The newest launch from Antipodes, a brand whom I have featured a lot of over the past few years, is their sleep-in night cream, Culture Probiotic Night Recovery Water Cream.
As a brand, Antipodes have some amazing products, such as Aura Manuka Honey Mask which, if you haven’t tried, then you most definitely should. They’re up there with some of my absolute favourite products I’ve ever tried.
The Culture Probiotic Night Recovery Water Cream is formulated with certified vegan ingredients from New Zealand nature and the power of probiotics and is said to deliver a lifeline to any skin type by boosting moisture levels and strengthening the skin’s barrier thus optimising skin recovery overnight.
On the skin, this cream is really lightweight, almost cloud like and with its lilac hue it absorbs quickly into the skin and it’s an absolute dream to use.
Using the power of Kalibiome AGE Probiotic, which is described as being a high-performing, non-live ‘good’ bacteria and in clinical trials, this Probiotic was found to not only reduce the effects of photo-ageing in the skin, reduce wrinkle depth and redness but it also enhanced elasticity and increased hydration by stimulating the production of hyaluronic acid in skin cells. There is also the inclusion of plant-based Hyaluronic Acid and native New Zealand Mamaku Black Fern which work to deliver a lifeline to stressed skin’s depleted moisture levels for plump, bouncy and dewy skin.
For me, I was intrigued to see how it dealt with some redness, brought about by using a facemask which featured clay and still my skin hates it, so it was red and quite angry. Applying this cream, there was an instantly soothing feeling, the kind you get when you apply a cold towel to your skin after a day in the sun. As it is a night cream, I slathered it onto my skin and the following morning, the redness was still present, but much less angry and easy to cover with a tinted moisturiser - one day I will learn not to use a facemask which has clay as a main ingredient!
There is nothing I dislike about the Antipodes Culture Probiotic Night Recovery Water Cream. For me, it does pretty much everything it claims to do, it feels delightful on the skin, it is soothing, it is lightweight, it isn’t sticky or tacky and it is on sale with Lookfantastic* and Antipodes* and it is priced at £45 for 60ml.