By Cherie Herrmann
Looking for a cream that’ll keep those wrinkles at bay for a little bit longer? Aren’t convinced your cleanser is doing a fabulous makeup removal job anymore? Or maybe your sensitive skin is constantly left feeling irritated after using your current skincare products? If you answered yes to any – or all – of the above questions, then these new skincare products may just be your new best friend.
The product: Avon ANEW GENICS Treatment Cream, $59.99
Your skin will love it if: Your genes aren’t allowing your skin to look as young as it used to.
Avon created this cream to mimic the youthful gene activity found in those of Southern Italians with super healthy bodies and equally as amazing skin. With nightly use over time, this cream containing YouthGen Technology has the ability to leave your skin looking 10 years younger.
Find it at: 1800 646 000.
The products: Olay Wet Cleansing Cloths in Normal, $6.99, Olay Foaming Face Wash in Normal, $6.99 and Olay Pore Minimising Cleanser & Scrub, $13.99.
Your skin will love them if: Your usual cleanser just isn’t cutting it when it comes to makeup, dirt and oil removal or treating your skin with care.
Olay’s new cleansing range caters to all skin types – oily, dry, normal, combination, pimple prone and sensitive – while also being ultra-friendly on the hip pocket. We love the options they’re providing us with, too: two wipe variations, three foaming washes, two specialised cleansers, three scrubs and one toner. Yes, they’ve got all bases – and skin types – covered.
Find them at: Leading grocery, mass, pharmacy, and specialty outlets.
The product: The Body Shop Nutroganics Drops of Youth, 30ml $59.95.
Your skin will love it if: You’re after smoother, fresher, healthier looking skin, and love natural ingredients.
What we love about Nutriganics Drops of Youth is that 99% of its ingredients are derived from natural origins. And by simply massaging two to three drops of this product onto freshly cleaned skin once a day, its rich concentration of minerals, enzymes and vitamins will give your skin a brilliant surge of hydration while kick-starting the cell repair and renewal process, too.
Find it at: The Body Shop stores nationwide, or call 1800 065 232.
The products: Burt’s Bees Sensitive Skin Range, $19.95-$29.95.
Your skin will love them if: Your skin is sick of feeling delicate, agitated and irritable.
Sensitive skin needs to be treated with a little extra care, and Burt’s Bees new Sensitive Skin range, which includes a Facial Cleanser, $19.95, Daily Moisturizing Cream, $29.95, Eye Cream, $29.95 and Night Cream, $29.95, has a star ingredient to help nourish easily irritated skin – cotton extract. This super moisturising ingredient boosts hydration, improves the skin’s barrier function and increases skin softness. It’s a sensitive skin’s dream, really.
Find them at: David Jones, MYER, Priceline and all good pharmacies, or call 1300 855 478.
The product: I Love…Moisturising Body Lotion Pumps, $11.50 each.
Your skin will love them if: You enjoy soft, silky smooth skin that smells good enough to eat.
With five different scents – Coconut & Cream, Lemons & Limes, Mango & Papaya, Strawberries & Milkshake and Raspberry & Blackberry – to choose from, you may find it difficult deciding which one deserves a spot in your bathroom. However, you can rest easy in the fact that each of these moisturising lotions rub easily into the skin and leave it feeling velvety smooth for hours.
Find them at: MYER, David Jones, Target and selected independent stockists, or call (02) 9695 5678.
