This one is another marketing gag I stumbled over when reading Harper and Harley, my all time favorite Blog by Sara Donaldson from Australia. Always admiring her beatiful skin, face, hair, everything, I saw her reviewing the infamous Estee Lauder Advanced Repair Serum at the Age of 26. And I turned 24 recently. Doing some research, I realized, this is not even too early. I have some tiny wrinkles already but never really mind taking care of them by night - since I use SPF on a daily base. Since nothing scares me as much as looking like my mother who is 43 now and never heard of SPF and instead tans on a daily base, I took action - and it was so easy.
ABOUT My SKIN: I have a problematic skin with big pores and many dry spots between oily spots. Sounds great, right? I don't always have pimples, but if I have, they are below the skin, if you understand what I mean. Unreachable yet visible. I also added an honest - no make up picture("Before" ...with a little lip care). As you can see, there are plenty of dark spots and all in all an uneven, but not dramatically bad look. I still go outside with no make up.
USE: First washing my face, and remove all the makeup gently. Then, every second evening, I use 2-3 drops for the whole face - before applying a little extra moisturizer by avene on the dry spots only. This is not much! and the serum spreads over the whole face and leaves a good feeling after quickly soaking in. ATTENTION: Its not for the eyes, leave them out of your routine, because this Serum is too much for the thin skin around that area.
Afterwards (20 Minutes later) I add some extra moisturizer under my eyes and on dry spots.
Next morning: Looking better and better. I keep up my routine and put on some moisturizer after washing my face. Even during autumn/winter: At least 20 SPF. Afterwards, there is nothing more than lip care, eyebrows and a light BB cream. done! Baby powder to take the shine and set the bb cream around the eyes and I feel well.
3 weeks later - After: You can leave the bb cream, you look okay. I must admit though, that my skin got dryer in general. I started recently to add the moisturizer over my whole face after using the Serum. You might realize that my skin looks a little dry on the "after" picture. So there might be another update on the Serum Use soon :)
Price: I know, 116€ for 50ml sounds expensive, because it is expensive - but using it dropwise I´ve read that a PR sample of 7ml was enough for 5 weeks daily use. If someone is interested in getting discounted products from the advanced night repair series, you can get them for 77€ for 50ml. Or maybe you have already found your perfect routine? Tell me about it!
Price: I know, 116€ for 50ml sounds expensive, because it is expensive - but using it dropwise I´ve read that a PR sample of 7ml was enough for 5 weeks daily use. If someone is interested in getting discounted products from the advanced night repair series, you can get them for 77€ for 50ml. Or maybe you have already found your perfect routine? Tell me about it!