Avon Rich Moisture Face Cream Review !

Most people have heard of the 'Avon' make up and beauty company. I'm definitely a fan! If you don't have an Avon representative who delivers regular catalogues to your door, then you could try and find out if there's one in your area, or you could just shop online at www.avonshop.co.uk. Anyway...let's get on with looking at this facecream :)

I've been using this for a few months now, and it's lasted for quite a while with a few more to go! Even with twice-daily moisturising, you get a lot for your money!
It's from a range called 'Avon Care', and this range is described by Avon itself as: "...our value skincare that helps to make your body and face look soft and supple everyday without fuss". I consider myself to have combination skin with quite dry cheeks so I decided on the 'Rich Moisture nourishing face cream' because I didn't want to use something light, but I didn't want to use something super heavy. There are a few other 'Avon Care' face creams to choose from including: 'fresh hydration' and 'intensive moisture'.

The pots come in 200ml sizes (apart from 'fresh hydration' which comes smaller and in a tube). The RRP is £4.20 BUT at this very moment you can buy the 'Rich Moisture' face cream for only £1.75 online. That's a saving of £2.45. It's worth buying even if you just want to try it, as it's so cheap at the moment.

'Rich moisture' contains soybean and vitamin E. Vitamin E is described on www.ehow.com as being a "powerful free radical scavenger that prevents damage from the environment and repairs damage to the skin". So it's a good thing to have in a face cream/moisturiser in this day and age what with all the pollution surrounding us! It says on the back of the pot that it "helps soften and nourish dry skin". So, all in all it sounds like it's meant to be a good moisturiser that gives your skin the nutrients it needs. This moisturiser has a light, biscuit-cream colour.

How I got on . . .
Like I said earlier I've been using this for a few months. It stops my skin feeling tight after cleansing and toning, although I would imagine most face creams do this. It can make your hair go greasy though if your hair accidentally touches your face before it's all absorbed. So tie your hair back or at least clip it, particularly your fringe.

However even a while after it should've absorbed, my skin never feels totally normal and smooth. It always feels like it has something on it, almost something that shouldn't be there e.g. a residue. Other face creams and moisturisers have absorbed and quickly left my skin feeling like nothing has been left on its surface. But maybe it's meant to feel like this after, or maybe its residue from actually putting too much cream on. I'll never know! However despite this, it does make my skin feel really soft and nourished afterwards, like it's been given some TLC.

I'm not keen on moisturisers that come in a pot, simply because, even with just-washed hands, you're putting new bacteria into the pot/the air is doing the same whenever you open it or dip your fingers in it. I prefer tubes because, even if there's bacteria on your hands, there's nothing that can get into the tube and contaminate it and make it less beneficial or dangerous.

My other sticking point is that I'm not sure whether my bouts of spots are as expected, or whether there's more because of the oils this face cream contains. It specifically contains 2 oils in the ingredients list: soybean oil and glycine soja oil. And everyone knows that spot prone skin is recommended to use oil-free products! So this is my main niggling part of this critique.

Am I pleased I bought this? Yes, as my skin has been nourished and protected, and kept nice and soft. When I bought it months ago it was also on offer like it is now so I got it quite cheap.

Would I buy it again? Probably not, because I would rather find an oil-free moisturiser, to try and remove as many risks within my control as possible with regards to getting spots (or general oily looking skin, which I do get with this but I don't know if it's just natural!) I prefer moisturisers in tubes anyway for hygiene reasons.

Would I recommend it? Yes, if someone is looking for a face cream that will really look after their skin and make it nice and soft and stop dryness (which it does well). Just don't risk buying if you're spot-prone.

So there you have it! I will also review other Avon products from time to time :)

See ya soon xxx