Elizabeth arden 8 hour cream review năm 2024

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While I love finding the next big thing in beauty, I’m always on the lookout for hero products, too. Back when I was a celebrity makeup artist, I traveled the globe dabbing, swiping, and blending different products on my clients’ famous faces. That means I had to prioritize my product picks so I wasn’t constantly schlepping around every product on earth. I always had a few products on hand that could double or triple in use, which is why the Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream Skin Protectant was one of my top picks — and still is to this day.

You probably recognize the famous tube. Used by a myriad of stars from Reese Witherspoon to Zendaya, the highly moisturizing do-it-all product has been around since the 1930s, per the brand. The classic formula is made with emollient ingredients that create a protective barrier on skin like petrolatum and lanolin, as well as vitamin E and salicylic acid for gentle exfoliation. Thanks to its gentle and versatile ingredients, it soothes and heals skin, but can also be used as lip gloss and to tame flyaways.

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During winter months I suffer from random dry patches on my face. (Anyone else?) But instead of changing everything I use, I pat some of the Eight Hour Cream on the dry patches after my skincare routine. The next morning my skin is consistently smooth; it works on dry elbows and heels as well.

But the Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream Skin Protectant isn’t only for skin-repairing. If I’m feeling kind of blah, I fake the look of dewy skin by blending a small amount of the cream on the apples of my cheeks. Sometimes when I’m in an extra fancy mode, I’ll add some glow by dotting over the arch of my brows. In a pinch, I’ll use on my lips in place of lip gloss for softening and shine. And while I don’t love the over shiny leg look, smoothing some Eight Hour Cream on my legs before an event helps with that shimmery long-legged look. Plus, it works just as well on hair as it does skin. I’m obsessive about my brows, so I’ll use a tiny amount of the cream and smooth it on my brows in an upward motion to get them in place. I also use it for flyaways, frizz, and random split ends — you name it.

I’m not the only fan of the Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream Skin Protectant of course — it has more than 5,310 five-star ratings at Amazon. “I have been using this at night all around my eyes for 25 years,” one shopper wrote. “I am 65 and look 45. No wrinkles, thank you Elizabeth Arden.” Another customer with “super sensitive skin” and dry eyelids said the cream helped their skin go “back to normal.” Take it from who said they “would give this item six stars” if they could.

A few things to keep in mind: This isn’t a light or sheer product. It’s thick and goopy and takes a bit of work to get the right consistency. I’d advise experimenting by squeezing out a pea-sized amount, warming it in the palms of your hands and then applying. Also notable, even the most loyal users have a love/hate relationship with the smell, which can be slightly medicinal.

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Elizabeth Arden's Eight Hour Cream Skin Protectant ($27) is the type of iconic beauty product that has stood the test of time and generations. Its multipurpose formula is known to be a cure-all for dry skin from your face all the way down to your feet, and nearly a century after its inception, a tube of the stuff still reportedly sells every 30 seconds. Even if you haven't tried it yourself, you're likely familiar with it as a staple in your mom and grandmother's beauty cabinets—which was exactly the case for Prince Harry, who made headlines last week after revealing that he used his mom and grandmother's favorite facial cream to cure frostbite on his penis.

... Plot twist, huh?!

If you somehow missed this internet-breaking news (... I'm jealous of your algorithm), allow me to explain. According to a passage in his new memoir, Spare, Prince Harry returned home from a trip to the Arctic with a frostbitten "todger"—which is British for "penis," apparently—and a friend suggested he use the Eight Hour Cream to treat it. He was already familiar with the product because his late mother, Princess Diana, used to use it on her lips (Queen Elizabeth and Kate Middleton are also reportedly fans). And after going off on a very uncomfortable Freudian tangent (he says the smell made him feel like this mother was "right there in the room" before he slathered the stuff on his nether regions, a sentiment that makes my skin crawl every time I read it), he revealed that it really did help with his situation. Go figure!

To be clear, Elizabeth Arden doesn't claim that the formula can help cure frostbite—only that it can "help protect your skin from windburn, particularly when venturing outdoors—so if you are dealing with frostbite on your nether regions or anywhere else, please, don't try this at home. However, as someone with very, very dry skin, I have to admit that my interest in the product was piqued when I learned of Prince Harry's success using it to defrost his penis popsicle. So obviously—in the name of research!—I had to give it a try.

