Photoageing & Firmness Reviews
In skin care, beauty and grooming, ‘ageing’ is a term used to describe photo-ageing – ageing caused by exposure to sun light that causes lines, wrinkles, sagging, loss of firmness and thinner skin texture. Learn how your skin ages in the Ageing Explained guide.
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Transformulas WrinkleBlock Line Restriction Cream

If you’ve flown before, you’ve seen Transformulas – the airlines’ favourite. This nifty cylinder of loveliness is the Transformulas WrinkleBlock Line Restriction Cream, a rich, whipped-cream texture moisturiser designed to smooth lines and wrinkles using snake-venom technology. Syn-ake is a patented synthetic snake venom that mimics the venom of the Temple Viper – Waglerin-1, one…
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Kiehl’s Facial Fuel ‘Heavy Lifting’ Anti-Wrinkle Moisturizer

I do love finding an anti-ageing moisturiser for normal/combination skin, a product that does what is says on the tin with targeted ingredients and a fabulous texture. Kiehl’s Facial Fuel ‘Heavy Lifting’ Anti-Wrinkle Moisturizer is just what you need to combat the onslaught of visible ageing, particularly during harsh winter winds. Kiehl’s Facial Fuel ‘Heavy Lifting’…
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Murad Pore and Line Minimizing Hydrator

I’m not one for gushing about a brand, well, not really, but this is a big exception. Murad has completely rejuvenated my love of skincare with products that work – no seriously, they really work. Their acne body care range (reviewed) for acne has seen almost every blocked pore, ingrown hair and blemish from my…
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Sampar So Much To Dew Midnight Mask

I think it’s safe to say that 2013 has been the year of the overnight moisture mask, it seems every brand has got one and when an industry fashion booms like this, it’s important to sort the wheat from the chaff; so here’s some wheat. Sampar, one of my favourite brands from the continent, mainly…
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Filorga ISO Structure Absolute Firming Cream

With 98 ingredients and 66% of those being actives, this thirst-quenching, lifting and firming moisturiser from Filorga has packed a lot in. The product relies on NCTF, an incredibly dense form of hyaluronic acid that ensures moisture is well bonded to skin cells but also those intercellular spaces are filled, and plumped and leave your…
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La Roche Posay Cicaplast Baume B5 Soothing Repairing Balm

If I read one more tweet about how marvellous Sudocrem is for spots and soothing the face, I’m going to rip my own arm off and use it to beat every single person responsible for spreading that absolute farcical garbage. La Roche Posay Cicaplast Baume B5 Soothing Repairing Balm actually is the product that works and treats…
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ALDI Lacura Expert Wrinkle Filling Day Cream & Regeneration Night Cream

This is my other ALDI launch news of the week, two fabulous products clearly designed to take on the massively popular Olay Regenerist collection except these bad-boys are priced at an incredible £3.99 each. Housed in solid glass, these dermatologically tested and Mimox X enriched treatments are the perfect age defence and age treatment moisturisers…
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Aesop Parsley Seed Anti-Oxidant Eye Cream

Teeny bit of a confession to make here, this is shockingly the first Aēsop you’ll have ever seen on Manface and it’s been been a long time coming. Worry not however, over the next few weeks there’ll be quite a few of my new fabulous favourites rearing their little heads as I tell you what you…
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Crème de la Mer The Treatment Lotion

You may have seen my review a little while ago of L’Occitane Immortelle Divine Lotion where I talked about an impending Korean import trending it’s way into our market over the next year. Crème de la Mer The Treatment Lotion is another product from a big player to bring this technology to market, a lotion that’s not…
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Tom Ford For Men Grooming Collection

Fine grooming is the mark of a modern gentleman. It is the way a man presents the best version of himself to the world. The wise-words of Tom Ford and what an honour. I’m lucky enough to be one of, although I’m pretty certain the I’m actually the first blogger to get my hands on…