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Happy Monday, everyone!

Today I want to review the latest skincare line from Clinelle which contains “black gold”. Relax, I just heard about this black gold thing too! Apparently, this black gold is also included in the top 5 of the most expensive food in the world and coveted by Ancient Greeks and Romans. You probably guessed it right: the black gold is CAVIAR!

Last month, I was invited by Clinelle to their 7 Secrets of Youthful Skin Gathering, which was a part of the new Caviar Gold product launching roadshow in several cities in Indonesia. We were given this card and had mini consultation with beauty experts from Clinelle, to talk about our skin’s main problem and concern then find the right Clinelle products to take care of them. Previously, I had tried and reviewed Clinelle Pureswiss Hydra Calm products. Now, I’m trying their newest line, the Caviar Gold, hoping that this line would suit me better than the Hydra Calm one. The beauty expert said that this line focuses more on boosting skin’s firmness, hydration, and nutrition and its anti-aging properties. While sounds promising, I had a feeling deep inside that this line will be more suitable for my normal-combination, sensitive skin!

This review is going to be all about Clinelle Caviar Gold products, from cleanser to mask sheet, so this post’s gonna be quite long but please read it to the end – I promise it’s gonna be worth it spending around 5 minutes here, especially if you have skin like mine that needs quick rescue from the harsh environment and reality 😉

*** Quick disclaimer: this post is sponsored, yep, but as always my review's gonna be 100% clear and honest. Read more about my sponsored post policies here.***

So why Caviar is a black gold ? It’s apparently because this ingredient is super expensive, the price may reach up to $5,000 per kilogram! Caviar is used in this line because it mainly has cell structure that’s similar to human’s skin structure, making it easier to penetrate deep into every layer of the skin and deliver all the nutrients it carries to even cellular level! Waw doesn’t that sound cool!!

Next ingredients that I have my eyes on are Lavender Oil, Grapefruit and Bergamot Peel Oil. Lavender Oil is well-known for its antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties. It’s also rich in antioxidants that helps to protect your skin from damaging free radicals – the main cause of fine lines and wrinkles. Grapefruit and Bergamot Peel Oil has pretty similar properties to Lavender Oil, but they also have great cleansing properties. Bergamot Peel Oil also is capable to balance your skin’s sebum production and help to unclog pores!

Okay, after a quick glimpse into what’s inside these babies, now let’s jump into my in-depth review!

Clinelle Caviar Gold Firming Cleanser

Origin: South Korea

Price: Rp 99.000,-

Netto weight: 100 g

Where to Buy: Guardian

I’m gonna start with the cleanser. Caviar Gold Firming Cleanser is a gel-type foaming cleanser. The gel’s quite runny in consistency, easy to lather, and it has gold shimmers in it – fancy, rite! It claims to remove impurities, brighten up dull skin, soothe and firm skin. I can use it either with foaming net or simply just pour some water and lather it up – both just feels as soft and gentle on skin! This cleanser does its job very well, removing dirt without stripping my skin’s natural oil. Instead, my face would feel a little bit plumped and hydrated after using this! Having a super sensitive skin, I know the struggle of finding the perfect second cleanser that won’t trigger the skin but is also capable and powerful enough to remove impurities and whatever makeup traces left. I really recommend this cleanser, especially if you have normal to dry, combination skin that needs an effective but super gentle foaming cleanser!

Clinelle Caviar Gold Firming Lotion

Origin: South Korea

Price: Rp 229.000,-

Netto weight: 180 ml

Where to Buy: Guardian

Next, is the lotion. The Caviar Gold Firming Lotion is a hydrating lotion, which claims to soften skin texture, firm and tone your skin, making it supple, soft, and more elastic. This lotion is meant to be applied with no cotton pad, because the consistency is more of a thick, gel-like liquid full of gold shimmers.

Use your palms to gently pat the goodness of caviar onto your skin and neck. At first, I’m kinda afraid that this lotion would be too rich for my skin. The Hydra Calm one was not this thick, it also gets absorbed quicker on skin and leaves no sticky feeling at all, but apparently my skin didn’t accept it and got angry instead. But luckily, my skin happily loves this one – despite its thicker consistency and a slight sticky feeling after the product pat on! I see that my skin’s getting more plumped and hydrated, bouncier after around 10 days of religiously wearing this baby along with the serum. Total loveee ~~

