Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream review

It’s so good even Prince Harry uses it (Google that - it’s a hilarious story!) From parched lips, dry heels, bites, scratches, dry patches Elizabeth Arden's 8 Hour Cream (more like a balm really) has lasted the test of time (my grandmother used it!) and it is a staple in my handbag.

What a miracle worker, I get really chapped lips especially in winter and I only use this twice and they end up healed. Use it everywhere thats chapped and cracked.

This stuff has always been used in my family. It does what it says it does, its a magic cream and a tube lasts for AGES! The only thing i don't like is the smell, its nostalgic but also kind of makes me ill. I recently purchased the fragrance free version but it still had the distinctive EOC smell which if you can ignore the scent then the benefits of this are worth every penny! Also the lip balm version of this is amazing and I have one for every room of the house

I started using EA 8h cream on my lips almost 20 years ago - when I first used Accutane for acne. I’ve since then tried pretty much every lip balm on the market, but there just isn’t anything else as good. The bonus is that it can be used on dry cuticles, chapped skin, heels etc.

I use this as a hand cream. I only need a little dollop and my hands feel nice and moisturised. I also really enjoy the light scent, this is a hand cream I keep re-purchasing.

I have used this a lot over the years and love it. I use it most as a lip balm, especially when my lips are really dry as this tends to happen to me when the seasons change. I always have a tube of this in my handbag! It is a really versatile product and is great to have on hand (burns, insect bites, balm etc.)

I know people swear by this but for me the taste and smell really put me off this product as they are not pleasant. It is very effective on dry lips and skin irritations but I only use it when I have to as it isn't my favourite and I think there are other more natural and nicer smelling products that have a similar effect such as paw paw ointment. This is also very expensive and although it lasts a long time as you only use a small amount at a tip this is also true for paw paw ointment which is a fraction of the price. Will not be repurchasing this.

Eight hour cream has a promising name really; I envisaged it making every day feel like a Friday and fast forwarding through the eight hours of work so I could get to the good bits after 5.00pm but this is a close second.

This probably wouldn’t have been a product I would normally buy; with a RRP of $35.00 it is quite pricey. But a little blob of it goes a long way

The packaging is clean and simple and easily identifies itself

Upon opening the first thing I noticed was the fragrance which isn’t the most pleasant of smells; it has a peppery odour to it that tends to linger. This being said I didn’t like it as a lip conditioner.

The cream is thick and almost heavy feeling, a touch greasy on initial contact which was a little off putting for me. It is pale orange in colour.

It does however rub in well and leaves skin feeling refreshed and revitalised.

I used it for a few days and definitely noticed a difference on the areas that I tested.

After it has soaked in my skin does feel softer. I used it on my hands and cuticles as I am a chronic cuticle chewer (yuck I know), it pretty much instantly soothed the cuticles and a bonus was they didn’t smell that nice so I wasn’t tempted to put them near my mouth!

Also I applied it to my cracked heels to which I noticed a considerable softness within a day of the first application and believe me it has been a long road finding a cracked heel cream that lives up to expectations. I used it on a scaly scarred area on my arm which is usually very dry and it soothed that and has hydrated it well.

I used it as a brow gel and it made it easy to define my arches and I would use it again for this.

I believe the hydration does last most of the day and gives better moisturising than many other products that are on the market. Having used this product I would recommend it to others and would likely purchase again in the future.

I don't usually go for these name brands since I typical go for natural NZ brands since I find them cheaper and prefer the natural ingredients but after reading so many reviews plus there was a sale at Farmers so I had to get some. I used this for knees, feet, elbows, cuticles and lips. My knees and elbows have a tendency to get all discolored from calluses and really dry. I put a dab of this on before bed and the next morning the skin is back to it normal color and smooth and hydrated. I also use this on my feet and the next morning the calluses are softened even if I didn't use a foot file the night before. This can also be used on lips but my person preference is lip balm since this is a bit sticky and doesn't taste good. I have also used it for cuticles but I prefer cuticle oil as it sinks deeper and is less sticky.

The pros are: It's multipurpose, has some natural ingredients, comes in a decent sized tube and a little goes a long way.

The cons are: It's expensive for a balm and I wasn't fond of the scent of the Original tube. It also has some ingredients like mineral oil and BHT which is a toulene based ingredient and I avoid toulene in nail polishes.

Overall I will probably consider repurchasing if I can't find a better and cheaper balm to deal with calluses.