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Jun 8 2021

AD-gifted. Cyclax Nature Pure Vitamin E Face and Body Cream.

Hello, welcome to Elegant Ageless Beauty, I’m Teresa. 

Regular readers of my blog will know my love for the brand Cyclax. I’ve already featured a couple of products here on EAB, click HERE. 

Today I thought I would share with you a rather delicious body cream. This is from Nature Pure range at Cyclax and it’s the Vitamin E Face and Body Cream.

A whopping 300ml size jar for this beauty! When I opened the jar and took a sniff of the pretty pale green cream, I could smell that this was comfort for my dry dehydrated skin. It just smells so fresh, like a garden after the rain. It feels so cooling when it’s applied and sinks in like an absolute dream. It’s not a thick sticky cream which is wonderful for me, I’m not too keen on a body cream/lotion that feels sticky in any way. The Vitamin E content means my skin is being nourished and leaving my skin feeling so soft, with a subtle fragrance that won’t interfere with your chosen perfume. 

As this is a cream for the face and body I did of course use it for a few weeks as my daytime moisturiser. It is lovely on my dry mature skin. It’s not greasy and it applied like a dream. I was disappointed however that I did break out with a couple of spots on my chin and cheek, but nothing too serious. The cream is lovely to use, as is everything else I have to try from Cyclax ranges.  The products in Nature Pure range are suitable for Vegans and ALL products are made here in the UK. 

To find out where to buy your Cyclax products click HERE.

Thank you for stopping by and reading today, hope to see you back here soon.

XXX

Nov 3 2015

Soap and Glory…..The Righteous Butter.

Hello again my loves, welcome to Elegant Ageless Beauty.

I’m rather late to the party when it comes to Soap and Glory, I’ve always wanted to try it, so I was very happy to see a tub of The Righteous Butter in my new Latest in Beauty box which is in collaboration with Jane Cunningham aka British Beauty Blogger. 

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The first thing that caught my eye when I first saw any Soap and Glory was of course the lovely cute packaging. The pictures on each product are of 1950s style, and they have such great names too. I’ve never been too keen on a body butter, preferring a body lotion for my body moisturising, I always found body butter sticky on my skin, whereas a lotion sinks in straight away. But the Righteous Butter isn’t sticky and it sinks in beautifully. I’ve a particularly dry patch on my shin where I have a huge scar it does tend to go really “flakey” on the new skin growth. I used my Righteous Butter on my legs paying particular attention to my scar after bathing, and the following morning it was still soft and moisturised without a sign of any flakiness. This beautiful body butter is just fantastic for elbows and knees, and the tops of my feet too. 

No wonder this is a perfect body moisturiser, the ingredients within the product are fabulous! Shea Butter, coconut oil, aloe vera all help with maintaining soft skin. The fragrance? That’s just WOW! I was very surprised to notice that what I could smell in the pot smelt nothing like what it is on my skin. In the pot it smells light and fruity, when it’s massaged into my skin it smells heavier, more musky. Maybe it’s just me?

So, I’ve dipped my toes into the world of Soap and Glory and it’s safe to say I could get addicted! I certainly would love to try more from the brand, and I’ve got my eye on a few things. I got my Righteous Butter in my beauty box from Latest in Beauty, but you can pop into your local Boots on the High Street or Boots online HERE for yours. 

I’d love some Soap and Glory recommendations, what do you die hard fans think I should try?

XXX

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Feb 1 2014

Nivea Super Soft Skin……Bloguary day 1

Hi fellow beauty lovers! Welcome to the first day of Bloguary!

I thought I would share with you my thoughts on one of my Christmas presents that my fiance bought for me. I love anything Nivea and this gift went down very well with me.

This is the Nivea Supersoft Skin gift set and I love it. It has everything one needs for smooth soft skin, be it the skin on our face, body, hands, lips even our underarms!

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Let’s start at the beginning which, as the song goes, is a very good place to start.

NIVEA CREME SOFT SHOWER CREAM.

