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

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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.

TheABC. I use Ultrasun Face and find that OK

@TheABC - I use Australian Gold SPF 50 tinted suncream. It has a lovely luminous tint (surprisingly light for a factor 50). It's a layering product so put it on top of your moisturiser after it has settled for a minute or so.

Ref earlier posts, I too have used the Aldi caviar range. Yep it was ok. I found it a bit grainy though to be honest. Tended to roll off my skin, especially as I use the ordinary serums too. My regime if it helps anyone -

AM
Philosophy Purity facial wash
Clinique #2 toner
The Ordinary - Buffet
Clinique dramatically different lotion
Australian Gold Factor 50 tinted lotion

PM
Same facial wash - it's amazing!
Alpha H Rose Gold glycolic acid toner / Retriderm 0.5% retinol - I alternate these two products - never both on the same night
The Ordinary - Buffet
Nivea - skin so soft moisturiser - I literally slap this stuff on.

If I need an extra moisture boost and im pottering about, I'll pop on a thick layer of Nivea (original blue tune) for a couple of hours.

But as a previous poster highlighted, lifestyle is key. Smoking, drinking, stress, lack of sleep and lack of water all play havoc on your skin, literally adding the years.

If you follow a good regime, have a healthy lifestyle and drink more water than you think is necessary, you will have the best skin possible for you.

I've had Botox once before - to be fair, it looked ok, lasted far longer than I thought it would, but I really didn't want to go down that road long term. Aware that the first time you can look lovely and 'fresh', but cumulatively, well you just look odder and odder. Canned that. My friend got it too - she didn't look as fresh - more scared! Her eyebrows were almost in her back pockets! We still laugh about it!

Any moisturiser, as pps have said, will do (more or less) it's the serums and treatments and cleansing methods that make a difference.

Brands £££££ that I don't like: Elemis (the much hyped marine cream is possibly the worst moisturiser I've ever used. It's basically a lotion of silicone)

I spend on serums, treat myself occasionally to my favourite moisturiser which is Neal's yard frankincense, but at the mo' am alternating between Weleda Skin Food, Nivea blue pot and Garnier in a red pot that was half price.

I have hated everything by the Ordinary and chucked it all. Cheap is only cheap if you don't pour it down the sink in disgust at the foul texture.

I use Nivea soft. I think they found that moisturisers with SPF are not very effective against the sun. You should use a separate sunscreen.

I second La Roche Posay anthelios SPF, it’s fantastic and makes quite a nice primer under my tinted moisturiser.

What serums do people recommend?

Using lidl cheap face cream at the moment (white jar). Its does the job. Got a face cream from marks and spencers which im loving at the moment (black jar).

Thanks everyone for pointing me in the right direction with suncreams. Off to investigate...

I don’t use anything. Never have. Skin is fine.

I barely do. Botox and any old moisturiser. These people with endless serums and stuff. Who cba

I've saved £35 by switching from revitalising supreme by Estée Lauder,to Olay whip. it's not quite the same, but the closest I've found

My biology lecturer told ud not to bother with any product with collagen as the collagen molecules are too large to be absorbed by the skin anyway!

I switched to Aldi creams years ago. I use the q10 day cream and either the experte night cream or midnight power cream. Wouldn't use anything else.

For sunscreen, Altruist Factor 50 is great. Cheap as chips on Amazon.
I bought it from seeing it recommended on here and I'm impressed.

I used to use Frezyderm but this is just as good and much cheaper.

Why aren't crow's feet called smile lines? More patriarchal bollocks inciting female self hatred i rekon! I have loads of smile lines.

Moisturisers do not prevent wrinkles.
There is no scientific evidence that moisturisers stop you getting wrinkly.
"According to the University of Maryland Medical Centre, cosmetic moisturisers can help hydrate the skin and prevent tearing or bruising, but have no effect in preventing the onset of wrinkles themselves".
Thats why people get botox. Expensive moisturisers are a big, money making con. And anecdotal evidence is pointless. Good skin is good luck, good genes, lots of sleep, lack of sun, not smoking.
The ads for expensive moisturisers are fraudulant.

