... Boots describe their cold cream as 'deep cleansing and softening' and I would happily agree with both of those statements.
Boots Cold Cream is part of their Traditional Skin Care range. A couple of years ago I was attracted to buying this as I had just decided that most of my skin problems ... Read review
Advantages: a brillaint eye make-up remover, leaves skin soft and plump and clean, fantastically cheap, nice simple packaging. Disadvantages: stings if it gets in your eyes, may be too oily for some people to use as a moisturiser
...have used over the years. Boots describe their cold cream as 'deep cleansing and softening' and I would happily agree with both of those statements.
Boots Cold Cream is part of their Traditional Skin Care range. A couple of years ago I was attracted to buying this as I had just decided that most of my skin problems were probably due to the wide variety of lotions and potions I was subjecting it to. I'd use a treatment for oily skin ... ...So I was attracted to Boots Cold Cream because it is a very traditional product and doesn't have added vitamins or AHAs (whatever they may be) or plant extracts or any nonsense. True it's made of good old-fashioned chemicals (paraffin, stearic acid, although it is lanolin free) but so are most beauty products, although they pretend to be the juice of freshly squeezed leaves. I also liked the packaging - a white, squat tub with green and gold writing ... more
I am not reviewing this in comparison with other makes of cold cream (e.g. Ponds) but in comparison with other make-up removers and moisturisers I have used over the years. Boots describe their cold cream as 'deep cleansing and softening' and I would happily agree with both of those statements.
Boots Cold Cream is part of their Traditional Skin Care range. A couple of years ago I was attracted to buying this as I had just decided that most of my skin problems were probably due to the wide variety of lotions and potions I was subjecting it to. I'd use a treatment for oily skin which would result in dry skin, and a treatment for that would send it back the other way. So instead I would just go back to basics, let my skin sort itself out and tell me what it needs.
So I was attracted to Boots Cold Cream because it is a very traditional product and doesn't have added vitamins or AHAs (whatever they may be) or plant extracts or any nonsense. True it's made of good old-fashioned chemicals (paraffin, stearic acid, although it is lanolin free) but so are most beauty products, although they pretend to be the juice of freshly squeezed leaves. I also liked the packaging - a white, squat tub with green and gold writing on the screw on lid. It looks very 1930's and I'm fond of that sort of thing. I also like the idea that most of my money isn't going into advertising it.
To be fair, this wasn't the first time I'd used Boots cold cream. My mum had always used it as a make-up remover (and, I do believe, to prevent nappy rash on myself and my brother but let's not think about that now). Aged 7 I decided to experiment with my mum's mascara and her suspicions were confirmed when I woke up next morning with panda eyes. These were quickly wiped away with cold cream and I was told to leave her make-up bag (which, in fact, consisted only of that mascara) well alone.
By the time I had my own make-up to play with, I was also contrary enough to ignore her advice and buy my own make-up remover - namely whatever was on special offer in Boots. Of those that did, eventually, forcibly, remove my three inches of kohl (I was a teenage goth), most either stung like crazy or dried out the skin round my eyes. So before I went to uni I stole her cold cream.
I've been led to believe, by assorted magazine articles and advertisements, that wrinkles round the eyes (and indeed anywhere on the face) are more likely with dry skin - hence why tanning and smoking both increase their likelihood. Used as an eye-make-up remover, Boots cold cream (you only need a little on a cotton wool pad) not only removes all my eye make-up in one or two strokes, but leaves the skin round my eyes incredibly soft, which I'm hoping will stave off the odd laughter-line. It removes even water-proof mascara quickly and easily, and although it hurts if you get it in your eye, the trick is not to get it in your eye (this is easier when one is sober).
After a few months of my 'no lotions + potions' experiment I discovered that my skin was often rather dry and - living in central London - needed a cleanser. I tried a few different products for each but, when I run out each time and used cold cream as a stop-gap for the job , I found that, for me at least,it worked best. Wiped around my face at night, the cotton wool comes off a reassuring grey colour, whilst leaving my skin peachy soft. Although my skin then tends to be very dry when I step out of the shower in the morning, if I resist the urge to moisturise, enough is locked into my skin from the previous night and it's set itself right again within an hour or so.
