Night repair was actually made to be used at night, after you cleanse, topped off with a moisturizer. It is NOT a moisturizer on it`s own. It contains hyaluronic acid, which is a moisture magnet. The new product was tweaked to compete with how the environment has changed so drastically. You see, 90% of skin damage is from the environment. I like the new product, it`s a little thinner, and it goes a longer way . I don`t mind the plastic bottle, if it drops, no shattering, better to travel with. This product has been around for 30 years, and it has proven results. You can use it twice a day if you want, but my suggestion is use it at night, and in the morning use either Lauders`s Perfectionist or idealist as your daytime repair product
Does it live up to all its claims? Heck yes.
After reading so many reviews on the wonderment of this serum plus a helpful nudge by an enabling BR member I contacted Ballantynes in Chch as I know they have an Estee Lauder counter there that I have been too before and as I have a beauty account with Ballantynes they were more than happy to send me a bundle of samples to try out. This review is made after 3 weeks of continuous day and night application and the end of sample number 1 this very morning.
I've noticed as my skin has started to age, those fine lines, enlarged pores, increasingly more oily side of combination and a general sag effect has started to make itself known and I am not quite at the 35 mark yet. Estee Lauder is well known for expensive but high quality, top end beauty and skincare products so I knew that what I got would be good, but would it work for my skin as sometimes it just doesn't work.
The formula of the serum is almost oil like with a sight gel texture that keeps it in a more solid form than a runny oil, which means you can really use a tiny bit and it expands as you massage it into your skin, so a bonus there as it needs to be a tiny dot to warrant the price tag, can't be affording a new bottle every 3-4 weeks. These deluxe sample bottles, has seen me 3 weeks and I just cracked into bottle 2 so it does work out OK once the initial investment has been made, the full sized bottle is probably going to last me 2-3 months, and if you add up all the cheaper serum and oils I would go through in that time span for lesser results then it does work out affordable to invest.
There is no odor to the liquid but a slight honey yellow tone that once applied to your skin sinks in to leave no trace of colour, or is it tacky, sticky or uncomfortable. It doesn't irritate my skin and hasn't caused any blemishes.
It has however increase the elasticity of my skin to give it a more perky, lifted appearance, it look clearer and brighter, my darker areas have lightened along with some of my freckle marks. The fine lines that have started to emerge around my eyes and lips have reduced to almost nothing in a matter of a fortnight of use. My skin looks plump and well hydrated which in turns makes it look younger and also provides a brilliant canvas to apply makeup onto.
I am geared up to get a full size bottle of this by the end of this month when my 2nd sample bottle should be all gone, my skin has thanked me heaps. This is something to help treat already aging signs I wouldn't recommend it for those in their 20's who want to prevent aging to happen, this isn't going to do that as it acts to add back what already has been lost. Highly recommend for those enter the middle happy years and beyond.