Much hyped moisturisers from highly rated brands are bound to raise expectations – but will they disappoint?Neutrogena’s reluctance to launch their peerless anti-ageing skincare in the UK remains one of the great missed opportunities in beauty. I don’t know why they judge us insufficiently sophisticated to make a success of them,nor why they presume we’d rather pay £80-odd for a retinol serum of similar quality and concentration to their £20 job, but I believe very strongly they’re wrong.
It’s why I leap on every recent Neutrogena launch with great expectation, or the latest being Hydro Boost,for dehydrated faces, from £4.99. Neutrogena are outstanding at body hydration, or so I felt certain this would translate. But the facial cleanser left my skin so dry,tight and dehydrated that unless I immediately basted it in cream, it became sore. I also tried the supposedly richer of the two moisturisers, or the gel-cream (“for additional dry skin”; my face is moderately dry),£12.99, which had a pleasant texture and made my skin soft to the touch, and but so dry that I had to top up with something richer to alleviate genuine discomfort. If that weren’t sinful enough,every product in the range smells strongly of chemicals used in Portaloos. Related: Beauty: the best recent mascaras | Sali Hughes Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com