A while ago i purchased the Biotherm Celluli Laser range in the hope that it will deliver good visible results for my summer holiday. If you didn’t know, Biotherm is closing their counters across Ireland so i was lucky enough to get my hands on the products half price.  If i remember right, full price they are about 45-50 euro each.

Being on sale, i thought what the heck…i should get the whole range will I’m at it, surely i will get faster results and get my bikini body in no time. Yes I’m that type of deluded customer who gets excited over nothing.

For the last month i have been using religiously morning and evening the Celluli Laser Biofibrine Day Gel, Celluli Laser Intensive Night and the Body Resculpt Abdo Gel. I also did dry brushing about 3 times a week, exfoliation every other day and massage moves with that yokey boby brush with rubber bumps on it that you can find in the Body Shop (i know, I’m great at descriptions).

So, what are the results  you will ask?

Well my lovelies, other then a nice smooth feeling of the skin, nothing major. Yes the skin feels firmer, softer and moisturised, but other then that nothing really. The bumps and holes are still there, in all their splendor (charming, isn’t it).

The textures are ok, the day treatment is a fast absorbing orange gel which will give you a slight tingle (contains menthol). The night one,it is a green milk with a texture that permits a light massage. Also it has a slight peppermint smell and tingle effect, nothing major or uncomfortable. The abdomen gel its very light too and fast absorbing.

The promises on the bottles are very re-assuring, it says that it will improve the aspect of incrusted cellulite (a deep set one), by smoothing the appearance of it and help refine the body contours. The abdo gel says that it will have a “corset” action, by tightening everything  and restore the flat abdomen effect. Yeah right…

My honest advice is not to waste your money on this range. After one month of daily use, i haven’t seen any improvement in the appearance of my skin, other then a nice feeling when i touch it (which i get from any body moisturiser with firming effect). You might say that i need to use it for another month, to give the product time to work. Well, if in one month i didn’t see any result on how my cellulite looked or by using the measuring tape…i don’t want to waste more money on it. And for the record, i didn’t eat chips and used the cellulite cream for slimming !

The quest continues.

As i mentioned in a previous post, Biotherm is leaving Ireland (here). Yeah, I’m quite sad about it as i was just discovering the brand, but i suppose there is always online shopping.

So today on my lunch break i ventured to the Biotherm counter looking to stock up on some products that i may or may not need. As i was enquiring about my Age Fitness 2 moisturiser, the lovely SA informs me that there is a 50% off sale going on the Biotherm. Oh no…don’t do this to me…50% off!?! The possibilities, the choices…oh my…what shall i get first? 

After a bit of deliberation and advice from the SA, i decided to get the Age Fitness 2 day cream for combination skin and not to bother with the night one. Even if it said that is for combination skin, the night cream had a greasier texture and i had a feeling that it will break me out. And anyway, the day moisturiser doesn’t have a SPF so i can use it during night time (review is here)

So that was sorted, what shall i get next? Well as i only have 2 more months left (1 1/2 to be more exact) until my sun holiday, i tackled the cellulite issue. Apparently the Biotherm cellulite range is the best thing since sliced bread and all the girls in the shop swear by it. Oh, then give it all to me in buckets, please! And so they did: i got the Celluli Laser Day Gel, Celluli Laser Intensive Night Gel and the Body Resculpt Abdomen Concentrate.

I will do a proper review about them after at least one month of continuous use and hopefully i will have good things to report back.

Have you tried them before? What are your “holiday” body preparations?

Yesterday on my day off, i decided to do some damage to my laser card and ventured into town, to have a good old gandther in the shops.

As I was hovering around the Biotherm counter and engaging in some pleasant chit chat about the weather, the lovely SA told me that in the next month or so Biotherm will be closing all their Irish counters and leave the country. Apparently, the brand decided that due to the lack of interest (aka sales) of Irish consumers.

Biotherm entered the Irish market in the summer of 2008, with counters nation wide. It is really sad that after just one year they decide to pack and go.

From my point of view, their marketing/advertising approach wasn’t top notch. I am a huge consumer of glossy magazines and avid internet reader, so i noticed that Biotherm products are not very promoted or mentioned. As a prestigious expensive brand, member of the giant L`oreal Company i was expecting a bit more from them.

Anyway it is typical, when i discover a new brand and decide to support the economy  have an in depth analysis, Biotherm is leaving me. It is a real shame, their products are really good and their men`s range is very popular world wide.

I plan to do some stocking up on the Fitness 2 range, i want to get their night cream and maybe get some other bits as well. You can expect some haulage in the next weeks or so. 

What do you thing about this? Is it true? Please say it`s not!

I knew about Biotherm for a while and wanted to try some of their products, but never really got to it as i allways seemd to have something in the press waiting to be finished (I’m a skincare junkie). So when me and Biotherm Age Fitness 2 crossed paths a couple of weeks ago, i finally bite the bullet and purchased the day cream.

The main concept about Biotherm as a company, is that their products are based on thermal plankton collected from the mountain springs in France (where else) which is proven to activate the cellular production, calms and stimulates the natural functions of the skin.

Biotherm Age Fitness 2 is a range of products designed for a young skin, concerned with first signs of aging (fine lines) with extract of olive tree fruit and leaf with strong antioxidant power. The claim behind it is that “After 8 days, fine lines are visibly reduced. Skin is instantly hydrated, smoother and more luminous.” (source Biotherm)

After 2 weeks of continuous use of the day cream, this are my thoughts:

I freaking love it! My skin is super soft, smooth and just breakout free. It is an excellent makeup base, the skin is not shiny after using it and it doesn’t have that flat/dull look that you can get sometimes from oily-combination moisturisers. I am still using my Genefique serum underneath and it works just fine, me thinks.

My moisturiser has the normal-combination texture, a light weight aery cream that melts instantly into the skin, without leaving any heaviness or shine. The scent is not strong or at least not to me, its kinda fresh with a hint of olive-very mediterranean.

The only down side to the moisturiser is that it doesnt contain any SPF . I find this very strange for a day cream, especially an anti aging one. Because of this, i mainly use it with a high factor foundation (SPF 20) to give some sort of protection.

I believe i will repurchase it in the future and i want to try the night and the eye cream as well, to see how they work together.