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Expert advice
'Pregnancy mask', 'melasma' and 'chloasma' are three names for the same pregnancy-related condition: hyperpigmentation of the face. Hormonal in origin, it can appear around the fourth or fifth month of pregnancy and disappears naturally a few months after birth. Some contraceptive pills can also encourage its appearance.
Expert secret
If you feel you're likely to suffer from hyperpigmentation (especially if you have darker skin or you’ve already had a pregnancy mask) take a few simple steps before you try to conceive and you may well prevent it.
Clarins advice
· Ultra-gentle cleansing.
The first step to a bright complexion is to eliminate all impurities and traces of pollution. For maximum effectiveness, always use ultra-gentle products and cleansing methods. Try Cleansing Milk or Extra-Comfort Cleansing Cream applied using the Clarins gentle cleansing method.
The first step to a bright complexion is to eliminate all impurities and traces of pollution. For maximum effectiveness, always use ultra-gentle products and cleansing methods. Try Cleansing Milk or Extra-Comfort Cleansing Cream applied using the Clarins gentle cleansing method.
· Daylight, sunlight… get maximum protection
Sunlight can trigger pigmentation, so take precautions. The ideal solution: UV Plus Day Screen SPF 40. Its invisible, ultra-matte formula is applied over all day care products and its 100% mineral screens are perfectly tolerated. On holiday, don’t go anywhere without sun hat, parasol and a high SPF sun product.
Sunlight can trigger pigmentation, so take precautions. The ideal solution: UV Plus Day Screen SPF 40. Its invisible, ultra-matte formula is applied over all day care products and its 100% mineral screens are perfectly tolerated. On holiday, don’t go anywhere without sun hat, parasol and a high SPF sun product.
· A tan without the sun. Feeling pale and uninteresting?
Whatever your skin tone, there is a Clarins self tanner for you. The result is always incredibly natural and for self tanning beginners, application is also ultra-easy. Try Liquid Bronze Self Tanning for Face and Decollete or Intense Bronze Self Tanning Tint.
· Invisible camouflage.
If the mask has started to appear, don't worry. Help is at hand from True Comfort Foundation SPF 15 or Express Compact Foundation. Perfect for providing coverage with no thickness, they restore incredible radiance and luminosity.
· Baby’s here ? Congratulations !
However, hormone levels are still not back to normal and there’s still a risk of hyperpigmentation. When you feel up to a trip out, make sure you keep protecting yourself from the sun with UV Plus Day Screen SPF40.
Whatever your skin tone, there is a Clarins self tanner for you. The result is always incredibly natural and for self tanning beginners, application is also ultra-easy. Try Liquid Bronze Self Tanning for Face and Decollete or Intense Bronze Self Tanning Tint.
· Invisible camouflage.
If the mask has started to appear, don't worry. Help is at hand from True Comfort Foundation SPF 15 or Express Compact Foundation. Perfect for providing coverage with no thickness, they restore incredible radiance and luminosity.
· Baby’s here ? Congratulations !
However, hormone levels are still not back to normal and there’s still a risk of hyperpigmentation. When you feel up to a trip out, make sure you keep protecting yourself from the sun with UV Plus Day Screen SPF40.
A little extra tip!
Products containing photosensitising ingredients are best avoided. So, no more perfume? Not at all... try Eau Dynamisante which is wonderfully uplifting, fresh, invigorating and of course, non-photosensitising.
· What can I do about stretch marks? If they are already formed, can I hope to get them to disappear?
Stretch Mark Control is a two-in-one cream packed with plant ingredients which not only help to prevent stretch marks from forming, but can also help to minimise the visibility of those we haven't been able to avoid. How? By improving skin-elasticity and the skin's healing process. It also helps relieve feelings of tight skin. To reinforce skin tone, exfoliate on a regular basis (once or twice a week) with Smoothing Body Scrub.
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