The product

There's a lot to unpack here, but because I'm a beauty editor and not a psychologist, we're going to stick with the product itself and not the obvious mommy issues that are revealed in Prince Harry's description of it.

SO, let's start with the ingredients list—which reads like a gussied-up version of Vaseline. Petrolatum (aka petroleum jelly)—which is known to be the "Swiss Army Knife of skin care"—is the star of the show. As a heavy occlusive, petroleum jelly creates a seal on top of your skin to lock in moisture, strengthen the skin barrier, and protect against external aggressors—which is why so many people swear by it for their "slugging" practices. Unlike regular old Vaseline, which is just straight-up petrolatum, Elizabeth Arden's Eight Hour Cream pairs the powerful occlusive with a few other derm-beloved hero ingredients.

"I would recommend this product," says Jaimie Glick, MD, a board-certified dermatologist based in New York City. "Similar to Vaseline, the product contains primarily petrolatum, a non-comedogenic that locks in moisture "It also contains lanolin, which acts as an emollient to soothe and soften dry winter skin; mineral oil, which is both a powerful occlusive and emollient; salicylic acid, which helps reduce the skin's pH to improve hydration and soften the skin during the cold winter months; and tocopheryl acetate, a form of vitamin E that provides antioxidant and stabilizing properties to skin-care products, essentially protecting both the skin from environmental stressors and the product itself from breakdown."

And as for why it may have helped with Prince Harry's frozen bits? "Lanolin is often used as an emollient for nipple soreness and cracking in breast-feeding mothers so it may also have helped cracked irritated skin of the penis," says Dr. Glick. The more you know!

What happened when I tried it

It feels worth sharing that the day after the royal penis news hit the internet, Elizabeth Arden's Eight Hour Cream was not so easy to come by. It was sold out on the first two sites I tried to buy it on, and when I finally found it on Amazon I was alerted that there were only two tubes left for sale. If this whole author thing doesn't work out, Prince Harry clearly has a future in beauty influencing.

When the product finally arrived, I was... surprised. It's called a "cream," but it is absolutely not even a little bit a cream at all. It's an orange-tinted (???) balm, and though "Fancy Vaseline" feels like a lazy way to describe it, it's the only one that feels right. The formula is "fragrance-free," but it does have a pungent, familiar smell that took me two days to identify as "diaper rash cream."

The first time I tried the Eight Hour Cream, I slathered it all over my skin first thing as the final step in my morning routine with the intention of immediately putting makeup on top of it. Mistake. It left my skin shiny and sticky—the way it typically looks after slugging—and I had to wait a half an hour for it to fully sink in. I was behind schedule and annoyed about it, so the formula was already facing an uphill battle for my approval within minutes of application.

Once it dried, though, my frustrations were quickly forgotten—I was genuinely impressed, and (for what it's worth) my makeup went on just fine. I wore the cream for 10 straight hours bopping around on a freezing, windy New York City Sunday, and my skin still felt soft and hydrated when I got home—there was never a single second of the dryness and flaking I'm typically prone to in this weather. I used the cream again before bed (this time as the last step in my PM routine, on top of my strongest retinoid), and once again it left my skin moisturized and irritation-free. Since then, I've been applying it to my face every morning and night and keeping the tube in my bag so that I can slather it on my hands, lips, and cuticles whenever the mood strikes.

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What is Elizabeth Arden 8 hour cream good for?

Protects Skin: Protects skin and soothes minor irritation from small cuts, abrasions, skinned knees and bug bites. Soothes Dry Hands: Moisturizing wonder breathes life back into over washed and over-disinfected hands. Soothes Minor Irritation: Provides instant calming relief to irritated skin.

Is Elizabeth Arden 8 hour cream just Vaseline?

Unlike regular old Vaseline, which is just straight-up petrolatum, Elizabeth Arden's Eight Hour Cream pairs the powerful occlusive with a few other derm-beloved hero ingredients.

Can you put 8 hour cream all over your face?

You can use it on your face or body as a skin-healing salve. The award-winning, fragrance-free Elizabeth Arden 8 hour cream offers a full eight hours of hydration, can be used for up to eight different purposes and has gained a near cult-like following.

What did Prince Harry use Elizabeth Arden cream for?

In his memoir Spare, the Duke of Sussex revealed that he'd used the famous Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream to relieve his frostbite symptoms during his March 2011 North Pole expedition with wounded veterans from the war in Afghanistan.