On August 18th I was invited to an “Up Close and Personal” event at the Dermalogica TorontoTraining Centre. At this event there were 4 rooms set up which guest were given a chance to visit. ย The first room I went to was an update on the FITE initiative which I was introduced to during my last visit to Dermalogica.ย To date, 4,417 loans have been given out.ย Each guest had the opportunity to donate $25 dollars courtesy of Dermalogica to the Entrepreneur of their choice.
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The next room I visited was the make up room where Diana Carreiroย – international beauty expert – was there sharing her tips and tricks for acheiving her top 5 beauty looks for Fall/Winter.
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Diana teaching us the Metallics trend – this time on the eyes on the beautiful Davidaย a makeup artist and fellow Toronto Beauty Blogger
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The final look – sorry it’s not a close up, but her eyes really did look outstanding!
I volunteered to go next and try out the colourful eyes trend. ย I told Diana to do whatever she wanted to do – so she decided hot pink was the way to go!
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Amazing!! ย Sooo wish I could pull this off!
Next I went to visit the new treatment room! ย How exciting that Dermalogica will begin offering skin treatments (I don’t think this is available to the public, I’ll find out and update!)
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Charmaine working on a client
And the last part of the night was the introduction of Dermalogica’s Newest Age Smart Product: ย Overnight Repair Serum (available October 2011)
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This treatment is for mature skin designed to firm the skin and restore its ability to maintain supplements and moisture.
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The Overnight Repair Serum is applied at night to freshly cleansed skin. ย Four to six drops are recommended and can be applied directly to skin or mixed with a Dermalogica nighttime use moisturizer.
I thought this slide was an interesting way to apply the serum while incorporating some at home accupressure:
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The idea is to apply the serum to the face and concentrate on the points of the face listed in the diagram above ย while deeply breathing in and out to calm and relax both the body and mind – a sure fire way to get a good night’s sleep!
The serum will retail for $88 for 15 mL and comes in a glass bottle to help preserve the active ingredients.
And since I was at an event filled with other bloggers who don’t find it weird to take pictures of yourself, I took advantage and asked Arianne to snap a couple of outfit photos for me:
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Skirt: Ann Taylor Factory Lace Crochet Skirt 0P ย (see previous post on this skirt here)
Shirt: ย Vero Moda XS
Shoes: Nine West size 7
Purse: Coach
Jewellery and watch: Avon
So there you have it! ย A really great night at Dermalogica as always! ย Special thanks to Patricia of Faulhaber PR for the invite (and I’m glad to have finally met you!) and it was nice seeing Emily and Charmaine of Dermalogica again :).
And of course it’s always fun running into fellow bloggers such as Arianne (The Glitter Geek), Davida and Meredith (Et Tu And You). ย And I love meeting new bloggers too! Glad I ran into Tiffany of She’s So Savvy ๐ ย Hope to see you all at upcoming events soon!