Oil of Ulay/Olay

My gran used Olay and introduced me to it when I was 16. I'm now 53 and am told I have a fabulous complexion. I wouldn't use anything else.

Oh, I know, Bluebell - I should be boycotting too but.....

She may think you are beautiful enough now thanks to the O of U she used to give you, When I was.

I'd forgotten about Oil of Ulay (as it was) which my MIL used to give me for birthday/Christmas presents for many years, along with a pair of tights with extra support. The trouble was that it was during the years of my 30s, and I never really worked out why she did it. Still, I liked the O of U and the tights came in handy. Now that I'm in my 60s, she doesn't do it any more...

Still don't like to ask her as I don't want to upset her, but I do wonder...

Oh dear Ariadne - I think I know who you mean and we are boycotting them because of the tax avoidance but I do so resent what I have to pay elsewhere ( who are probably also fiddling maximising their tax position

I love Olay, but buy it online from a well known store which also sells books and lots more. The prices are very, very good. (GNHQ I am trying very hard to be subtle...)

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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.

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 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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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).

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.

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.

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!

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.

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 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.

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

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.