Olay Regenerist Collagen Peptide 24 Moisturiser

I tried this for 3 weeks, morning and night and enjoyed the feel of this moisturiser. I love that it is fragrance free as my skin is slightly sensitive to fragrance in skin care but wasn't so keen on the packaging as it is in a pot which I didn't feel was very hygienic. It would be nice to have the ingredients and percentages listed on the packaging. I loved the sound of this moisturiser as it contains come of my favourite ingredients. It felt nice on the skin, sinks in easily and makeup goes on nicely over it. I do usually prefer a moisteriser with sunblock in it. I feel it did hydrate well throughout the day but didn't notice a huge change in my skin over the 3 weeks. However, using the twice a day I haven't been through much product at all so will definitely be finishing this product and see if I get more results over time.

so I already knew a bit about collagen but thought to myself what is Niacinamide? Apparently it helps build keratin a protein which keeps skin firm. Niacinamide can help grow a ceramide (lipid) barrier which can, in turn, helps retain moisture. This is beneficial for all skin types, especially for eczema affected skin or mature skin. This product also says on the box it has no mineral oil phthalates parabens synthetic dyes and fragrance. However, I do detect a fragrance in this cream. It's not unpleasant and it's mild but there where as I didn't detect fragrance in the matching serum of this line. This cream is much thicker than the serum & has a plastic cover under the lid so the cream doesn't get all over the lid or the screw on part of the glass jar. The lid is silver but not metal it's plastic like the serum lid. I think some people don't like little pottles of products because they seem less hygienic as you are dipping your fingers into the jar/pottle to apply the product. While this is a nice cream to have I do prefer the serum as the next morning after applying the cream sometimes there was a visable white residue from the cream on my skin. The cream also has diamenticone in it but so does the serum. I have write lots of reviews especially in hair care reviews about properties of diamenticone. I don't think I would buy this cream personally because I know the stuff doesn't nourish or penetrate deeper than the surface of the skin it does say this on the box which is nice to know. I would possibly consider purchasing the serum in future though. Collagen products are often a bit of a gimmick because the particles are too big to nourish skin below the surface. The cream feels silky which is probably the diamenticone in it.

Lovely thick luxurious cream. I expect nothing less from an Olay moisturiser. Didn’t notice a fragrance. A little goes a long way for me. Absorbed into the skin well. Left me a little tacky, but not in a bad way as it was 90% absorbed in. That feeling soon went away. Didn’t leave me greasy, possibly because it had niacinamide in it. I’m not a morning moisturising person, so after my morning wash, and through out the day, my skin started going a bit dry. That could be the change of season, but my skin hasn’t had it’s usually dry patches in over a year, so might have been the product. I have only tried one other Olay regenerist moisturiser, and I do like this one better. But I probably wouldn’t use this as my regular moisturiser as I have other favourites.

Positives - fragrance free.

Now onto the negatives. I’ll start with the packaging! I don’t know why skin care companies continue to package their creams in open containers. Especially Olay who has their Total Effects line in an airless pump. I understand that the glass is lovely but I care more about what’s actually inside than the packaging that it comes in.

The cream itself is just okay. It’s very basic, no fragrance (excellent) and is a standard cream consistency. Neither too thick nor too thin. Now the reason I’ve given this cream one star…

It does not mix well with ANY other skin product except for the matching serum. I first tried it with the matching product and it was fine but my skin felt very dry and tight then next morning. I decided to include my regular products and just switch out my normal moisturiser to see if helped. But it was a disaster. As soon as I applied this cream it turned into a gooey mess. It wouldn’t absorb, it formed gooey patches and I ended up having to wash it off.

For the rest of the trial period I used the cream and matching serum together only. I noticed no positive changes to my skin, only a little more dryness.

Another thing to note is that I have quite reactive skin and this cream was absolutely fine, no sensitivity whatsoever so that’s great!