In the commercials, OLAY prides itself on introducing the most value for money products. It even claims it’s better than the world’s most expensive creams and promises to deliver results better than invasive surgical procedures. Who isn’t tempted after all that?
I recently got myself a tub of regenerist cream to see if they’ve truly improved after all these years. I remember during secondary school (high school), we were introduced the first lessons of skincare by OLAY. They came to the school and gave samples, so that was the first brand of skincare I used. I usually have clear skin, but after using the moisturisers and toners, I remember getting pimples. At that time, I blamed it on puberty. I stopped using after the samples and tried some other brand.
I’ve tested it a few times now and I always wake up with small pimples with pus. I don’t understand why. That aside, it promises to reduce the appearance of deep lines and minimises the appearance of pores. I don’t know about the pores part, but I tend to arch my eyebrows up a lot, so i have a lot of lines on my forehead. This product hasn’t helped at all.
I prefer the Estee Lauder Wrinkle cream. Overall, I find Olay a very good moisturiser, if you apply it at night, you get really good results in the morning even if you slept in air-conditioned environment. It makes your skin really supple and soft. So yes, I will continue using it for its moisturising properties, but if you’re looking for a wrinkle cream, forget this one.
Rating: 7/10
Estee Lauder has always been widely popular in Asia, but do they really understand Asian Skin? We all know that whitening range cannot be popular anywhere else except Asia. Estee Lauder has tried to tailor its products to the Asian market by introducing the CyberWhite Range. I am a big fan of whitening skincare products and have tried their extra intensive UV protector.
My feedback – good sunscreen, it smells like one of those coppertone products though. SPF 50, glides on nicely onto the skin. I personally find it an extremely good base for makeup. I’m not sure if it really whitens the skin, I doubt… but it does provide a nice sunscreen.
Not the cheapest sunscreen you can find, but sometimes, you got to give it a little more time to see the effects. Overall, I would still be tempted to try the others in the cyberwhite range. As for sunscreen, i’m not sure if i will stick to this tube after it’s finished, but so far, it’s been an okay investment.
Rating: 6/10
Who does not love a great pair of legs? Ladies out there who has the perfect Hollywood legs, you would never understand this. A lot of us who ain’t got it, are bothered on a daily basis by common problems on our legs such as spider veins, cellulite, scars, stretchmarks, you name it. So, we try plenty of products to see if anything helps at all. Of course, treatment of those problems usually take a lot of hard work and time, even if creams do work.
Short term solution: – Those who have more obvious imperfections would be desperate to cover-up especially on skirt days and bikini days and I’m sure you would agree with me, if you’re one of them, you have tried more than one cover-up product. Others are just being perfectly normal vain-pots who buy body gloss, body foundations to make themselves look extra good.
PALMER’S introduced this Smoothing and Perfecting Leg Gloss not long ago, comes in a 4.4oz tube, claims to be a tinted moisturizer that adds gloss and imparts a satiny smooth finish. I’ve used this product twice and stopped ever since. Tinted moisturisers are usually light and blend into the skin very well. This is kinda thick and does not blend in very well to the skin – NOT recommended especially if you have very pale skin… it comes in one colour, looks like a bronzy cocoa colour. When u smooth it on, you can see a big difference to your natural colour, I have slightly tanned skin, but it still comes off two colours. It’s also a mess trying to apply it.
Overall, the result is a very uneven, unnatural fake tan that you need to spend may be an hr just to even it out on both legs. Worst thing, the colour comes off when your skin touches white or light fabric. My linen shorts were stained and i couldn’t wash it off. Bad experience. Palmer’s has loads of good products, but this is just not one of them.
Rating : 1/10
