Aveda Hydrating Lotion

Well worth it if you only try one moisturiser this should be it!! - Advantages: easily absorbed, good for sensitive skins, does not block pores - Disadvantages: price, availbility

This is an honest-to-goodness basic moisturiser which does the job it says and makes no extra promises. So many face creams today promise, well, just about everything. This doesn't. It contains effective yet gentle ingredients which are absorbed quickly and effectively and keep the skin moisturised for many hours. Because it's a relatively simple product it can be used by day or night and it's light but concentrated formula means it will suit most skin types - all except the very dry and very oily. My favourite aspect of this product, though, is the really lovely smell, which makes it a real pleasure to use. You only need a little so it works out at good ...  Read the complete review

If like me you suffer from very sensitive skin, you'll know the nightmare of applying various cleansers and moisturisers only to be sporting the worst case of acne/spots/rash/boils the very next day as one of those lovely (?) little chemical ingredients has reacted big time!! And since developing M.E. I seemed to have developed even more of an intolerance to various chemical based products...so what's the answer?? Drum roll....bring on the Aveda I say....... Aveda products are very very gentle, they are all purely plant essence based and without a trace of a petro-chemical to be seen!! I have never experienced any sort of reaction from any Aveda ...  Read the complete review