The Kanebo Impress Emulsion 2 is going to be my holy grail of night moisturizers. This is the final step in the basic skincare regime of double moisturizing and follows the Kanebo Impress Lotion.
I test drove this moisturizer in 2 conditions. The first time was while I was on holiday. I was out in the sun during the day, and in a hotel at night. Both situations are very drying and my hands and feet suffered the effects. However, my face never looked better! Granted, I was test driving the whole Kanebo Impress skin care line at the time, but it was really wow! I was already pretty impressed at this stage.
The second time I tried it was after I had a bad breakout after using some cream that did not agree with my face. After bringing the breakout under control and returning to my Kanebo Blanchir skin care line, I came upon another sachet of the Kanebo Impress Emulsion 2 and thought to give it another go, but this time, I only used it at night. In 4 days, my skin was glowing and radiant and never looking better!
I knew I’d found my holy grail night moisturizer. I like the Kanebo Blanchir Milky Conditioner for the day because its light and non oily. For the night however, although the Blanchir Night Conditioner is nice and all, I found something lacking in it, possibly because I sleep in an air-conditioned room which can be drying. Kanebo Impress Emulsion 2 seems to be the answer.
The Emulsion comes in 2 types:
- Kanebo Impress Emulsion 1- Fresh for Normal and Combination skin
- Kanebo Impress Emulsion 2- Moist and Smooth for Normal to Dry skin
The emulsion is white liquid with a viscous texture. I find that very little is needed because it spreads very easily and then you help it adhere with the Adhesive application method. As an example, a 2g sachet lasted me about 4 to 5 uses and that is saying a lot!
Prolonged use of the Impress Emulsion is supposed to help with coarse and dry skin and to refine the skin and help it retain moisture. From personal experience, I can say it does all this and more. My skin is radiant (even my facialist commented on it) and my pores are much less noticable.
Even when I do my makeup, I find I only need some concealer and light powder foundation and I have as close to flawless skin as I can get. It is pretty amazing for me because its been years since I’ve had anything resembling flawless skin.
I also tested the Impress Emulsion 1 which has a lighter texture. However, I did not find it moisturising enough for me and I prefer the suppleness of the skin after using Emulsion 2.
So, whats the price of radiant close-to-flawless skin? RM380 for a 100ml bottle. Ouch? Very. I’m going to wait till I’ve used up my Blanchir night conditioner before I switch over to this Impress Emulsion. It’ll give me time to set aside the money in the meantime and I’m consoling myself with the fact that it will last me a long while if used only at night because only so little is really needed.
Pros: Effect of radiant skin, reduced pore size, better skin texture
Cons: Expensive
[rating:5/5]
wah….rm380 for flawless skin, and this is just one of the steps to perfection…UH..
PB says: But so worth it!
i switched to blanchir early this year, and found it gd but not moisturising enough. the SA sugg getting Impress. now i’m so impressed aft reading your review! makes me tempted to switch over to impress. 😀
Hi Paris!
Just to ask if you’re still using any of the Impress or Blanchir line? And do you still think they’re good?
Would love to know what you’re using from cleanser all the way to sunblock! 🙂
Thanks!
Hi Kimmyz, no I’m not using them anymore because they weren’t quite hydrating enough for my skin. I do still use the Blanchir Make Off Conditioner (oil cleanser) now and then and I do have some Clear Conditioner (lotion) that I use now and then. I do think they are quite good generally. Blanchir is quite light and is more targeted at whitening. I like the Make Off Conditioner, Clear Conditioner and I used to use the Milky Conditioner (emulsion) too. My brother still uses it. As for Impress there are 2 ranges. Impress IC and Impress. The latter is, I feel a bit more targeted at older more matured skintypes. My SIL uses the Impress IC line and it works very well for her 🙂