Ok was super excited to be reviewing this pre-release anti wrinke cream for a starter! Always awesome to get the chance to review something brand new. The packaging was the typical L'Oreal style but not the usual red, it was mainly white with some red on it. The big red 45+ ensures you know it's the right one for your age.
The jar is glass which I prefer to plastic, kinder to the enviromnment etc too. It's a 50ml jar for RRP of $19.99 which actually isn't too badly priced as you don't need to use a lot.
It smells quite nice, not overpowering and quite botanical. I'm not really that comfortable with the huge list of ingredients in it and the list is long!
The consistency is quite nice, not too thick and absorbs quite well. I used it every morning since the day I received it and am still using it, I took a pic of one side of my face especially the wrinkles on the outside of my eyes to see if I could see a difference with use - I could see a slight difference in my skin - it did appear a little firmer but not really sure if it made a difference to the hydration or the wrinkles. Maybe I will need to continue to use to see more of a difference.
My overall review is that it's not a fantastic product, it does moisturise and it's not a bad price but I feel that it didn't make much if any difference to my wrinkles and firmness of my skin. I expected it to be a bit better than it was as I have been using L'Oreal for quite some time and have found that usually their products are good.
Bit disappointing really :(
I am still in my 30s I wanted to give some of this line a try since I had fair results from the revitalift serum & night cream. I notice it's slightly thicker than the revitalift cream and feels a lot less oily on the skin surface and soaks in faster but it's not as thick as the cream for 55+ I tend to go for night creams and wear sunscreen in the summer or when I'm going to be in the sun because I burn easily so I was a bit baffled as to why Loreal haven't put spf in this day cream . This cream has a fresh kind of scent which I am sure I've smelt before I think it is the same type of smell in the Garnier face exfoliant cleanser I have been using. I think there's potential for this cream with continued use but I am baffled as to why they put retinol in a day cream. Retinol oxidises in sunlight so using in the day seems silly to me and I think this should be a night cream for that reason. The box says avoid eye areas yet supposedly improves crow's feet - it doesn't make sense. My target areas are wrinkles on my forehead frown lines and round my eye lines. Unfortunately it's too early to comment on weather this one is actually improving the targeted areas but I think it will but I'm doubtful if I use it during the day that the results will be very good given retinol doesn't like daylight. Honestly after putting it on exfoliated prepared skin there was a little discomfort round my crows feet area. I don't really use day creams I just use night cream and this one I think is best suited for night time for best results. I do burn easily so I do need something preferably with sunscreen. I plan to update this on how effective the wrinkle reversing is at some point. I am not convinced it is going to be amazing and wind back the years - I use something that actually does that and I stop temporarily so that my skin doesn't get immune or too used to it and it tends to show when I have stopped because the lines come back faster or slower depending on stress and what alternative cream I am using in the interim. I will use in between my favourite wrinkle fighter and see how it goes.
Tips: Honestly I would use at night for the best results as retinol oxidises in the sunlight