The Face-off: Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair vs. The Body Shop Drops of Youth Bouncy Mask

The big 4 0 is right around the corner. It's a time when one checks for new wrinkles, a bit of sagging skin around the mouth, discoloration around the nose. Then to battle these nasties, one has no choice (eating healthy and adequate sleep are not choices where I'm concerned), but to resort to looking up reviews for a magical elixir of youth. After days of research, I narrowed it down to two products:

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Olay Total Effects 7 in 1 Instant Smoothing Serum

Well time just keeps on ticking away, and although I have rather good skin for a woman in her late 30's, I can't be kidding myself that the effects of aging won't catch up sooner or later. The objective of course, is the latter. I usually have skin care samples lying around that I use every now and then, but when those ran out I actually panicked, ever so slightly, but panic I did. And so as my brother, his wife and 2 children and my mom were on their way out to the department store, I invited myself to tag along. "Oh, don't worry about the kids, I'll keep an eye on them, you all just concentrate on your shopping," I said. Little did they know about my diabolical plan of giving them the slip at the beauty department. At any rate, I managed to tell my mom to hang on the kids while I step away for a moment. A moment, that's a laugh. The choices were endless. I ended up picking up the product mentioned above. I hadn't read any reviews and had no idea what I was signing up for.

The Body Shop Drops of Youth- First Impressions

Catchy name, paraben and silicon free, this product drew me right in, even though I am no skin care fanatic. But after finally accepting that I am getting on in my years and that the word 'youth' did not anymore involve me, it was time past time I do something about it. After reading lots of reviews, most positive, I decided to take the plunge myself.

Drops of Youth

At first I thought it was something from the tea tree oil range, but I quickly realized my mistake. I bought the bigger bottle, to be frank it was the sales lady who talked me into it, because obviously buying the bigger bottle would be more economical etc.

My Skin Care Routine

It's sketchy at best. I have some skin care products that I have been pretty much using all my life. Since I never did have problematic skin, I just stuck to my favorite face washes, creams and such. I not strict about the regimen, but it exists and it was one of my resolutions to adhere to it better. Broke that one months ago. But I thought I have been asked about what skin care products I use and so today that's what I'll talk about. Let's be clear, skin care is important.....and it shows.

In the words of Coco Chanel: