Holy Grail Beautyy . . .

• Cruelty Free YES
• Fragrance Free YES
• PH Balanced
• Australian brand and made
• Mineral oil FREE
• Paraben FREE
• Sodium Lauryl Sulphate FREE
• PEG and Synthetic Penetration ingredients FREE
• Reasonably priced $34.90 AUD 2.6 ounces

This is my first time using MooGoo products.  I needed another moisturiser after I finished the Strivectin SD Advanced Intensive Concentrate for Wrinkles and Stretch Marks moisturiser and I use the Drunk Elephant B Hydra Intensive Gel moisturiser at night time.  After cleansing with the Sante micro fibre facial cleanser disc, I use this moisturiser then a 50+ SPF by Banana Boat.

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I definitely wanted to get a new moisturiser by a cruelty free company.  MooGoo is certainly cruelty free and affordable as well!

Here is an excerpt from the Moo website that explains how the brand came to be: MooGoo came about when the head of our herd thought it was unusual that his mother was using a product made for cows for her skin condition. The "Udder Cream" being used in dairy farms was designed to help keep the skin on cow’s udders in prime condition for milking. Cow’s udders need to be soft and supple, not dry or cracked. However the original Udder Cream his mother used was very thick to apply. So he set about adapting this cream for humans by making it lighter and non-greasy.

And now there is a whole range of products including hair-care, deodorant, a special oncology pack and so much more! I had no idea there was so many products.  So far, my experience has been great with this cream.  It is better to apply it with a slightly damp face because I feel it absorbs better.  The two main stars of this product is an oil soluble Vitamin C and Resveratrol, both strong antioxidants.  There is another moisturiser with sunscreen in it in the range.  But I chose this one deliberately.

Now the product is housed in a opaque pump bottle.  It has a slight sweetish milk scent which figures because it is based on milk! It is a white lotion that spreads quickly and leaves a matte feel to the skin.  I apply it to my neck as well and tops of my hands.  I accidentally got some cream in my eye and it felt funny because I had something in my eye and i simply wiped it out and that was that.  Some products if they make their way to the eye can cause intense irritation and loads of rinsing out but the lack of reaction for me speaks to how safe these ingredients are.  I feel that this cream leaves a great base for the next product you wish to layer with and so on, due to the matte effect.

Usually I list the ingredients with hyperlinks out to what they are but the MooGoo site lists their ingredients and it includes what those ingredients actually are in a table below the product description, so I am just going to link that address instead and you can see the list all at once below.

I definitely recommend this cream as a great source of natural efficient ingredients at a reasonable price.  Holy grail status!

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MooGoo

• Cruelty Free YES
• Odourless YES
• Inexpensive
• 30 mls

My skin is white, with freckling and is oily/combination and 38 years of age

This is one of two products from The Ordinary that I purchased at the same time and I waited to use and review this product because I had received the Lancome Genefique Sensitive Concentrate and did not want to mix products and not know what effects were being caused by what.

Buffet is a mix of beneficial amino acids and moisturizing agents. A few of the ingredients are unverified by scientific methods that are independent of the company studies that are performed and cited.  It is clear, in a frosted glass bottle with a dropper.  The product has the consistency of watery yet viscous egg white.  It is not sticky though.  It spreads very nicely and dries quickly. Once applied you will forget you put it on.  It is advised to be used morning and night which is how I found results after around a week and a half.  It gave a similar result to the Lancome Genefique Sensitive Concentrate serum which is a skin clarity, a softness.

It lasted around a month and I also applied it to the tops of my hands, neck and decolletage twice daily use as directed. A little goes a long way! I think despite the low price point, Buffet is a great product which marries new ingredients and more established and is definitely a contender out there with a formula that is worth more than what it priced at.  I will definitely be purchasing this product again.

Ten out of Ten!

Ingredients: (Water), Glycerin, Lactococcus Ferment Lysate, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Pentapeptide-18, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-38, Dipeptide Diaminobutyroyl Benzylamide Diacetate, Acetylarginyltryptophyl Diphenylglycine, Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer, Sodium Hyaluronate, Allantoin, Glycine, Alanine, Serine, Valine, Isoleucine, Proline, Threonine, Histidine, Phenylalanine, Arginine, Aspartic Acid, Trehalose, Fructose, Glucose, Maltose, Urea, Sodium PCA, PCA, Sodium Lactate, Citric Acid, Hydroxypropyl Cyclodextrin, Sodium Chloride, Sodium Hydroxide, Butylene Glycol, Pentylene Glycol, Acacia Senegal Gum, Xanthan Gum, Carbomer, Polysorbate 20, PPG-26-Buteth-26, PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate, Ethoxydiglycol, Sodium Benzoate, Caprylyl Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Phenoxyethanol, Chlorphenesin.

