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Beauty regime - a con?

(32 Posts)
Tessyo Sat 08-Oct-22 17:27:57

I stopped using all facial products - even moisturiser - some years ago & noticed absolutely no discernible difference! At the age of 62 I use a lovely seaweed bar soap as an all over wash & feel it does the job beautifully. Anybody else come to this conclusion?

Farzanah Sun 09-Oct-22 10:14:10

Casden ?
One I forgot.

M0nica Sun 09-Oct-22 16:58:14

When i was about 17 I read in a teenage magazine that looking after your skin was far more important than the make up you used.

So since then I have massaged moisteriser gently into my skin every morning, as I have got older i have used more and massaged longer and I think my skin shows the benefit of this, be ing much smoother and less lined than the skin of others my age.

I have always used the cheapest moisteriser I could get away with, Boots own brand and then when I began to develop allergies to some of the chemicals, I moved to organic moisterisers.

I have always taken my make-up with theatrical make-up remover, I used to buy it in big pots from Boots, now I buy it online.

I am not remotely interested in looking young for my age, just being well maintained at any age. In the way that you keep a house or an old car in good order regardless of age.

Wyllow3 Sun 09-Oct-22 18:01:42

I use mainly M n S Formula range. (the extra rich ones) They often have 15 or 20% off if you are a regular, making moisturiser about £18. My skin is very dry due to the meds I take.
The day moisturiser has SPF in.

Serums -in posh cream they are silly expensive, so but Inkey Hyaluronic Acid is £5.55 on Amazon. (use under moisturiser for very dry skin.)

You can inject Hyaluronic Acid or similar under the skin (by experts) but thats ££££ silly I think, enuf unto the day.

veejay Thu 13-Oct-22 11:28:59

I use Aldies Caviar cream night and day cream,people are always commenting how nice my skin is,and even gone and bought some themselves.about 6-99 a jar last time I bought some.almost run out now.May have gone up slightly but we'll worth the money

Mikkima Thu 13-Oct-22 12:46:56

I have used Olay since I was 14/15 yrs old(it was ulay thensmile). I was asked for id in asda when I was 47grin and I'm now 57 but still people think I'm younger. My mum never looked her age and I followed her example with the Olay so if it's cream or genetics I don't know. I'm not comllaining either way.

Mikkima Thu 13-Oct-22 12:48:12

Complaining*. Looking younger hasn't improved my proof reading!