[Guest Post] On the search for the ideal face cream

My sister has kindly agreed to do a blog post for me, as she is on the search for her ideal facial moisturiser (as it implies in the title). As she has a different skin type to me, I thought she should review what she has already tried. So without further ado, I'll let her take over from here =)


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‘Hey Asmaa, how shall I start this?’ ‘Um, you need to introduce yourself.’ ‘Okay, do they already know my name or am I just known as the sister?’ ‘You’re just the sister. Who takes pictures for me.’

So. Hello there. Hi. What’s good in the hood? You all know me as the sister, the one who takes pictures for Asmaa from time to time when she wants that artisitic flare, that unique and professional angle, or that…when she just asks me to really. I’m not bringing you any pictures here today (sad times, I know) but I am here to bring you a review.

See, I’m on the hunt for a really good face cream. An amazing, epic, does-everything-you-want-without-giving-you-spots kind of cream. Isn’t everybody? Since the beginning of time, I’ve been using my (well, my mums) trusted Oil of Olay Beauty Fluid. But then, I decided I wanted to buy my own and, for the past couple of years, have been doing so. I’ve used products from Nivea to the Body Shop to silly sized samples from magazines (I know you all do that too). Recently, I was using Dove’s hydro-nourishment cream and thought it was the best thing ever. It was exactly what I needed. Until Asmaa pointed out to me that it was a body cream. And that you’re not meant to use body cream on your face. Oh. All that time, I thought it was okay (and I still kind of do) to use body cream. Because, you know, your face is a part of your body, right? Anywho, after I finished that, I figured I would go on a hunt for a decent face cream.

What I’m looking for:

• Something that does not make your skin feel greasy, or clog pores, create spots etc
• Something with a nice enough smell. I don’t care if it’s made with unicorn water or rainbow dust, if that makes it smell like crap, I want a refund.
• Something that is affordable. Being a student, I cannot spend all my funds on a cream.
• A decent sized tube, tub or whatever. I need this cream to last at least a month. Minimum.

The cream I tried and tested is the Neutrogena Visibly Clear Pink Grapefruit oil free moisturiser. Blimey. That’s a blog post on its own.  

Why I bought it:

• It says oil free (my skin is normal, or combination, or…not dry. So I don’t need oil)
• It’s by Neutrogena, so I thought I’d give it a chance (Neutrogena sells decent products, loads of people love their stuff from what I hear and read)
• It was kind of cheap. (£4.99 to be exact. Which isn’t too bad.)

What I liked/didn’t like:

I didn’t like it very much to be honest. I had a lot of expectations for this and it failed me on almost all of them. Let’s start with the positives though. It’s a light cream, and doesn’t leave a greasy/oily look. It absorbed into my skin nicely, I didn’t have to wait ages or anything. On the tube it says it hydrates and refreshes, which it did. A lot. But I don’t mind that as it helped me feel more awake. I was able to put my makeup on smoothly after using this because the cream almost absorbs completely into my skin. You get 50ml of this cream, which I think is okay (I don’t really know what a good/acceptable size really is). It lasted me just over a month, and I used it twice a day for most of it.
The first negative was the smell. The smell of this, if you’ve never smelt it before, is horrendous. I hate it. With a passion. Grapefruit (the fruit I’m talking about) doesn’t actually smell that bad, but this, is gross. A quick sniff of it is alright, but if you smell it properly, there’s this underlying scent of…I don’t even know how to describe it. It’s just a crap smell. I put up with it because I didn’t want to waste my money and throw it away and I wanted to give the cream itself a chance. But seriously, if smell plays a huge role in what you buy, I wouldn’t really go for this.

The other was that it didn’t really do much else. The microclear technology it claims to have (I’m not too sure what that means either) I don’t really think it did have any. It just felt like an average cream. Which smelt horrible. The pink packaging didn’t help its case either (I have a deep hatred for pink).

Rating   /5: 

3/5 – It does what it says on the box, however the smell lets it down, the packaging kinda sucks and I feel like its one of the weakest products by Neutrogena (from what I’ve tried)

Would I repurchase?

Heck. No.

‘Hey Asmaa, how do I finish this?’ ‘I don’t know.’ ‘……..’ ‘How about ‘thanks for reading?’ Just…nothing complicated.’ 

*sigh* *puts away fireworks and unicycle*

It was nice talking to you guys. Or at you. With you. Let’s be friends ‘kay. Bye.


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And there you have it! If you have any recommendations for moisturisers, leave a comment below (and if you'd like to see more blog posts from my sister) =)






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