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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