#anniesbeauty1yearanniversarygiveaway series! Happy Anniversary with… Sarah Chapman and Odacité!

Tags

#anniesbeauty1yearanniversarygiveaway, giveaway, Odacité, Odacité Jo+L Jojoba Lavender Facial Serum Concentrate, Sarah Chapman, skincare, Skinesis Morning Facial

So, this is it! The final giveaway of annie’s beauty… 1 year anniversary series it’s finally here! It’s been a lovely month and a lovely year and that’s because you made it possible my lovelies!

But enough with the soppy stuff; let’s get down to my last giveaway!

I did a Chanel makeup giveaway, I did a Diptyque body care giveaway, so I think it was only normal to squeeze in a skincare giveaway too!

Now… This was the most difficult one, because this past year it’s been like an amazing journey for my skin, where I got to try so many amazing skincare products! And if you’re curious to see what I mean, simply check out my first photos here on annie’s beauty… and you’ll notice the dramatic difference!

I had to chose the absolute best products that made a significant change in the aspect of my skin! Luckily, I managed to narrow it down to two serums!…

So here is YOUR PRIZE:

– one Sarah Chapman Skinesis Morning Facial Serum

– one Odacité Jo+L Jojoba Lavender Facial Serum Concentrate

The first one is maybe the best face serum I’ve tried this far that it will completely revolutionize whatever you might be thinking about serums! It’s one of the most famous Sarah Chapman skincare products – the Skinesis Morning Facial. Still using it, still loving it! But more about this precious serum here.

The Odacité Jo+L Jojoba Lavender Facial Serum Concentrate is more of a nighttime serum that aims to combat sebum blockages and clean skin impurities, helping me clean those unaesthetic clogged and enlarged pores and combat redness at the same time. It’s one of those underrated products that actually do what they claim. A review on this product will be up soon!

Then you have MY GIVEAWAY RULES:

– the giveaway starts the moment this post will be up, which is Tuesday, 24 February 2015 midnight, EET and it will end on Sunday, 1st March 2015, EET.

– you can enter this giveaway if you’re a subscriber of annie’s beauty… blog ( if not you can subscribe by clicking the Follow button on my main page or via email ) and write me a comment about whatever you like, as long as it’s decent. Also by following annie0ne on Instagram and by re-posting the giveaway official image and tag it with the #anniesbeauty1yearanniversarygiveaway. Or if you follow me on Bloglovin but make sure you like this post! Or if you like my Facebook page, like and share the official giveaway photo with the official tag. Or if you follow my Twitter account and also re-post the same giveaway image under the same hashtag, #anniesbeauty1yearanniversarygiveaway

– strictly ONE ( 1 ) entry per person will count

– NO business accounts, NO private profiles, NO fake accounts or giveaway accounts, PLEASE! Such entries will be immediately disqualified. This is only for personal, active accounts!

– giveaway opened internationally

– strictly ONE ( 1 ) Winner will be picked using random.org and announced no later than Monday, 2nd March 2015 .

– MY decision will be final. MY giveaway, MY rules!

– PLEASE FOLLOW THE GIVEAWAY RULES IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR IT

Good luck, beautiful and see you soon!

xx, Annie

 

AM skincare routine…

Tags

Foreo, Luna Mini, morning routine, Omorovicza, Oskia, Oskia Renaissance Cleansing Gel, Paula's Choice, Queen of Hungary Mist, Resist Barrier Moisturizer with Retinol, Sarah Chapman, skincare, Skinesis Morning Facial

After a couple of weeks when I posted reviews of some of my skincare staples at the moment ( maybe I should say “skin saviors”! ), I think it’s just about the right time to put them together in a post and tell you how I make them work for me. So this is my Morning skincare routine…

What my skin needs especially during this colder months is deep hydration and calming the eventual vascular lesions, the main cause of my rosacea.

Next I will share with you the products I use and the actual steps of my morning skincare routine.

