BS: Serums that I love

From my New Year resolution, you probably figured out that I’m a beauty junkie. To be exact, I splurge on beauty products. Serums, moisturiser, cleansers, toner… You name it. Blame it on having a bad bout of acne breakout in my teenage days; it started my quest to eradicate those reddish pimples.

In my previous beauty post, I introduced you ladies to some serums that I love. I’m adding two more to that list.

Lancome’s Genefique is no stranger to Singapore’s beauty scene. It was first introduced in mid 2009, backed up by tons of advertising.

It took me one year before I was swayed to buy a bottle of it; and I purchased my first in Taiwan no less. Hooray to duty free.

I’ve been using this daily since June 2009, and I’ve got to say, my skin developed a glow after a while. Unlike most women who have tried this product, the effect wasn’t instant for me. it took about 2 weeks before I saw a significant improvement.

To test if it did add value to my face routine, I experimented by removing it from my daily care routine for a week. Sure enough, I noticed a difference. So, I stuck it back into my daily routine and I won’t be without it.

Now this other serum that I love is Sothys’ Clarte and Confort serum concentrate.

What it does is that it soothes the redness of the face and tries to strengthen weak capillaries. The beautician at the Sothys’ clinic told me that women often care about the fairness of their face, but neglect to protect weaken capillaries.

Sometimes, these weaken capillaries might break after our skin is being probed and prepped countless of time. Once broken, only surgery can remove the redness - it would take years for it to subside by itself.

Sadly, my capillaries are weak, so I rely on this to help flush away the patch of redness that I suffer from. I have to be honest to say that I can’t stop relying on it - my face would be flushed without it - but it appears that with time my skin is starting to require a heavier dosage of the serum.

The bad news is… this is being discontinued and so my hunt for the next serum to reduce red patches begins once more.