I bought a bottle of Nivea Firming Lotion Q10 a couple of months ago as I had loads of points on my Boots Advantage Card and felt like treating myself. It cost me 499 points (that’s £4.99 in real money) for 200ml, I’m sure you can get it much cheaper from places other than Boots ... Read review
I bought a bottle of Nivea Firming Lotion Q10 a couple of months ago as I had loads of points on my Boots Advantage Card and felt like treating myself. It cost me 499 points (that’s £4.99 in real money) for 200ml, I’m sure you can get it much cheaper from places other than Boots as I think this is pretty extortionate for body lotion, when you can get shops own stuff for £3.00 or less and it’s all the same really isn’t it?... ...screw top lid and the Nivea Body logo in a dark blue square. The rest of the bottle writing is navy and generally quite classy looking, reminiscent of a Marks & Spencers range and of course the design is at least comparable with the rest of the Nivea range design.
So nothing new there then? Well the ingredients may be a little different, however, as per the apparently revised Ciao directive (thanks Ken the Mad Cabbie for confirming ... more
I bought a bottle of Nivea Firming Lotion Q10 a couple of months ago as I had loads of points on my Boots Advantage Card and felt like treating myself. It cost me 499 points (that’s £4.99 in real money) for 200ml, I’m sure you can get it much cheaper from places other than Boots as I think this is pretty extortionate for body lotion, when you can get shops own stuff for £3.00 or less and it’s all the same really isn’t it?...
The bottle isn’t too special but looks nice enough on the average bathroom shelf. It is white with a dark blue screw top lid and the Nivea Body logo in a dark blue square. The rest of the bottle writing is navy and generally quite classy looking, reminiscent of a Marks & Spencers range and of course the design is at least comparable with the rest of the Nivea range design.
So nothing new there then? Well the ingredients may be a little different, however, as per the apparently revised Ciao directive (thanks Ken the Mad Cabbie for confirming that), you’re going to have to look at a bottle yourselves to know them. A major and important ingredient is, however, Coenzyme Q10.
Obviously, Coenzyme Q10 is quite an important component of this product, hence the name, and in the interests of science, I decided to research this further on the International Coenzyme Q10 Association website. This site is full of useful information on the matter, provided you speak sciencese. To simplify the subject, Q10 is found in most of the body’s cells and helps mitochondrial enzymes to perform, which are essential for a lot of cellular function. Q10 is naturally found in small amounts many foods as well – especially organ meats (liver, kidney etc – hmmm yum?), beef, some oily fish and peanuts. Apparently Q10 has no known toxicity or side affects.
Now, I wouldn’t blame you for going ‘well exactly what has this got to do with body lotion’, but according to Nivea it works like this: Coenzyme Q10 is responsible for the energy in skins cells and therefore helps them redevelop faster. Apparently tests show that after 3 weeks use, skin becomes noticeably more toned by replenishing the skin's own ability to stay firm and increasing elasticity – it plumps the cells up basically. And apparently our bodies don’t produce as much Q10 as we get older – which is why we get the saggy skin thing and why this product can supposedly help.
Nice theory, but does it work?
As stated, I have been using Q10 firming lotion for about two months. I’m afraid I can’t say much on the claim of whether it firms your skins, mine isn’t too saggy yet and on that topic I haven’t really noticed any difference in the tone of my skin (I should have taken before and after pictures!). Also, it doesn’t claim to combat cellulite (a matter near the hearts (or upper thighs) of many women, I should know!), however, it does claim that as part of your skincare routine and along with plenty of water and a healthy diet, it can help disperse cellulite faster than without.
So I’m not sure at this juncture whether the inclusion of this magical ingredient has any point, however, I can say that the moisturising properties are second to none. I suffer from very mild eczema when stressed and dry patches on my arms and legs at other times, but since using the Q10 firming lotion these have all but disappeared, now you may say woo hoo a moisturiser that gets rid of dry skin, but my dry patches are very stubborn and no other moisturising cream has managed to get rid of them, until now, and I’ve tried all of them including Palmolive for very dry skin, The Sanctuary, Olay and Boots own. Q10 leaves my skin very soft to the touch and with a lovely sheen that lasts for ages.
It’s not messy (or at least any messier than any other cream) and is very easy to apply – just squirt a small blob into your hand/directly into your skin and rub it in well with the palm of your hand using upward circular motions. You don’t need to use a great deal and it should be absorbed into your skin fairly quickly (I can usually put trousers/tops on within about 5 minutes of application). It doesn’t smell of much, just a regular moisturiser type smell, not horrible, not lovely, but this suits just fine if you don’t want strong smells interfering with your perfume or body spray.
I have had the bottle for about 8 weeks and still have about a third left, which, by my amazing powers of logic, means it should last about 3 months, which makes the price tag seem a lot less hefty. Mind you, I try to moisturise my whole body once a day, but as I am not a Barbie doll (i.e. 8 inches tall) this takes some time, so on average I probably use it every second day, mainly on my arms and legs, so for more conscientious/less dopey people than me it probably wont last as long.
It claims to be suitable for all skin types, but I can’t comment on this as besides my dry patches I don’t have particularly sensitive skin, so if anyone has had adverse effects with sensitive skin I’d be interested to hear.
