I have tried more BB Creams than I can count and most have been decent, maybe one of two I really like but the standout BB Cream for me is the Clarins BB Skin Perfecting Cream.

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The new Clarins Odyssey Holiday 2012 Collection

Just in time for the holidays, Clarins Odyssey Collection for Holiday 2012 is majestic, radiant and luminous. The festive makeup collection features matte and metallic tones in irresistible jewel-like compacts that allow your inner goddess to shine bright this holiday season!

Housed in a beautiful gold case, the Clarins Odyssey Face palette is a show stopper. The powder has a soft violet scent  and the texture is so smooth and silky. Perfect for this time of year the Odyssey Palette brightens up my pale skin by adding a soft glow.  I love that it highlights my face without being over the top shimmery just a warm peachy glow.

Clarins Odyssey Face Palette $55
A silky-smooth lightweight powder that adapts to all skin tones and enhances the skin’s natural beauty. A touch of ultra-fine pearl decorates the Odyssey medallion to subtly illuminate the face and décolleté for the holidays.

How amazing is this palette? The warm neutrals and that amazing flecked gold hello happiness in a palette. The shadow goes on so smooth and stays true with no fading or creasing all day. The perfect palette to go with all your holiday party dresses!

Clarins Eye Quartet Mineral Palette $40
Bronze, beige and taupe eye colours can be blended or layered to create warm, glowing eyes. The creamy, golden bronze highlighter can be applied wet to enliven the eyes with sparkly shine.

Clarins Instant Definition Mascara $24
The exclusive, patented dual tip brush defines lashes from corner to corner.

Clarins Gloss Prodige in Chocolate $20
A pure, intense warm color dresses lips in a glossy finish. Lips appear smoother and fuller from the Suprashine Colour Complex.

The Clarins Odyssey Collection is available at Clarins counters nationwide and clarins.com

FEED and Clarins announce today the first ever Clarins Million Meals Concert for FEED to benefit the FEED Foundation on Wednesday, May 30th from 8pm-10:30pm. The Concert will celebrate FEED’s 5th Anniversary and is slated to take place at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center.

The goal of the concert is to raise enough money in one evening to provide one million school meals through the FEED Foundation.

The Concert will feature an exceptional evening of talent with former President Bill Clinton making a special appearance. The evening will feature performances by high-profile musicians including John Legend, Natasha Bedingfield, Alan Gilbert, conductor of the New York Philharmonic, Violist David Aaron Carpenter and Christoph Eschenbach, renowned pianist and conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra. The featured orchestra of the evening will be the Salomé Chamber Orchestra, an electrifying young chamber orchestra from New York.

Tickets will go on sale starting April 19 via the Lincoln Center box office and will be available to the general public at the following price points: $150 (individual ticket); $500 (individual ticket plus FEED/Clarins gift); and $1000 (individual ticket, pre-concert VIP reception; and FEED/Clarins gift).

Tickets can be purchased at: http://bit.ly/MillionMealsConcert

For more information regarding the concert please visit and follow FEED and Clarins on Facebook and Twitter for news and updates leading up to the show.

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Clarins invites you and your readers to enter Clarins “Behind the Vanity” Photo contest on Facebook by turning your toiletries into a work of art!  Get creative with your beauty cabinet for a chance to win a year supply of Clarins product ($1,000 value!).  For example, you can arrange the products in your medicine chest into a heart, your favorite shape, an animal or something abstract—be creative and have fun with it!

After you design your cabinet, upload a picture to Clarins Facebook page.  The artist with the most votes wins a year supply of Clarins product!

Click on the link below to enter the contest!

http://apps.facebook.com/contestshq/contests/93967

Prize Details
CREATE SOME FUN WAYS TO SHOW OFF YOUR VANITY.
Turn your toiletries into a work of art.
Arrange what’s in your medicine cabinet into a face, a word, a forest—whatever moves you creatively. Express yourself.
The photo with the most votes, wins a one-year supply of Clarins product ($1,000 value!).
Click on the ’Vote Now” tab for some ideas.

Contest Instructions
Step 1: Like us on Facebook.
Step 2: Be creative! Snap a photo of your vanity. Have fun with it.
Step 3: Click on “Enter contest” on the left. Submit your information along with the photo of your vanity.
Step 4: Share the link with your friends on Facebook and get our your votes!
Valid image file types are .jpg, .gif, or .png and should not exceed 20 MB.
Prize Eligibility
Only persons residing in United States who are at least 18 years of age can enter.

