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Phew. Had to have a bit of a lie-down with cold flannel on forehead before answering all these points. But here we go. First of all, congratulate yourself on using an SPF moisturiser every day – very important. Give self slapped wrist for skimping at night. Then gold star for finally getting with the programme, at night. The specifics: you could add in a daily serum but more important, we think, is to use a good daily moisturiser with an SPF and – crucially – massage it in, right down to bra-level, to shield that vulnerable ‘V’. Make sure that you now think of this area as an extension of your face when it comes to cleansing, moisturizing, sun protection. Now, the specifics. Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair Synchronized Recovery Complex is an update of their legendary serum, with countless fans – a good choice, but you do need additional moisture over the top unless you have extremely oily skin. (It goes a long way, so repays the investment.) And if you’re looking for a budget choice for something to use over this serum, we suggest Weleda Wild Rose Night Cream which did well in the Tried & Tested Night Creams section of our book Beauty Bible Beauty Steals; it’s £8.13 for 30 ml (but you can take 5% off that and get free p & p at www.victoriahealth.com, if you click here; the discount’s added automatically at checkout.)
Lauder have their strengths but we’d go to them for treatment products rather than cleansing, and for about the 8,000th time we’re going to recommend Liz Earle Naturally Active Cleanse & Polish, from £12.75 for the 125 ml starter kit, including muslin cloth (click here), and if you use this every night you won’t need an extra exfoliant because the cloth gently buffs away dead cells. For day, we’d be tempted to go back to Lauder: check out the DayWear range – an excellent selection of SPF-protective creams which offer UVA/UVB protection, and do a good job of shielding the chest area, with the option of a tinted version for summer and an SPF30 fluid, rather than the SPF15 in your Protect & Perfect. We have always very much enjoyed this range, and you can find it on www.boots.com if you click here. You could layer a DayWear moisturiser over a serum if you really wanted, but the key anti-ageing repair work is going to be done at night – and more important by day is to slather on the antioxidants and the SPFs which you’ll find in a product like DayWear. What we’ve come up with here is a prescription which saves you money in some areas (night moisturiser and cleanser) and hopefully balances out the more expensive choices in protection and repair. For other inexpensive choices which have done well, we’d point you in the direction of our book Beauty Bible Beauty Steals, which has some amazingly high-scoring affordable products in the skincare categories. There are times to splurge and other times to cut back, and we wrote the book as proof that you can get great products on a tight budget.
Last update: 11:12 AM Thursday, March 4, 2010
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