‘Overnight Botox’ beauty fans hail £5 high street buy they reckon is a dupe for posh £2.1k La Mer creams
HAVE you been considering getting Botox but don’t want to fork out a fortune and are on the lookout for a more affordable alternative?
Then consider yourself lucky, as beauty fanatics are raving about a £5 buy from the high street, which they’ve dubbed ”overnight Botox”.
What’s more, not only has the skincare find been compared to the pricey treatment but it’s also been said to be a ”dupe” for the posh La Mer creams.
The only difference? The price tag.
Whilst the budget-friendly Botox-like moisturiser sells for around a fiver on Amazon – or £11 at Boots for a 500ml container – the high-end La Mer Moisturising Cream sells for an astronomical £2.1k for the same size.
A little maths – or with the help of your calculator – and shoppers will realise the bargain deal is a whopping 420 times cheaper.
Taking to TikTok, one beauty lover, 22-year-old Tikky, revealed the affordable find which she compared to the posh version.
”If you didn’t know already, Nivea Soft is a dupe for the La Mer cream.
”And I am not over-exaggerating – the ingredient lists are literally the same,” she insisted in the video.
”I love this cream because it is acne-safe and it is so cheap.”
According to the student, there’s also another essential step that will make the cream even better and act like a Botox – by ”slugging” your face with Vaseline.
Sharing the nighttime skincare routine, Tikky said she applied a generous amount of Vaseline onto her face on top of the budget-friendly cream.
”Using Vaseline to slug over the Nivea Soft Cream is literally the cheat code to glowy skin.
”I don’t think there has been a single night since 2020 where I have not slugged.”
It’s not just the 22-year-old stunner raving about the £5 product – hundreds of fellow beauty lovers were also praising it.
One said: ”Nivea Soft is insane for the skin, it’s AMAZING.”
”Nivea is the best thing ever,” another agreed.
”I was gatekeeping this,” someone else chimed in.
However, not everyone has had the best experience with the skincare product, as some flocked to warns others.
One claimed: ”Nivea Soft is full of alcohol, so it’s really drying your skin out.”
”Nivea Soft is horrible for my skin, always clogs my pores even when i barely use any,’ another insisted.
What is the Vaseline TikTok trend?
As we reported earlier, slugging is a K-Beauty fad that started in South Korea and has since blown up all over social media.
This trend entails applying an occlusive petrolatum substance –with Vaseline being the most popular choice – to your skin to trap in moisture and limit transepidermal water loss.
However, according to Prevention.com, using an occlusive barrier like Vaseline to prevent any moisture loss is only beneficial for those who have severely dry skin.
Is slugging good for the skin?
Although slugging may be all the rage right now, there are some drawbacks to be aware of, especially if you’re prone to breakouts.
“While slugging may give the short-term gratification of softened skin, I suspect that pores would become clogged over time, and the skin would lose moisture in the long term if only petroleum jelly is used to provide hydration,” aesthetic doctor and founder of Skin Science Clinic Dr. Adil Sarwar said in a chat with Refinery29.
“Although petroleum jelly itself is non-comedogenic, it is not easily absorbed by the skin and sits on the top layer of the skin.
“As spots are caused by bacteria being trapped inside pores, putting anything occlusive directly on the skin for an extended duration could potentially cause breakouts.”