Lifehack, beauty

Vasilisa Naumenko, beauty editor:

What if you can’t go out with a sloppy manicure, and you need to leave the house half an hour ago? I constantly faced this problem five years ago, until a miracle remedy appeared in my cosmetic bag.

A cuticle pencil is a must for any girl. It happens that you can make a coating with gel polish, which will last for more than two weeks, and everything is fine, but the cuticle looks ugly, the orange stick does not save, because it inaccurately pushes the excess away.

Cuticle oil pencil – a tool that can be used anywhere; just a minute – and the manicure is as good as new. Cuticle oil also contains vegetable oils that are responsible for protecting the growing nail plate.

For me, this is the best express remedy that can always be found in my bag under any circumstances!

Kristina Semina, editor of the “Lifestyle” column:

The French brand Estee Lauder is probably known to everyone. At least you heard it for sure. In the corners of this brand you can find a lot of interesting and useful things: from care products to decorative cosmetics. I want to tell you about one of the brand’s bestsellers, which came to me by accident and became an irreplaceable beauty product. This is a nightly revitalizing face serum.

I will say right away that before I was presented with Advanced Night Repair, I had never used serums in my 25 years. I got by with ordinary creams and thought that this was quite enough for my skin. But to prevent the product from gathering dust on the shelf in the bathroom, I nevertheless decided (just out of curiosity!) To apply it on my face before going to bed. Waking up the next day, I was absolutely delighted! The skin literally shone from the inside. And it was not Saturday or Sunday, but quite an ordinary weekday morning, and quite early. So I started using the product regularly, or rather in courses: two to three weeks every two to three months, depending on the condition of the skin. In addition to the fact that the serum improves complexion, it also moisturizes very well, which means that it also copes with the first signs of aging.

Using Advanced Night Repair is very easy. Using the pipette under the lid, squeeze out two or three drops onto your forehead and cheeks and then rub over the entire face. You can squeeze out two more drops and distribute to the neck and décolleté.

The only drawback of the serum is the price. So, 30 ml cost 4400 rubles, and 50 ml – 5450 rubles. Of course, not cheap … I myself would hardly have spent this amount on self-care. There are more important things to do. But, on the other hand, the product lasts for a very long time. For example, I have been using my product in a 30 ml bottle for exactly a year, but it does not end there. So if your skin looks tired and dull, and you are still far from vacation, then Advanced Night Repair will come in handy.

Yulia Gaponova, managing editor:

I have always believed that Vichy cosmetics are more suitable for mature skin, so I bypassed the shelves with products. And I recently learned about such a miracle remedy as a care serum. Several months of using the serum helped to restore the skin’s radiance and color after winter.

A bottle of 30 ml, with a convenient pipette, really lasts for a long time. In fact, only a few drops of the product are enough for proper care. This product, which is more like oil in consistency, can be used in several ways: alone or mixed with a moisturizer.

Firstly, you can use the product yourself, you just need to apply a few drops with a special pipette and rub on the skin. I perform this procedure immediately after cleansing, morning and evening.

Secondly, if you need deeper hydration, then you can mix a couple of drops of the product with a regular moisturizer and then apply to cleansed skin. This procedure is best done in the evening, an hour and a half before bedtime.

Thirdly, this serum can be used as a mask: spread 10 drops over the face and leave for 10 minutes.

By the way, after prolonged use of the product, positive results became noticeable: wrinkles became less pronounced, complexion and skin condition in general improved.

Victoria De, Deputy Chief Editor:

The Bon Voyage Agiotage range of cosmetics is ideal for busy women who are constantly on the move and have a huge need to look good in a catastrophic lack of time. I am just like that, so in my cosmetic bag I always have at least a few express care products from this line.

Bright pink packaging with sachets inside. They have gel-based fabric petals. The cosmetologists who created the mask claim that the product smoothes and moisturizes the skin around the eyes. The mask gives the look a radiance, and the skin around the eyes gives freshness.

Radiance and hydration are good, but it is more important for me that in the morning after a hard day’s work, the bruises under the eyes are as invisible as possible. 20 minutes of application and voila! The swelling subsides, the bruises under the eyes (I would like to say that they evaporate completely, but there are no fairy tales, and I will not lie!) Become … less blue. Well, then the job is completed by a corrector, a good foundation and powder. The result is perfect skin around the eyes. Should you use this remedy? Yes, but always in conjunction with quality make-up products.

Olga Frolova, build editor:

With Mavala, I learned that scrub exists not only for hands, but also for nails. When you read the name, it seems that you cannot think of a more useless remedy, but in fact it turned out to be excellent – it whitens nails and exfoliates the skin around.

How to use: apply, spread with massaging movements, wait 3-5 minutes (no longer recommended due to the acidity in the product) and rinse with the supplied brush. The mask removes dirt from nails and cuticles, dead skin and slightly smoothes the nail plate. I really like it.