African Extracts Nourishing Night Cream

Night cream. That overly expensive beauty product that most of us can't afford. Usually greasy with the fun end result of waking up with a pillow plastered to your face. 

Well think again! As with the majority of African Extracts products this beauty cream is absolutely divine. With Rooibos and Chamomile it is gentle on even the most sensitive skin and absolutely non-greasy. Enriched with Jojoba Seed Oil, Vitamin A, B and E5 this night cream is nourishing and repairing with a lovely moisturizing effect.

The cream has a very soft Chamomile scent which I absolutely love. For such a small tube it lasts quite long. My pillow does not stick to my face and it doesn't aggravate the evil face demons that come with sensitive skin. 

My only down side on this product is that it still left some areas of my skin dry and patchy. As my problem areas contain skin that is damaged due to a chronic skin condition that just won't bugger off I can't really blame the cream for the persistence of the flaky bits. Not even the prescribed medical products I have used in the past will clear it up! 

I would definitely recommend it as a gentle night cream for teenagers or individuals with sensitive skin.

The African Extracts products can be found at most standard grocery stores. At approximately R62.99 for a 75ml tube its affordable and easy to find. 

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Vanishing Cream - Lush

The Vanishing cream was part of the testers I received when I made my Lush purchase in 2015. As I was concentrating more on the full products I purchased I left these for last. I should have known better!

I'm not fond of moisturizers. My skin is possessed by the demons of a thousand angry wasps. There is a 90% guarantee that applying any standard moisturizer would lead to those wasps becoming angry. Really really angry. Thus I approached the little pot of cream with trepidation. 

The Shea Butter scent put me off. It reminds me of stale vomit.  The smell meant I put off testing the cream even longer than intended.

It surpassed all my expectations. My possessed demon skin was soothed, calmed and quite angelic! It has to be the impressive formulation of ingredients that make my skin so happy. The combination of Shea Butter, Linseed, Rose Water, Lavender Honey Water, Grapeseed Oil, Honey and Witch Hazel to name a few, means that the most foul tempered skin is calmed down within seconds of application. 

The Fair Trade Shea Butter means that you can tame your skin while soothing your conscience. The low fat formulation leads to a gentle application that doesn't linger around as an oily mess. Perfect for problem skin. 

The only heartbreaking thing about this little container of moisturizer is the price. My small tester container lasted me a week, with careful application. At R345.00 for a 45g tub of Vanishing Cream I shall just cry quietly into my pillow. With the impressive list of ingredients and the effect it has on sensitive skin I suppose I can't be too upset, it is quite obvious that it would cost an arm or a leg. It might just be worth it to sell a limb for this! 

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