r/MatureBeauty

I started using the essence, serum and smoothing cream of the Gatineau collagene hydra essence range 5 weeks ago. All the products feel lovely on the skin, no pilling and works well with makeup or on its own.

I noticed my combination skin has little pimples, spots which is not going away. I wonder if anyone else used this Gatineau range? Did you have good outcomes with it? Did it cause skin irritation or did you see good results?

Thanks in advance for your replies.

I'm 54, live in the hot Southeastern U.S. and have been hit hard by aging skin within the last 5 years.

I've always used some type of daily moisture since my teens, from Mary Kay, to Oil of Olay, to Estee Lauder (which I love but Im allergic to something in the serum).

I used to get LOTS of sample facial products so I've tried probably 100+ different brands and regimens. I liked a lot of the samples, but there was one moisturizer that I absolutely loved and could see and feel an immediate difference on my facial moisture, and glow. It was the Shiseido "Vital Perfection Uplifting and Firming Advanced Cream".

I've never stopped thinking about it but the price makes me hesitate. I can get it for a great price from Costco.

I'm ready to purchase now, but before I do so, do any of you have any opinions, or success stories, or warnings, etc? Are there other products I should seek instead, like the prescription tretinoin, adding a retinol and vitamin C product?

I have really oily skin, and it feels like every foundation I try looks great at first but gets super shiny by midday. I've tried setting powder and setting spray, but I still end up looking greasy.

What foundations have actually held up for you if you have oily skin? Drugstore or high-end recommendations are both welcome. I'd also love to know if you use a specific primer or application technique that helps.

Finding a tinted serum after 40 comes with a specific checklist that most formulas fail on at least one point. It can't settle into fine lines. It can't oxidize and shift color by midday. And it needs enough coverage to actually even out the kind of skin tone variation that builds up over time.

Been on ogee's tinted serum for a few months now and it's the first one that's gotten all three right without making me feel like I'm settling on any of them. It sits into skin rather than on top of it which is what stops the line-settling problem. Jojoba base means the oxidation thing basically doesn't happen. Coverage adjusts to whatever the day calls for.

Saw it won a Cosmopolitan award after I'd already been using it for a while. Makes sense given how the formula actually wears but it wasn't what got me there.

Shade matching takes some attention but once you find the right undertone the formula does the rest.

Hi, my boyfriend and I want to bring a gift for my mom form Sephora/other stores in the us (we don’t have it where we live) . I’m looking for skincare product recommendations for her. She is 50, her main concern is melasma and isn’t that in to skincare so it has to be one very good product.
I thought about the dermalogica powder bright dark spots peel and we were recommended the tatcha vitamin c by the girl at the store.
Would love some recommendations.
Thanks

I’m not sure what sub to ask, but do those under eye patches work? I’ve got some significant puffiness and darkness setting in. How often do you use them? 54 y/o F