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Advanced Techniques to Get the Most Out of Clarifying Lotion
Flakiness be banished! More than just a toner, which only gives a refreshed feeling to the face, Clarifying Lotion provides a mild amount of exfoliation to the skin. Used twice a day after cleansing and before moisturizer, C.L. gently removes the old, dead, top layer of face skin that our body discards each day and helps reveal the fresher, newer skin underneath. As a bonus, C.L. also removes the dull, dead flakes that don`t stand up on their own but make the skin look dull and lifeless. When this dull layer is removed, moisturizer (or any other face treatment product) applied afterward is better able to penetrate the skin and its effectiveness is increased. Liquid foundation applied afterwards will not grab as much on the dull, flakey parts and make you look cakey but will glide on more smoothly. I find I need even less foundation because my dead flakes aren`t sucking it all up! Complexion is more radiant, skin has a soft, healthy glow.
Use Clarifying Lotion twice daily after cleansing and before moisturizer. Place on a 100% cotton ball or pad (100% cotton is less abrasive than synthetics) and sweep one time over the skin covering each part of the face and neck once but avoiding the immediate eye and lip areas. No need to scrub back and forth with your cotton ball; let the Clarifying lotion do all the work. Clarifying Lotions 2-4 will all provide a strong tingle to the face when applied. This is normal and is the effect of the skin being exfoliated. With regular, twice a day use, the sensation diminishes as the skin gets used to the feeling.
Clarifying Lotion 4 provides the highest level of exfoliation and is only for Skin Type IV (oily T-zone and cheeks/oily all over) whose skin does not burn easily in the sun (an indicator of skin strength) and for long time users of Clarifying Lotion 3 who would like to receive increased results from the increased exfoliation provided and whose skin has been significantly strengthened through long term use of CL3. Upgrading will increase all the positive results of smoother, softer, more healthy looking skin. CL3 users can gently ease into CL4 use by alternating CL3 and CL4 day and night till they finish a whole bottle this way. Users doing so will once again experience the strong tingle of their first use as the skin acclimates to the increased exfoliation. I`ve personally used Clarifying Lotion 4 for many years now and my face is completely accustomed to the tingle. I don`t even feel it any more yet CL 4 is still compleely effective in keeping my skin clear and radiant.
All of Clinique`s Clarifying Lotions are wonderful products and I have used nearly all of them over the span of many years. I started out on Clarifying Lotion 2 and then using the methods described above, very slooooowly upgraded myself to 3 and then very, very slooooowly on to 4. I have great skin (I`m always being told) but it`s only great because I`m consistent with this product. Sometimes all those compliments would go to my head and I`d stop using Clarifying Lotion because I thought I `didn`t need it.` Each time I stopped I was quickly reminded how much of a difference it made when I noticed my skin looked dull and didn`t look as `glowey` and flakiness cropped up everywhere. All those compliments stopped rolling in. Now, I`ve never been without it for long and always keep an extra bottle under the sink.
Reviewed By: Helen Harris
On Dated: 03/10/2006
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Worth the $
Once again, spending a little more money for a product that does what it advertises is WORTH it. This is the only toner I have ever used that completely diminishes oil and shininess without over-drying my skin. I alternate with #3 depending on the weather.
Reviewed By: Sandra Martin
On Dated: 08/31/2005
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