shu uemura brings you model's backstage secrets with Stage Performer! Contest!

shu uemura Stage Performer - Instant-Glow and Signs Off - inspired by the beauty expertise of top make-up artists - they have integrated the make-up artist's secrets with cutting-edge technology to care for tired, dull skin in a new and dramatic way.

The products are designed to achieve dual benefits, with inner and outer action.  With just one stroke you'll see visible results and achieve high skincare benefits.  Skin appears dramatically more luminous, translucent and smoother and make-up finish is enhanced.

Instant-Glow - 50ml - $60 - renews fatigued, dull and imperfect skin and resets it to an ideal state.  Kin immediately appears more luminous, smooth, supple and remains hydrated for 24 hours.  In 4 weeks, skin feels healthier, revitalized and renewed, with refined skin texture.  Suitable for sensitive skin.  It's used in the morning after cleansing in place of  your serum and/or moisturizer and followed by sunscreen and your usual primer and foundation.

Instant-Glow contains for inner action: Citrus Complex, made from the extracts of Sweet Orange and Bitter Orange which is designed to boost micro-circulation to revitalize the skin for a rosy complexion; Meadowfoam Seed Oil to help smooth skin texture; Ginkgo Extract to help to limit oxidation acting as a skin defender; Depsea water to help improve skin's self-moisturizing ability and enhances skin's translucent look; and HEPES to help to enhance exfoliation to re-texturize the skin's surface with conditioned micro-relief.

Instant-Glow contains for outer action: patented Chroma Adjuster - with corrective encapsulates release pigments upon application in order to unify skin tone and provide radiance, Micro-pearl, and Diakalyte which funtion to diffuse light optically for silky smoothness and to adjust skin tone while respecting its original skin tone.

Signs Off - 4ml - $56 - instant replenishing line-smoother to achieve an ultra even and refined skin surface especially for the fine lines around eyes and lips caused by dryness.  Fades unnecessary shadows by dramatically smoothing lines in a stroke, while helping to re-plump the skin.  To be applied at the end of your skincare routine in the morning and night and for makeup retouches:  just twist the top slowly until the formula comes out, apply with the soft tip applicator on imperfections such as lines and spread the formula with your fingertips to even it out.

Signs Off contains for inner action: Calcium Micro-Spheres, known as a dermal filler, is rich in calcium, a key ingredient for barrier formation; Soy Extract which helps boost the synthesis of collagen and elastin for firming effect; Depsea water to ehlp improve skin's self-moisturizing ability and enhance skin translucency.

Signs Off contains for outer action: Silica which creates a soft focus effect on lines and imperfections by diffusing light.

Available at Holt Renfrew.

Of course I don't expect you to take their word for it, win them and try them out yourself! 

Want in?  It's super easy!  This contest is open to everyone, everywhere. All you have to do is join Beauty Crazed as a follower if you aren't one already.  You can either do it through Google or through Networked Blogs on Facebook - you can find both signups on the right hand side of the Beauty Crazed site.  Once you belong to our crazy family just leave a reply to this post letting us know you want in and share one of your secrets - could be a beauty secret, embarrassing personal secret - whatever you like!   If you give the contest link a tweet and/or post it on your blog, there's an extra entry in it for you! Including an e-mail address would be extra helpful and you can write it like this - info(at)beautycrazed(dot)ca - so the bots can't find you but we can.  If you prefer not to leave your info on a public post, please leave a post saying you want to enter and then e-mail us your info - info@beautycrazed.ca, please put "shu uemura Contest" in the subject line.  Winner to be decided by random drawing and you have until October 8th to enter. 

- Lisamarie -