L'Oréal Paris Age Perfect Cell Renewal Midnight Cream

For the trial, I replaced my night cream with the midnight cream and continued with my normal cleansing, toning and serum regime. Firstly, love the packaging! Very stylish. I always feel products are better protected in opaque glass. And here is where I feel the product loses the most points; the smell! The scent of a product is a major for me. This one is too strong and reminds me of cheap supermarket shampoo. It didn't get better, the more I used it. The cream itself is a great consistency and absorbs really well; my skin drank it up. In the morning my face still felt moisturised which I loved. I didnt notice any remarkable differences in my lines but was skin was definitely 'plumper' due to it the moisturising properties. I wasn't wowed by this cream and again, the scent played a huge part. It's a good moisturising cream.

I've used this cream over the past few weeks and it is certainly very rich and nourishing. I found I didn't need a lot of product to get results. My decolletage really soaked up the product beautifully and each morning I could see and feel the results. For my face? I found Idid need to keep it away from my eyes as it was far too rich for that area. I would wake up with greasy lashes and lids. Probably just a bit too rich for my skin.

I was pleased to be able to review L’Oreal’s new Midnight Ceeam as part of a BR trial team. The packaging, if I’m honest, felt a little bit like it was trying to appeal to 1990’s me, with its dark glass pot. Inside the pot though is a rich cream with a pleasant enough fragrance that doesn’t overwhelm. It goes on nicely and feels silky smooth once applied. My skin is pretty good (I’m in my 50’s with a few fine lines evolving into wrinkles). However I found that too much of this cream really made my pores more visible. For this reason I only used it every couple of nights, as each night felt too much very quickly. For that reason I probably won’t purchase it in the future, but if your skin needs a little extra nurturing and responds well to richer creams then this would definitely be a good product to try.