Olay Regenerist Micro Sculpting Face Cream Review

Opening the packet I LOVED the shape, color and feel of the packaging. It looked expensive and exuded luxury.

The cream itself, is a creamy off white and smells devine. A little goes a long way! I found the cream to be of a decent consistency, not watery and not too think. It spread over my skin beautifully.

However, After using it twice a day, morning and night as my go to moisturizer, I found no change in my skin other than how soft my skin was in the morning after applying it at night before bed.

When I applied it in the morning, I noticed a few hours later if I happened to touch my face that the cream was rubbing off. I would find flakes of the cream where ever I rubbed my face. I tried using less to see if the amount was an issue but still had the same problem. I also found my makeup (mac longwear pro and also the ordinary) separated when applied on top of the moisturizer.

I unfortunately found it to sting if it came in contact with my lips but this soon subsided after I wiped it clean with micellar water.

With my review being under 2 weeks' of use, I am certainly looking forward to the proven benefits listed after 30 days of firmer skin and reduced appearance of up to 10 years of wrinkles.

My verdict: I love the smell and packaging of this product. A thick face creme, I enjoy the feel of the product on my skin and felt it was hydrating when I use it. I did break out, so not sure if this is due to the Olay serum or the creme, or combo of the both, but this settled after the first few days of use. My skin does feel a little tighter, but not noticeably different results at this stage. I am optimistic after extended use this product will help smooth out my skin. At this stage though, nothing much to report, to be whole-heartly be able to recommend this product to others.

This was the second of the two products I received. It is step three of a four step regimen but can be used alone or with just one or two of the other steps. I had the day version. This product comes in a beautiful red jar that looks very elegant. It doesn't include a spatula or anything to get the cream out so people who don't like to use fingers would need to find their own. It instructs to use morning and night, I just used it in the morning as my skin doesn't much like having product on at night. I don't know if this affects the desired results or not though. The cream is a silky white texture with a slight subtle scent. It is very easy to apply and absorbs into the skin well. It is quite thick so only a small amount is needed. I didn't notice a huge difference in my skin in the short time I've used it, it does feel softer though. I'm outside a lot so I do prefer a moisturiser to have some spf factor in it which this doesn't. The box does say there is a uv version so maybe that one does have an spf in it. While this is a lovely product I do think it's a bit rich for my skin type and probably not something I would repurchase, but for someone used to using a daily moisturising cream like this it would be a good choice.

I haven't used Olay products in quite some time, so I was a little bit excited when I was chosen for this trial. The packaging is quite cute and it is the standard 50g which most face creams come in these days. The scent reminds me a little of Pantene shampoo, which would make sense as I believe they are manufactured by the same company. The cream itself is quite a rich white thick cream consistency and because of this you don't really need much for a whole face application. It did say on the instructions to use upward circular motions to apply the product - not sure why it would matter in which direction you apply your face cream, but hey, I did it anyway. This cream has a timeline of effects on the skin and when they are supposed to happen - at this stage of the game I am supposed to be seeing the reversing the appearance of up to 10 years of wrinkles. I'm 41 and the only wrinkle I really have is a small one by my right eyebrow...unfortunately it's still there Speaking of make up, on my oily skin, I have noticed that since I have been using this face cream and not using much at all (and I haven't changed anything else in my beauty regime), by mid afternoon my foundation and my face is an oily mess - and I have no idea whether that it a fault of the face cream. It is something to keep in mind if you do have oily skin and you are a daily foundation wearer. I also already have pretty firm skin (thanks to some awesome genes) so cannot comment as to whether the face cream has any effect on the plumpness of my skin! I do believe my skin does look brighter though. Even though I haven't really seen any of the results that have been promised, I am going to continue to use the face cream after the trial....and who knows, it may take longer for me to see results more than the average person and if that is the case, I may have found my holy grail (apart from the foundation issues, but that's nothing a little powder can't fix!).