Women on moisturiser ads are either young, have been airbrushed or had lots of cosmetic surgery/botox/fillers. They do not stop wrinkles. They might make your skin feel better but they do not stop you ageing.

Bad Science concurs. No moisturiser is anti ageing.
Products with ACTIVES will make a difference.
And they're not as expensive as your EL for which basically you're paying for a fancy box and the service of a (generally very orange) sales assistant.
Anyone interested in skincare could do worse than reading the fantastic skincare threads on S&B. I've rarely seen any of the mainstream names me tioned as "working"

Sorry but it annoys me that big business makes billions from flogging expensive creams which have no solid scientific evidence.

This has probably already been said but to get the best skin for you the main thing is suncream! A decent factor and suncream on its own not mixed in with anything else. I put that on after washing my face then let it soak in before applying foundation if I'm wearing it that day. The other thing is to make sure you remove all makeup thoroughly prior to going to bed. I also like to put a moisturiser on before sleeping, any moisturiser will do.

Drinking plenty of water and eating healthily is also important. But I don't buy into "anti-aging" products to be honest. Again, suncream every day is best for this.

"Helen Mirren admits L'Oreal moisturiser 'probably does f--- all'"
And she pockets millions for advertising their useless moisturisers. Yet she has obviously had loads a face lift and all sorts of fillers, botox etc grrr.
Big con.
www.google.com/amp/s/www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/02/helen-mirren-admits-loreal-moisturiser-probably-does-f/amp/

Its all snake oil.

It’s not about wrinkles. The only way to avoid those would be to never move your face and then you’d look like a boiled egg - or someone who’s had Botox.

Good skin is about it looking plump and nourished.

Incidentally I don’t think Mirren has had work - or if she has she should be asking for her money back.

I used a Clarins moisturiser (and other products) for years but once DS was born 7 years ago I realised I could no longer justify £40 on a tiny pot.
I swapped to Nivea Q10 Engergy moisturiser and I can honestly say my skin looks better now. I think it's because when I was using Clarins I would only use a tiny amount. It was so expensive I wanted it to last as long as possible. With the Nivea I slather it on as I can get pots for £6 when they're on offer. I think my skin is much more hydrated now.

I think retin a and drinking lots of water and lots of oily fish does make a difference. And sleep, sleep, sleep.. I definitely notice that I look way better when I focus on all this stuff.

I have to agree on the Botox front, I can easily see who gets it now and despite it just being in between the eyebrows for some and limited to this it’s still so obvious and looks v weird when we are all out on the sun and even my 2 year old has frown lines squinting in the sun and the botoxed ones are all 😑. Also I’m just not buying someone on their late 30’s /40’s with a totally smooth forehead, it just looks off. Very funny when it’s all attributed to drinking lots of water and not in fact a neurotoxin which also contains human plasma being injected into your face.
I’m also a massive fan of fringes! Sweep fringes are gorg. My friend has always had a gorgeous fringe cut and I have never seen her forehead, she showed me once that she has scarring from chicken pox on there and I no one could tell at all.

I've tried Aldi/ Lidl skincare and wasn't overly impressed. I ended up using the caviar face cream on my neck as it felt too heavy for my face. The Nivea Q10 range is really good especially the original night cream and the Q10 plus vitamin C eyecream. They're amongst my most frequently repurchased items. I love Bioderma micellar water but it's not cheap. Nivea 0% micellar water is the best dupe I've found. Currently I'm using Embryollise soap free cleanser. It's £14 for a 200ml tube, really good and you only need to use a tiny amount so it's good value. My favourite moisturiser at the moment is Avene Hydrance Riche. It doesn't claim to be anything fancy or anti aging but it sinks in quickly and leaves my skin feeling super soft and staying that way all day. I also highly recommend Superdrug's 5% glycolic acid skin tonic from the Naturally Radiant range. It's £5.99 but regularly better than half price or buy one get one free. I reach for that much more often than my Pixi Glow Tonic. Overall I think you can't go wrong with any of the French pharmacy brands. Avene, La Roche Posay, Embryollise, Vichy. I've never had a dud product from any of them.