To ditch luxury brands for Aldi (or other budget) face ctram

[Absofuckinglutely]

Currently use Estée Lauder and other luxury brand face products, have done for years and yet am still ravaged by wrinkles and beset by bags, dropping, age spots, general awfulness. Bloody scandalous really, after the thousands I must have spent over the years I expected to be restored to embryonic plumpness (I didn't really, but every hopeful).
Now on a budget and having to cut back, seems ridiculous to spend £60 on a moisturiser when I could go to Aldi and get one for £6. Currently considering the Caviar range, but not sure if I'm making a mistake I will regret.
Anyone any experience of Aldi creams, and or any other budget recommendation.

I second The Ordinary. You’re best off going to a bricks and mortar shop/stockist for advice as to what precisely suits your skin at first, then you can just restock by ordering online. It’s saved me so much ££ in the last year or so!

The Aldi Caviar night cream’s really good, especially layered over rosehip oil.

YANBU. I bet if you put it all in plain packaging with no prices, people wouldn't have a clue which are cheap or expensive.

Some of the Boots creams get great reviews and if you get a good offer you can get them a lot cheaper than 'full' price, eg No 7 for about a tenner.

But all you really need in a moisturiser is sunscreen, that's the main benefit for good skin.

Bastarding Boots have just stopped doing the moisturiser I liked, the gits. (No 7 beautiful skin for dry skin.) I'm trying out the protect & whatever it is one, and it's not as nice.

I couldn’t stomach £50 on a moisturiser, even £20 is pushing it. Not a an issue of affording it but not believing it’s good value for money.

Superdrug is great, I use a factor 50 face cream, salicylic acid wipes, serum, vitamin c serum and face wash. I have some Ordinary products including retinol, but didn’t notice that much difference. A gift from amazon of retinol and hyaluronic acid serum seems to be more effective. Once finished I might try some other The Ordinary products for something similar. The store assistants are often very knowledgeable. Unfortunately I have spots as well as the start of wrinkles.

The ordinary. Very cheap and blooming amazing.

How funny. I was just having the exact same conversation with my mum. Back in the day I used to use Clarins which I loved but was too pricey. I’ve recently been using Aldi creams but the other day bought L’Oreal Revitalift (was half price so about £6.50 pot). The difference feels immense! I bought the eye cream too and that feels better.
It’s hard to choose though when faced with so much choice - does £££ mean it’s better? I chose the Revitalift because it was SPF 30 (but apparently it’s better to use a separate SPF?).

Yes to pp who commented on Aldi creams stinging eyes. Not pleasant.

I've tried the Aldi face cream and think it's okay, but there are better budget creams out there. Superdrug's creams are good and often 50% off or 2 for 1. The Ordinary is also good, especially if you can go to a shop and have a chat about what you want.

I want to love the caviar range but it makes my eyes water awfully.
I stick to plain old Nivea and rosehip oil.

I feel no matter how expensive your facecream is, you won’t see a real long term difference on your skin if you don’t make the right choices regarding life style.

Don’t smoke, eat enough fruit/veggies, cut back on sugar and alcohol and use an SPF.

My grandma did the above (minus the SPF ) and used Nivea and Pond’s and had great skin.
Recently in a department store a sales lady that smelled slightly of tobacco tried to sell me a jar of La Prairie moisturiser, said she used it too and the results were spectacular according to her.
I actually asked her about her age, she said 32, IMO looked like 40.

I dont believe so much in the ‘magic powers’ of expensive skincare.

TKMaxx have plenty of luxe products with £££ off.
I also find Superdrug’s own ranges very good; their vitamin E oil gets rave reviews and it’s about £4.

Dumped all my expensive ones, estee, Clarins etc for hydro range from neutrogena and ordinary, I have Roseacea as well but much better since I swapped to the cheaper ones!
I suppose it's just a matter of finding the right one for you!

My mum swears by Ponds which you can get for less than £5.

I've been hearing good things about Egyptian Magic which is a bit more expensive.

I use Aldi and have done for years now (I'm 64). I find it great. The one I was using disappeared last year and their replacement was foul, made my eyes burn. I changed to the caviar range and all is fine.

I used the burny stuff up on my legs LOL

I generally use the Aldi products and my skin isn't bad at all (early 50s). However I'm a non-sun-worshipping veggie-eating non-smoker, and also a bit plump, which I reckon irons things out a fraction too.

I like the Superdrug vitamin E range. Not tested on animals and very good value for money.

Another one here who swears by the Ordinary serums and oils. I used to buy them from Victoria Health and emailed their customer care describing my skin and they suggested a day and night regimen which I've been following since. Not sure if they stock them any more. Also the single best thing you can do for your skin is wear SPF every day.

You could try the Garden of Wisdom stuff - I buy it from Victoria Health. Maelove is another brand where you're paying for ingredients not brand name.

CeraVe is very very reasonably priced. I get mine in Boots.

You need a cleanser that won't dry out your skin, then hydration and moisturiser depending on what your skin needs, and a good SPF of at least 30.

Retinol, acids and Vit C fight aging. Also fight scarring and pigmentation.

I use LRP Toleraine cleanser. The large bottle works out about a pound a week but usually can get it on offer. I've heard good things about CeraVe Hydrating cleanser, which is cheaper.

I use the CeraVe Moisturising lotion for dry skin, it's €14 for a huge bottle, lasts months. I use LRP Toleraine Nuit at night sometimes. Under the CeraVe I sometimes use an oil or serum at night. At the moment that's Garden of Wisdom Vit C or the Ordinary squalane (sometimes the one with the retinoid).

It's all easier and cheaper to manage and understand if your cleanser and moisturiser are just basic and you add in serums or oils according to what you want to do. Rather than expecting one cream to be the anti ageing miracle cream.

SPF crucifies my eyes so I can't use anything with that built in, I use a specific SPF over my moisturiser.

I use Eucerin Hydraluron cream - it’s £26 so not cheap but not ‘brand name’ expensive. Seems as effective as these things get - I get a lot of comments about having nice skin.
I sometimes try other things but they don’t feel any better and often break me out in spots.

I also rate the Ordinary but I really recommend going to one of their stores. The first bottle of serum I had from them was on recommendation in store and I really liked it.

Couldn’t remember what it was called so ordered something similar sounding online which seemed to incorporate several products (the Buffet) and I don’t think it’s suited my skin at all.

The other advantage of buying from the store is that you can return products you don’t get on with.

As for other products, M&S do an overnight oil in their Pure range which I really liked. Keep meaning to get some more but they whacked the price up (although it’s still only £15 and lasts ages). Also, have a look at Sally Hughes’ column in the Guardian for her recent piece on budget skincare. She really rates Superdrug’s own brand stuff, which I also keep meaning to try.

For those of you who have stinging round the eyes do you suffer from dry eyes, which is more common in women. The consultant checking me for glaucoma suggested I use a fine layer of vaseline underneath the eye.

Dry eyes is where the natural oils in your eyes dry as you get towards the menopause. I can no longer wear contact lenses.

I will look at Ordinary products thank you

I didn't like the Aldi skincare range. I prefer the French pharmacy brands like Avene, Bioderma etc. which are as good as high end brands and are often on 1/3 off on Escentual.