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The Ordinary

• Jar Packaging - NO
• Cruelty Free - NO
• 29mls
• Pump opaque bottle
• Fragrance Free - NO
• Inexpensive

Of course it makes sense to test out the night time version of the Neutrogena Rapid Wrinkle Repair Moisturiser which also contains a retinol preparation that purports to work in a week.  I previously used the Neutrogena Ageless Intensives anti ageing night cream .

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The daytime version shares many of the same ingredients as the night, namely missing is the sun protection ingredients. It is a similar consistency to the day time except it is thinner in consistency and a little bit spreads a long way on the face. This product has the same opaque pump bottle as the daytime version which is great for keeping the active ingredients viable and fuss free to use.  The fragrance is different to the daytime formula as the daytime one has a familiar suncream scent.  Its a non-descript scent but it's there.  Not awful smelling but I would have loved it if it were fragrance free.  This product contains as well as the daytime version contain the hydrating queen Sodium Hyaluronate which provides much needed moisture to skin and well hydrated skin can make you look younger. 

To enable the quick results Neutrogena have their own special formula for the retinol ingredient the website says the following - in my own words:

The formula is constructed as such to allow greater penetration into the skin for the retinol to be able to work.  I have to say it does work for me.  It is a shame that it is not cruelty free and fragrance free. It does contain some ingredients that may cause irritation such as the fragrance BHT.  If you have a sensitivity to products with fragrance or any of the ingredients listed below it is best to avoid this product. 

I do recommend it as it does work for me - it plumps my skin, keeps my skin thoroughly moisturised and soft into the next day and has changed an area of concern on my skin to a non-issue, but if you are sensitive to fragrance and/or don't want to use products tested on animals then I do not.


Water, Pentaerythrityl Tetraethylhexanoate, Dimethicone, Glycerin, PPG-15 Stearyl Ether, Cetearyl Alcohol, Stearyl Alcohol, Butylene Glycol, Ceteareth-20, Isohexadecane, Retinol, Sodium Hyaluronate, Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Trisiloxane, Phenoxyethanol, Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer, Caprylyl Glycol, Polyacrylamide, Polyethylene, Fragrance, C13-14 Isoparaffin, Chlorphenesin, Hydrolyzed Myrtus Communis Leaf Extract, Polysorbate 20, PTFE, BHT, Disodium EDTA, Laureth-7, Ascorbic Acid, Sodium Hydroxide.

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Neutrogena

• Cruelty-free NO
• Fragrance free NO
• Inexpensive
• Jar Packaging NO
• Opaque packaging  with Pump YES
• 29 mls
• SPF YES

I had already been using the Neutrogena Anti Wrinkle Ageless Intensives Night Cream which contains retinol for quite some time but I wanted to try other retinol night time moisturiser's by any brand preferably that is not too expensive, readily available and cruelty-free as I wish to transfer all of my products makeup and skincare to cruelty-free.  I saw this product at my local supermarket although I believe it has been available overseas for quite a long time already, and as I am in Australia we usually have many overseas products available very late after they have been released in their country of origin unless it's purchased online and in some cases for exorbitant prices. 

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This product claims that you should see change very quickly in seven days I believe.  And let me tell you I got results within five days! I had an area above my left eyebrow that was not looking good at all and unrelated but I had been using Olay Regenerist Microsculpting UV Cream moisturiser SPF 30, but it does not sit well under my other liquid face products.  So I decided to try this out (after I bought it I did not use it immediately). After a week or so I noticed that area above my left brow is plump and youthful looking! Nothing else until that area showed up has worked on making the area look or physically change until this Neutrogena cream.  The Neutrogena product is also a good foundation product primer as it is not disturbed or causes pilling etc when products are applied on top.

The bottle is opaque so it keeps the active ingredients safe from deterioation, and it is a pump with a twist you turn to stop the pump mechanism working.  It is 29mls white lotion that is quite thin.

This product unfortunately is not perfect as it does contain fragrance which is similar to a sunscreen smell.  I am not sure if that is to blend in with the sunscreen ingredients or what the fragrance is included for.  It would be amazing if it was fragrance free.  I don't feel wholly comfortable using a product on a daily basis with fragrance especially when it is listed in the just out of the middle spot of the ingredients list.   As it is the highest concentration of ingredients is in the beginning of the list and the least naturally at the end.  I have finished the product and still have the night time version which I bought few months later and will find a different product that is not full of fragrance. I have since bought the night time version of the daily product as I have now finished the daytime product.  Once I have finished that product I will need to have a replacement retinol product.

