I hope you're all having a great week whatever you've been doing! I'm glad it's nearly the weekend, I have some serious catching up on sleep to do! Today I'm bringing you a review of two Garnier products that I am less than impressed with. Read on to find out why!
(I apologise for the state of the bottle in this photo - it has a massive sticker over the bottom half and I tied to remove it and instead it left behind this horrible gluey mess!)
I'll start with the Garnier Moisture Match moisturiser. I didn't acually buy this for myself, it was a gift from my grandma as I'd run out of moisturiser and she was popping to morrisons so she picked up this for me and saved my moisturiser-less skin being seen by the world! I've never particularly taken to Garnier products and this moisturiser reminds me why. This particular product is designed for dull skin so my guess is that it's supposed to brighten your face to make your skin look a little bit less tired. It did nothing of the sort. It just made me look and feel very greasy and oily throughout the whole day and during the week I was using it my skin even became oily on my make up free days. It didn't make my skin look any less dull, it just made it a whole lot more shiny. On top of that it has an awful chemical smell to it - like antibacterial wipes. It's not a nice smell to be putting on your face at the start of the day! I did a little bit of research on the Garnier website and found that it claims to 'fast absorbing'. Which is something I can agree with although I'm not sure that's a good thing. It did absorb very quickly but that left me feeling like I hadn't moisturised at all and it didn't leave a good canvas for my foundation afterwards. I was having to use it to remoisturise extra dry parts of my face not 10 seconds after I'd first applied it. Come on Garnier, step up your game.
As you can see from the image, the actual moisturiser is clear and quite a runny consistency - not at all like your average thick/creamy moisturiser which only adds to the sanitiser characteristics of it.
You can buy the Moisture Match products in 5 different types for all your skin needs (allegedly!) - Protect & Glow, Start Afresh, Goodbye Dry, Wake Me Up (as seen in this post) and Shine Be Gone. They are tailored for different skin types/needs but a couple of them seem to do the same job or no job at all. Sorry Garnier, I'm just not a fan.
If you want to give this product a try you can buy it for £5.99 from Boots.
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Next up on the review list today is Garnier Intensive 7 Day Moisturiser. As far as moisturisers go it's not actually that bad. It smells just like a cream (particularly sun creamy!) and applies nicely. My issue with it is that it takes FOREVER to absorb. I started using this after my morning shower but it was such a horrible feeling putting my clothes on with my body feeling like it was still heavily slathered in cream. Intensive is most certainly the word. That being said, I don't think it works any better than any other moisturiser I've used. I can use other moisturisers than still leave my body feeling suitably moisturised 36 hours later. This one just doesn't do anything for me. And as for the claim that skin feels 'intensely hydrated' for up to 7 days - no, no it doesn't. This is not a moisturiser for you if, like me, you don't like moisturiser sitting around on your skin for hours. Okay so it does the minimal job of actually moisturising my skin but that's all it does. I bought mine for Dry to Extra-Dry Skin as I struggle with dry skin on my legs (especially now the weather is getting colder - it just sucks all my moisture out of me!) but it does come in a few varieties - Grape Milk for normal to dry skin and Peach Milk for dry and sensitive skin. Have you tried any of the Intense Hydration products? What did you think?
If you're interested in purchasing this product you can buy it for £3.14 in Boots - I guess even after all that it's not a terrible purchase for £3! Still, I don't love this product. That's not to say I hate it either, I just think there are much better body moisturisers out there.
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And Garnier, I'm sorry. I promise to keep an open mind about you!
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