According to the Nivea website its ‘skin compatibility has been dermatologically proven’. Now I for one have entirely no idea what this is supposed to mean, but I have a horrible feeling it means it was tested on animals. Dermatologically tested simply means it has been tested on skin and presumably, as per the statement, found to be compatible with it...hmmm. So to get to the bottom of this in an Inspector Morse type way I contacted the website to query this - they responded very quickly by email, to tell me a fact sheet would come out in the post and refused to respond fully by email. I did receive my fact sheet fairly promptly, where it states that while Nivea do not actively test on animals they do use ingredients in their products that may have been tested in this way, so if you’re very pro happy bunnies this wont be the product for you.
I was glad to hear that Nivea no longer test their products on animals as I was dreading having to find an equitable product, as this is certainly the best body moisturiser I have used, rich, moisturising, easily absorbed, long lasting (both in terms of the bottle and on your skin) and relative to this, quite cheap.
For more info try:
wwwcsi.unian.it/coenzymeQ - International Coenzyme Q10 Association www.nivea.com - Official Nivea site
Advantages: makes your skin smoother, softer and it lasts for long Disadvantages: none I can think of
Nivea lotion wasn’t my kind of subject for writing an opinion as quite a few already have brought into light all the good and the bad points (if any!) there are to say but I thought it won’t hurt to add my opinion with all the others as Nivea skin firm lotion it is really good product which makes it worth it paying the extra pennies. My family have always used Nivea for almost every part for the body you could use a body lotion at. For the hands, ... ...days there was only one Nivea product that we were familiar with and that was the metal blue tubes or boxes like, in small (for your handbag), medium and large size. But now days there is a range of products from the familiar body lotions to facial creams, anti-wrinkle and body sprays…and I must admit I have tried almost everything…with no complaints!
But from this endless list it is their body firming lotion that I use on a daily basis for many ...
Kirki 17.06.2003
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Nivea Skin Firming Complex Body Moisturiser
Advantages: Smells great, Skin does seem firmer Disadvantages: Price
...Superdrug, marching straight to the Nivea section I quickly shrunk away when I seen the price for this little gem was £5.89 for 200ml.
But I still wanted it, so I headed off to Boots but alas still nearly £6.00 for 200ml, just buy it I hear you say, but to be honest 200ml wouldn't last me long as an everday body moisturiers and at nearly £6.00 a pop it would be relegated to a now and again treat.
But then I had myself a brainwave, not easy when ... ...The bottle is a standard Nivea bottle white with a blue flip top lid.
It claims to be able to:
* Increase elasticity and improve skin tone
* Smooth and improve skin structure
* Provide long lasting moisture
* Light and easily absorbed
This is due to a coenzyme in the product called Q10, being a bit of a nerd at time I looked into this so called enzyme and found out that it is one which we have naturally in our bodies but which loses i5's potency ...
SMAGGS76 18.08.2002
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Nivea Skin Firming Complex Body Moisturiser
Advantages: moisturises well and firms skin Disadvantages: Strong smell, quite expensive
I was first tempted to use this when the Sun came out, knowing bikinis and swimsuits would soon be coming out of the wardrobe I decided to try this as a quick fix on my skin.
The Price
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It is an expensive moisturiser but in the line of firming products you can buy its about average, around £5 for 200ml. If you search around you can find it cheaper elsewhere. The first time I tried it was as a free sample, ths encouraged me to buy more ... ...Packaging
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It comes in a tasteful white and blue bottle, It looks like a moisturiser. It has a flip up cap and you squeeze it (like ketchup) to get the product out.
It also contains Q10 plus which is the firming complex, its all explained on the bottle.
The Product
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This product has a strong perfumed smell. The smell reminds me of sun cream a little and it does last a few hours, so if you don't like the smell this can ...
Cerulean 09.06.2003
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Advantages: Does its job Disadvantages: Quite expensive
Yes I'm the first to admit that my skin is anything from perfect. A lot of people will disagree with me as I'm lucky enough to have naturally bronzed looking skin and I look toned even though I'm not. Oh if those people only knew...
See the truth is that my skin is dry and feels like jelly when its touched (OK, I exagerate slightly but its just so you get my point). Anyway, when I first saw an advery for this new skin firming cream I though "great!" ... ...horrified to discover that it was almost £5 for a 200ml bottle. Which to be honest seemed completely useless to me as I need to moisturise twice a day at least. I thought that that bottle wouldn't even last a week. So I didn't buy it. A few weeks later when shopping in a Supasave store I notcied the same bottle for only £1.99. Bargain! So I bought a bottle to see if it worked.
I used it the next day after taking a shower and noticed imediately that ...
kateteen 23.04.2001
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Advantages: practically no cellulite, no dry skin Disadvantages: expensive (cos I use lots), no sunscreen, doesn't help stretch marks
...part. As prior to using Nivea Skin Firming Complex Body Moisturiser I used Baby Oil, which was absorbed much easier, and required little massaging into the skin.
The only really dissapointing thing, after using the product for around a year now, is that it hasn't helped with my stretch marks in the slighest (not that it claims to, but it would be nice). ...
userdefinable 26.05.2003 (27.06.2003)
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