Which skincare range?

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I used Clarins until about seven or eight years ago when I went to buy both a day and a night cream and the cost was about £160 and I decided that was just too much money.

Since then I have been using Liz Earle. Initially I liked the simplicity of the range but over the last couple of years there have been more and more 'must use' products added and others reformulated.

I have no particular skin problems just normal skin for someone of 56. It could be a bit firmer round the jowls area and I have normal fine lines on forehead and eyes.

Any suggestions preferably at a similar price point to Liz Earle.

I also used Clarins for years - an extra firming day and night cream which were excellent, but like you, I found the cost was simply too high!
Liz Earle Superskin was the next choice, and was fine, but I agree it has changed. I now use Aldi face creams, plus the Neal’s Yard Frankincense cream - it scored highly in the Beauty Bible awards, and it’s very good. I’ve also been using some Verde products - really like them so far, and the neck cream seems excellent. Worth a look.
www.verde.co.uk/products/face/moisturise/neck-decollete-cream/
www.verde.co.uk/products/face/moisturise/rejuvenating-phyto-cream/

Clarins lovers, you can get discontinued bargains now in branches of Beauty Outlet.

I can definitely recommend Beauty Pie. Products are lovely once you get your head around the concept
Here's a link for a free month but do research it for yourself first I genuinely love it.

https://share.beautypie.com/x/Bt2hwp

I'll recommend Fresh and Caudalie range-wise, both available at Space NK although I'm usually ploughing through oddbod GWP items and I don't think I've had a single brand regime in years.

Superdrug Vitamin E cream is the moisturiser I always go back to despite having tried loads of fancy brands, and I buy the Vitamin E oil too .

No range

Sunscreen
Prescription Tretinoin
Basic Moisturizer
Cleanser

Will do more for you than any range ever will 🤣

@stevalnamechanger How does one get it on prescription please? Thanks.

Dermatica or skin and me online .

(Or private Derm is the old fashioned route )

I've always found both clarins and LE too scented and just not particularly good. Not sure why you've dismissed The Ordinary and Inkey list, both have great products plus you can customise your routine to what is good for your particular skin, rather than just buying a range.

I'd agree with @stevalnamechanger , though i don't use tret myself at the moment. You can buy tretinoin online just google, or look at Skin+me or dermatica etc

I am very suspicious of The Ordinary.

I tried Lacura by Aldi after hearing rave reviews. Left my skin with blotches. Worst skincare product I’ve ever bought.

I love the inkey list. I was skeptical of their price point too, but all the derms on YouTube rate them really highly. My skin is better now than it has ever been

I'm really into Nuxe at the moment, I have the face cream/balm and the eye cream in the pink upside tube. It works for me, and my skin has never been so soft. Also no eczema break outs!

Aldi Lacura for me. I was very, very, skeptical but tried it after the reviews on here. Now I feel a fool for spending hundreds over the years on Clarins. Everything I've tried from the Lacura ranges is excellent. I'm also now using the dupe Benefit They're Real mascara and the dupe hair mask, as well as the full skincare range. Am hooked!

I like the Medik 8 serums too.

Basic cleanser and moisturizer, though have just bought The Neu Co moisturizer from Cukt beauty to try for winter. I've never found an ingredients last for Aldi skincare and am therefore reluctant to use it as not sure if it's fragrances.

🤦🏻‍♀️ appalling spelling

I try a lot of different brands but Boos No7 Protect and Perfect range is surprisingly good and you can always get 3 for 2 or half price offers.

Ridiculous I know, but I'm always reluctant to try something that is a much lower price point.

Sorry, but you are being ridiculous. Most of the £££ is hype, marketing and packaging.

I am fortunate to have even tempered skin and flit between various brands. I have recently used Temple Spa, no7 Protect and Perfect, Korres, Garnier, The Bodyshop vitamin E and Superdrug Naturally Radiant. My skin loves them all. BTW I'm 62 and have good skin.

I'm another one saying the ordinary or inky list and I say that after years of clarins and other high end price points.

There is some really good advice on here but could any of you give me a “routine “ - which products in which order. Trying to get my act together after years of neglect!

@ComeBackPeterComeBackPaul

AM:
Vitamin C Serum
Moisturiser
SPF.

PM:
Retinol
Night Cream.

Weekly:
Exfoliating Scrub.

Paulas choice and Dermatica

@ComeBackPeterComeBackPaul

Morning:
Neutrogena water cleanser
La Roche Pousay toleraine moisturiser

Night:
Remove everything with La Roche pousay micellar water
Massage in neals yard rose facial oil
Finish with neals yard avocado & vit E night cream

@comebackpetercomebackpaul.
Am.
Gentle face wash
While skin is still damp hyaluronic acid serum
Moisturiser
Software

Pm
Hot cloth cleanser
Glycolic acid toner
Hyaluronic acid serum
Night cream or Night mask the m&s sleeping cream is very good for that .
Once a week loreal charcoal face mask followed by hyaluronic acid serum sheet mask the best ones I've found are from lidl at 79p.

Software meant to be spf.

@ComeBackPeterComeBackPaul

There is some really good advice on here but could any of you give me a “routine “ - which products in which order. Trying to get my act together after years of neglect!

Am

I don't cleanse as skin quite dry
Vit C serum
HA if skin look dehydrated
Moisturizer
SPF

Pm

Oil cleaner to remove makeup/spf
Cerave hydrating cleaner to clean skin
Retinol (3/4 xs a week)
Moisturizer
Evolve miracle oil