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  • Face Facts Skincare For Older Skin In Tesco

    Face Facts is a skin and body care brand that offers a variety of different products. Products for different skin concerns, but all at affordable price points. This is great if you want to look after the skin on your face and body, but on a budget. Face Facts can be be found in different stores on the high street, including in the supermarket Tesco. So what products do they have, but specifically for older skin?

    Face Facts Skincare Products For Older Skin
    Overnight Renew Cleansing Balm

    Containing Vitamin C and retinol, Face Facts Overnight Cleansing Balm is designed to clean and treat the skin. With a balm texture, this goes from a solid to liquid thanks to the warmth of the skin on the hands and face. This cleanser should leave skin feeling clean and smooth. £5.00 for 70ml.

    Face Facts Overnight Replenishing Cleansing Balm
    Overnight Renew Double Action Eye Serum

    Helping to combat the signs of ageing, Double Action Eye Serum soothes, smooths and hydrates the under eye area. Containing peptides, collagen, glycerin and ceramides, all ingredients which an older or more tired looking eye area will love. £5.00 for 15ml.

    Face Facts Overnight Renew Double Action Eye Serum
    Overnight Renew Sleep Elixir Facial Serum

    A moisture giving serum that helps to hydrate, calm and nourish the skin overnight. Perfect partner to the Double Action Eye Serum, which should leave the skin looking fresher the morning after use. £5.00 for 30ml.

    Face Facts Overnight Renew Sleep Elixir Facial Serum
    Overnight Renew Restoring Night Cream

    Although a night cream, this moisturiser isn’t designed to be heavy but quite light weight. Containing aloe vera, blueberry and acai berry, this night cream hopefully will nourish the skin and prepare it perfectly for the following day. £5.00 for 50ml.

    Face Facts Overnight Renew Restoring Night Cream
    Overnight Renew Collagen Boost Neck Masks

    Containing 3 masks, these are meant to help improve the look of tired, dull and aged neck area with ingredients including oats, peptides and collagen. £5.00.

    Face Facts Overnight Renew Collagen Boost Neck Masks
    So what do I think?

    It’s nice to see a range of skincare products for older skin which isn’t expensive. Lots of products on the market for mature skin can have a higher price tag attached to them. Not great when we need all the help we can get! All products are easy to slip into an everyday skincare routine, with these appearing to be for nightly use rather than day time. So a nice way to end the day with a bit of a pamper. For the price these products are, it’s worth giving the products a go unless you need very specific formulations or ingredients.

  • Under £3.00 Face Facts Ceramide Foaming Cleanser

    Cleansers aren’t the most exciting products in a skincare routine, but they do an important job. There’s nothing nicer than getting rid of all the dirt, grime, sun cream and make-up from the day and leaving clean skin. Or refreshing the skin in the morning. I don’t change up my cleansing routine with new cleansers regularly. I tend to stick with whatever works at that moment. But I’ve recently changed my daily cleanser from AldI’s Lacura Moisturising Face Wash to Face Facts Ceramide Foaming Cleanser. So what is it like?

    Face Facts Ceramide Foaming Cleanser
    Firstly, why did I buy this?

    I ran out of the Lacura face wash and saw this one sat on a shelf in Home Bargains. I actually was open to changing my cleanser to one that was less basic in formulation and had some extra ingredients in it, that could help my skin a bit more. I thought this could be perfect. And on top of that fragrance free (which I like), and budget friendly at only £2.99.

    Ingredients

    This cleanser contains ceramides (protects skin and helps to lock in moisture), niacinamide (helps boost hydration, anti-inflammatory so calming on the skin) and hyaluronic acid (helps keep in moisture). No fragrance included, and this formulation is designed for dry and sensitive skin.

    Packaging

    400m of product comes in a white pump action dispenser. Simple in design and has a slight resemblance of some CeraVe products. The packaging isn’t fancy but it’s practical, which will appeal to any age or sex and will sit nicely in any bathroom.

    Fragrance

    It’s fragrance free so no scent! Although, it does have a scent as such which some products have when they are fragrance free. It’s a hard one to explain but it smells of something but nothing at the same time!

    On the skin

    On damp skin I use two pumps of this cleanser and rub it into my face. It doesn’t foams up very well. It foams slightly but not much. But after rinsing off my skin does feel fresh, clean and smooth. If I use this in the evening I will repeat this twice and double cleanse.

    When I first used this for a few days I found my skin felt a little tight, almost dry, although it wasn’t. But this has now disappeared after using this for over a week and my skin seems much more comfortable.

    Do I like this?

