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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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Mandarina Duck is back

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I need a suitcase, Just in Case of Mandarina Duck!

I travel and need a very stylish luggage. I go to Mandarina Duck, an Italian brand that used to be very edge at the beginning of the 90’s and today they strongly come back. On my way, boulevard Beaumarchais (between République and Bastille, and near le Marais, Paris districts) I met the famous writer Amélie Nothomb. One of the few gifted writers able to make me really laugh! I choose a very feminine light color suitcase after hesitating with a red one…

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Quick fitting

at Gaspard Yurkievich press office to fill my luggage with taste. Then as I’m obsessive about details, I inspect the luggage. Surprise, inside: a bag for laptop that I’ll use like a carryall to put my camera and tech stuff, make-up, notes, my oversized sunglasses and the Louis V. city guide, finally I won’t use!

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The luggage’s tops 

Compact look for maximum capacity, high quality canvas and finish. Smart detail: the laptop bag can be fixed to the suitcase (top picture). And you can also put many items in the outside pockets. And the best point for me is this super useful plastic cover could look cheap but definitely not (picture below). Many passengers looked at it, they might have been jealous! One request about the damaged cover: is it possible to change it? 

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What improving?

So after dragging this suitcase from one airporte to another, tested stairs, many tarmac and macadam impacts, some nail polish on lining… I think there are really few things to improve: the handle seems to me not strong enough for a very intense frequent use and the lining of the laptop gets quickly dirty. Otherwise well done Mandarina Duck !

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Bonus picture for fun : admire this lady friend fighting with her suitcase to close it, few minutes before taking a cab to the airport! What a laugh!

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