I attended the Lancome India and Femina’s ‘A Date with Beauty’ today at the Taj Mahal Hotel. In store was an introduction to brand Lancome, its history, knowing about some of its renowned products. I came to know how they actually test products on a thing which is exactly similar to our skin, made in their labs,and reacts similarly which helps them conduct various researches on how the product works and how effective it is. They also talked about Genefique and their new launch Visionnaire which is coming out in October. It claims to give you the perfect skin, such that you would not need Microdermabrasion if you thinking of it.
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| Products divided..kept to try |
It was followed by a session with Dr Varun Katyal, dermatologist and antiageing expert, about the importance of sunscreen, the dos, donts and everything..let me tell me many of my myths were busted in this session. I am sure you too must be living under some of those..so lets bust them..
- Myth-1
Skin starts ageing after 30.
Fact : Skin starts ageing from the age of 20 although gradually..the process of ageing starts and we must take care of it from that very moment to keep it supple and healthy forever and prevent it from the ageing hazards.
- Myth-2
I do not need a sunscreen when I am indoors
Fact: We do ! Though we are indoors there are UVA rays passing through everything even though in lesser amounts, be it your PC or laptop screens or tubelights or windows,etc..we should use a SPF 30 sunscreen atleast once a day even though we are indoors.
- Myth-3
Sun Block is better than a sunscreen as it would block the rays completely and give me more protection
Fact: There is no such thing as Sun Block ! Companies are no longer allowed to use the word sun block coz nothing can completely block rays, though some companies do, but those are just normal sunscreen and the name is used interchangeably.
- Myth-4
Higher the SPF, more the protection
Fact: No,higher SPF does not denote more protection. SPF i.e Sun Protection Factor only denotes the time we can spend exposed to sun. Eg : If a person gets tanned in 10 minutes in the sun without sunscreen, SPF 30 would protect him for 30*10=300 minutes and SPF 50 for 50*10=500 minutes, after which he would need to reapply the sunscreen.
And there were many other things discussed. He said the most important thing to use for anyone, would be a sunscreen, You may even skip a moisturiser, but never a sunscreen. One should use a sunscreen according to their skin types, like gel based for oily skin or a lotion or a thicker texture for dry skin. If some ingredients in sunscreen do not suit a person and he breaks out everytime he uses a sunscreen, he can use Lacto Calamine instead, coz the presence of Zinc Oxide in it would offer some protection atleast.
He also talked about how important is using a moisturiser at night and that it should never be skipped. I also asked him about the steps in a normal skin care regime..would post about it later..this would become quiet big.
And then few Lancome products were used according to the skin type and problems faced. I also had a chat with Stafford Braganza and saw him in action doing his favorite smokey eyes. He was doing green smokey eyes on a girl. I loved the outcome ! He is such a warm and friendly person.
And later we were given a bag containing Genefique Concentrate and Genefique Eye Concentrate samples, Teint Miracle Foundation sample, voucher and chocolates (there was the Lancome design on them too )
So overall it was a fun evening.
P.S: I also bought some accessories..the owl necklace (finally :/), thread bangles and a black beaded bracelet. π
Did some of your myths bust ??
Very nice post Bhumi…must be a great experience for you
@shri: Ya..had fun π
Very detailed post! i love it! got to know some great things! π Thanks for sharing bhumi!
I soo wanted to go! I missed all the fun π
Great post! n thanks a ton for the tips, really helpful!
@tanvee: thank u π
@srish: welcome π
great post bhumika.glad to know that u had a great time π
wow u had such a great time. n d owl is v.pretty..i’ve it too π
@anju: Thanks..
@anshita: Ya I did..Ya everyone had it ..I so wanted it from a long time..finally found π
That’s a wonderful info π thanks for sharing Bhumika π n owl necklace I’ve been hunting them in Chennai for a while.. no luck as yet :/
Great post. Congrats you are one of the two winners of my giveaway contest. Plz check your email.
Thanks for sharing this blog to the public. Keep up the good work.
wow . A post full with info.You are doing a great job of educating your readers . Keep up.
Follow each other ,Bhumi.
@rekha: welcome rekha..oh I hope u find it soon π
@pandora: oh thats awesome..checking now π
@patricia,izdiher: Thanks π
I had read about this a few days back and hoped someone would go as I cant .. great you did. mustve beena great exp π
Genefique is indeed popular here too and the visionaanire just launched a month back but its so damn expensive :((
@bee: ya all lancome skin care is..n I searched for reviews before using genefique..coz m a little conscious..and found so mixed reviews..some ppl indeed got rashes n all using this..so I was actually scared..:/
Guess you had a great time!I never knew what the spf numbers on sunscreens meant! Thanks for sharing bhumi π
welcome siri π
Thanks for this great post π
@ptitemeve: welcome π