Exclusive Clarins Workshop for Plusizekitten's Readers!!

On last Saturday, I went to one of the greatest workshop ever! The Exclusive Clarins Workshop on skincare!!! I have to say ~ Miu, I love you so much! Thanks for the inviting me to the workshops!!!

What so special about it! Well, first of all, everyone of us know that Clarins - one of the expensive brand which I will never go near, as worry those SA will give me the look like "shu shu... don't buy don't walk near!!" kind of feeling! But I changed after attending to their workshop! What really surprised me was when I visited their Clarins Suite counter at Metro MV, the SA actually recognized me when I dropped by to buy the Body Starter Set! This is what we call personal touched! I really impressed with it! Didn't know that she can recognize me as there were more than 60 of us (2 sessions)!

Well, go back to the topic about the workshop! Hmm... guess I always forgot that after attending workshop, I need to blog about it! Cuz.... I forgot the most important things for blogger ~ a Camera!!! That's why you can only see words and words... there is no photos except for the freebies we received!

I learned a lot about the Clarins products in the workshop, the presentation is really good and easy to understand as the presenter (sorry, really don't remember her name) really did a good job! At first, we were all trying all the star products on our hand, then after the presentation, we started to play with all the skin care on our face! Of course, most of us went with "BARE FACE"!!

First, we apply the cleanser, the SA will help you to identify your skin type if you don't know! Mine is combination oily skin, so the SA gave me Cleansing Milk with Gentian. Please don't think that their products are expensive and they might tend to be stingy on letting you to try on the products itself! They actually poured aboout 20 sen or 50 sen amount on our palm, some they even giving us about 3 pump! Wow... really happy with that! After the cleanser, I felt refreshed! The next step is to apply toner, I am using the green color liquid bottle - Toning Lotion with Iris.

After toner, we applied the Gentle Facial Peeling, which I don't really like the texture, as when we do the peeling, the residue will fall all over! Anyway, this is trial, so we still apply it and after peeling the mask, guess what, our skins are like baby skin! haha... so smooth and silky feel!

After we did the peeling mask, we reapply toner and followed by serum! I choose Total Whitening Essence, the smell - excellent! I love it so much! *wink wink* (must put this in my wish list)...

Now come their star product - THE SHAPING FACIAL LIFT! I heard this really can help to reshape your face by applying regularly/daily basis! And it's not as simple as ABC, you must follow the step by step on the face lifting process for the maximum effects! The SA taught us the following steps:-

a) Forehead ~ using both palms to apply pressure on the forehead. Hold this position for 20 - 30 counts. (This will help to prevent the appearance of lines on the forehead)
b) Eye ~ Place the base of the palms completely cover the eyes and the contour area. (This will reduce puffiness & minimize dark circles and this position also will help eliminate stress)
c) Cheeks ~ Move both hands to the cheeks, slowly separate them to leave room on the nose. (This will help relieve water retention for those who have a fuller face)
d) Chin & Jawline ~ Rest the chin in the palms with the hands open holding the jaw. (This position is recommended to those who have a heavier face, as it will help to relieve water retention on the chin area)
e) The bas of the Neck & Ears ~ Separate both hands and apply pressure with the full weight of the head. (This will help to enhance natural facial drainage and refine facial contours)

If we really practice the above steps with applying the Shaping Facial Lift, I am sure we can see the results on it!

Final step ~ applying sun block! The Clarins sun block also quite good, it will not feel sticky on skin after apply!

Well, here comes the freebies from the workshop and that's not all, all attendants to the workshop will received 2 travel size of your choice of products which to be collect from the counter when it actually arrived! The SA of your selected choice of counter will call you up for pick up! Here is the list of the freebies I got from the workshop:-

a) 2 samples in pouch (HydraQuench Smoothing Gel & Shaping Facial Lift)
b) HydraQuench Cream Mask *new*
c) Lipstick samples (4 colors)
d) 50% discount voucher for treatments of your choice from Clarins Suite (From RM 138 onwards)
e) 2 travel size samples of your choice

All freebies from Clarins

That's all for the Clarins workshop! Everyone goes home happily and some even continue their shopping haul at Clarins counter after workshop, as they don't sell any products in the workshop!!!

Overall experience: Very good and satisfying! Hope to attend more other workshops from Clarins if given opportunity! And guess what? I had already bought the Body Starter Set (RM 88) and will be heading to buy the Facial Starter Set (RM 68 - for combi oily skin type) soon!!

Review on workshop:-
Learning ~ I gained a lot of products knowledge from the workshop, it was a great experience!
Service/Hospitality ~ The SA were great! Very helpful and quite knowledgeable!
Venue/Time ~ Good, easy accessible
Food ~ Tasty & nice! Better than paid workshop!!! More variety of drinks as well! Most importantly -- Chocolates!!!!
Goodie Bag ~ Excellent! Especially with their star products, what's more? 2 travel size of choice samples! Thanks Clarins!!!
GWP/Promotions ~ Love their starter pack! Already bought the body starter pack, definitely will get the facial starter pack as well!!
Suggestions/Comments ~ Keep up the good job and please please... organize more workshop for newbies like us to attend and learn more about the products!!