dover Street Market! What a headline! Focus on the small carrying dedicated to Christopher Kane, the ultimate “darling” designer of the Brit fashion journalists. I wanted to see and touch “for real” his creations. And I confess, I really like them. Especially this white chiffon dress, absolutely fabulous.

Already another Karl comes up, then a battalion of Replicants. How do they do to increase so fast? Reloads of Karl! I beat a hasty retreat in the Victorian room, decorated with immaculate white Tudor axes on a wall and a recycle (I hope, my “green” side) cardboard fireplace. It’s the shoes and bags corner, you can find some Pierre Hardy…

I go up onto the roof, having some fresh air. Two, three… a Karl triptych receive me, mechanically I answer:

– No, I’m not a number!

So surprised to ear me playing “The Prisoner”.

– A glass of water, Mademoiselle Le K ?

– Thanks… Karl !!!

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