Botanics Ultra Calming Night Cream

£6.99 from Boots

Personally, I think a good night cream is an essential part of any beauty routine. It keeps the skin hydrated overnight, leaves you fresh faced in the morning and- purely thinking of the future!- it helps to prevent wrinkles. Now I realise that, in general, there are two camps when it comes to moisturisers. The group that will slap on anything, and the picky group. I am in the latter. If I use a cream that is too rich I suffer from breakouts and oily patches, not rich enough and I get dry patches on my cheeks and my nose- annoying! For this reason I am very cautious when trialling new products, often asking for samples before I splash out. I now own three night creams that I use in rotation, so my skin doesn't get too 'used' to one product. 

At the moment this is my number one choice as I have found with hayfever comes irritated and sensitive skin. This product is described as 'Ultra Calm', something which immediately drew me to it. Something that promises to soothe dry, itchy, red skin whilst also offering hydration- yes please! Applied at night after cleansing the skin immediatly feels very soothed and smoothed, but doesn't feel oily or like it is clogging my skin. The morning after my skin still looks hydrated and fresh.

My only gripe with this product is the high level of silicones- dimethicone is one of the top ingredients. This the the ingredient that probably provides that immediate smoothing effect, it feels lovely but it does nothing for the skin. However, I do still like using this product and will definitely keep using. However, I probably wont repurchase it as I feel a good night cream should be packed with skin-friendly nutrients, it should really help the skin as opposed to mask problems which I feel silicones do.