Mother-to-be beauty

 Mothers-to-be often glow with a special radiance, a clear complexion, sparkling eyes and healthy hair. This is partly due to your diet and lifestyle during this period of your life, and partly due to your happiness and well-being. Your skin has changed; small imperfections tend to fade away.
The skin is often finer and more transparent, but can also show signs of dryness. Skin prone to oiliness tends to improve, but combination or dry skin has a tendency to become drier. Here is a gentle skin care routine to promote your skin’s radiance and to prevent dryness.
Cleanse
Morning and evening, whether you wear make-up or not, it is important to cleanse your skin. In the morning to remove all the impurities secreted by your skin during the night, and in the evening to remove make-up and the particles of  air pollution that have settled on your skin during the day. This is the first step to beauty, a routine to be followed twice a day, for the rest of your life!
You may prefer to use products that rinse away with water for their refreshing sensations. Clarins Gentle Foaming Cleanser*, rich in plant extracts, neutralises the drying effect of hard water and cleanses the skin, respecting its pH level. It rinses off easily with water, leaving the face fresh, soft and clean.
If you prefer to use a milk cleanser, Clarins has created two Cleansing Milks with plant extracts: “Alpine herbs” for dry or normal skin and “Gentian” for combination or oily skin. They gently lift make-up and impurities and they rinse off just as easily with water.
Clarins Toning Lotions for “dry or normal skin” and “combination or oily skin” complete the cleansing programme because they leave the skin refreshed, toned and clean and prepare it for the further application of treatment products. They soften the skin and improve cutaneous exchanges and they do not contain alcohol. Benefit from a refreshing sensation you cannot do without during and even after pregnancy!
Exfoliate
An exfoliating treatment is recommended once or twice a week to eliminate dead surface skin cells and impurities and reveal new skin cells, leaving skin soft, smooth and radiant.
Select either Gentle Facial Peeling, an exfoliating cream with natural clay and softening plant extracts, for all skin types (even the most sensitive),or Gentle Exfoliating Refiner, a smooth, rich cream with exfoliating microspheres for normal skin or skin prone to oiliness.
In order to preserve natural radiance and healthy functioning, the skin (like all organs of the body) needs to be both cared for and stimulated. Exfoliation does just this. Of course, exfoliation must always be gentle to avoid sensitivity, which can lead to the visible signs of skin ageing. Exfoliation must also be regular, but should not be done more than twice a week.
Protect
The face needs particular protection during the day. It is true that daylight is essential to the beauty of the skin (which needs to absorb vitamin D provided by light), but natural daytime variations have been found to accelerate the ageing process. Both indoors and outdoors, the skin is subject to changes in temperature, humidity, light, as well as air pollution and of course facial expressions. Inevitably, the face loses natural radiance and fine lines start to appear. Clarins formulated Multi-Active Day Cream Protection Plus to combat the negative effects of daytime variations. Multi-Active Day Cream Protection Plus maintains skin’s perfect balance throughout the day. And why not have fun with makeup and try out Clarins colours?
Clarins Foundations, from the most natural to the most sophisticated finish, enhance a superb, even complexion and natural luminosity while providing effective protection against pollution, dehydration, free-radicals and harmful UV rays.
Vitamins for your skin
If your skin appears dull, there is nothing like a vitamin-based beauty boost! The skin needs added vitamins, especially during pregnancy. Unfortunately, the skin is the last to be “served” with the vitamins we get from food. Energising morning cream provides your skin with all of the vitamins and minerals it needs to appear fresh and radiant: 9 fruit and plant extracts, a cocktail of vitamins, particularly A, B, C, E, K and four minerals which are essential for skin and perfectly assimilated. The result: bright, radiant-looking, ideally hydrated skin and a fresh, luminous, more even complexion.
Specific treatments
If you prefer to use essential oils, revitalise the appearance of the skin with Blue Orchid Face Treatment Oil, 100 percent Pure Plant Extracts (Rosewood and Patchouli refine and tone, Hazelnut oil, rich in vitamin E, moisturises).
 Apply preferably in the evening after your Toning Lotion (avoid the eye contour area).
During pregnancy, your face has a tendency to appear fuller.
To refine and alleviate “heavy” looking features throughout your pregnancy, use Contouring Facial Lift, the first skin care product that helps promote firmer, better defined facial contours.
Avoid the facial pigmentation marks of pregnancy
Fortunately, the facial pigmentation that all expectant mothers dread is rare. However, in the fourth or fifth month of pregnancy, irregular pigmentation can appear on the face. This is a purely hormonal phenomenon and should not cause undue concern as it disappears gradually after the birth. Nevertheless, mention any pigmentation changes to your doctor.
By taking care, this facial pigmentation can be avoided. It is necessary to protect your skin, especially against UVB and UVA rays which can accentuate this phenomenon. UV PLUS Day Screen
High Protection SPF 40, provides invisible protection and leaves skin matte. It ensures maximum sun protection for those with very sensitive skin.
Relax your eyes
If you suffer from puffy eyes and dark circles, gently dab Clarins Eye Contour Gel with plant extracts or, after the age of 40, Extra-Firming Eye Contour Serum onto the eye contour area.
Invisible and non-oily, you can use it at any time during the day. Although puffiness of the eyelids is common during the last few months of pregnancy, it is nevertheless a good idea to mention such changes to your doctor.
Be beautiful, with Clarins.
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