Mainstream moisturisers

suki1964

I don't ever seem to see anyone recommend the likes of Olay and L'oriel etc on this board

Does this mean no one in their right mind uses them or are they so bad they aren't worth discussing??

Im 46, for years my face has been too sensitive for many products and I have managed this far on a very simple mild moisturiser. Now however Im dealing with sagging skin and need something more. Also have slight discolouration, dodgy pores and a normal to combi skin.

I dont want to pay a fortune, Im just looking for something that's readily available which will hopefully make some small improvement to the collapse thats my face

Bronnie

I used L'Oreal creams (Revitalift, the one Andi McDowell advertised) for about 8 years until my late 40's. I'm lucky and haven't got many lines yet, but I was starting to notice loss of firmness and the L'Oreal wasn't hitting the spot. Moved up a level to the L'Oreal for more mature skin but wasn't impressed. Have eventually settled on Boots Protect & Perfect and have been using it very happily since it came out.

Tried Clinique repairwear for 3 months (50th birthday pressie pretty ineffectual) and also Clarins Super Restorative ( made my skin feel very enriched but didn't do enough for loss of firmness which is my main issue and the price is :eek::eek::eek:, so would be expecting it to perform miracles tbh!)

Very suspicious about being manipulated by manufacturers these days, and have been thinking (imagining??) that my Boots P&P was working less well. Tried out the new Intense version and very happy with results. Think it's a good middle of the road priced option. Never buy at full price, on 3 for 2 regualarly, which makes it around £15 a jar. Lasts quite well. Since I started oil-cleansing, my skin is more balanced and I use less cream for moisturising.Tend to massage it in well around jaw and lower face. Have given the serum a couple of really good trials and tbh, for me it's what I call an Emperor's New Clothes product! There are some girls on the No Buying Toiletries thread who are much younger than me and swear by it however.

HTH
Bron
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PS if you only been using a simple moisturiser so far, you should expect immediately noticeable firming results from the cream you choose

jenniewb

I find that the mainstream brands -no matter what they cost, have stuff in them that beings me out in horrible painful spots. I worked out that if I use natural based products where these oil based ingredients are not included (such as petroleum, lanolin, mineral oil...etc) I am OK and my skin doesn't get painful deeply inbedded whitehead spots.

I don't think any cream can prevent wrinkles, not even the widly acclaimed creme-de-mer. But I do think they can add silicons and similar to the skin which jam themselves in the fine lines and swell to puff up the skin so the wrinkles and fine lines do not appear so obvious. I don't think they have anything yet for 'sagging' skin.

But I have read that prevention is the only thing you can do to help. That by not taking care of the moisture levels in your skin or by not cleaning dirt or debris from it similar, it can stretch and eventually becomes tierd and overstretched and so wrinkles begin to form early.
But the most damaging thing? Sun. Even in the winter the sun causes damage to the skin through UVA rays (UVA= causes aging, UVB= causes cancer). You need and SPF cream which covers both of these for the day time. You don't need these same UV protectants at night and at night its a nice idea to use a denser cream as your skin is not going out, it doesn't matter that you don't get a nice matte surface and also isn't going to be interrupted by makeup or dirt from daily pollution.

An eye cream is also a benefit and there are quite a few eye creams I seem to be able to get away with (without getting spots). The Santury eye cream is good, the L'Oreal Youth Code eye cream is good- it took away puffiness from my eyes after about a week and made such a difference!. I also use the Garnier Roll ons from time to time. Again, SPF where you can.

Just be sure that in the summer, when the sun is stronger then in the winter months, you use a separate SPF cream as whats in your moisturiser will not be strong enough. The rule of thumb is a shot glass full of SPF for your face and neck- this is generally whats in an entire jar of cream and I doubt anyone would apply an entire jar of moisturiser in one go! Use SPF over the top of daily moisturiser (in the summer) after waiting for it to skin in.

money_honey

I've just started using the Olay Regenerist night cream since Friday (it's on offer in Tesco for around £13ish at the moment) and it has been really good. It's made my skin really soft and my lines are definitely less noticeable. I had an expensive Dior anti-wrinkle night cream before and in my opinion it's at least as good as that.

