Aveeno Absolutely Ageless Review & Swatches

Sponsored: A couple of months ago, Aveeno sent me full-size samples of their Absolutely Ageless Skincare System. It's new. Skincare has always been challenging for me. I have dry, sensitive and I don't think I've ever mentioned this on my blog before...but I also have reactive skin (which didn't occur until I got older). When I say reactive, my skin is very sensitive to the sun. I HAVE to wear sunscreen (face) and a hat (or around my eyes will swell) when I'm in the sun for long periods of time. I'm also sensitive to things like shrimp cocktail sauce, horseradish etc. I'm saying all of this for a reason. My skin reacted to this collection. I used it for about 2 weeks and breakouts started appearing on my chin. First one...then a second one... then two more. So I stopped. They didn't appear anywhere else on my face. I wouldn't call them pimples! They were just little red marks. I will say, the ONLY other cleanser that really worked for me was Cetaphil (recommended by my dermatologist). It wasn't until last year (2015) that I found my holy grail skincare system with REN Skincare. The only other skincare that came close was Aveeno's Ultra Calming Skincare Collection, but the REN worked better for me in controlling breakouts. So I use REN and I still use Aveeno's Ultra Calming Night Cream. I gave my Absolutely Ageless Collection to my mom, because she loves their Positively Radiant Collection (which I can't use, because it's too much for my skin). She started using this, and then a pimple appeared between her nose & lip. So she stopped using this! You have to realize, my mom is in her 60's so she never gets pimples. HaHaHa So I don't know if she was starting to have a reaction. We both stopped. Again, none of our other skin was affected. It seemed targeted to certain areas. I don't know if it's the blackberry or what!?! The cleanser is also a gel and I don't do well with gels. I LOVED the eye cream! It was very moisturizing to my under eyes. It really felt good. The night cream feels the same as the Ultra Calming Night Cream, only it has that blackberry scent. I don't eat blackberries, so I'm not sure if that is the reason why my skin was reacting to things. Somebody else, could have an entirely different experience with this collection. But I had to let you know what I experienced. All but one breakout has gone away! But it's slowly healing. If you look at that Duran Duran concert video, you'll see it on my chin right under my lip. So those are my thoughts. If interested, I would first buy only the cleanser and see how you react to it before purchasing the entire collection.

Sweet-Bittersweet-NotSweet

supersweet(run & buy it) sweet(really good,buy it) bittersweet(ok, issues)not sweet(not good,don't buy this stuff) 

  Aveeno Absolutely Ageless is Bittersweet