I love glowing skin. I like my skin to have a bronze-looking glow all day long and any product that helps me achieve that while looking natural is an instant winner. And this product is just that. As far as ingredients go, it contains all the same skin-loving technology as the original formula to help support cell turnover and radiance. The main addition, however, is that the new Golden shade contains amber, bronze and white light-reflecting pearl to boost glow and radiance, and there is no pigment in there, so matching skin tone isn’t a worry. Any of the bronzy-looking colour that comes out of the tube is only a result of the pearl, meaning it disperses into a sheer, translucent veil.
To tell you the truth, it really took for this formula to come my way to understand what it is that I disliked so much about the original. For no-makeup days, Cell Rejuvenating Priming Moisturizer in Golden will be my absolute go-to, whereas, with the original, I simply couldn’t justify having a separate pre-makeup moisturiser that didn’t change the appearance of my skin instantly enough to justify its existence in my daily routine—and especially not for £140.
The new formula, however, although it is still very much being pushed as a skincare product, has a whole bunch of other benefits that encourage me to look at it in a new light, literally. The glow is unreal and my skin looks naturally healthy, radiant and luminous. It’s almost like a healthy skin filter. And those added pearls that bring such aesthetic benefits place this product firmly in my makeup routine, as opposed to my skincare. To me, it’s simply seriously skin-loving makeup prep, and I’m down with that. Will I repurchase for £140? We’ll see.
