Best Balm (Elizabeth Arden Eight-Hour Cream) |
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 Is it as a moisturiser? A hand cream? A healing ointment? A lipgloss? Brow fixer? Frizz-tamer? Elizabeth Arden’s indispensable Eight-Hour Cream - the original multi-tasker from 1930 - is all of the above and more. If you want just one product that can be put to a dozen uses, you need a tube of this in your make-up kit. |
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Eight Hour Cream’s beauty is in its versatility. Although it’s a healing balm by design, with soothing ingredients such as vitamin E, its amber-coloured, non-sticky texture provides a glossy sheen that fans can’t get enough of. It’s also a firm favourite with make-up artists (including the famous Pat McGrath) who keep it in their kitbag to "gloss up" eyes and cheeks for photo shoots or catwalk shows.
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Healing Sheen |
 “Whether it's to gloss lips, tame split ends or give cheeks a sheen, most make-up artists I know swear by the stuff. Cracked lips, elbows, knees and feet are classic year-round problems for black skin, and Eight Hour Cream tackles them better than any cocoa butter I have yet found,” says the Guardian’s Hannah Pool.
Make-up artist Liz Collinge agrees. “It heals as it moisturises, so dab it on at night and the rough stuff will be gone by morning. You can use it on lips as a balm; on very dry skin such as elbows; on cuticles, it's very healing . . . put a few drops in a bowl of water and soak your hands or feet."
At £20 it isn’t cheap, but a little goes a very long way and its multi-tasking really does make it a very useful all-rounder to have to hand throughout the year.
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WHY TO BUY
- Multiple uses make this versatile cream an indispensible addition to the make-up bag |
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| TYPICAL PRICE - £20.00/$38.00 |
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