Clinelle Caviar Gold Firming Eye Serum

Origin: South Korea

Price: Rp 339.000,-

Netto weight: 15 ml

Where to Buy: Guardian

The third product that I’m going to talk about is the star product of this line: Caviar Gold Firming Eye Serum! This serum claims to firm and lift eyelid, reduce fine lines and wrinkles, plus it would banish ugly dark circles and puffiness of your eyebags. A lot of claims, eh? But seriously, this eye serum lives up to most of them! Clinelle kindly gave us eye ruler as well, to see and measure how much this product could do the lifting of skin around eyes but sadly I lost it ☹ but here’s my before-after photos hopefully they’re all quite clear to show the differences:

top: before - bottom: after

I don’t really have issues with dark circles, but puffy eyebags have always been my biggest problem! Somehow, there are also 2-3 fine lines underneath my left eye. I dunno how I got them tho, but as long as I remember they’ve been there for quite a long time already, perhaps since I’m 17 ☹ after regularly using this eye serum, I can see that those lines start to get smoothened and they’re less visible now! My puffy eyebags also start to get away if I use this product daily. The only thing that quite bothers me is the stickiness of this product. Other than that, this product definitely is a must have!

Clinelle Caviar Gold Firming Serum

Origin: South Korea

Price: Rp 339.000,-

Netto weight: 30 ml

Where to Buy: Guardian

For the face, Clinelle Caviar Gold also have this Firming Serum. The packaging is very similar to the Eye Serum, but this one is a bit taller. Claims of this product also say that it can promote cell growth, firm the skin, shape V-contour, and boost collagen production. Since my cheeks are super chubby, seeing V line on my face is almost impossible LOL especially that I don’t have sagging skin problem. For the other claims, however, I can safely say that this product successfully lives up to them.

so runny, lightweight, has nice lavender scent!

This serum is also one of my favorite product from this line, because it really hydrates my skin and makes it appear more plumped, brighter, and uplifted! Well perhaps you’re tired of me saying that my skin gets more plumped after using almost every product from this line, but it really does! I’d totally recommend this Clinelle Caviar Gold line, especially the lotion and this firming face serum – they both are deadly combo on my skin, giving almost immediate and visible results!

Clinelle Caviar Gold Firming Cream

Origin: South Korea

Price: Rp 329.000,-

Netto weight: 50 g

Where to Buy: Guardian

Next, to moisturize your skin even more, Clinelle Caviar Gold has this luxurious Firming Cream. I’m a big fan of the packaging because it looks hella expensive and super extra!

the Ingredients of the Firming Cream

This cream claims to firm and tighten skin, repair and revitalize it while reducing the annoying fine lines. It has a pleasant lightweight texture that’s easy to get absorbed and leaves no oily or sticky feeling afterward. Unfortunately, even though I love the texture of this cream so badly, my skin doesn’t seem to like it as much as I do. This cream is a little bit too rich and moisturizing to be worn together with other products from Caviar Gold line, so I tried to wear it separately on days where I wear less moisturizing products. But sadly, it’s still too rich for my skin ☹ I will give this product to my Mom or Grandma who has drier skin than mine, let’s see if they’re gonna like it.

here's the texture of Firming Cream. really nice, airy and lightweight!

Clinelle Caviar Gold Firming Facial Mask

Origin: South Korea

Price: Rp 45.000,-

Netto weight: 1 x 20 ml

Where to Buy: Guardian

Last, is the Caviar Gold Firming Facial Mask. This product also has the pleasant and luxurious lavender scent to it. The mask sheet is made of Tencel, which is a pure and natural cellulose that has superior moisture retention power to hold the essence and enhances serum penetration into the skin! It feels super soft and nice, feeling like a second skin. You could actually forget that you’re wearing a mask sheet because it’s that comfortable to have this mask on!!

Of course, the plumping, firming, and brightening effect of this mask sheet is crazy! What do you expect people, I could simply see plumper and healthier skin even with just the Caviar Gold Firming Lotion… What’s the use of a mask sheet if it doesn’t give even more incredible results ah!! Wish I could afford to buy this mask in a bulk and use it 2-3 times a week, for a super plumped healthy skin 😉

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Okay, that’s all for today’s post! Phew, a long but worth-reading one eh? This Clinelle Caviar Gold line has successfully won my heart and gained my skin’s trust. If you have skin condition and type that’s similar to mine – again, the sensitive and annoying one, dry cheeks but normal T-zone – I would totally recommend for you to get the Cleanser, Lotion, Serum and Eye Serum. If you have dry skin, you might want to get the Firming Cream as well.

Share your thoughts or question below, and I’ll reply them as soon as I can!
See you on my next post, XOXO ❤👀