Step 1: I take one pump of my Oskia Renaissance Cleansing Gel and massage it into my dry face. Then, for a deeper cleanse, I wet my Foreo Luna Mini ( review coming soon ) and massage my face for at least one minute. This device is so clever that it will tell you when to stop and when you need to move to another area. After that I clean my face from any residue with a muslin cloth and move on to…

Step 2 which is cleansing my face with a few spritzes of Omorovicza Queen of Hungary Face Mist on a cotton pad. This roses and minerals infused water leaves the skin clean but at the same time soft and hydrated.

Step 3 is to apply my morning serum. Now I’m using and loving the results from Sarah Chapman Skinesis Morning Facial. This is an amazing serum/oil, beautiful for a day wear. It absorbs instantly and doesn’t leave any oily residue. Read the complete review here.

Then Step 4, my daily moisturizer which at the moment is  Paula’s Choice Resist Barrier Moisturizer with Retinol. Great moisturizer, made with natural ingredients, suitable for all skin types. Using this moisturizer there’s no need to add an eye cream because it is a multitasking product… But you can read more on that here.

Step 5 is to moisturize my lips, especially during the colder seasons my lips need extra care. So, I think that the Omorovicza Lip Perfector does an amazing job at hydrating and nourishing my lips. 

The final Step, 6th in my skincare routine is to apply SPF. The product I fell in love with lately is another Omorovicza one, the Complexion Corrector SPF 20. As the name suggests it’s a complexion corrector which helps me reduce the appearance of red cheeks and diminishes imperfections. The SPF 20 comes as a very much welcomed bonus. I wear it under my makeup and it works amazing as a primer as well. I prefer it mainly on days where I don’t have to wear makeup though, as a final step in my skincare routine.

And I’m good to go! 

What are your skincare favourites/saviours at the moment? Please share!

See you soon, beautiful! 

xx, Annie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sarah Chapman Skinesis Morning Facial – review

Tags

light oil blend, review, Sarah Chapman, skincare, Skinesis, Skinesis Morning Facial

Aaand the skincare obsession continues with a new life changing product, the Sarah Chapman Skinesis Morning Facial. 

As I discovered browsing through the good ol’ faithful WWW, Sarah Chapman is an amazing facialist based in London, which can find effective solutions to pretty much any skin issue. ( Another one to add to my Bucket List, next to getting my makeup done by Peter Philips – to get a facial from Sarah Chapman! ).

She is a firm believer in incorporating oils in your skincare routine. And so I’m I! The thing with oils is as simple as it gets! Our skin has a certain amount of oils in its structure, so it is easier for it to recognize oils as beneficial ingredients and to allow them to penetrate deeply into its layers covering all the nourishing, repairing… or whatever issues there might be!

Now, when I first heard of this oil-based product I was a bit skeptical about the idea of using it in the morning. I was already using an oil in the evening and I knew how much time it needed to absorb, and I had to massage it really well, blah blah!… What I had no idea about was that this is the most lightweight blend of oils I ever used which instantly absorbs into the skin!

It is basically a potent silky elixir, a cocktail of antioxidants, vitamins, anti-inflammatory omega oils, firming dermaxyl peptide, and brighteners. This silky serum-oil will lift, firm, smooth lines and uneven textures, while helping to repair daily damage and imparting a healthy, dewy glow. The concentrated active ingredients ( Collageneer®, Kalpariane®, Juvinity™, Timecode™ ) and anti-ageing vitamin A help to calm stressed skin along with an innovative essential oil blend of passion flower, jasmine, frangipani, argan, baobab, borage, rosehip and tuberose to cover all your skin needs in one shot! 

It is also PARABEN FREE.

Coming back from the holiday and with the changing of the seasons, your skin can be a bit dry, patchy and basically malnourished. Seems like the right definition for my skin before I started to take good care of it again! By incorporating the Sarah Chapman Skinesis Morning Facial into my morning routine along with other amazing products like the Oskia Renaissance Cleansing Gel and Mask and the Cap Cosmetics Micellair Water with Hyaluronic Acid, my skin is now at its best again! 

Thank you for sticking with me again, beautiful and I hope this is somewhat helpful for you too!

See you soon!

xx, Annie