There are certain words that encompass not only your appearance, but your personality, enthusiasm, happiness, exuberance, your youthful outlook.

Now, beauty products can’t give you a truly radiant appearance if you aren’t feeling it. There are some great products to fake it, and your skin might look brighter, clearer, but not radiant. On the other hand, you may feel radiant, but your skin doesn’t quite show it. Let’s let your inner radiance out.

Caudalie Vinoperfect Radiance Serum is a truly luxurious serum that packs a punch. It takes a very small amount to adequately cover your face and neck, so the 1 oz bottle will last awhile. Even the heavy glass bottle feels good, Caudalie has taken every measure to make sure this is a pampering treatment for the product user.

This product will probably result in the most Style Chicks updates from us over the next few weeks and months, since it not only gives an initial boost to skin, but works over time to make skin brighter, more luminescent, and works to get rid of those areas of surface skin damage like brown spots. But I am thrilled with the initial results I’ve gotten in the past week using Caudalie’s Radiance Serum.

Like most serums, Radiance Serum is meant to be applied under moisturizer. It’s quite light so it works beautifully in tandem with other products, but I’ve also used it alone, since it is so moisturizing. I am especially impressed with the effect it gives under makeup.

This morning I applied it and let it absorb, then applied my regular sunscreen. Now, usually I add in a drop of Remede Soft Focusing Lotion to my sunscreen to give a subtle glow to my skin. I skipped the Soft Focusing Lotion today since my skin seemed to already have a slightly airbrushed effect with just the Radiance Serum. Even better, it held the look of facial contours perfectly, which is rare (Remede Soft Focusing Lotion also falls into this category but works as a light defusing cosmetic).

I applied my regular makeup and was thrilled with the results as my skin had a smooth, dewy, flawless appearance, and when I smiled, the apple of my cheek had that inner glow that is only seen on children and acne free starlets under the age of 16. If the product did nothing else, this effect makes it worth every penny.

I can’t wait to see and share how Radiance Serum works over the upcoming weeks and months!

Find Caudalie Vinoperfect Radiance Serum Complexion Correcting at Caudalie-USA.com for $79.00.

Today we’ll be talking about our initial impression of the amazing Caudalie Pulpe Vitaminee 1st Wrinkle Eye Cream. It comes from Caudalie’s Energizing Regimen, and “energizing” is a perfect description. Do you ever have times where your eyes look more tired than you feel? That’s where this cream steps up to the plate. When your orbital skin looks tired, puffy, dull, and a bit less perky than you would like, 1st Wrinkle Eye Cream makes you look wide awake again.

About an hour after I first applied it, I noticed a nice surprise. There is a certain curve between my cheekbone and undereye skin that is the difference between looking wide awake and energetic and people telling me I look tired. (When I’m not. And even if I was, why do people feel the need to inform you of the perceived state of your alertness?????) After one application of Caudalie 1st Wrinkle Eye Cream, that curve was perky, radiant, and perfectly contoured. If an eye cream can do that, it’s an instant hit in my book. Usually when I find a cream that does that, it contains high enough levels of caffeine that it dehydrates my eyes, but 1st Wrinkle Eye Cream does the opposite – it is incredibly hydrating and emollient. In fact, it’s moisturizing enough that I use it twice a day and continue to have the same great results. This is due in no small part to the amazing humectant and anti-oxidant ingredients, including grape-seed polyphenols, ceramides 3, tetrapeptides, horse chestnut, liquorice (which is amazingly soothing if you have rosacea), plant glycerine, and calendula amongst others.

I am also thrilled at how smooth eye makeup went on after applying the cream. In the picture we used to show the lush lashes that d.j.v. beautenizer Volume Lash mascara imparted, I applied 1st Wrinkle Eye Cream first, and after I massaged it in I put on concealer and shadow. By accident there was too much shadow on my brush, and usually this would result in a cakey look. Instead, the eye cream left such a smooth surface that just the right amount of shadow was deposited, and it provided such luminance that I really didn’t need that much concealer on my undereye. That which I did apply went on soft and dewy.

The package has a great suggestion for amping the product up – keep it in the fridge, so when you apply it, not only will this fab cream be a little thicker, but the cold will take down puffiness in no time and add some lift to your eyes. I do this with a few products and it really does work – just make sure that everyone in the house knows not to eat your $49 eye cream…

1st Wrinkle Eye Cream also says it reduces dark circles and, as the name implies, wrinkles. I’m thrilled with the results after a week of use, and will continue to report back on ongoing results over the next few weeks of use.

Find Caudalie Pulpe Vitaminee 1st Wrinkle Eye Cream at Caudalie-USA.com.