Discontinued face cream

serena9

I have just found out the Boots has discontinued its outstanding Traditional A&E cream :mad: Whilst I have used other creams with a good success rate, this cream has been a revelation and never let me down no matter what my skin is doing, its been going for about 50 years and I've been using it for two, to say I am devasted is no understatement .

I just needed a little rant and any suggestions for an alternative, I have combination sensitive skin and am heading towards 50, I don't need any anti-aging products as I have botox and fillers, just something non-oily, not too perfumed and hydrating and preferably decent value


For all the long-term users on here, this may be a new account but I used to be a regular poster on this board, username glowgirl

sunfield91

I don’t know what sort of cream A &E is , but check out First Aid Beauty, it’s
an American brand which I sometimes use in Winter when I need something that’s not as light as I use in Summer.
It’s sold quite widely on Internet beauty sites
HTH

elsien

Is it too late to stockpile?

suejb2

There's Strictly Professional A&E cream on Ebay. Not sure if it's the same product.

Captain_Bluebear

NOOOOO!

I've also been using it for about 2 years OP. I have about half a tub left and went to pick up another pot last week only to find none there. I was really hoping it was just my local boots.

I noticed their cold cream was also missing. Is this a goner too?

Thanks for the heads up though.

Blue

(Edited to add - Due to my user name, I hope you don't think I'm taking the Mick. I'm a 43 year old female with a weird taste in literature! It was an ill advised username that I REALLY didn't think through!)

Emmala

The cold cream has been gone a little while now, I hadn’t realised the face cream was going too. Astral is very similar.

panagia

I'm glad I found this thread, thanks for the heads-up. Sadly it looks like Boots are getting rid of their 'traditional' skin care product range, one by one. (For years I used to use their cold cream, until it got discontinued) They're still selling the skin cream, if that's any use to you, OP? I think I might stock up on it while I can, as I suspect it's only a matter of time before that one goes as well.

Astral is nice but very perfumed, if you don't mind that. I prefer something less fragrant for my face but love it as a body moisturiser.

WeAreGhosts

I also have combination skin and have tried loads of moisturisers over the past few years.
The ones I keep coming back to are:
Body Shop Seaweed Oil Control Gel Cream, Nuxe Creme Prodigieuse Anti Fatigue Moisturising Cream for Normal/Combination skin & my current favourite (which was a complete fluke, never expected it to work) is Jason Soothing 98% Aloe Vera Gel. I've not experience any oiliness with the Jason moisturiser at all, which is a miracle for me! Not even sure it's supposed to be a facial moisturiser, but I read some reviews that said it worked.

serena9

elsien wrote: »

Is it too late to stockpile?

I am stockpiled a bit but it's not enough and unfortunately, it is too late.

serena9

suejb2 wrote: »

There's Strictly Professional A&E cream on Ebay. Not sure if it's the same product.

Its different but thank you.

serena9

Captain_Bluebear wrote: »

NOOOOO!

I've also been using it for about 2 years OP. I have about half a tub left and went to pick up another pot last week only to find none there. I was really hoping it was just my local boots.

I noticed their cold cream was also missing. Is this a goner too?

Thanks for the heads up though.

Blue

(Edited to add - Due to my user name, I hope you don't think I'm taking the Mick. I'm a 43 year old female with a weird taste in literature! It was an ill advised username that I REALLY didn't think through!)

I'm sorry you have to feel the pain too :rotfl: they stopped the cold cream first but there's the ponds alternative and nothing instead of the A&E cream though, looking at the ingredients we need something paraffin based, I'll do a bit of research this week and report back