Free Advanced Night Repair July 22, 2010

Estee Lauder will be offering, one to a customer while supplies last, a 10-day supply of either their recently reformulated Advanced Night Repair Synchronized Recovery Complex or their brand new Advanced Night Repair Eye Serum. This even will be held July 22, 2010 from 5-9 pm at most Estee Lauder counters.

Estee Lauder's Advanced Night Repair was one of the first repair serums available and still one of the most popular. It continues to be a best seller for Estee Lauder and has an enormous following.

Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair Eye Synchronized Complex

Being a big fan of Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair Synchronized Recovery Complex I was eager to try the new eye creme. The creme is unscented but has a similar sent to the Advanced Night Repair serum. The texture is quite thick and doesn't spread all that well, but eye cremes are to be applied by patting them onto the eye area.

This product contains petrolatum (Petroleum Jelly) which tends to cause me to break out. After using this eye creme for a few days I noticed I had some small breakouts under my eyes. Something I have noticed with numerous eye cremes as they tend to be a bit heavy for my skin and this product is rather thick and heavy as well. While I like it, I would have to guess that it is better suited for more mature skin types. If it works half as well as the face serum, it is a winner.

A 0.50 ounce jar retails for $49.50 and is available at the Macy's counter at finer department stores and the Estee Lauder website.

Ingredients: Currently Unavailable

The Body Shop Vitamin E SPF 15 Moisture Lotion

The Body Shop has a large array of skin care products including Vitamin E SPF 15 Moisture Lotion. I tried a sample of this lotion a few weeks ago and decided to purchase a full size tube.

This product is a slightly thick, white, cream that spreads fairly easily and absorbs somewhere between dewy and matte. The scent is light and clean and reminds me of baby lotion or baby powder.

The Body Shop has numerous other products available in the Vitamin E line including a cleanser, toner, serum, eye cream, and night cream. These products, while very nice, do contain a lot of preservatives high up on the ingredients list which indicates a higher percentage of them. Additionally, this lotion contains SPF 15 chemical sunscreen, which I prefer, titanium and zinc break me out. This lotion also contains Vitamin E and wheat germ oil among its other ingredients.

I found that I really like this product. The texture, the scent, it just feels nice on the skin. If they would add more active ingredients and reduce the plethora of preservatives this would be an even better product. Still, I like this a lot and it seems to moisturize pretty well and doesn't make my face extremely greasy.

The 1.69 ounce tube retails for $18.00 and is available online or in store.

Ingredients: ACTIVE INGREDIENTS: Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate (6.0%), Octisalate (4.0%), Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane (3.0%); INACTIVE INGREDIENTS: Water, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Cyclopentasiloxane, Glyceryl Stearate, Butylene Glycol, Phenyl Trimethicone, Potassium Cetyl Phosphate, Cetyl Dimethicone, Phenoxyethanol, Triethanolamine, Sesamum Indicum (Sesame) Seed Oil, Tocopheryl Acetate, Fragrance, Carbomer, Behenyl Alcohol, Cetyl Alcohol, Methylparaben, Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Germ Oil, Citronellol, Tetrasodium EDTA, Butylparaben, Ethylparaben, Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone, Isobutylparaben, Propylparaben, Linalool, Geraniol, Tocopherol.