SHOCKING Review : Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair Synchronized Recovery Complex II

Once upon a time my newsfeed was full of this serum, everyone was raving about it. YouTube was full of this product and all the famous bloggers were saying that they love it and that is what made me buy it. Before buying this product I had a consultant with a skin expert from Estee lauder and she suggested me this serum.

Packaging: The Estee Lauder Night Repair Serum comes in a dark brown glass bottle with a golden cap. It has a dropper which makes the application more hygienic and you can get the right amount of product without wasting any. The serum itself has a transparent yellowish brown color to it. It's not too thick and neither runny, something in between. It doesn't have any strong scent to it, the scent is very subtle. It has a shelf life of 24months.

1oz - $65

1.7oz - $95

3.9oz - $185

 

This is what I found in Estee Lauder's website: Lines and wrinkles look significantly reduced. More than 75% of women felt their skin looked more youthful in just 4 weeks. Skin feels smoother, hydrated, and stronger. 82% felt their skin was immediately hydrated. Skin looks younger, radiant, more even toned. 83% felt their skin looked healthier, fresher, more rested in just 4 weeks. 

This claims to be suitable for all skin types. It doesn't clog pores so this cannot cause acne and the serum is oil-free, fragrance free too. Most of the people are allergic to fragrance like me; this is good news for them. It claims to repair signs of aging, lines and wrinkles, dullness and dryness.

How to use:

Apply few drops on your hand and massage it to your face.

Use this at night and before using moisturizer.

Do not wash off, keep it over night.

Review: I have been using this serum for 1 and half years forcing myself to love it but I don't. I used this product with several moisturizers and face oils but no results at all. Maybe because I don't have any sign of aging yet that's why I didn't see any results. But it claims to fix dehydration but it didn't and it didn't make my face look radiant or healthy. It was like this product didn't do anything at all. I was very disappointed, this cost a lot and it didn't do anything at all. I was expecting this to be a bottle of magic after I saw all the positive reviews. Of course everyone has different types of skin and everything doesn't suit everyone, this didn't work for me that doesn't mean it won't work for you but I won't recommend this to anybody as it didn't work on me. I still can't believe this didn't do anything, maybe after six-seven years when my skin will become more mature, I will give another try.

Too Faced: Born This Way Foundation

Too faced Born This Way claims that they are oil-free, medium to full coverage foundation.      

Just like all the Too Faced products, this has a cute packaging too. A cute frosted bottle with a pump. The cap is plastic. The packing doesn't look cheap at all and to be honest when I pay $39 for a product I want it to have a great packaging too. You get 30ml of products and it has a shelf life of 12months.

 I ordered it online and choose my shade with the help of https://findation.com/. My face is lighter than my hands so don't get carried away with my hand swatch. The shade matched my face perfectly but it was looking very dull. This foundation has a sort of dullness in it. The shade that I got is called "Natural Beige".

ACNES?? Currently I have combination skin, which is a mixture of dry and oily at the same time. When I started using this foundation I had no acnes at all but few acne scars. After using it for a week I notice that my whole forehead wash full of acnes. I didn't understand why it was happening. I changed my makeup brushes, beauty blender and skin care routine too but no change at all but last week I finally found out that all the acnes are happening only because of this foundation.

Not just my forehead, now I have acnes on my cheeks and chin as well only because of this foundation. If you have acne-prone skin then I won't recommend you this foundation. I was really disappointed with this product as I thought this will work for me and acnes are the last thing that I would want. I will no longer use this foundation at all. 

Everything That You Need To Know :

1) Better application with sponge/beauty blender.

2) Not easy to blend if you have dry skin - You need to apply a good moisturizing primer and a moisturizer.

3) Not for acne-prone skin, broke me out.

4) Settles into fine lines

5) Doesn't cover hyper pigmentation or sun burns properly.

6) Does cover acne scars,

7) Transfers a lot.

8) Make pores visible after 2-3 hours of application - You can actually count my pores, I never faced this problem with any other foundation.

9) Does hold other makeup's properly for a long time.

10) Easy to wash off.

11) Feels sticky when you touch you face.

I used this foundation without primer, setting spray and touch-ups for 5 hours so that I could review it properly. I just ate and my lipstick was messed up, as I didn't want to touch-up my makeup so I didn't fix it.

After Five Hours:  It did last long and hold the rest of my makeup pretty well. My highlighter and blush is visible. My skin looks a bit oily but not too much which is a win win cause usually in 5 hours I have super oily skin without touch-ups but the major problem was that my pores were extremely visible, I could even count my pores. It felt sticky and heavy on my face after five hours but this didn't happen when I applied the foundation, at that time it felt a bit heavy but not sticky. The more you sweat, the stickier it gets. It started to disappear from my forehead and it was creasing a lot especially beside my nose.

It's not a bad foundation but people with acne-prone skin and pore problems should skip this. I did like the fact that it lasts long and holds the rest of my makeup for hours but it's not for me.