Have you all heard about the wonder budget cream from Aldi which costs only £1.89? It first came to light after Gok Wan famously held a blind test amongst 100 woman for his show ‘How to Look Good Naked’. Just like how ‘Horizon’ had outed the genuine benefits of Boots No7 Protect & Perfect over designer brands, The panel on Gok Wans show came to the realisation that the cream they initially thought was bound to be designer, the priciest of the lot, was actually the cheapest. And not only the cheapest, but also the most effective, beating Helena Rubenstein and even a £51 cream by Lancome.
Somehow, I had missed all of that. It was only through some googling later I realised the phenomenon that it had caused when that show first aired a few years back. I had come to this cream by reading about it in another blog (Cupcakes & Cherries), the blogger was listing her favourite budget items and this was amongst them. After discovering everything I have since discovered, I promptly went online and bought some on Ebay immediately (ideally I would have gone to Aldi but there isn’t one nearby). It arrived today. Exciting!
I didn’t get the day cream, I got the night cream (two actually, for a fiver – not bad, eh?). I thought I’d ease myself into it as my skin is quite sensitive and this seemed the favourite of the two. There’s not a lot I can actually say at present as I have only had it a day, but from my first initial mono use (it’s night time now, I’m sitting in bed writing this; teeth brushed, face cleansed, cream on) I have to admit my skin is incredibly soft to the touch. I would even go so far as to say ‘baby-soft’, yet in all honesty that would be inaccurate as I don’t think a baby’s skin is even this soft! It also sunk in incredibly quick, which is a weird sensation for me as having dry skin I generally like the comfort of my skin coated with moisture residue (I know I’m the minority here!). When scanning the ingredients a few things did jump out at me that I thought might react with my oh so sensitive skin, but usually it takes a few days of use before the allergy and itchy eyes sets in so I won’t know anything for sure until then.
But anyway, what I hope to get from this cream is a good anti ageing moisturiser that also irons out a few baby creases I have accumulated already (I hate nearing 30). Only time will tell if this will happen, so keep checking back to see how I’m getting on with it as I will be doing updates and once this little jar has emptied I’ll do a final analysis. Just for your info, my current night time skin care routine is (once make-up is off), Superdrug Vitamin E Face Wash, Boots No7 Protect & Perfect Intense Beauty Serum, and then this, so nothing too fancy that will interfere with the results – having said that, I did read somewhere that Boots No7 Protect & Perfect was the perfect accompaniment to this cream as I guess the ingredients have similarities!
So fingers crossed in a couple of weeks time I’ll have an update to please you and your purses! Hooray for that! Oh, also, am gonna start being lavish and using it as hand cream as well. It’s so cheap and my hands are appalling so this could really be just the ticket to revive them!
Lx
EDIT: I’ve just added the ingredients here so you can all have a look for yourselves!