This product came to me to review in the full 50g size pot. The packaging is lovely and bright and definate makes you believe you are using a high end product. Once I got it out of the box and the screw top lid off, I had immense trouble getting the plastic disc off to get to the product and had to resort to a sharp knife to 'break the seal'. After a few challenges of removing this, I decided to leave it off, no more seal issues. The product itself felt quite light, it was a creamy consistency and went on my skin really well. There was no residue left over so my skin had absorbed the product . My skin is quite dehydrated during winter and after a few days this definately helped, even the flaky skin around my nose improved. It did brighten my skin and even out the skin tone which is great as I found using just a BB cream as my makeup base was enough, instead of primer & a medium coverage foundation. As to reducing wrinkles etc, I'm not sold. I think I would need to use it a bit longer to see any real marked difference. I think it reduced the appearance of the finer lines around my eyes slightly, prob due to my skin being more hydrated than anything else. It certainly did not do anything for my deep frown lines... *sigh*. My skin is quite sensitive and it did react a little for the first week with a little pimple here and there but after that, no worries. Overall, I've enjoyed using this product, I think it does enough to warrant me wanting to buy it again. Although the price tag is a little steep, I think it would last for ages so I could justify that.

I managed to nab a tub of Olay Regenerist Micro-Sculpting Cream in a previous Beauty Review Vault, along with a tube of Olay 7-in1 moisturiser.

The Micro-Sculpting Cream is packaged in a 50g red pot with a silver screw top lid. The thick white cream inside has an almost perfumed scent, which is not unpleasant, and the cream spreads well and is easily absorbed, so not a lot is needed.

I used a small pea sized amount, the perfect size for my oily skin, and then gently massaged it in an upward circular motion over my neck and face.  One thing I did discover is that it's important not to massage this cream for too long, as it does start to for little balls if rubbed for too long.  Only massage the skin for as long as it takes to gently spread the cream around evenly.

Even though I'm not a fan of tub or pot packaging, I really liked this moisturiser (although out of the two that I got, I prefer the 7-in-1).  The micro-sculpting cream lived up to my expectations and definitely left my skin feeling more hydrated and a bit more plump.

I'm slightly weary of trying age defying products due to the fact my skin is both aged but prone to break outs, when first applying this I thought oh gosh it's quite greasy feeling and thought for sure I would wake up with pimples but I was pleasantly surprised that it soaked in quickly and didn't leave an oil film or greasy feeling, I also have not had a break out so it obviously doesn't clog my pores which is a win because so many anti aging creams can. I pop it on both morning and night and I'm sure my skin has a nice glow to it although I can't say friends have noticed as still semi locked down , hopefully by the time we are gathering I will look like a fresher me

I found this cream lovely to apply and it definitely gave my skin hydration. As for the claims about reduced appearance of lines and wrinkles, I didn’t notice any changes so I didn’t find that true for me. Overall, it was a good hydrating cream that made my skin feel soft and well moisturised.

I’m going to start with the packaging - nice and simple and very Olay with the red jar! I generally prefer a pump bottle over a jar but the jar was pleasant enough. Weirdly though I found the little inner lid quite hard to get off on this! Maybe I should have just done away with it but I always figure they must serve some purpose I’m yet to discover!

The product itself is lovely and thick, thicker than I would normally use as a day cream and I have to say I did find it left a sort of chalky feeling on my skin for a bit after applying, but once that absorbed (say 30 minutes) my skin felt great! It is quite scented which I know might put a lot of people off, I can’t help myself and I really enjoy scented products.

So the results! My skin definitely felt softer straight away and firmer after just a few days, and I had more even skin tone after a week. I have combination skin and this really did help my dry patches. As far as wrinkles go, I have finer lines and my skin definitely felt plumper. Visually I don’t think there was much deference in my lines though - so not a magical eraser but I would say it gives realistic results. I’m certainly going to keep going to see what results might come for my fine lines!

Overall I enjoy this product but will probably switch to just using it at night time going forward!