Prevage by Elizabeth Arden

I have had the great good fortune of testing out Prevage by Elizabeth Arden.  When I first received it, I wondered if I was the best person to review it, considering that, at 29, I haven't yet reached the stage where I'm all that worried about wrinkles or the signs of aging.  I'm still fairly young, both my grandmothers are in the seventies and wrinkle-free, Black women just don't wrinkle as much, and I wear sunscreen of at least SPF15 every day of my life.  Still, the product is fascinating, so I was glad to have the opportunity.

And wow, what an opportunity it was!  Like I said, I don't have any wrinkles or lines to speak of, so I can't really tell you the efficacy of this product in that regard.  But I can attest that this product does work in another way - my skin has never looked brighter, healthier or more even!  When looking at the Prevage website, I found these tidbits about Prevage's effects on the skin of women of color: "Exposure to the sun can stimulate melanin proudction leading to these dark spots and hyper-pigmentation.  Free radicals created by environmental damage are color blind.  They attack darker toned skin creating uneven skin pigmentation and loss of skin's radiant youthful glow ...".

I am telling you - that may sound like a whole bunch of mumbo-jumbo, but this stuff works.  My skin looks fabulous.  It's such a noticeable difference that my husband commented on it - and you know men never notice anything!

Aside from the changes the cream has made to my skin (I've been using the Anti-Aging Night Cream), I love that it comes in airtight packaging.  It looks like a jar, but you press a button that releases a bit of the cream - meaning no air gets in and you don't have to dip your fingers in, either, reducing bacterial growth in the product.  It's ingenious.

The only downside, y'all - it's quite expensive.  A 1.7 oz. jar of the Anti-Aging Night Cream costs $125.  That's steep, at least it is for me.  But I really, really love this product and will be sad when the jar is empty.  (Wondering where I can find an extra $125 in my budget so I can get another jar ...)

You can buy Prevage at www.prevageskin.com or on the Elizabeth Arden website.

Comments

[Suzanna]

This is good--and bad--to know. I was wondering about this product, looking for a review, and voila, here you are on top of it.

Am a sucker for anything like this, but on my freelancer's budget cannot justify it.

The Arden line is really quite unfortunately overlooked. Somehow it slipped in the late seventies and I don't think really regained its footing, but it does contain some lovely products (last year's bronze collection was superb) and there's always the 8-hour cream.

[jeni]

I'm jealous you don't have any wrinkles! I started to see wrinkles when I turned 25:( I have used Prevage MD, but haven't tried the night cream yet.