Beauty Talk – NIVEA Make Up Clear

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Working in the fitness industry, I have gotten used to leaving home bare-faced, with just sunscreen on. Therefore, I have always had a habit of removing my makeup first thing I get home because I can’t seem to feel at ease with makeup on. Not sure if you were also facing the same issue, I realized my makeup was always not fully removed even after double and triple cleansing! Even the most expensive makeup remover I had ever purchased could not solve this, so I ended up with clogged pores, acne and sometimes mild breakouts after.

I was privileged to be invited to attend the new product launch of the NIVEA Make Up Clear Range a few weeks ago and learnt a lot more about how to take care of my skin. Because #goodthingsmustshare, I’m going to share with you what I learnt from the experts!

NIVEA Make Up Clear product launch

I’m sure NIVEA doesn’t sound foreign at all, I grew up using NIVEA and recently wrote about the NIVEA Deodorant (click on the link if you have missed that) and I can’t say how much the brand has grown over the years and constantly improving effectiveness of the products, yet still superior in terms of care and mildness. Best of all, its widely available at affordable prices!

With gorgeous Evonne and Mongchin

The event was hosted at Top Deck, along Upper Thomson Road and it felt sooo good to be amongst so many gorgeous ladies all gathered to talk about beauty and skincare over yummy food and cakes! :P

We were each given a plush and a range of products, and of course some yummy refreshments before the presentation started.

Checking out the pretty demo booth at a corner of the café

Make up for us to play with and test out the NIVEA products

The presentation started shortly after and we learnt about how makeup can actually damage our skin and increase the tendency for clogged pores and therefore acne. Using too much make up can also make wrinkles more apparent. It is so important to remove makeup properly because the lack of proper makeup removal can cause premature skin ageing.

The Star Product, focus of this launch is the NIVEA Make Up Clear 3-in-1 Mud Cleanser, designed for light make up users, it can remove 10 types of makeup for 10x fairer*, water-like looking skin! (* 10x better whitening efficacy than vitamin C, based on in-vitro study of Pearl Whitening Complex by Beiersdorf AG Germany.).

The NIVEA Make Up Clear 3-in-1 Mud Cleanser provides 3 effects in 1 use!

1. Apply as Mud Mask to absorb makeup & unclog pores
2. At the touch of water, turns into Makeup Remover to remove 10 types of Makeup
 
    The 10 types of Make Up include:

1. Make up base 
2. Concealer 
3. Foundation 
4. Bronzer 
5. Blusher 
6. BB Cream 
7. Powder 
8. Brow Pencil 
9. Tinted Moisturizer 
10. Tinted Sunscreen

3. Cleanses as foam with whitening effect

For heavy makeup which includes waterproof and eye makeup, you may want to use the Make Up Clear Micellar Water & Make Up Clear Cleansing wipes for double cleansing to ensure all makeup are thoroughly removed. There is actually no need for unnecessary double or even triple cleansing if you do not have heavy makeup (times you include eye makeup) on.

So, the presentation ended with a fun demo by the NIVEA Girl, Xin Lin.

She started with applying layers of the usual light makeup (sunscreen, bb/cc cream), and added some concealer on her forearm.

After which, she first removed with the 3-in-1 Mud Cleanser and then ended off wiping using the Micellar Water to assure the audience that the makeup is fully off and skin is clearer and more radiant after cleansing.

The session then carried on with some mingling around, followed by the recording of our video appearance, which I was very shy about! :P

I tried the Micellar Water and then 3-in-1 Mud Cleanser as soon as I got home and love the clean feeling right after cleansing so I continued using it, and am still using it now – Micellar Water when I have eye makeup on and the 3-in-1 Mud Cleanser when I have light makeup or just tinted sunscreen on. On some days, I will switch between the 3-in-1 Foam Cleanser as well as the 3-in-1 Scrub. Having been on the products for 2-3 weeks, I’m still very much in love with the results considering that my skin is very thin and it has always been very sensitive to certain products.

I actually have both the Micellar Water and 3-in-1 Mud Cleanser (especially) in my huge gym bag almost everyday because it’s so convenient! The product range will be available in Watsons, Guardian and hypermarts in Singapore and I’m so glad that now, its not expensive to not only smell good but look clean and good! :D

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Beauty & Lifestyle Talk – NIVEA Extra white & Firm Q10 deodorent

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Underarm care has always been an important issue for me since young. I was born with more hair on my body so since I was in secondary school, being the conscious and very vain me, I resorted to shaving the underarms and unfortunately, plucking too. As I was growing up, I had tried waxing (which was painful) and finally found IPL, though I did not start the treatment until I started working because of the costs. Even then, after years of shaving and plucking, the skin at my underarm darkened and started to sag.

I started using anti-perspirant and deodorant ever since I experienced the first female body odour (of a stranger in the bus on my journey to TP) and vowed never to smell like that in my life. I have been changing brands until 4-5 years ago, I tried NIVEA and stopped switching brands (only switched range).

NIVEA (more than a 100 years of history) 

NIVEA, a German, trusted and credible brand, is one that focuses on skin care for face, body and underarms. NIVEA also believes in caring for the skin and that having healthy skin equates to having beautiful skin.

With the deodorant as the biggest category of the brand, NIVEA has been the number one deodorant in Singapore and expectedly, the whitening range is the best seller in the past 4 years. NIVEA is the first brand to launch the invisible range that leaves no stain on your clothes and has whitening variants to target darkened skin.



NIVEA Extra white & Firm Q10 deodorant launch






“Get fairer and firmer underarms with all day freshness.
 Now, you won’t be caught off-guard in any situations.” 








I was privileged to be able to attend the new product launch which was held at Food for thought on 31st January 2015, together with many other female bloggers. The venue was brightly and beautifully decorated in blue and white!

We were cleared of some common underarm myths and more information of this new NIVEA Extra white & firm Q10 deodorant. For the first time, this deodorant has a firming ingredient present in skincare: co-enzyme Q10 to help firm up saggy skin! Also, this new NIVEA deodorant contains licorice extract, which is a whitening ingredient (solves darkened skin). It also functions as an all-day anti-perspiration action to protect from sweat and odour and has long lasting protection (48 hours) against sagginess and darkening.

Mongchin and I were then invited to share about our usual underarm care routine and some underarm horror stories.

Shandy must have said something hilarious!

More photos while waiting for our food to be served!

With the gorgeous Valerie, Sheila and Mongchin!

WE ARE GETTING BRAVE!

NIVEA Extra white & Firm Q10 deodorant (50ml) is retailing at $4.90 and available at Watsons, Guardian, Super/hypermarkets and major retailer stores. Its not expensive to smell and feel good after all so no excuse right? :D

For more information, you may head to the facebook page as well: https://www.facebook.com/NIVEA.sg