Ignoring our manufacturers of quality cosmetics is bad manners. And today I will gladly share my TOP of Russian brands, for whose cosmetics I am not ashamed. She can boldly win the love of girls in the international arena. There will be no Nevskaya cosmetics or Agafia's grandmother, sorry.
Domix
A Russian brand that I personally respect and have mentioned it on the channel more than once is Domix.
I worked with this manufacturer for three years, attended their seminars and met the commercial director who treats the brand as her brainchild. Anyhow what will not be released. Let me remind you that I worked as a purchasing manager in a professional cosmetics store.
Earlier, when I just met Domix, he was positioned as a manufacturer of cosmetics exclusively for manicure and pedicure masters. Now the brand has grown and expanded its lines: now there are products for the face, body, depilation and massage.
I'll tell you about my favorite tools that my whole family uses (you can also pay attention to them):
- Nourishing hand creams: great for the winter season, and our hand and nail cream was taken apart like hot cakes. I advise you to purchase from the line for professional use.
- Liquid blade - the bestseller of the Domix brand. A must-have for pedicure masters and for those who make it at home. I have already written in detail about each tool from the line, many of you thanked me for the find (for those who missed everything - I will leave a link to the review at the end of the article).
- Of foot creams pay attention to the cream for cracks and abrasions with D-panthenol.
- Line "Stop fungus": drops or spray for nail fungus. Mega-useful thing, they bought it almost in boxes in Riga. It costs a little more than 100 rubles. Similar drops from the fungus on the nails (the composition is worse) are sold on one-page sites for 990 rubles, where Malysheva, Myasnikov are used in advertising, you may have seen something like this. But as a rule, the audience for which such trash ads are played will not be able to read before a paragraph of my boring text and will never know about a high-quality analogue, which costs 9-10 times cheaper.
ARAVIA
Over the past 3 years, the brand has grown significantly. I'm very interested in reading an interview with the brand's creator, how they reached such heights. This story would be more interesting than that of VkusVill with their slightly pretentious narration.
It all started with a line for depilation, but now they have body and face care, which flaunts in many cosmetology clinics. Last week I was at their seminar (subscribers on my instagram know it), and took with her a lot of useful information from there.
My minimal personal top of the professional line that you can safely use at home (you can choose more intelligent working tools from Aravia, but this is a topic for a separate article, which will be published more in volume than today's material):
- Enzyme Wash Powder. Enzymes are the third generation of cleansers, after scrubs and acids. Cosmetics with them are rare, often expensive. Arabia has a more adequate price. Deeply and delicately cleanses the skin, after the powder it is smooth and velvety. This is an excellent preparatory stage for further care. The technologist advises using it once or twice a week, while I use it once a week.
- Hydra Perfect Intense Moisture Toner with low molecular weight hyaluronic acid in the composition: perfectly moisturizes the skin and restores pH after washing.
- Splash serum with boto and lifting effect. With a boto effect, it is suitable for women with less pronounced wrinkles, a lifting effect is suitable for more mature women. Use after toner and before cream.
- Cloth masks: as express care is simply an irreplaceable thing, I really like the pattern, finally, the manufacturers have not forgotten that the neck also needs care.
- And of course, of course Carboxytherapy. There are two sets: for dry and oily skin, you can use it at home without any problems, the main thing is to follow the instructions. According to my calculations, it turns out to be much more profitable than buying carboxy from Korean manufacturers. Three bottles are enough for 30 procedures. Carboxytherapy is done in a course of 10 to 15 procedures. I saw the effect of it clearly right at the seminar, after the procedure, the model's pigmentation became less pronounced, the complexion was more even, and the model herself walked for another hour in a pleasant shock from the procedure.
Aravia also has a line for home use, my favorites are:
- Detox Carbon Cleanser Activated Carbon Cleanser: perfect for owners of oily skin, especially if there is a tendency to breakouts. Cleans pores, has anti-inflammatory effect. In the composition of salicylic acid.
- Active Hydrating Cream 24H: for owners of dry skin, just a godsend. I love it myself, especially in winter, because the cream is thick and in summer it is not very comfortable with it, but it moisturizes the skin just fine.
- Anti-Age Toner with Niacinamide: suitable for all skin types. I really like that Aravia tonics come in a spray format, it is very convenient to not apply it to a cotton pad or to your hands, but you can immediately apply it to your face, which is very convenient. Provides excellent hydration and strengthens blood vessels (important for those with rosacea)
Levrana
Please note that the brand is positioned as a natural cosmetics, so it may not suit everyone.
She mentioned their funds on her channel, however, for a long time. There is also a lot of interesting and working things to replace Korean, European and American means:
- ReFresh face serum with lactic acid, which is suitable for all skin types. Brightens post-acne and fights pigmentation well, evens out skin tone.
- Vitamin C face serum: I like to use it in the morning, it smells nice of citrus and refreshes dull skin well. Like any cosmetics with vitamin C, it was stored in the same cardboard tube in which the serum was sold, and for added safety in the locker. Vitamin C doesn't like light.
- Rose hydrolat: I love the rose and I love hydrolates because they can be applied to any part of the body (be it the face, hair or, for example, the décolleté area). For summer, an excellent savior, when you want to freshen up a little, for winter it is also relevant when the heating has dried you out like dried apricots. When "advanced" users of cosmetics buy rose hydrolat on aiherb for 800-900 rubles, I just buy a similar one from a domestic manufacturer for 300-350 rubles.
ART-VISAGE
So we smoothly moved on to the Russian brand of decorative cosmetics.
Budgetary and cool - these two words are enough for a brief description of the brand.
My favorites:
- Eyebrow Gel Fix & Care: I wrote about him already on the channel, and I will mention it more than once. It perfectly fixes the hairs, while they do not look glued together and, what is more important, it does not leave any traces of its presence after drying.
- Mascara CHICAGO: especially for those who like volume on the lashes with good separation.
- Miracle Touch Reflective Concealer: an excellent budget concealer that copes with its duties by all 5 points.
- Cream Blush: a truly universal remedy, it can be used directly as a blush, as a lip remedy and to achieve the now actual effect of "kissed lips", or used for eyelids.
I also wanted to add Pleiana's products to my top, there is a very serious production and laboratory there. But, damn it, they have a biting price, and you often experience cognitive dissonance from a modest result obtained for such a price. Although, their peels are very good.
This was just my personal top brands. The best of the best. There are still many other Russian cosmetics manufacturers behind the scenes, which I will talk about in the following articles. If interested - put your "thumbs up" and subscribe to the channel.
As promised above, links to product reviews:
- liquid blade Domix: Remedies for corns for home use (you can do without salons)
-comparison of professional hand creams: Domix vs Aravia