I recommend this if you don't mind fragrance in the product, if you do, I don't.

Active ingredients 

Water, Dimethicone, Homosalate, Isononyl Isononanoate, Octisalate, Glycerin, Avobenzone, Cetyl Alcohol, Octocrylene, Styrene/Acrylates Copolymer, Steareth-21, Trisiloxane, Nylon-12, Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Stearyl Alcohol, Retinol, Sodium Hyaluronate, Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Phenoxyethanol, Caprylyl Glycol, Chlorphenesin, Fragrance, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Xanthan Gum, Hydrolyzed Myrtus Communis Leaf ExtractPolysorbate 20, BHT, Disodium EDTA, Silica, Ascorbic Acid, Sodium Hydroxide.

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I am always on the look out for different vitamin C skin serums after the great visible results I got from the Answers From Nature Peptide C Serum formula.  Keep reading to see how this Drunk Elephant product turns out!

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My skin type is - Oily/Combination, 37 years old, fair, easily burned with freckles.

This product does have a orange colour due to the Vitamin C and not because its expired.  It does have a vague aroma of oranges but not a sweet smell, its more medicinal.  It does linger somewhat though.  You can apply it by itself or mixed with your preferred facial oil (I use it with SwisseSkincare Argan Face Oil ) *the product states that for extra hydration you can combine this product with any other Drunk Elephant formula product and especially their own marula oil, this product also already contains marula oil*.  Using this serum creates skin that is plumper and gives a lovely fresh glow to the skin when you start using it.  The formula is unique in that it has a reservoir  action to keep the active ingredients on your skin for longer.  So I use it on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights to cover me for the week, as the rest of the week I use my beloved Derma e Overnight Peel with AHA. Now, it is recommended to be used during the day but I feel it's just fine to use at night time.  It is a sticky formula but mixed with any of the well known face oils argan, rosehip etc diminishes the stickiness and the vitamin smell.  I apply it on my face, neck, decolletage and tops of my hands.  I start with damp skin as this is best for the serum to absorb I only  the C serum on the weekend otherwise my routine starts off slightly differently.

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The ingredients listed below really clear up the skin surface as vitamin C is a powerful anti-oxidant.  With continued and consistent use it will improve your skin tone, lighten and potentially fade pimple or other skin scarring *obviously within reason, please consult a dermatologist for more persistent scarring*, adding it to your regime will help stimulate collagen production and collagen is part of your skin's structure to prevent wrinkling and sagging.  Vitamin C also assists in thickening the skins epidermis with continued use which helps with protecting your skin from the sun but you still have to wear sunscreen 30+! No getting around that!  I have had freckles fade to nothing, melasma disappear, and I now have the most consistent complexion tone from having including and regularly using vitamin c products.  I definitely recommend finding one that suits your skin type as not all forms of vitamin C are as effective and can work differently depending on amount of product and other ingredients included as well as for different skin types.  This serum has the most common form of vitamin C which is Ascorbic Acid.  I am going to create a separate post on different vitamin C formulations as I have tried three different products with at least two different formulations.



This is a pricey product, especially in Australia, but I love what this does for my skin! I will continue to try other vitamin C products but this one is a holy grail status product for me and my skin type.  I do believe the products I currently use in my skincare regime for day and night have given me my most clearest and softest skin.  Check out my review on the second vitamin C product I ever tried for two and a half months in total in time by Serumtologie C Serum .

Water, Ethoxydiglycol, Ascorbic Acid, Glycerin, Laureth-23, Lactobacillus/Pumpkin Ferment Extract, Sclerocarya Birrea (Marula) Seed Oil, Ferulic Acid, Sodium Hyaluronate, Algae Extract, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Lactobacillus/Punica Granatum (Pomegranate) Fruit Ferment Extract, Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract, Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Juice Extract, Phyllanthus Emblica (Indian Gooseberry) Fruit Extract, Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein, Tocopherol, Caprylhydroxamic Acid, Acetyl Glucosamine, Hydrolyzed Quinoa, Glutamylamidoethyl Imidazole, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Tetrahydro Curcuminoids, Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer, Glycine, Sucrose, Maltodextrin, Propanediol, Caprylyl Glycol, Sodium Hydroxide, Phenoxyethanol, Xanthan gum, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Isohexadecane, Polysorbate 60.

Free from parabens, sulfates, phthalates and fragrance. Non-comedogenic.

I definitely recommend this product!

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