However, I didn't really think of using cold cream as a moisturiser proper until I read about it being used as part of the beauty rituals of a character in a slightly pornographic 19th century french novel. Until then, I'd used the E45 body lotion, which I still continue to use on the days when I want to feel slim, healthy, and the like the sort of person who eats vegetables and take exercise (not all of which apply to me on a regular basis). But when I want to wear expensive lingerie and feel like one of Charles II's courtesans (there was a brilliant exhibition about them at the National Portrait Gallery recently), when I want to seduce my boyfriend in an especially lavish fashion, or am just wearing a strapless dress and want my shoulders to be smooth and soft and plump, then I rub in cold cream. It's quite oily (although not greasy) so I wouldn't recommend it for people with problem skin, but is absorbed really easily and makes my skin feel luscious and my body positively voluptuous.
On a more practical note, cold cream is also really good for intensively moisturising your knees and elbows, particularly for the former before waxing treatments.
At £2.35 for 200ml, a tub which lasts me around a year, even used in this variety of ways, you can't really complain at the price, even as an eye-make-up remover alone, which is the use I am happy to whole-heartedly promote it for.
p.s.I have rated this product 'excellent', as it is for my purposes and skin, although I toyed with rating it as 'good' because it is not suitable for everyone...and then decided, what the hell this is a totally subjective opinion, so excellent it is.
I have been using Boots Traditional Skin Care Cold Cream for a number of years and have always been very satisfied with the product. I have also introduced my daughter to it and neither of us had any problems with the original formulation. However the most recent jars we have bought burns both our eyes and faces. It is also much thicker and harder to remove make-up. The formulation is different as I have compared the ingredients list on the new jar ...
Carol.M 24.03.2009
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Advantages: All of above and points raise from previous reviewer Disadvantages: Can't see any
...which I am glad that Boots still do produce such products, only bought it a moment ago, therefore I shall report after using it for a while. Like the excellent reviewer before me, I very much agree everything noted from the price(no advertising cost), design (1930's) and formula (simple but effective) of such product. As I have using cold cream from various origin, namely from China which also deem very old fashion but one can still buy it in Hong ... ...must say but I do not think one can buy in here in UK, but if one is in Hong Kong, do look out for it). I mostly use cold cream for body moisturising daily after shower, as I love using soap which makes me feel squeaky clean and problem free, cold cream is just the right thing to use after using soap. I also use E45 cream which has a more hydrate property but not as long lasting then cold cream, and one needs more of it in order to stay soft and ...
roxprofi 17.02.2009
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Advantages: No longer has any. It used to be perfect. I would have said it was the best product ever! Disadvantages: Thick, Vaseline Texture, Smells chemically, Does not remove makeup easily.
...My cream is TOTALLY different. Boots are still packaging it the same way and the ingredients listed are even the same, and yet my newest cream is completely different to my old one. The cream inside does not even look the same. My mum's cream is totally pure white and mine is pinky in colour. Why have boots changed it? It's now much thicker, oilier, and much more greasy. It almost has a vaseline texture. I have been using this for two years and the ... ...takes some scrubbing and a lot of cotton wool too! It's awful! I need answers. When I realised this change could be why my face has a rash, I threw the Cold Cream away straight away!! I am going to contact Boots and see what they have to say!! ...
lillybettx 22.07.2009
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Advantages: none Disadvantages: smells dreadful, consistency like lard, none of its old wonderful features
What has happened to the boots traditional cold cream???? I have used it religiously to the exclusion of all others for the past 15 years and the jar before last and my recent one have been such a let down. Instead of the lovely creamy texture that soaks into your skin and removes eye make up, mascara and eyeliner by melting everything gently, we now have this petroleum smelling, lard texture which does not permeate the skin, does not melt the eye ... ...what has happened??? Obviously Boots have changed the ingredients, but why - is the new stuff cheaper - why would they want to change such a fantastic product - I have recommended it to hundreds of people over the years (I am 51 myself, so have lots of experience of other products). This product made my skin soft and moisturised and has surely kept me looking years younger than my actual age - but unless Boots revert to the old recipe, this is the ...
friend-of-freddy 30.12.2008
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I found this cream wonderfully rich & softening.It cleansed really well & smelt beautiful too. Really good value & good quality. I find this range generally is a very good quality & found it does not irritate my skin as they do not seem to have too many chemicals in them. ...
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