When I first bought Elizabeth Arden's Eight Hour cream I only imagined that i would use it as a (giant) lip balm, which i did for the first few months. I highly recommend this as a lip balm and it is my favourite use for this product. The moisture lasts a long time on the lips (even longer than my beloved blistex relief cream) , gives a gorgeous glossy sheen and when it finally wears off your lips don't fell drier than before ( I am looking at you Vaseline)
Then one morning I used some on my eyebrows to keep them in place I was a bit heavy handed mind you and ended up with greasy eyebrows when I was more aiming for groomed, but it worked my eyebrows stayed exactly where I told them to all day and even the next day (this may be because I applied a little too much) I have learnt that less is more and use my little finger to dab over my eyebrows before combing them through.
This also makes a gorgeous and very natural highlighter in the same way that some people use Vaseline as a highlighter. Perhaps not a wise choice if you have oily skin but my skin is on the drier side. I just used my fingers to pat a tiny amount on top of my cheekbones and then through to under my brows in that C shape. It gives me a gorgeous glowy look without risking looking like a glitter ball.
The fourth use I have found I was a little dubious about trying at first and that is putting the Eight Hour cream on my spots. Now when tackling a spot my first form of attack is to dry it out, slapping a greasy dollop of jelly like substance on there is not the way to do that. I had this pesky big red spot right in the middle of my cheek I had tried everything sudocream, toothpaste!, just old fashioned covering with a heavy duty concealer but it still just glowed through. So in desperation I did some sneaky research at work and googled uses for eight hour cream knowing that it had magical healing powers and hoping that spot treatment would flash up as one of its many uses. My prayers were answered and I found several testimonials swearing by eight hour cream for spots. So I skipped home and slapped some on straight away, and then reapplied before bed. When I woke sadly my spot wasn't gone boo! But there was definite improvement, it had calmed down significantly although bad news there was a brand new spot that had popped up further up my cheek. So without hesitating I dabbed on the eight hour cream and by the end of the day it was barely visible! Result! My theory is my original spot had been there for days and had probably grown roots and decided it wasn't going anywhere and that’s why the cream didn't have such an effect. So when I start to feel the first tingles of a new spot I will definitely be reaching for my Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream.
The only negative thing I have to say and you can probably guess what it is... the smell, when I first opened my tub i did get a shock it is a very strong herbally, garden, chemical smell. But do you know what I use this everyday and don't even notice the smell anymore, so I say stick with it it's definitely worth it.
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