Products that really work...

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Inspired by the shit products thread by @rainatnight

This thread is for the products that really do as promised...

Mine are Clinique Full to flutter mascara - love how it goes on and how easily it washes off

NYX eye primer - used to have a real problem with my eye liner smudging until i got this

OPI nail envy - i've never ever had such long and strong nails as i do now after a month of using it

What are yours?

Chanel vitalumiere aqua - light, looks natural, evens my skin tone.
Chanel Inimitable mascara - I only need one coat
Clarins Blue Orchid face treatment oil - wouldn't be without it
Clarins body scrub - best I've ever used, try others but always go back to it

Lilash but costs £££

Rodial acid rush peel
Liquid gold
Philip Kingsley elasticizer
Nuxe precious oil
St tropez tinted gradual tan
Boots no7 lip liner in nude

Clarins hand and nail cream is my favourite and a repeat buy

Liz earl cleanse and Polish

Benefit Rollerlash
Urban Decay Naked palette
Burt's Bees tinted lipbalm
Korres shower gel
Badedas bubble bath
Flexitol heel balm
Aveeno body lotion

Cerave cleanser - totally non-irritating but less drying than cetaphil.
Elizabeth Arden 8 hour cream.

Alpha-H Liquid Gold- just amazing
Rahua Shampoo and Conditioner- spends but every product I have had from them works and also lasts forever
Bravura Salicylic Acid- cheap, long lasting, simple to use and effective
Dr Alkaitis Nourishing Elixir- expensive but bottle lasts a year, brightens and plumps skin
Esse Probiotic Microderm Exfoliator- citrus smelling skin polish
Esse Probiotic Cream Mask- face lift in a jar
Green Energy Organics Moisturising Skin Booster Fluid- just about banished my fine eye lines.
Superdrug Konjac Sponge- bargain 1.99, smooths next lines well
Fresh Therapies Nail Elixir- smells beautiful, leaves nails shiny and strong

Cerave moisturising lotion (great for sensitive eczema or acne prone skin, it contains ceramides)
Eucerin aquaphor
Nyx tame and frame brow pomade (much better than using a brow pencil imo)

Origins for oily skin products ( fashewash, scrub, moisturiser) . The new estee lauder nude water double wear foundation ( it's entirely the opposite if old dreadful doublewear)

For me:
LRP Effaclar Duo
LRP anthelios sun cream (and other LRP Products)
8hr cream
Aver no body moisturiser
Baby shampoo
Claris lip glosses in the tube
Lily Lolo powder foundations

Fully how just like the shit thread there's some here I love and some if out on my own shit list!

Mine are:
Lancôme hypnose
Liz Earle c&p
ELDW (though I like the 'light' one best)
EA 8hr cream (used for severe dry lips)
Redken all soft
KÉRASTASE ELIXIR ULTIME HAIR OIL (Caps as I couldn't remember the name so c&p'd)

I haven't been drinking I promise. That should read:
Funny how just like the shit thread there's some here I love and some I'd put on my own shit list...

No7 longwear eyeliners
Mac prolongwear concealer (blemishes and redness)
Clarins instant concealer
Lanolips
Erborian cc cream
Stila cream blush
Ysl les saharienne bronzer

It is funny how alike this thread is to the shit products one - it seems like a lot of beauty products are very marmite and love/hate.

I've thought of another OPI Fast Drying Drops [not sure if that's the proper name] - I'm terrible for smudging nail varnish but these actually make it dry quickly so I can minimise the damage!

I also really like Biore Watery Essence - the only UV protection [really high protection] that I can put on underneath make up and doesn't bring me out in spots.

Estée Lauder advanced night repair.

Red light led. I don't know why these aren't more popular given the results & cost of the masks on Amazon.

I've never heard of Red Light LED @fluffycloudland77

Eve Lom cleanser
Nuxe Huile Prodigieuse
Nuxe lip balm (the one in the jar)

Those are my repeat buys year in year out, definitely my desert island products.

Fluffycloud will you explain the red light led thing? How does it work? Is it expensive?

Retin A is my best. And SPF. Both recommendations from here.

redlighttherapyguide.com/red-light-therapy-explained/

One of the masks they reccomend is £67 on Amazon.

Thanks fluffy.

What one do you use? Can you use it with Retin A? What kind of results have you seen?

Le roche posey sun cream. Love it.
Pricey but works really well and it won't give you spots when applied under make up.

Clarins pore minimising serum. It is like magic on my golf ball-esque nose.

IT Cosmetics BB cream
Kiehl's Amino Acid Shampoo & Conditioner
Aesop Reverence hand wash & Resurrection hand balm
Peter Thomas Roth face wash
Algenist Genius Melting cleanser
Dermalogica Daily Microfoliant

The Body Shop camomile cleansing butter/balm. It melts absolutely everything, even waterproof mascara, and doubles as a hot cloth cleanser too.

Mac Pro Longwear concealer is the best I've ever tried. The tiniest bit goes a long way.

I need to not read this thread until my student loan comes through next month!

Coffee

I've got a neutrogena one for acne with red & blue light but I covet one of the masks off that site. I just look fresher, any spots shrink up when I use it & scars I've got from using retin a are fading. Sometimes I put Estée Lauder advanced night repair on then 20 mins of LED. I'm 40 & got asked for ID to buy beer last week.

It's a work in progress so I won't know the full results until I'm 60 odd.

They use red LEDs in sun beds now which is totally counterproductive. In America you can get whole sunbed sized red led beds.

Now that would be something.