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I have been using this as a body wash in the bath and it just feels so silky on the skin. I use it on a bath scrunchy and you  don’t need a lot.  The shower creme itself contains Almond oil for moisturising and it has a mild scent which to me is different to the traditional scent of Nivea products, it’s a very fresh scent a cooling scent, it doesn’t have the almond oil fragrance I might add. I do have very dry skin and sometimes after a bath my skin can feel a bit itchy, but it seems to be less so since I have been using this as a body wash. Because it lathers so well I used it to shave my legs and underarms too. You can get this gorgeous 250ml shower cream from Boots, £1.99.

NIVEA SOFT REFRESHINGLY SOFT MOISTURISING CREAM

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This is another really gorgeous moisturising product from Nivea and it’s a multi-tasking one. This is suitable for face, body and hands which would be great for travel methinks. I have used this on all three areas and it certainly made my dry old legs smoother, I have a scar from a leg ulcer I had a few years ago,  it gets really dry and flaky where new skin formed, and I have always had trouble with finding something to keep it soft and moisturised, regular body lotion wouldn’t touch it. But this is so creamy and moisturising with the Jojoba oil and Vitamin E within it, it keeps my horrid scar soft and smooth. Using it as a body cream too is wonderful, it is so incredibly refreshing! It sinks in really well and I didn’t feel sticky, I could dress straight away. It has the usual Nivea fragrance, that wonderful fresh clean scent that I love! This will only set you back £4.28 for a 200ml pot again from Boots.

NIVEA ROLL-ON ANTI PERSPIRANT.

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Invisible for black and white. This smells really lovely and not to highly fragranced with a clean fresh floral scent. It’s a clear formula in a glass bottle. It has white mark protection, so that when you are getting dressed you shouldn’t find those awful white “skid” marks on your clean clothes. (Just how annoying is that!!) The formula is also Anti- yellow staining too, which aims to keep your delicate light clothing from becoming stained. I get “hot flushes” and can sometimes feel terribly sweaty (oh the joys of being 50 something!) and I have found this great for keeping me fresh and dry too. I can’t tell you if it works over the 48 hours as stated on the bottle I haven’t worn it continuously for that time. This 50ml bottle is £2.10 from Boots.

NIVEA DAILY ESSENTIALS LIGHT MOISTURISING DAY CREAM

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This is typically Nivea. The fragrance, the light but creamy texture and so cooling when applied to the skin. It moisturises and protects the skin with a spf of 15, which is what we want in a moisturiser is it not? This super day cream contains Vitamin E and Hydra IQ ( meaning it gives non stop moisturisation for 24 hours!) The cream itself sinks in right away and doesn’t feel sticky after applying. The one shown here is for normal/combination skin which is wrong for my dry skin, but it is in my gift set so I have been using it, and I was surprised that it actually moisturised my dry skin, but only for a couple of hours. It is a very nice day cream and I would like to try the right one for my skin type. A 50ml tube is £3.99 at Boots.

NIVEA ESSENTIAL CARE LIP BALM

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This lip balm is so rich, it contains jojoba oil and shea butter and you can feel the creaminess when applying it to the lips. I have quite a few lip balms (well 4 to be exact!) and this is the one that I am applying at night as part of my night time skin care regime, and it’s moisturises my lips and keeps them hydrated all through the night. I sometimes have to put a fan on next to me while in bed for those “hot flush” times, and even then my lips are never dry. This 4.8g tube costs £1.65 from Boots.

NIVEA EXPRESS HYDRATION HAND LOTION

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Once again another product containing the Hydra IQ technology, also contains sea minerals. It absorbs really quickly and isn’t sticky at all. I always massage any hand lotion into my nails and around  them to help keep the cuticles soft and hydrated, and this hand lotion is just the ticket for that. After I have applied the lotion, my hands stay soft and hydrated for quite sometime,  I do use it after each time my hands have been in water. Get this from Boots for £3.05.

Well that’s Bloguary day 1 and only 27 to go! Back tomorrow for Bloguary day 2!