Cost (Aus): $29 Cheapest I could find online.
Packaging: The Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion comes in a square, see-through bottle with a pump. I like the practicality of the design where it won't roll off should it fall on it's side, (which I find very frustrating); and the bottle is see-through so you don't second guess whether or not you have enough to last another application. The pump is awesome. You have a lot more control on the dispense of this product unlike the Olay Definity - Tone Correcting, Anti-Ageing Foaming Moisturizer. There's a lid for the bottle but i find it useless because it not longer stays on. I'm not sure if that's because I somehow have bent the lid out of shape but it sucks.
Use: It's recommended that you apply this twice a day but I usually find one application is enough. When I stopped applying moisturiser to my face for a few years, my skin was very dry most of the time so I don't have any problems with oily skin. After applying this I noticed very quickly my skin turned smooth and soft and no longer felt tight. Now I apply this after washing my face with L'Oreal Paris Perfect Clean (review here) and my face feels so awesome! Some days I forget to apply this moisturiser and/or wash my face with L'Oreal Paris Perfect Clean and yet my face manages to stay soft and smooth.
The lotion goes on very smooth and each pump covers quite a lot of my face. I only need about two pumps, maybe even just one and a half.
Conclusion: I love love love this moisturiser! My face feels so good and it repaired my skin so quickly despite all the years of damage I did to it. I experienced no negative reactions or allergies. I have tried moisturisers that feels watery and barely soaks into my skin and this moisturiser is nothing like it! It goes in well and holds together, if that makes sense.
Cost (Australia): $39.95
Packaging: The packaging is unique. Rather than a typical, round bottle, there are three curved sides. There is a pump for easy dispense, which comes out as a foam.
Use: As beneficial as the foam sounds, the problem with it is that you do not have much control on the amount that comes out but I guess that's how it is with foam bottles.
I have read good and bad reviews with this and unfortunately for me, I only lasted one application and took it off soon after. Silly me, I did not read the ingredients before applying. As I read it I noticed there was a flammable warning as well as a warning to make sure I use it in a well ventilated room. This was a first for me. I have never needed to use a product on my face that needed ventilation and was flammable. Doesn't that sound dangerous? So I read the ingredients and I don't know if it was the ingredients or realising what the ingredients were but I started feeling a little dizzy. So I immediately washed it off. It's been about 10 minutes and I still feel a little sick.
So I can't make a proper review on how this works because I do not want to test something I don't feel comfortable with. I remember hearing that if you can't pronounce the ingredients, you should really think about using it and there were just too many ingredients I could not pronounce. To be fair I did do a bit of research on the ingredients and most sounded okay and derive from nature but I don't think I will be using it simply because I felt a little dizzy. So if you are concerned, look into the ingredients and make your own judgement.
The few moments I did use it though, I did not experience any burning, itching or allergic skin reaction. The application was okay and my skin felt quite smooth. Honestly, I can't remember how my skin felt but I know it didn't feel bad.
Sorry I could not provide a better review on this and please remember the main reason why I will not use it again is because I felt dizzy, not because of reading the ingredients as I did not do a thorough research on each of them.
