Face Creams

Day creams are lighter and are absorbed quicker . Night ones are gooey and mess the pillow

If the night cream contains retinal then it is said to work better in the absence of daylight.

Personally they’re all a big con and your skin condition depends on your genes, how much you exposed it to strong sun and your diet.

Any halfway decent moisturer will do what needs to be done (soften) and it doesn’t matter night or day IMO.

I completely agree, Anna. Always astonished at the money people spend on these things.

My former GP specialised in dermatology, and always said that your skin was designed to keep stuff OUT , and all that was necessary was to replace moisture, and any moisturiser would do.

Oops I'm out of step here .I use a good skin regime and always have ,I have pale sensitive skin that used to have freckles and burned badly even with sunscreen on.I use Ellemis products and my skin is great .
I have no wrinkles around my eyes or on my forehead and the only wrinkles I do have are a pair of newly emerged marionnette lines after I lost just under 3 stone. I'll do what I can to get rid of these as they make me look really sad and I'm not!

How do you know your skin wouldn’t be great without the products, paddyann? Perhaps you’re just lucky. I have been.

I use Day moisturizer for night as well as I don't like the feeling of something "thick" sitting on my skin and sticking to the pillow.
I am of the school that as long as you moisturize, anything will do.
I do use expensive products and sometimes Aldi stuff and can't see any difference.
My "go to" which I have used since my teens and still seems to suit me, is, Oil of Olay, the ordinary cheap lotion stuff.
As long as you moisturize twice a day, religiously, then that is the main thing.

I agree that all these skin care products are a waste of money. All moisturisers do is to put a layer of oil on the surface to help prevent moisture loss from within. So all you need do is to find one that you like the feel of. Maybe some of the ingredients also act as a skin tightener to a small extent, but it is only when the product is on, it doesn't have a lasting effect.

If only we knew about sun protection when we were young.
A day moisturiser should contain SPF 15/30 night moisturiser does not.

Suspect you have good genes paddyann. I

I’ve never heard of marionette lines, but googled and yes, I do have them. I am almost 79, so can’t expect to look like a girl. I use Nivea Soft, which makes my skin feel comfortable.

I do think a lot of people obsess too much about looking young. It really doesn’t matter, and the ones who fuss the most, and do the most, usually look the worst in my experience.

Just look at the ingredients on any moisturiser/face cream. All are mostly 'aqua' ie water! I buy whatever is on offer when I want one and do not think I have either noticed sudden improvement/deterioration whether it was Nivea or something usually more expensive!

I'm like you PECS I also buy whatever's on offer, usually Olay or something like that. I've been told I don't have lines, I don't think I do, maybe that's down to Latin genes I don't know. There isn't anyone particularly fair skinned and freckled in my family in spite of also having some Irish on my mother's side. Anyway I don't worry about it because there's an inevitability about aging. I certainly wouldn't buy expensive preparations like Creme de La Mer or the like, a friend of mine di that and I couldn't see any difference

I do buy day and night cream, I find them pretty interchangeable, I sometimes use day for night and vice versa.

You rebel you TerriBull ?

That's me! Face cream subversive

My Mum had beautiful skin , she used ponds cold cream and wiped it off in the morning with stuff in a bottle that the Chemist mixed for her , witch hazel and glycerine . I use very little bit of Lidls Lemon Balm and Witch-hazel cream , but I suspect it is the genes that dictate wrinkles or not

My extensive reading and shopping tells me its sun protection and moisturising that needs to happen and that the cheaper creams are just as effective as the expensive ones. That said if you prefer the smell and feel of the more expensive ones its up to you how you spend your money. I have to say I like Clarins and Clinique face creams and every other purchase I do buy them but they do cost far too much for what they are. In between timers its L'Oreal basic and cheap in Boots.

I use soft NIVEA night and day. Works a treat.

As long as the day cream has SPF you're ok. I use Aldi or Lidl own brand.
The way your skin ages is down to genes and UV exposure, smoking etc.

I have skin sensitivities so use organic products, which are more expensive, as most of the mainstream brands make my skin red and itchy. Before these developed I just used the cheapest moisteriser I could find. Usually Boots or Ponds.

I have never used anything but a basic moisteriser and night cream. I usually take my make up off early in the evening so that the thicker night cream has been absorbed by my skin before I go to bed. So no sticky pillows.

I have never used any cream with an SPF in it. My skin is holding up pretty well. But it is mainly genes and the simple daily skin routine that I have been following since I was about 18.

I honestly think they're all the same in terms of stopping wrinkles. Aldi stuff seems perfectly fine, or I even use body lotion or whatever's there. You DO get a gorgeous fragrance and the lovely knowledge that you're applying organic marigold oil etc when you get stuff from Lush...nice for a treat but don't think it WORKS any better. When it comes to those really expensive creams, I always think that if they're so fantastic, how come the wealthy still have facelifts ?? The great thing is not smoking...you see smokers worrying about their beauty regime and it's a waste of time - I can usually tell an elderly smoker by her skin (even before you get close enough to smell the odour)!

I stopped using all makeup and creams, any, be it body, face, evening, night whatever. Had a bad allergic reaction, that was that. Now use baby barrier creams if a spec8fic problem arises. Still react, but have lovely u;bleamish3d skin most of the time, just use good soap and water, wash in the shower us8ng a 0ouf which exfoliates at the same time. Much happier. Save thousands.

Cannot live without Lancôme Nutrix which I have used night and day for more than 25 years... agree that skin condition is mainly due to your genes and I’m very lucky ... wear and love Nutrix for the COMFORT of my skin and not necessarily for wrinkle control.. can’t recommend highly enough...