With the changing of the seasons comes the need to change
your skincare regime. As we most certainly moved into autumn last week, I have
been in search of a nourishing night cream to provide some super hydration
while my skin rests overnight.
The very good people at Niven & Joshua, answering my
prayers, sent me this option from Baxter of California.
If you don’t know much about the brand, it was founded by
Baxter Finlay in Beverly Hills in 1965 after Mr Finlay had searched in vain
for a moisturiser that wasn’t totally woman-ified. After this failure, he decided to make his own. By
the 1970’s Baxter of California products had become a Hollywood staple and
since then the brand has gone from strength to strength.
This night cream is enriched with Alpha Hydroxy Acid (that’s
the AHA in the name), anti-oxidant vitamin C and wheat amino acids, which means
this is both super hydrating and also mildly exfoliating, to remove all those
dead cells while you’re abed.
It’s also designed to provide collagen support (that’s the
wheat amino acids at work) and promote cell renewal, so your skin is plumped,
fresh and revitalised come morning.
And I really, really like it.
The texture of this cream is great; it's rich and silky. I
also love the non-fragrance fragrance, if you know what I mean?
I tend to be fairly liberal everywhere other than my
forehead, where I’m a little more cautious of breakouts. Although for all
skin types I’d say this cream is best suited for normal to dry skin. Don’t forget your neck, which
also needs hydration to keep smooth and supple. Man-version of chicken neck is
not cool.
The ingredients also mean that there is an anti-ageing
element to this cream too. For £24.00, I think that is pretty good value. Give it a
go this autumn, I’d say.
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