Review : Olay Total Effects 7-in-1 day Cream, Normal with SPF 15

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Post by Prabh (Entry 14)

Hello Readers...today I’m going to review a product from Olay brand. Before starting the review here is some information about OLAY.

Olay is an American skin care line. It is one of the top skin care retail brands in the world. The Olay brand has expanded into a range of other products grouped in “boutiques” including Complete, Total Effects, Professional, Regenerist, Quench (North America), White Radiance (Asia) and Olay Vitamins (USA). Olay is the market leader in many countries including USA, UK, and China. Olay has extended its heritage as a moisturizer to stay looking young, to formally creating the “anti-aging” category in mass stores with the launch of Total Effects in 1999. Active Hydrating Formula, generally the least expensive variety, bears the closest resemblance to the pink "Oil of Olay" marketed in the US before the P&G acquisition. The launch was almost double the typical price of a mass market moisturizer at the time. Olay was firstly named “Oil of Olay” but as the time passed the brand is now known as Olay.

As it is an anti-aging cream, I bought this cream for my mother. I gifted this bottle to my mother, she found that it’s showing results, so she continued using and she is using it till now.

As I mentioned Olay has launched many product in the market for almost every age group. This particular range is very popular among the women of age group like 35-45.

The product claims to fight the 7 signs of aging, and it has perfectly fulfilled claims. My mother did had wrinkles, uneven texture, dullness and all signs of aging,  but this cream has helped my mother to fought these signs and now her skin has got its charm back.

Why do we get Wrinkles?

Ans - Wrinkles are mostly associated with aging. As we age, the cells of our skin become thinner and lose elasticity because of the decreased levels of collagen production in our body. The skin cells also divide more slowly, thus delaying repair and renewal of the skin. Also, as we age, the fat cells just under the outer layer of our skin, which makes the skin look supple, get smaller and lose their ability to fill out whatever gaps created by the damage that occurs in the inner layers of our skin. And so our skin sags, becomes dry and develops wrinkles as we age.

How Olay treats the Wrinkles?

Ans-  The main active ingredient of Olay is lanolin. There is no Olay plant, nor oil that comes from it. Rather, the brand name is a play on the term lanolin. Lanolin is refined grease from sheep's wool that easily penetrates the skin. Its emollient and moisturizing capabilities make it ideal for use in skin cream; it treats the damaged cells and hence treat the wrinkles.

Here is its swatch: -

The backside of the bottle describes how to apply the cream. Apply the cream on cleansed face and neck twice a day. Avoid contact with eyes. But they have forgotten to mention the ingredients.

My Mother's verdict: -

• This cream really works.
• She is been using it for the past 1 year and has seen some very good results.
• It’s a fragrance free cream, so it does not bothers at all.
• It contains SPF 15, so acts as a sunscreen as well.
• Does not irritates the skin.

It shows results in 1 month (may vary on people).

Pros: -

• As I’ve seen my mother using this cream for the past 1 year, I can say it is a very good anti-aging cream.
• The packing is very good, its very easy to take out the cream.
• Fragrance free.
• It can work on almost every skin type.
• Contains sunscreen.
• Non greasy, so it can be applied in summers as well as winters.

Cons: -

• No ingredients are mentioned.

As I have mentioned there are no ingredients mentioned on the product, but when I was exploring about the product on internet I came to know that it contains “lanolin”. This is the only ingredient I know this cream contains. 

This bottle contains 20g of cream and it costs Rs. 349INR. It is easily available on chemists shops and it is also available on website like www.urbantouch.com, www.stylecraze.com.

I think when I’ll start aging, I’ll also use it. Hope you like reading it.

God Bless....cya...