Antipodes Culture Probiotic Night Recovery Water Cream

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.

*this post contains PR samples and/or Affiliate Links unless indicated otherwise - you can learn more on my Disclaimer page.

REN V-Cense!

REN skincare products are not something I have ever gone out of my way to try, even though many Bloggers rave about how brilliant they are.  A few weeks ago I was invited to attend a new product launch at the REN HQ here in London and I went along with the lovely Kimberley from Kimberleysbeautyblog to see what all the fuss was about.

Once inside REN HQ we got plenty of time to mingle with other bloggers and the lovely RN Staff as well as meet David Plenter who is the REN Global Brand Ambassador who then gave us a wonderful presentation into the world of REN and he spoke so passionately, it was hard not to want all of the products.

The reason for the event was to introduce to us the V-Cense collection which we got to test and try out as David was talking to use.  He was also very brave asking if anyone had any questions throughout his presentation, which with a room full of bloggers is no mean feat, but he handled everything wonderfully.   As David spoke to us all, we were able to test out some of the products mentioned which I found really helpfully, especially I was new to trying any REN product.

The V-Cense range is described as being an "innovative range of clean skincare designed to banish urban grey and combat fatigue".

Within this range there is the V-Cense Youth Vitality Day Cream which is described as being:  "A multi-active day moisturiser that prevents and minimizes the signs of premature ageing. Its complex of actives intensely hydrates, protects against free radical damage and smoothes fine lines and wrinkles while boosting skin energy and elasticity. Skin stays hydrated, protected and glowing."

Next comes the V-Cense Revitalising Night Cream which is said to "Hydrate and rejuvenate your skin overnight, waking to a radiant and healthy reflection. Frankincense Revitalising Night Cream contains bio-actives that moisturise, nourish and help combat the signs of premature ageing".

We also got to try out the REN Centifolia Hot Cloth Cleanser which is described as being"A rich and velvety lotion formulated to clean the skin from urban dirt and to remove make-up. Tannins from Centifolia rose petals soothes, tones and revives the skin while triglycerides from cocoa butter leaves it nourished and supple".  This product also comes with a Muslin cloth.

The final product we got to hear about is the REN V-Cense Flash Rinse 1 minute facial, yes you read that right.  This product is a gel-rinse that is designed to instantly revitalize and rejuvinate the skin after just 1 minute and last for 72 hours! It aims to neutralize ‘urban grey’ (especially good news for us living in London), remove blackheads, eliminate dead skin cells, reduce the signs of fatigue, diminish the signs of wrinkles and overall leave skin looking firm, toned and smoothed. Short term it is said to brighten your complexion, even skin tone and it also has an instant firming, toning and lifting effect.  To me, this all seems quite impressive and exciting for a product only being used for 1 minute and it is out in March 2014.

As soon as I saw all of these products and was lucky enough to try them, I wanted them as well as most of the products from the Moroccan Rose Range which smell absolutely amazing.  Amazingly, the wonderful people at REN had prepared an amazing goody bag ina lovely REN Tote bag for those of us who attended and here are the contents:

I was totally excited to see all of these products within my bag, especially two sachets of the 1 minute facial which I was itching to try having listened to David talk about it so passionately because it does sound simply amazing.

Have you tried any REN products? Do you have a favourite?