The following article, Moisturizer Mania was published in the December edition of Vogue Nippon
Tag: Creme de la Mer
I blame it on Nina Porter, the barely-16 year old school girl who’s adorning the glossies as the cute, boyish fledgling face of Burberry’s new make-up. I’m not obsessed, honestly. ‘though it only seems like yesterday that I remember my young cousin (who happens to be at school with Nina) as a baby, bouncing around in her carry cot at Christmas. Cripes.
But I ‘m not bitter. Because like my cousin, she’s a poppet, which is how she comes across in this vogue.com interview. I (meantime) am also trying to get over the idea that we’re most beautiful at 31…
…am now out of my funk and praising the Lord for eye cream, concealer and soft focus foundation – today: Estee Lauder Perfectionist (soft focus lens effect for eyes) Burberry’s Sheer Foundation (v g) and Creme de la Mer’s new concealer (magic, out September).
'My face instantly felt smoother and looked calmer, which is a miracle on its own,' Jan Moir, Daily Mail, March 4th
Crikey. The indomitable, Daily Mail’s Jan Moir has just reviewed Creme de la Mer’s new face serum and appears to be wobbling precariously in favour. The very idea of paying £210 for a beautifying ointment is to Jan (and probably, most of her readers) laughable. So, her growing realisation that she might just get hooked on this one is, I feel, a tad uncomfortable. The fact is, her experience illustrates what happens to lots of us women, when offered something that promises brilliance, at a price.
‘[...] to my astonishment, the results were incredible,’ she says. ‘If my bottle lasts for two months, it would work out at around £3.40 per application.’ A little internal bargaining going on, perhaps? Cost per wear, weighing up what she could forgo to justify the cost, we’re all guilty. ‘Yet eeek! It still feels like too much,’ she says. Yep, it does.
Yet, in the face of the possibility of extra-loveliness most, honest, law abiding, women will flounder. And except for the er, morally consistent, or the cash strapped, or guilt prone, we fall.
Because if the pitch is sexy enough (beautiful bottle, captivating heritage, strangely, attractive price tag), the promise, alluring enough (miracle broth etc etc) and the effects, well, good enough (see Jan), most women, once exposed, will indeed buy – with or without the wobble. ’I'm still in the latter camp,’ she concludes – there are two types of women in Jan’s book, those who will pay over the odds for skincare, and those who won’t, even if they’ve got the money. But the delineation blurs soon enough: ‘… my will, like my blotchy skin, is fading,’ she says.
PS. Jan, try Eucerin moisturiser on top - Lipo Balance for day and Anti Redness Night, at night. They’re under a tenner and just under £20 respectively and are good. They’re hypoallergenic, but they’ve got a loyal following among the super sensitive, which includes my friend Sam, whose other favourite incidentally, is Creme de la Mer.
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