I also have the Boots No.17 Protect & Perfect serum which I highly recommend as well It's on offer sometimes and they do money off vouchers occasionally.

My skin is combination with enlarged pores on my head and can get quite sensitive.

tara747

jenniewb wrote: »

I find that the mainstream brands -no matter what they cost, have stuff in them that beings me out in horrible painful spots. I worked out that if I use natural based products where these oil based ingredients are not included (such as petroleum, lanolin, mineral oil...etc) I am OK and my skin doesn't get painful deeply inbedded whitehead spots.

I don't think any cream can prevent wrinkles, not even the widly acclaimed creme-de-mer. But I do think they can add silicons and similar to the skin which jam themselves in the fine lines and swell to puff up the skin so the wrinkles and fine lines do not appear so obvious. I don't think they have anything yet for 'sagging' skin.

But I have read that prevention is the only thing you can do to help. That by not taking care of the moisture levels in your skin or by not cleaning dirt or debris from it similar, it can stretch and eventually becomes tierd and overstretched and so wrinkles begin to form early.
But the most damaging thing? Sun. Even in the winter the sun causes damage to the skin through UVA rays (UVA= causes aging, UVB= causes cancer). You need and SPF cream which covers both of these for the day time. You don't need these same UV protectants at night and at night its a nice idea to use a denser cream as your skin is not going out, it doesn't matter that you don't get a nice matte surface and also isn't going to be interrupted by makeup or dirt from daily pollution.

An eye cream is also a benefit and there are quite a few eye creams I seem to be able to get away with (without getting spots). The Santury eye cream is good, the L'Oreal Youth Code eye cream is good- it took away puffiness from my eyes after about a week and made such a difference!. I also use the Garnier Roll ons from time to time. Again, SPF where you can.

Just be sure that in the summer, when the sun is stronger then in the winter months, you use a separate SPF cream as whats in your moisturiser will not be strong enough. The rule of thumb is a shot glass full of SPF for your face and neck- this is generally whats in an entire jar of cream and I doubt anyone would apply an entire jar of moisturiser in one go! Use SPF over the top of daily moisturiser (in the summer) after waiting for it to skin in.

I agree totally about the sun - I use SPF *every single day*. Smoking is also horrid for your skin. A friend of mine (who is two years younger than me and a smoker/sun worshipper) is starting to get wrinkles already, it is really shocking!!!!!

Also drink LOTS of water and get enough sleep. I do these, avoid the sun and don't smoke and have't got a single line yet apart from a couple of teeny ones under my eyes.

I heard that you should use a shot glass of sunscreen for your whole body, not just face and neck. But certainly I am generous with my SPF creams, and often wear SPF30-50 facial sunscreen in summer.

suki1964

I do all thos things, use the OCM, use sunscreen, gave up smoking years back, exfoliate, sleep, drink fluids etc etc etc

I actually dont have lines or dark bags and most people would put me late 30s.

Just my skin is no longer looking its best so what I was using obviously was no longer enough. Its just seems to have suddenly lost its firmness ( obviously its not been an over night thing, just something Ive just noticed) and just wanted to try a new moisturiser and was wondering about the mainstream ones that are available in all supermarkets and chemists, what other people thought of them.

In the past i would have gone for something hideously expensive such as Elemis or decleor ( brands I know and trust) but pennies are being pinched and there are no outlets for either near by

Bad enough I have to wait till I get to London to stock up on my make up

stumpycat

Just a suggestion for those who use sunscreen every day - it may be worth taking vitamin D supplements as the sunscreen will prevent the skin from manufacturing it.
There's a lot of research being done on Vitamin D at the moment, here's just a couple of links:

http://www.bupa.co.uk/health_information/html/health_news/261103vitd.html
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2010/09/17113234

vwelsh13

I have sensitive skin but find avon's winter face cream great and also neutrogena face cream (was in poundland recently)