Elisabeth Arden 8 Hour Cream

Advantages: It's a lovely squishy soothing cream...
Disadvantages: ...but it comes at a hefty price.

So then, would you like to hear about the good bits or the bad bits first? As I'm in control I'm going to opt for giving you the good bits first to try and lessen the impact of the bad bits... GOOD BITS I think Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream (hereafter refered to as EA8 lest my fingers drop off) is honestly the best thing since sliced bread. It's one of those things you can't see any earthly good in until you experience it for yourself, at which ...
...religion. I am one such convert. EA8 is really whatever you want it to be. More of a salve than a cosmetic, it is primarily used to "soothe minor skin irritations" and "for symptoms of chapping, peeling or flaking due to minor burns, sunburn, windburn, scrapes, abrasions or cracked lips" as suggested by the blurb on the tube. However, most people seem to find their own little quirky uses for the cream. Here are some suggestions, garnered from personal ... Read review

Advantages: It accentuates facial features you know!
Disadvantages: Cost and maybe the smell.

Elizabeth Arden 8 Hour Cream - 50ml - circa £25 - typically from department stores such as Debenhams and the likes. I bought mine from duty free at East Midlands Airport, costing me £16.49 and the young lady providing me assistance wrongly assumed it was for my girlfriend!! Brownie points were quite evidently beamed in my direction as the young lady serving me thought … "what a nice young gentleman, thinking of his girlfriend and buying her a present ...
...about knocking off and getting down the pub with her mates, but that's inconsequential. Yes it's make-up, yes I am male, yes I use it, and yes I am heterosexual. I will probably get no end of abuse for this review, especially if any of my male friends saw it ... barring 2 male friends who know I use it and have already given me the abuse expected of using female grooming produts. What on earth is the world coming to I can already here some blokes ... Read review

Advantages: Is a multi functional product can be used for various things
Disadvantages: Smell may be off putting for some people

There are some products which come onto the beauty scene and take the world by storm, some are a quick flash in the pan but others remain to be stable favourites of customers and beauty editors all over the world. This product falls into the latter category. Originally launched in around 1934 Elizabeth Arden’s 8 Hour Cream is one of the company’s most popular items, so popular that in 1989 it was re-launched onto the market. It is one of those products ...
...lists and on beauty pages as a highly recommended product. The cream which has been dubbed the eighth wonder of the world has a multitude of uses from lip balm to taming eyebrows, from burns to dry skin - this is one great little product. When you purchase this it usually comes in a white box, although some discount websites do sell it without the box at a cheaper price. I do not have the box for my tube of this as mine is a sample sized item and ... Read review

Advantages: Brilliant for an array of uses
Disadvantages: Smells vile

I'd lost count of thenumber of times I have read about various celebrities chuntering on about this 'wonder cream' from Elizabeth Arden. It was always in the back of my mind that'one day' I would treat myself to some and see what all the fuss was about. As mother's day approached this year, my daughter kept on asking me 'Mum, is there anything you'd like?' I refrained from the usual, flowers, chocolates routine, and in a voice loud enough so her ...
...The following day, both daughter and her dad disappeared for several hours and on their return I could hear much whispering and hushed voices coming from the other room. Mother's day approached and I eagerly unwrapped my 'surprise' present. Voila! A 50ml plain white tube, which my husband told me in disbeleif that he'd had to fork out £18 for at our nearest department store. I couldn't wait to try it. I twisted off the cap and immediately was struck ... Read review

Advantages: The multiple uses of this magic lotion
Disadvantages: Same old gripe, the price

Good old Elizabeth Arden 8 hour cream, the lotion that every girl in the whole of the world must know of/used/heard about, now i am going to tell you some more about it to expand your knowledge: Colour: medium brown Texture: Thick & squeezy (like your vaseline goes when its overheated) Smell: Medicated smell (that is probably the easiest way to describe it. I love the smell of it, however i do like the smell of products that other people generally ...
...Packaging: A long white tube with the elizabeth arden logo and name of product on the front in small black font, and on the back is a list of ingedients and a tiny paragraph about the product, again in a small black font. And the tube is in a plain white box with the same logo, name of product on the front, ingredients and a brief paragraph about the product on the back. Where to buy: Elizabeth Arden counters, for example in Boots, Debenhams, House ... Read review

Advantages: colour and care, and smaller in your handbag
Disadvantages: It just doesn't live up to it's predecessor.

...Like all good magazine-reading, beauty-loving sheep, I'm a big fan of that classic orange goo, Elizabeth Arden 8 Hour Cream. It really does solve all life's problems (Or at least it stops my skin from drying out). But I find 99% of the time I only use it on my lips, and at £18 a tube, that's a pretty pricey lipbalm / gloss. There has been a lip treatment alternative - a lip protectant stick that basically looked like a translucent white lipstick - for some time, but I was never convinced it was going to be as good as the cream, and you don't get much in a stick compared to a tube of cream. I wanted an added incentive to part with my cash. So when those bods at Elizabeth Arden decided to make a tinted version, I thought it was worth splashing out on because I was getting two for the price of on - protection and sheer colour. Perfect... Read review

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Advantages: Nice and creamy + pleasant smell and taste + excellent lipstick primer
Disadvantages: Tends to be ineffective on v. dry lips - no SPF - like Vaseline, tin version melts

...golden on my lips whereas my hot pink one looks like a gorgeous medium pink wash. They are usually limited edition so if you can't get your hands on one, buy the Lip Conditioners instead - in pot and stick form. * Elizabeth Arden 8 Hour Cream This is designed for chapped, burnt, dry, etc. etc. skin but can de used on lips, too. I love it. I remember the first time I used it - I had the worst chapped lips ever and put some of this on when I went to bed. I couldn't believe it when my lips were perfect the next day. It really does work within 8 hours - amazing. The smells a bit funky, though, so don't have high hopes for that lol! * Nivea Lip Care This is like the EA 8Hour Cream - it works literally overnight. I have had the baby blue one with the yellow balm, and the pink one with the pink pearl balm. The baby blue version worked... Read review

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Advantages: Zaps spots quicker than anything else I've tried!
Disadvantages: Unusual (but not unpleasant) smell

...the spot inflammation is reduced, be careful. The ingredients in the product are designed to dry out the spot and will do the same to your skin if you over-use it! My advice is that once the inflammation has been zapped, use a moisturiser (see my review on Elizabeth Arden 8 hour cream) to get rid of the red mark that's left. The key to using this product is to know when to stop! Overall, another fab product from Origins which does what it says on the packet. "Does it last?" I hear you say…the answer is yes. I replace this about every 4 months or so - so a little goes a long way. I used it for nearly 2 years and haven't found any spot treatment which works better! Next time you reach for an off the shelf product in Boots costing £4.99 - consider that for a few pounds more, you'll probably get better results in half the time... Read review

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