Clarins Super Restorative Cream

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I’ve only lightly dabbled with this cream as I have a lot of skin care at the moment needing my attention. There’s so much about the messaging I dislike but in fairness, it’s a lovely, nurturing, hydrating and softening product that makes very fast inroads into dryness.

Clarins Super Restorative Review

It’s described by Clarins as a new innovation for menopausal skin but as ‘menopausal’ is the new ‘lines and wrinkles’ in marketing, I’m really not taking any notice of that. I don’t feel any need to disappear down the rabbit hole of ‘science’ to prove that yes, you really do need special, expensive creams just at the time your brain turns to fuzz and your body is a global warming emergency all of its own. Science can answer anything, given the right questions. Older skin needs more moisture and we can leave it there – it always has and it always will.

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Both Clarins Super Restorative Day Cream and Night Cream use organic harungana (African plant, related to St John’s Wort, said to be as effective as retinol although the papers I have looked at say ‘possibly inducing genes stimulated by retinol), and organic gorse extract to target fibroblasts for firmer skin. It also has vitamin C derivatives to target hyperpigmentation so you’re getting a good dose of toning hydration combined with brightening. It feels rich and soothing on the skin – actually, I’ve been using it on my neck which needs a lot more hydration (and is quite sensitive) these days and very much like it for that. You can add a couple of drops of oil or serum to the Night Cream if you like for some extra intensity but it’s not essential.

Clarins Super Restorative Day Cream is £77 and Night Cream is £82 HERE – if its within budget, you have older skin and you love a traditional, glossy, luxy feeling cream, it’s for you. It’s not for you if you think it’s going to help your menopause in any way, shape or form :-).

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8 responses to “Clarins Super Restorative Cream”

  1. Jane

    Oh Jane, I love this “your body is a global warming emergency all of its own”, that’s hilarious! You’re describing me to a T. I’m 54 and feel like the heat I generate could heat a small town.

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    1. Jane Cunningham

      haha.. I hear you :-)))

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    2. Arpita

      I second this comment! I work with someone who had an early menopause, and she got me in the habit of referring to my hot flushes as “personal summers.”

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      1. Jane Cunningham

        love it!

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      2. Jane

        I usually tell people I’m having a “tropical moment”!

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        1. Jane Cunningham

          🙂

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  2. Evie

    Menopausal skin? What an odd bit of marketing babble! This was probably written by a marketing man in his thirties who had been told my his boss that the target audience is women in their late fifties to early sixties, and he thought of his lovely Mum and her menopause complaints, and in a fit of panic at midnight, 2 seconds before the deadline for advertising copy, he inserted the words “menopausal skin” into the marketing document.

    On a more serious note: I like Clarins creams but they are confusing, They have the Extra Firming and Nutri-Lumiere creams, both of which address dry skin and which seem almost identical to the Super Restorative, based on my own experience. They all do a fine job of moisturizing skin but I detect absolutely no reduction in wrinkles or in lifting bits of sagging flesh. For that I go to my aesthetic dermatologist (Thermage + fillers).

    I use Clarins oils, Double Serum and creams because they work for me (61 yrs old, dry skin) but I just ignore all the words around them, so much noise about nothing. I think the company needs to streamline their product offerings.

    I have also noticed a creeping increase in the prices of Clarins skincare and at some point, I say “Basta!” because I’d rather spend that money on effective skincare treatments at my dermatologist’s office.

    I don’t know how many people feel this way about the prices of creams and serums these days.

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    1. Jane Cunningham

      Actually I think you are right about the streamlining – it’s all a lot of the same tbh. I adored Double Serum though when I was trying it. If you want to truly be rid of lines, filler, a lift or botox is really the only option. I’ve tried all sorts of things over my career and think perhaps they’re all just roads to the same destination which for those who really cannot bear their ageing skin will be a full face lift. Primarily these days I look for glow and smoothness – I have no problem with lines on my face – smile lines etc but I do mind a bit about my neck. I’m trying not to 🙂

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