Contest Starts
March 09, 2011 @ 09:00 am (EST)
Contest Ends
March 30, 2011 @ 11:59 pm (EDT)

Click on the link below to enter the contest!

http://apps.facebook.com/contestshq/contests/93967

Julianne Moore looked radiant last night on the red carpet of the Golden Globe Awards in a dazzling pink, Lanvin dress. Nominated for Best Actress in The Kids Are All Right, her co-star Annette Benning took home the prize for the same film. Moore’s flawless makeup was created by Pati Dubroff, Clarins Celebrity Beauty Artist. A fuchsia dress on a red head can be difficult to match makeup to, but Dubroff chose to stay within the pink family creating contrasting hues on the eye lids (soft pink) and deep, rich blackberry on the lips.

Skin:
Dubroff started with Clarins Instant Smooth Line Correcting Concentrate to fill any fine lines on the skin and create an even canvas. She then applied the Instant Light Complexion Perfector in Rose Shimmer along her cheekbones for glowing skin that did not cover her freckles. Next, she swept a small amount of Blush Prodige in Miami Pink on the apples of her cheeks.

Eyes:
Clarins Instant Light Eye Perfecting Base was the foundation of the soft eye look, which not only helps pigment last all night but makes the color richer on the skin tone. Next, she used the pale pink eye shadow from Clarins new Neo Pastels Eye Palette and sculpted the eye using a matte taupe shade from the Pro Palette Eye Brow Kit. Competing the look was many coats of Wonder Perfect Mascara in Black.

Lips:
Berry stained lips, that looked like she just sipped a glass of wine were achieved without liner, but by dabbing on Clarins Rouge Prodige in Blackberry with the fingers.

Clarins Instant Smooth Line Correcting Concentrate

Do you believe in magic? Clarins introduces Instant Smooth Line Correcting Concentrate; a portable magic wand that helps lines and wrinkles disappear in an instant! A favorite of Clarins Celebrity Beauty Artist, Pati Dubroff, this boosted formula corrects facial expression lines for a smoother, younger looking complexion and provides added skin firming and tightening benefits. Clarins new Line Correcting Concentrate can be applied directly to lines for instant touch-ups throughout the day. The high precision silicone tip targets the heart of the wrinkle to fill it in and smooth it away.

Instant Smooth tips from Clarins Celebrity Beauty Artist, Pati Dubroff:

A simple trick for using less foundation is mixing it with Instant Smooth. This gives skin a flawless, even tone, smoothes lines and wrinkles and helps your make-up stay on longer.
Use Instant Smooth over your foundation instead of Powder. Too much powder makes skin look dull and chalky!
To set your make-up throughout the day, apply Instant Smooth over make-up, on the t-zone and around the sides of the nose, to lessen redness, control shine and fill in lines and pores.
Use around the edges of lips to fill in lines and hold lipstick in place.
Portable for instant touch-ups on lines and wrinkles throughout the day.
For a smoother and younger looking complexion, immediately and over-time, apply the boosted formula with skincare benefits over expression lines near lips, eyes, brows and nose.
To prolong skincare benefits around the eye area, mix Instant Smooth with your eye cream to diminish the appearance of lines and wrinkles for more youthful looking eyes.

$32.00

Clarins 2010 Holiday Barocco Collection is inspired by the dramatic, daring and sensual style of the baroque period. From luxurious draperies to rich golds – this historical time was one of excess, glamour and mystery. The new collection from Clarins introduces four limited edition pieces that celebrate every woman and her unique beauty.

These new products make my list, because, well, I love them! The makeup itself is beautiful – but the cases, the cases each look like a piece of jewelry! I swear I feel like royalty when I pull them out of my purse.

I love this new collection. I love the golds, and deep black. It makes for a glamorous evening look. I know anyone else would love these pieces. One of them – or heck – all of them! They’re wonderful!!

* Barocco Face Palette: A soft, light compact powder with a scroll motif in peachy-pink and sandy-beige. The combination of the two shades is perfect for illuminating the face or adding matte touches to the complexion. ($55)

* Barocco Shimmering Gold Powder for Face and Décolleté: An elegant black and gold powder box holds little nuggets dusted with golden pearl. With a sweep of the puff, they release a fine powder to beautifully enhance the skin with sparkling reflections. (Here)

* Barocco Eye Colour Trio: A trio of shades that create the perfect smoky eye for day and night with these ultra-fine textures that can be combined, layered or blended together for perfect holiday makeup. Create a wash of bronze to enhance the eyes, black to define the eyelids and gold to catch the light and brighten the inner corners. ($40)

* Barocco Rouge Prodige: The purple velvet drapes of the Baroque period are the inspiration for the colour of this lipstick. The rich formula combines long-hold colour, extreme shine and total comfort. ($24)