I am now starting to look old and haggard, so for my birthday last year when asked what I would like, so without a second thought I answered some Oil of Ulay. My family trailed through the shops but could not find the product I required. Of course I had forgot to mention the name had now changed to Oil of Olay. What the hell was that all about? The makers Proctor and Gamble only changed it by one letter and I understand the reason was the word Olay instead of Ulay was much easier to say in certain countries. The word Ulay was often mistook for the word greasiness and after research it was found the word Olay was much more acceptable to all countries which used the products. From the beginning of 2003 the words Oil of have been dropped from the packaging altogether.

On my birthday I was on a holistic retreat and I had taken a birthday bag with all my presents in there. I could see four little packages with only one of them being slightly smaller than the others. Not being greedy I opened the smaller one first. Ooh a lovely a bottle of moisturizer, just what I needed. I continued to open the other three packages. You guessed it four bottles of Oil of Olay active beauty fluid in total. There were three 220ml bottles and one 150ml bottle. At least I wouldn’t need any more for a few years. I did get some other presents when I returned home but it was not quite the same.

I sometimes have trouble-unscrewing objects so I wondered if the bottle lid was going to be a challenge? No problems this time as this was an easy to unscrew lid, well that’s a good start. The bottle contained a nice pale pink coloured liquid that is nice and creamy to the touch. It does not have a distinctive smell and you really have to have a good sniff to smell it at all. I decided to slap it onto my chin for starters. I soon realized how dry my skin had become as my skin immediately soaked up the liquid like a sponge. It felt cool and refreshing so I continued slap some more on this time including the whole face and neck area. Even around the eyes I had no stinging sensation occur. I did have to repeat the process three times the first time I used it, as my skin was so dry. After applying so much liquid I did expect to have a shiny nose but this product left no shine at all so I could safely leave the house without looking like a glowing beacon. My hands were not left at all greasy after the application so I was thoroughly impressed with my Oil of Olay. I now use the lotion as part of my daily routine and probably will do for many years to follow. If you ever meet me you will be able to see how youthful my skin looks. Yeah right I hear you scoff!

You can also buy the hypoallergenic version of the active beauty fluid.
Hypoallergenic = Products that are hypoallergenic are tested to show that they reduce the chance of allergic reactions.

I saw an Olay advert on the television last year and was amazed to see that they were celebrating their 50th Jubilee year just like the Queen. I have always associated Oil of Olay with older people but now wish I had started using it years ago. They have loads of other products, so my next purchase will just have to be the anti-wrinkle cream. Maybe I should just break all the mirrors in the house so I just don’t notice the wrinkles appearing every day.