Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair.

So, this product has stood the test of time and has been around for thirty years apparently - it has recently been relaunched with the addition of chronolux technology, which we'll come to later (pens and pads at the ready for that - Its gonna get "sciency"!)

I was recently sent a little sample bottle of this - similar to the sizes you sometimes get free with magazines etc. This was meant to last a week, however I can safely say that a little of this goes a long way - I've been using this at night for about a month now and I'd barely used a quarter of the bottle, so despite its hefty price tag (£36 for 30ml or £49 for 50ml), I'd expect a bottle to last a long time! The product was sent with no press info for once - a good sign in my book, when companies dont try to dictate the content of blog posts lol... I also enjoy doing a bit of research myself from time to time!

The Science Bit...
The theory is that environmental assaults (pollution, stress, smoke, sunlight and even stress) cause DNA damage, which in turn causes ageing. Now we all know that skin does much of its repairing and renewing at night while we sleep - the old adage of "beauty sleep" is definitely true!

Apparently though, our skin cells contains clock genes - if these are "in sync", then this night time repair occurs optimally. However, the problem is that environmental assaults mean that the clock genes are frequently knocked out of sync, so aging occurs.The Advanced night repair contains "chronolux" technology, which sets to work on clock genes, synchronising them, and therefore making the skins natural defenses against ageing more effective.

So does it actually work?
I've seen reviews on you tube making claims that this serum heals blemishes overnight, and other such miracles. While it didn't do that for me, I can say it did seem to speed up the process significantly - After a blemish I often get a red area on the skin which can take a few weeks to disappear completely. I noticed while using this serum that such marks were reduced within about a week to ten days. My skin also feels very smooth and soft in the morning, and I definitely look quite "well rested"

The serum is also easily absorbed too, and easy to use - I'd say I apply 3-5 drops at night (thats a rough estimate - the proper sized product comes with a dropper, which my sample does not have...) prior to my night cream (Clarins Multi Active).

As for long term anti-ageing results, I think this would only be possible to really assess over the course of a few months, so I'm not really prepared to say yay or nay to this. So far though I've been impressed enough to say I'm likely to pick up a bottle when my little sample runs out. This also comes in an eye cream, which I'm interested in trying when my current eye cream runs out too...

Have any of you tried this or any other products from the range? I'm feeling that I've neglected to look at the Estee Lauder skincare products for a long time - for example, the Daywear range sounds right up my alley - SPF 30 and antioxidants? Fab!

MizzWorthy xxx