Facial serums & creams!

Sephora Collection’s Super loaded age defy serum, $30, at Sephora

What is a facial serum? It’s a gel based moisturizer that you put on before your cream. In terms of anti-aging products, this is a life saver. With all the advances in the skin care world, even drug store brands are starting to up their game.

Splurge: Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair, $62

Save: Olay Regenerist regenerating serum, $15

There are expensive ones, if you want to indulge, a bottle of Estee Lauder’s serum will set you back at least $60. But there are inexpensive ones as well. I find Olay regenerating serum quite good, and it’s only $15! And you can find that in almost any drugstore.

There are 2 from the Sephora Collection that I like, that are affordable. One is their Roll on Lifting Serum, $15, and the other is called the Super loaded age defy, $30 (the above photo). Both are good, and travel friendly.

New Serums on the market:

Splurge: Ren Keep Young & Beautiful Instant Firming Beauty shot: I only have a sample of this product & it was AMAZING. You only need to put 2 drops on your face, & you can actually feel your face tightening as it dries. People magazine claims that this was the closest thing to botox in a bottle. It is a bit pricey at $54 a bottle (1.2 oz) but keep in mind every time you’re only using 1 or 2 drops. This is amazing, amazing stuff. If it were more affordable I would give it to all my girl friends.

Ren Keep Young & Beautiful Instant Firming Beauty shot, $54

Save: For a more inexpensive alternative, you can also try this product that’s also new on the market, sold exclusively at the Body Shop. They recently started a line of products called Nutriganics, appealing specifically to anti-aging products. Creams, masks, but most importantly a great serum. They have Nutriganic Drops of Youth Concentrate, which has gotten 5 out of 5 stars on their website, and a best seller. At $37, it’s not too expensive. If you are on a tighter budget, go for the Olay regenerist serum I mentioned earlier, or the Roll on Serum by Sephora.

Nutriganic Drops of Youth Concentrate, $37

For Night creams:

Boots Botanics Night Cream Triple Age Renewal, $15

Ponds Rich hydrating Facial Moisturizer, for dry skin, $8

Hado Labo Anti-aging Hydrator, $18

For affordable facial creams, the best place to hit I think is Target. Target carries a line of skincare products from the UK called ‘Boots’, and they have everything from cleansers, creams, shower gels, body butters, etc. And their face creams start at $15! Also Ponds makes a great one that only costs about $7! It’s so inexpensive and it’s amazing!! I LOVE the night cream that’s featured above: Night cream Triple Age Renewal, my face feels like a baby’s bottom in the morning.

Nuance by Salma Hayek, $20

Also what’s been popular at CVS as well as Amazon.com: Nuance by Salma Hayek. She claims that she uses the same ingredients her grandmother used in her facial creams. And at $20, it’s a great steal!!

I have this general preference to moisturize at night, so make sure you get a good night cream, whatever your skin type may be. My skin is dry so I use a Vitamin E nourishing night cream from The Body Shop which is about $20. (But if it’s on sale I get it for $12!!)