L'Oreal RevitaLift Complete Night Cream

L'Oreal has been an industry leader in beauty products for decades and their new RevitaLift anti-aging skin care line has garnered a great deal of attention. Here, we evaluate L'Oreal RevitaLift Complete Night Cream to see whether or not it is worth all of the attention it's been getting lately.

So What Exactly is L'Oreal RevitaLift Complete?

According its marketing materials, this night cream will:

• Help firm skin and increase elasticity
• Speed up production of new skin cells
• "Deeply" hydrate the skin throughout the night

Key Ingredients in L'Oreal RevitaLift Complete

According to the product packaging, RevitaLift contains several ingredients - including a great many that are chemical or lab-produced. Here are a few of the ingredients:

• Pro-Retinol A – Pro Retinol A is an ingredient created by L'Oreal that purports to increase collagen production, in addition to the many other skincare benefits of Vitamin A. However, this has only been scientifically tested successfully in a laboratory setting, not on actual people.
• Cryste Marine Extract - Helps speed up skin renewal to reduce visible lines
• Elastin Complex - According to L'Oreal's website, this ingredient can help prevent the skin's elastin fibers from deteriorating. As anyone with even the most basic knowledge of skincare knows, elastin, along with collagen, is the most essential building block to youthful skin. However, there isn't much clinical research to help back up the claims L'Oreal makes about this ingredient.

Where Can I Buy L'Oreal RevitaLift Complete?

This product can be purchased at the local drugstore, superstore, and even at some supermarkets. It is part of a larger product line, where each component (including this cream) is somewhat pricey when compared to many other drugstore products, but inexpensive when compared to "premium" products.

Critique

After reading positive reviews of other L'Oreal beauty products, I was eager to try this night cream.

To start with, the jar of cream comes in a box which I had some difficulty opening. The top of the box got snagged on the decorative flaps on the inside. However once I got it out, I was impressed by the appearance of the jar. The beautiful blue acrylic jar and smooth lid made it very easy to open and the 1.7 Oz jar certainly contains plenty of cream.

Once I opened the package, I could smell a pungent, yet distinctive odor: sunscreen. This scent would be more understandable in a day cream with SPF protection, but I was slightly confused as to why this night cream smelled like sunblock. Perhaps this strong smell is to cover the smell that may be generated by the extensive list of chemicals inside the product. The product itself is very thick and a little goes a long way. It takes slightly longer than most creams to rub into the skin and is slightly opaque until it is completely absorbed. It also leaves behind a bit of an oily feeling.

The box claims that skin will look revitalized immediately. I can attest to my skin looking more hydrated when I applied the cream, but most of today's top wrinkle creams plump up fine lines upon application. After 6 weeks of use, my skin was not much more visibly smoother or firmer than when I began using it.

Just a Little RevitaLift Goes a Long Way; It Takes a Lot of Rubbing For This to be Absorbed Into the Skin

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L'Oreal RevitaLift™ is a trade mark of L'Oreal Paris. All information is accurate to the best of our knowledge at the time of publication.