The style of this packaging is quite common I think, a tub. The silver lid looked sleek, and it was easy to open and get out product. While some other packaging my be cleaner or easier to use, I like how you can get every last drop of product with this style of packaging.
The consistency was almost a gel like moisturizer and I was impressed with how moisturizing it was.
The gel has a shimmer to it, and after applying the matching serum and then this product, I definitely feel like I look glowy.
My face isn’t shiny and it is lovely as is, but I was most impressed with my skin under make up. After a month of use I had friends asking me if I had a new foundation and that it looked great. I was really stoked with this because the skincare was the only thing I had changed in my routine.
I think my skin tone has improved, I still have freckles and all the normal stuff I had before, but I feel like the tone of my skin has just evened out behind all of this.
I feel like you get a lot of product for the price. I felt like I didn’t need to use a tonne of product, and it spread out really well. I’ve used it for six weeks straight and feel like I’ve barely made a dent in the tub.
I’ve been really pleasantly surprised with this product. I wouldn’t have brought this product or brand normally and I have really enjoyed it. It’s a great product, sits nicely on the skin and I would buy it again. I have loved the combo of this product and the serum, it’s really great.
First off, I really dislike like the Olay jars! Not only because a jar is unhygienic and exposes the cream to oxygen every time you open it and stick your fingers in, but also because these ones have that super-irritating plastic inner lid that seems to vacuum-stick itself on, with only an impossibly tiny handle to help you pry it off. I don’t want to chuck it out, because it’s making the jar more airtight, but it’s a real pain. And the main lid, while pretty, is slippery to get back on when you’ve got creamy fingers.
Right, that’s my little rant about the packaging. The cream itself? Dreamy. The scent is light, faintly fruity but warm, and doesn’t linger long. A pleasurable sensory experience first thing in the morning. The texture is robust but feels quite liquid as you’re applying it, so it glides on beautifully and feels hydrating and soothing on contact. It does absorb, but not completely, which in this case I really like. I hate any sort of sticky, greasy, oily feel on my skin, but this just leaves a comfortable, softly dewy finish. Beautiful. Also, my skin can be sensitive, and I was interested to see how I did with using AHAs for the first time, but there wasn’t the slightest hint of stinging or reactivity. Just pure comfort.
In terms of longer-term benefits... I’ve been using the cream (along with the matching serum) morning and night religiously for six weeks, and my hyperpigmentation hasn’t faded, so I've had to give the cream 4/5 for 'does what it says'. BUT I’ve loved all the other benefits. My skin is dry and ageing, but it’s felt comforted, moisturised, plumped and, yes, dewy. And that lasts all day long. My skin looks and feels as good at the end of the day as it did when I first applied the cream in the morning.
I wish it came in different packaging, but for dry skin that’s a bit dull and lined and even sensitive, this cream is divine and I’d highly recommend trying it.
Tips: A little really does go a very long way with this one. And it's magic as a night cream for morning skin that's bouncy and dewy. A great way to start the day :)