Oilatum Natural Face Repair Cream

...white with the blue wavy oilatum logo, green writing telling you what it is and a bubbley greeny-blue type thing at the bottom! In fact it is very effective when you see it!

PRICE
I didn’t actually buy this but I looked on the Boots website (which by the way is where you can buy this) and a small tube – 50ml is £7.49 which does seem a little expensive, but a little does go along way and it does seem to ease the dryness and tightness ...
...does exactly what it says it should, I would say that it is a trifle expensive for what you get but it does do what it says and I will definitely be buying some of this again.

CONTACT
Stiefel laboratories (UK) Ltd, Holtspur Lane, Wooburn Green, Bucks, HP10 0AU
www.oilatum.co.uk
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First review in ages! Lets hope I’ve still got the knack of it! Anyway here goes…..

I first heard about this cream from a freebie website which was advertising the fact that they were giving away free samples of this cream. Anyway I followed the link http://www.oilatum.co.uk/offers/onr.asp and requested a sample. Admittedly it took a very long time to come through, if fact so long that I didn’t even remember requesting it, but once it arrived I thought that I just had to try it out!

WHAT IS IT?
This cream is supposed to be developed especially for dry and sensitive skins and for those prone to eczema, which in a nutshell definitely describes me, and I hate the fact that it flares up at the most inopportune times, mainly when I want to go out or go on holiday, so I thought this may help me out of my predicament.

HOW DOES IT WORK?
It intensely nourishes your skin to help repair your natural barrier. It is supposed to penetrate deeply to rehydrate your skin which will in turn relieve tightness and irritation that comes with dry skin conditions.

WHAT IS IT LIKE?
My first impression before I even opened sachet that it came in was that it was going to be a light formulation so that it didn’t sit on top of the skin and look greasy, but as I opened the packet I was surprised, it was of a consisentsy on that much different from savlon, or some other antiseptic creams that you can get and I thought that it was going to be very heavy. It is supposed to be fragrance free, and although a lot of creams say that they are fragrance free half the time they do have a smell with them, but this one doesn’t – not anything I have tried and failed to smell anything at all.
You use this cream when your skin feels tight, dry and itchy, and you just smooth in on and rub it in. When I used it I was surprised, it disappeared almost on contact and left no greasy residue, and it did definitely relieve any tightness that my skin felt. It says that this cream is light enough to use everyday and also light enough to use under makeup, this claim is certainly true, I have been using it for 2 weeks now and it wont clog your skin and it doesn’t make it feel heavy or greasy so I would definitely recommend it for everyday use.

PACKAGING
The packaging although simple is very effective and the more you look at it the better it gets, the sachet (my freebie) looks to be the same design as what you would get when you buy the bottle, and this is white with the blue wavy oilatum logo, green writing telling you what it is and a bubbley greeny-blue type thing at the bottom! In fact it is very effective when you see it!

PRICE
I didn’t actually buy this but I looked on the Boots website (which by the way is where you can buy this) and a small tube – 50ml is £7.49 which does seem a little expensive, but a little does go along way and it does seem to ease the dryness and tightness of sensitive skin.

VERDICT
This cream does exactly what it says it should, I would say that it is a trifle expensive for what you get but it does do what it says and I will definitely be buying some of this again.

CONTACT
Stiefel laboratories (UK) Ltd, Holtspur Lane, Wooburn Green, Bucks, HP10 0AU
www.oilatum.co.uk
 

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