It's been a little while since my last post and much has happened to me but work has been picking up so I've not had as much time to write. I must write however about a very nice line of luxury skincare products that I was asked to try out. The full line of
Stella McCartney Organic CARE luxury skincare products was given to me by Matchstick Inc., a Toronto based word of mouth style marketing company.
I really wanted to just give these products a chance, try them all over time and see how they could fit into my own skincare regime. Sometimes you pick up a product that seems great but it doesn't wow you or it never really finds a place in your daily regime. Some of these products are very comfortable and good, useful products, some others are completely new to me and I'm not even totally sure how to use them such as some of the elixers. I gave them my own spin I guess. There were a good deal of moisturizers and cleansers. I wouldn't mind a comparison between the products written by the company producing them. I don't think I would go out and buy a handful of face cleansers on my own, I would probably pick one up judging by it's use and description and then if I liked it, stick with it, if not so much then I would try a new one until I found what worked for me. So it was certainly interesting to have a moisturizing cream, a moisturizing fluid and a day/night cream given to me to try at the same time.
Of all the products, I think I actually like the cleansing products the best. The foaming cleanser is foamy and light, nice to use at the sink to wake up in the morning. The cleansing milk is heavier and super creamy, it makes your skin feel great while and after you use it and I prefer to have that one in the shower. It's nice on all skin really. The toning floral water is pretty fun, I'm betting this would be a great one to use in the summer. It come in a spray can and is mostly water with some green tea and (other) extracts in it, it feels nice and cool and light. I'm a little wary of the night/day cream, it's got a really rich texture and I love that but I'm still trying it out. I'm just curious how that one will work out for me since I tend to have oily spots on my skin. (ELIXER) is lovely, it comes in a little dropper style bottle and it just feels great to use this product. The elixers were all new to me, there isn't much instruction or description on the products so, knowing where to use them on the body or how often, what they really do... it's an experiment for me. This line will be available to consumers at
Holt Renfrew in the future so hopefully the skincare people there will be able to discuss the products with their customers and answer any questions they might have about them.
I love the fact that all these products are organic. Nice to treat the planet (and my face) with some respect. The packaging is pretty simplistic but in that way a nice reflection of the line itself and of the idea of 'calm'. Overall the products tended to have a similar smell, sort of like pine... Can't quite put my finger on it... It's a nice smell, pretty different from any body product I've used.
I've just gone to the
Stella McCartney CARE products webpage and there are a lot of fabulous ideas on using these products! I checked out the Nourishing Elixer first and one of the suggestions is to use it on hair before washing it or as a hair mask, or to put a few drops in bathwater. I will have to try those suggestions! Check out all the suggestions for the products on the
site.
There are so many online reviews of these products!! I think people are excited to try a luxury line that its organic made by a designer we already love not just for style, but for her ever present concern for the well being of the environment. If you want to read some other reactions to these products please check out some reviews by:
SephoraKiss and MakeupTreehugger.comWhippie Chicks on a MissionChick AdvisorZucketMakeup Junkie (a nice, thorough review, but you'll have to find the Stella McCartney tag to find the review.)
Above - Paris Hilton as Amber Sweet
A lot of film critics are whining about the fact that Paris Hilton is in this movie. I don't get what their problem is. Apparently director Darren Lynn Bousman refused to audition Paris at first and she had a copy of the script smuggled to her while she was in jail so she could rehearse the role.
