
DM is my favorite new addition to the Bulgarian market. However their products are direct shipments from Germany, and all in native German, additional labels are attached here in Bulgaria, but with such minute lettering one must bring a spying glass to manage them. Furthermore that which is written is very brief and vague, leaving Bulgarian readers to presume and invent the intended use for these products. And for those that are comfortable neither with German or Bulgarian, are left to manage in a child like state by only looking at pictures.
Thus using my Bulgarian, as well as basic German, accompanied by internet adeptness, I have created a small guide to DM's natural Alverde (all green) face care line:
Their products primarily brake down into seven different categories recognized by the images on the front:
1. Those represented by a sliced APRICOT including the pip and leaves are products for basic CLEANING for every type of skin.
2. Those represented by a white PEARL, surrounded by a blue shell, or perhaps it is water are products for NORMAL and combination skin.
3. Those with a pale pink ROSE surrounded by a few green leaves, are products for DRY skin.
4. Those with a flowing WHITE SILK motif with a green blade of grass, or perhaps ribbon, are products for SENSITIVE skin.
5. Those that have an image of sprinkled dry BROWN CLAY, some of which is smeared, are products for IMPURE skin, that has black heads and pimples (spots) such as teenage skin.
6. Those that have a green and purple PASSION FRUIT FLOWER, are products intended for MATURE skin.
7. The new ANTI-AGING line at dm, is represented by either of these fruit: KIWI, GOJI BERRY, GRAPE, or SEA BUCK-THORN. These products are easier to identify as they have "anti-aging " written on the front of the product.
Once you have decided which line is appropriate for you skin type, the rest is simple as each line has a face wash or cleansing milk or foam, a toner, a day cream, a night cream or a fluid, as well as an eye cream, and some special items like anti aging ampules, or a clay mask, or tinted bronzing cream, and so on.
Here are some basic German terms one needs to know when navigating the this part of the Alverde lines:
Reinigungs Milch - cleansing milk.
Peeling - not peeling mask, but a face scrub, as in the cream with granules to remove dead skin.
Peelingmaske - a face mask, that is also a scrub.
Gesichts Wasser - face water, as in facial toner to be used after washing.
Tagescreme - day cream/moisturizer
Nachtcreme - night cream
Augencreme - eye cream
Additional information:
English overview of Alverde face care lines. (translation)
Bulgarian brochure on Alverde. (click on Alverde for pdf)