Holy Grail Beautyy . . .

• Fragrance Free NO
• Cruelty Free NO
• Opaque squeeze tube
•  $34.95 AUD
• Gotu Kola/Centella
• Cicacream 
• Silicone

My skin is currently 38 years old, fair with freckles and oily/combination.

This product was sent to me by a beauty review company in Australia as long as I provide a comprehensive review after the month of use is over it is free.  It is available online at Priceline.

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I used this for five weeks.  The Centella ingredient touted as the star of the cream is also known as Tiger Grass in Asia where it is a commonplace ingredient. It is also known as Gotu Kola in vitamin preparations.

The product is housed in a medium size opaque squeeze tube.  The cream is not thick nor is it watery.  I used it every night after applying my other products.  After using for five weeks, I did not detect any change in my skin.  It didn't harm my skin either.  It feels nice and luxurious but since I finished the trial my skin has not look like it misses the product.  It states on the packaging that this is suitable for sensitive skin, but it contains fragrance which is counter intuitive to sensitive or any skin type's well-being!

The uptake from this is that this product made no difference to my skin but nor did it hinder it. This product is meant to heal damaged skin and my skin is great in that regard due to the lack of action coming from the application of this product.  Or, there is not enough active ingredients inside the product to give a positive visual effect on my skin.  I am leaning more to the fact there is not as much active ingredient included in this product, although I do think my skin is pretty good!

Below is the ingredients and I have linked each ingredient to an online resource so you can click on what you are interested in and read about that ingredient.  None of the resources are affiliated with me and do not generate any benefit to me.  

I will give this an average rating.


Ingredients

782649 23 -  WATER • GLYCERIN • ISOHEXADECANE • DIMETHICONE • ISOPROPYL ISOSTEARATE • ALUMINUM STARCH OCTENYLSUCCINATE • PROPYLENE GLYCOL • NYLON-12 • OCTYLDODECANOL • CETYL ALCOHOL • BEHENYL ALCOHOL • AMMONIUM POLYACRYLOYLDIMETHYL TAURATE • ADENOSINE • C13-14 ISOPARAFFIN • CAPRYLOYL SALICYLIC ACID • CAPRYLYL GLYCOL • CENTELLA ASIATICA EXTRACT • CETEARYL ALCOHOL • CETEARYL GLUCOSIDE • DISODIUM EDTA • DISODIUM STEAROYL GLUTAMATE • THYLHEXYLGLYCERIN • FAEX EXTRACT / YEAST EXTRACT • LAURETH-7 • MADECASSOSIDE • MYRISTIC ACID • PALMITIC ACID • PANTHENOL • PEG-100 STEARATE • PHENOXYETHANOL • POLYACRYLAMIDE • POLYETHYLENE • RETINYL PALMITATE • SALICYLOYL PHYTOSPHINGOSINE • STEARIC ACID • T-BUTYL ALCOHOL • TOCOPHEROL • TRIETHANOLAMINE • PARFUM . (F.I.L. 200541/1).

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L'Oreal Paris

• 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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