    At first I didn’t think this was moisturising enough, and it wasn’t. But now no issues. If I could improve this I would like more foaming. It is called a foaming cleanser! Having more foam and creaminess to this when applied to damp skin would make me enjoy using this more. But my skin seems and looks clean, and I actually think my skin looks a touch better for using this.

    Recommended?

    If you’re looking for a cleanser which is quick, easy to use, fragrance free but you need a little more compared to a basic formulation, this could be that product. Great for someone who wants a simple skincare routine, a good one for guys and overall someone who doesn’t want to fuss about with products. And perfect if you don’t want to spend a lot as well. Only £2.99 for 400ml from Home Bargains.

  • I Think I Love Q+A’s Oat Milk Cream Cleanser

    There is nothing that excites me more than finding a new skincare product I like. Not just like in regards to results, but actually enjoy using. So I think I’ve already given away whether the product I’m reviewing today is on my hit or miss list! I’ve just started to use Q+A’s Oat Milk Cream Cleanser, bought from my local Tesco. On sale for £4.50, originally £7.50. So what is it like?

    Q+A Oat Milk Cream Cleanser
    Why did I buy this?

    I’ve used products from Q+A before and thought they were good quality skincare products. I’ve wanted to try their Oat Milk Cream Cleanser when it was first released but never got the chance. Seeing this for under £5.00 I HAD to buy it! The reason I wanted to try this was because I love oat as an ingredient on my skin, fragrance free which I need and this sounded nourishing not stripping.

    What does this do?

    Q+A’s Oat Milk Cream Cleanser removes dirt and make-up gently while leaving the skin fresh and clean. Designed for any skin type, but will help to calm irritated skin, nourish not strip and hydrate while cleaning.

    Packaging

    125ml of this cleanser comes in a flip topped plastic tube. Simple but striking in look, with how to use and what it is clearly stated on the front.

    Consistency & Texture

    This cleanser is white in colour, cream like but with a little thickness to it as it holds it shape once squeezed out.

    On the face

    The directions say you can apply this to a dry or damp face but I opted for damp. This rubbed into my skin like a dream, and felt similar to a hot cloth cleanser but with a little more slip to it, like a balm. Beautiful, almost treatment like, I knew in the first few seconds of using this I would love it! It was so nice to apply I could have sat there for much longer just moving it around and over my skin. To remove, I used a warm damp face cloth and wiped it off. My skin felt fresh, clean, but definitely hydrated. I didn’t feel an immediate need to moisturise as my skin didn’t feel it needed it. This cleanser removed dirt, eyebrow pencil and sun cream, easily and quickly.

    Recommended?

    If you like a more traditional facial cleanser e.g a face wash, then you probably won’t like this. But if you love your cleanser to have texture, you enjoy using balms, oils, hot cloth cleansers and you want something that’s kind and gentle to your skin, buy this!

    Q+A’s Oat Milk Cream Cleanser can be purchased from various places, including direct from Q+A, Holland & Barratt and Sainsbury’s.

  • What’s New In Aldi For Skincare?

    Aldi’s own brand Lacura gets a lot of attention, and rightly so. They bring out products that are interesting, exciting and sometimes dupes of well known brands, but all at affordable prices. Every time I go into my local store I always check to see what’s new and my last trip didn’t fail me. So what new products did I spot in Aldi recently?

    New Lacura skincare products in Aldi
    Lacura’s Micellar Cleansing Water

    Gentle on the skin, fragrance free and contains ceramides and niacinamide, Lacura’s Micellar Cleansing Water is supposed to remove make-up and dirt gently but effectively. £2.99 for 250ml.

    Lacura’s Micellar Cleansing Water
    Lacura’s Hydrating Cleanser

    Formulated for normal to dry skin, Lacura’s Hydrating Cleanser contains ceramides, hyaluronic acid and is fragrance free. This cleanser should clean without stripping the skin of it’s natural oils. £3.99 for 236ml.

    Lacura’s Hydrating Cleanser
    Lacura’s Moisturising Cream

    This works perfectly alongside the Micellar Cleansing Water and Hydrating Cleanser, containing ceramides and hyaluronic acid. Lacura’s Moisturising Cream is for dry to very dry skin, and not just for the face but the whole body too. Fragrance free, quick absorption, moisturises instantly but long lasting. £3.99 for 250ml.

    Lacura’s Moisturising Cream

    These three products packaging wise, ingredients (some) and the skin types they’re aimed towards makes these look like dupes of the skincare brand CeraVe. Will these be identical? Probably not. Similar? Possibly? Cheaper? Most definitely! Always compare ingredients to see how dupes compare to the original counterparts. But as stand alone products these are items I would want to purchase to use because they tick my skin boxes.