The Intense Beauty Serum was £19.75 and makes some very bold claims. Such as:
No7 Protect & Perfect Intense Beauty Serum 30ml is proven to restore skin’s structure and appearance. Independently proven to restore the skin’s structure, visibly improving deep lines and wrinkles by up to 50% with regular use. The first product proven to restore the skin's structure with prolonged use. So effective that other people can see a significant visible improvement in your deep lines and wrinkles.
Immediately improving skin’s radiance after the first application, this rich, velvety, No7 Intense anti-ageing serum glides onto the skin.
After 4 weeks, the appearance of lines and wrinkles is reduced by up to 50%.
It seemed only fair to test it for four weeks to see if lines and wrinkles were reduced by anything, never mind 50%.
The day cream was £19.50 and also makes bold claims:
No7 Protect & Perfect Day Cream works to improve the resilience of your skin to the ageing effects of the sun and pollution, smoothing fine lines to leave your skin with a healthy renewed radiance.
The night cream was £20.50 claims:
Protect & Perfect Night works to help your skin recover from the day and smoothes fine lines leaving skin with a healthy renewed radiance.A rich formulation which contains our patent pending next generation antioxidant complex, to protect against damaging effects of free radicals. Includes a skin-firming complex containing lipo-peptides to boost and maintain elasticity.
So four weeks on what I do think? Well I think it's best to let the photos speak for themselves. The before pics are on the top and the pics taken today are below. I used the serum twice daily and the day and night cream once a day along with my normal cleansing routine.
So there you go. See 50% improvement? no? oh well, do you see any improvement at all? no? Me either.
Obviously I can only comment on visible changes, there are none, radiance? no, not that I can see. I can't comment on the prevention aspects of these products because that can't be measured but not at all impressed.
Let me just spend a moment talking about the moisturisers. They feel quite light, but nothing special, and the smell, smell nice if you like nasty chemically perfumey smells in your moisturisers. I thought it was a bit grim myself. I guess I've learned I prefer my products to smell more natural.
To summarise, very disappointed, I don't have £60 to just throw away on skin care that doesn't do what it's supposed to, but on the positive side, my skin was nicely moisturised and I didn't suffer any adverse effects.
Have a look at the pics, make them large and look carefully, and whilst marvelling at the moustache I didn't know I had, ask yourself, does it do what it says on the tin? I think the pictures are the answer. I do not recommend. Sorry No7.
Uh oh. *Goes and hides*
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I can actually see a difference though to be honest hunny.
*goes back to hide*
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You don't have to hide. It obviously works for you and they couldn't make the claims they do if it didn't work for some people. I have studied the pics for ages and just can't see a difference, but maybe you're right! xx
ReplyDeleteGreat review. Good honest photos. I particularly wanted to say that in the light of all thats been said over the last few days about bloggers....I can't stand those before and afters that companies produce where the lighting is so ridiculously different.
ReplyDeleteAs for the stuff itself I've given up beliving that anything is gonna stop those lines coming. Having been through a couple of years where I realy hoped for the holy grail....I'll belive it when I see it! lol
Thanks very much I tried to make the pics as close as I could, x
ReplyDeleteI can notice a difference on the 2 lines under your eyes, they do look a bit more prominent in the first picture. Like you say though, its been tested on so many different types of people, whos all have different fine lines and wrinkles, it could have made them less prominent in 4 weeks, but on others it might take a bit longer. It depends on how deep set peoples line are really I suppose. We have to bear in mind though aswell, that theres is nothing out there that is going to make our fine lines dissapear, there is products that will reduce them, but its all trila and error, finding a product that works for you.
ReplyDeleteI'd be interested to see how you get on in say another 4 weeks tho actually hunny, thats if you still have some product left.
I am sorry these products didn't work for you like you wanted them too though hunny :(
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The thing is Jo, I agree with you that nothing makse linse disappear but you know the fact is that it didn't live up to its claims as quoted above. I think you're right, I have product left to use but but will have a break now to try out the Liz Earle stuff plus I have some exciting Liz Earle news coming up!!
ReplyDeleteI had used the serum ages ago and I really wasn't impressed with it. I hate it when a product is hyped to the max then it turns out to be really...well...blah!
ReplyDeleteGlad it's not just me!
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