Oil of Ulay/Olay

I hate the way companies do this too! I've lost count of the products which I've used and been completely satisfied with over the years, only for them to be either discontinued or changed in some way (usually not for the better). It's all about making money and targeting new age-groups - they don't seem to care about their faithful devotees.

I've used Olay products for years, too - their Complete Care Moisturiser is the best for my skin and I do hope that's not going to be 're-marketed'!

I like Oil of Olay stuff as well; sometimes I switch to something else but always go back to it. The beauty fluid is very light and pleasant to use, isn't it. I'm using the 'complete care day cream' at the moment. Perhaps you'll still be able to get the original beauty fluid on the internet or one of those discount shops that sell end of line products.

Yes, you could try eBay as well - I got a couple of bottles of discontinued shampoo from there as the 'new, improved' version was rubbish!

The real b****r is that so often they then reformulate the product. I have a number of skin allergies and I carefully sample products and scan contents lists to make sure they will not irritate my skin, use them for a year or so - and then come out in a rash, look at the product and find they have reformulated it and snuck in one of my allergens

I used it for a while and liked it so sent my mum some as well (this was about thirty-five years ago). We both came out in skin rashes so stopped using it. Probably the perfume. Do they do an unperfumed version? I haven't bothered to look cos I'm happy with the much cheaper Simple, or acqueous cream.

This is so annoying isn't it? I used to swear by Dove's neck cream which suddenly disappeared off the shelves. I even looked at their web site to see what the new equivalent was, but couldn't find anything. Fortunately Aldi started selling a neck and decollatage cream, which I found very effective, for half the price.

Some products like Elnett Hair Spray and Maybelline Great Lash Mascara seem to go on for ever and are still best sellers.

Yes it is annoying. I also used to use The Body Shop Orchid Milk Cleanser and once when I went to buy some the girl said 'it's been discontinued, there's no call for it'. Well, I was calling for it.

I think having the right genes, keeping away from the sun and not smoking will help avoid wrinkles lot more than snake oils of any sort.

With aged and dry skin though it is good to keep it well moisturized.

I do like Bio oil as it smells nice though. Very good value in Home Bargains.

I'd have thought that keeping skin well moisturised before it became aged and dry was just as important!

I count myself very lucky to not have any wrinkles or lines,the only ageing signs I see at the moment are my hands which is stupid really as they are always the first place the moisturiser goes
My mum always used Oil of Ulay and I followed her example until after my DD was born and it started to burn my skin so I had to stop using it altogether,I've use various since and as long as you have a good one that suits your skin I don't think they are of any difference,Liz Earl has been a good one for me and also Sainsbury's own range but they don't always have it in stock.

In my experience, men who don't use moisturising creams are not more wrinkly than women who do, so I conclude that it is other factors that cause or prevent wrinkles. I only use a moisturiser because I have dry skin and it feels better if I use moisturiser after I've washed my face and hands. They are also the most exposed parts of my body and get the most weather thrown at them, so to speak.

I don't think there exists a real anti-aging cream or lotion in the universe, only creams that stop your skin from feeling too dry.

The cosmetics industry is doing well to convince us of magic properties. They do well financially too.

I agree Bags, I don't have wrinkles and I just slap on the cheapest products from Superdrug. I thank my mum as she had no wrinkles either.

I tend to buy cheaper moisturising products too, and have few wrinkles as did my mum (she used Ponds all her life) and I agree that the cosmetics industry trick us into believing that we need all sorts of magic potions - however! I enjoy the compliments I get when every now and again I splash out on an exfoliating or A.N. Other fancy facial treatment with massage at the beautician's - it seems to brighten up my skin. My every day exfoliating strategy is a once over with a facecloth. Like KatyK I'm thankful for my good skin, I have many other age related "urgh" problems, especially my veined and spotted claws hands. But at least they still work!

The only proven effective creams for anti ageing contain sun protection, as its sun exposure which really causes damage. Some of the Olay creams have SPF, but Im guessing the older versions didn't have.

Suzie, Yes, all my cheap creams have an spf of at least 15, and I don't sit in the sun much, and never without another layer of sun protection.

I think one only needs protection from the sun if one indulges in, or is forced by one's work to endure, excessive exposure. Even in Thailand I didn't need it because I never stayed in the sun if there was a scrap of shade to be had (as Thais do). Even so I slowly acquired a slight sun tan – which, of course, faded within two or three weeks once I was back in Britain.

Snow glare and wind burn on hill walks would be more like it in Scotland. Sun protection is useful then. So is a hat with a brim. (Oh wait! A hat with a brim is a kind of sun protection).

I have used Oil of Ulay, when I remember, for years, as it is the only one that doesn't give me spots. I think that how your skin ages must be an inherited trait although I am sure that exposure to the sun and the effects of smoking add to skin damage.

Anyone living near Wilkinsons? Niv?? Face products are greatly reduced, at the moment. X

J52. Yes I have a Wilkinsons - I love that shop. I will have a look. Although I like my Ulay for the daytime, I use all sorts at night. I have tried Aldi's, Nivea, all sorts - all good. I have also bought a Olay facial scrub which was about £2.99 and gives my face a nice 'washed' feeling, without that tight feeling that soap gives, the tube lasts for months.

I have never used a sun blocker, mainly because of my skin allergies, and have never believed the science of skin rejuvenation. I have always found the best recipe is good genes and plenty of moisteriser, the cheaper the better because the more you can use - and light massage to, in an old fashioned phrase, bring some colour to my cheeks.

At a lunch recently a lady I had never met before kept going into to raptures about my skin and lack of wrinkles - to the point that it got quite embarrasing. I could only tell her that I used the cheapest products I could find, but my mother always had very good skin. Presumably heredity does work

Deedaa I think you are spot on when it comes to heredity,my mum had fabulous skin never a line on her face or neck area mine is quite similar imo and my DD has such lovely skin she is 42 and looks 22 she leads a busy life and spends just the bare minimum on beauty products so you may well be right in your assumptions.

My DD is the same glammanana She's nearly 39 and not a line on her face. Again combining work with two children means the minimum of skincare, she just looks young. When I was a child 40 meant moving into blue rinses and pastels!

Deedaa so true,when my nana was alive she looked the same when I was starting work as she did when I was tiny,she always wore a wrap around apron and had a perm twice a year if she needed it or not I think she said once it was her "5 bob" treat,she would be mortified if she knew how much I spent on my hair I can hear her now calling me all the daft things on gods earth.bless her.