Olay Total Effects Wake Up Wonder

I suffer with my skin, with it going really dry particularly in winter months, and then also breaking out in spots regularly. I have discovered in recent years that the best moisturisers for me come from the olay range as they moisturise my dry skin without causing me to instantly break out in a new crop of spots. I ran out of my complete care, and as I had not desire to take a trip into town just to buy some moisturiser, I decided to see what they had in my local medium sized tesco. They didn't have my complete care version, so I decided I would try this total effects moisturiser, after all ... more

I love Olay products and have used a lot of the Olay Effects Range in particular, but they always seem to be bringing out more and more and I can't seem to keep up with them lately. One of the better ones in this range, in my opinion, is their Wake Up Wonder Cream. I first tried this as a sample in a magazine and I was hooked. The sample barely gave me enough to use for more than two applications though so I was determined to purchase a bottle and try it out longer term. I paid £13.99 for a 30ml pump dispenser bottle in my local Sainsbury's store. I have noticed that you can sometimes buy ... more

In the last few years Olay have reinvented themselves and appear to be attracting a younger market than I remember from when I was a lot younger. As much as I hate to admit that I might need to start using anti ageing products, I have resigned myself to the fact that I should at least use something to deter those ageing signs rather than waking up one morning to find my face looking older than my time. I tried Olay's Total Effects Wake Up Wonder moisturiser because it was on special offer, and also because it was in a pump action bottle rather than a pot, and I liked the design. The bottle ... more

The reason I first tried Total Effects some 11+ years ago was thanks to a free sample popping through my door, and the reason I tried this Wake Up Wonder version last autumn was for the same reason, a sample through the letterbox. It's an approach that works well to attract, and keep, my custom. I have been using Total Effects constantly since that first sample - which means, yes, I have been slapping on the anti-ageing stuff since I was 17. The reason? It's just such a nice moisturiser and is universally available (in the UK, US, Germany, Austria, Spain, Mexico, Australia - everywhere I've ... more

The Product: I received a 7ml sample of this Olay product from the Olay website. This is quite a new Olay face cream introduced to the UK market last year (2010). I am really into face creams and I am always looking for the new wonder product which diminishes signs of age and gives you glowing youthful skin! This face cream is part of the Olay Total Effects range, this range offers anti-ageing products for day time and night time and is suitalbe for all skin types. The Packaging: The product comes in a cream coloured plastic bottle. The bottle has the name of the product on the front of it ... more

If you regularly follow my reviews you will be aware that I have often spoken very fondly of my dear grandmother who unfortunately, is now in residential care and no longer knows me. I can vividly recall gazing at her when I was a child whilst she applied her make-up, which always belonged to an expensive manufacturer, such as Estee Lauder. It was my grandmother who gave me much of my knowledge about beauty and make-up and how to create different effects. During my teens I suffered with very oily skin, which resulted in me experiencing problematic spots and it was then that I learned the daily ... more