Holy Grail Beautyy . . .

• 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 was really happy with my skincare routine and recently we have all seen and read how glycerin products, particularly the Nivea Post Shave Balm, have been a holy grail product for so many because it's main ingredient is glycerin and it helps adhere your foundation to your skin better than a lot of silicone primer products.  I didn't use the Nivea Post Shave Balm because of the heavy fragrance its too much for my nose and asthma.  However, I did find a glycerin containing moisturiser and I started featuring it in my daily morning makeup routine.

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I don't often get pimples except for that time of the month, but I started to get little bumps over my cheeks above pores.  They were very small kind of like a tiny see through pimple.  However,it was not pimples it was blocked pores.  But from what? Then I happened across a video by YouTube'r beauty blogger Michael Finch Michael Finch - The Truth About Nivea Post Shave Balm  and his video addressed the craze of using glycerin containing products and how he too was getting these little bumps over the face and he started to discuss the benefits of glycerin in regards to skincare and makeup application but you can overdo it.  I was over doing it.  I was using one moisturiser by Malin & Goetz and my new vitamin C serum by Serumtologie *review coming after I have used it for three months* as well as my Olay Regenerist Night Resurfacing Elixir, Neutrogena Anti Wrinkle Deep Wrinkle Night SA Moisturiser, Revlon Photoready BB Cream Skin Perfector so that is five products all great products but all containing glycerin!

I removed the daytime moisturiser to start off with and did not replace it.  I used night time products on alternate nights so I could see if it made a genuine difference to my skin.  It did, it was remarkable!

This is only a problem if you are seeing these tiny bumps on top of your pores.  Unfortunately, my skin gets annoyed by too much glycerin and if you suspect your skin does too, check out your daily products ingredients to see if your over doing the glycerin and try removing them from your routine and see if you get the same result as I did or similar.

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This product contains a corrector, concealer and a setting powder which contains SPF 15, which is the minimum SPF that you should be using for protection.

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Now, I used this in conjunction with the NUXE Creme Prodigieuse Moisturiser a primer in my most densest areas of large open pores which is either side of my nose and my nose.  I used an Eco-Tools Concealer brush to apply the corrector color and the concealer.  I then patted on with a small eyeshadow brush also from Eco-Tools to pat on the setting powder.


Here is a photo of the products on.  I did not blend all the way and I am not wearing any other makeup or skin products in this photo other than the NUXE Creme Prodigieuse Moisturiser.

This is a great little compact to throw in your bag to touch up with.  It goes really well with the NUXE moisturiser.  The colour corrector is great it immediateley takes away any darkness under your eyes.  The concealer is easy to blend.  The setting powder could be a tad lighter for me but it's still fine for what it is and for small areas.  The concealer can highlight fine lines near the eyes but setting can eliminate the majority of the lines.

I would recommend this product.
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