Caudalie Grape Water Face Mist, Eau de Raisin review

The weather in Singapore has been increasingly hot and humid the past weeks and I thought that this will be a good time to review my current favourite facial mist. From the French cult beauty brand, the Caudalie Grape Water is a little hidden gem to set your make up and refresh yourself throughout the day.

I picked this up in Sephora after much thought, debating between this and Sephora's Softening Facial Mist with Lotus extract. Both facial mists gives out ultra fine sprays that do not make you look like you have just stepped out of a shower dripping wet, as do some other heavier facial mists I've tried. Both feel really lovely and refreshing on application and dry without any stickiness on the skin. Due to the fine and evenly dispensed mists, both will make good make up setting sprays .

In fact, the Sephora's facial mist has a more pronounced, floral scent which I really enjoyed compared to the Caudalie Grape Water which has a mild fermented scent similar to fermented rice water based products like SKII facial treatment essence. However I noticed that on application, Sephora's Softening Facial Mist caused a mild stinging sensation to my eyes but this dissipated after a moment. I was concerned with this as I have rather sensitive skin, hence am more particular. If otherwise, I may have picked up the Sephora's version as I preferred the scent.

What I like about the Caudalie Grape water is that it uses simple, non irritable ingredients, in fact, it uses just 3 simple ingredients; organic grape fruit water, grape fruit juice and nitrogen. Free of parabens and sulfates, I find that this soothes redness in my skins in any particularly warm day and does not cause any skin irritation. For something as simple as a facial mist, I believe the more basic the ingredients, the better.

The mist comes in two different sizes 75mil for portability and 200ml, which I got and will last a good amount of time,

Nuxe Rêve de Miel Ultra Comfortable Face Cream review

This is a long overdue post on the Rêve de Miel Ultra Comfortable day & night face cream by my favourite skincare brand, Nuxe. Nuxe is a French pharmaceutical cult favourite founded by the gorgeous Aliza Jabès, based on the principles of nature, luxury, ultra-femininity and a pharmaceutical approach to skincare.

I have purchased this series of creams quite a while back, but this post comes rather timely as I have just finished up the day cream and am halfway through the night cream.

Day cream (Left), Night cream (right)

Rêve de Miel or Dreams of Honey and as the name Ultra Comfortable suggests, is a dreamy concoction of honey based cream for dry and sensitive skin. Both the day and night cream have a luxuriously rich texture which ladies with parched skin will appreciate. On me, the cream does take a while to get fully absorbed, more so the day cream(on the right) which I believe the version I have is an older formulation which comes in comparatively more lux glass packaging. The night cream I have in the plastic packaging is the newer formulation which I feel spreads and absorbs more easily. This could explain why I have already finished the day cream (which lasted me a good 5 months or more) versus the reformulated night cream which I require less per usage.

Day cream (Left), Night cream (right)

Regardless, both creams do settle onto my combination skin nicely and I am able to apply makeup after with decent lasting power in humid Singapore. These creams though, are not for one who wants to feel like she has nothing on her skin. The richness of the cream does leave a slight layer on the skin but definitely comfortable and which I quite enjoy as it feels like my skin is well protected from the elements and moisturised. Needless to say, this works very well in keeping dry skin very happy. Ladies who have tried the newly formulated day cream, do let me know if it absorbs better.

(Not sure if the you are able to tell from the photos, top swatch is the old formulation day cream which thicker texture)

The scent of the creams in another reason I love these creams. Warning, these creams are heavily scented but oh so lovely. In fact I think I am slightly addicted to the warm slightly musky and herbal scent of these creams that I will miss waking up to this. No problems on my slightly sensitive skin, but a note to those who may be concerned.

These creams will be a likely repurchase for me even though I have lots of other creams in my wish list as they are luxurious at a drugstore price. You will definitely be hearing more about the Nuxe brand on this blog and if you are in Singapore, definitely check out the Beauty by Nature stores in Ion Orchard or VivoCity which I find usually has better deals on Nuxe compared to Watson's or John Little.