One skin care cream that has been around for what seems like forever is the good old cold cream. We have all heard our mothers and grandmothers swearing by it’s cleansing and moisturising abilities, and some women have used it all their lives and have amazing skin to show for it.
Recently one particular cold cream has hit the news with a bang, thanks to Kylie Minogue saying she has started using it daily on advice from her mother. Pond’s Cold Cream is based on a cleanser that was used in Grecian times nearly 2,000 years ago. A physician called Galen found that you could remove make up with a combination of beeswax, water, olive oil, rose petals and water – the rose petals were probably to make it smell a bit nicer! Ponds Cold Cream was developed in 1905, and has been going strong ever since.
The magic of cold cream is that it can cleanse and moisturise your skin at the same time, and helps to improve the skins natural barrier, making it less susceptible to the elements. The very fact that women who have used it all their lives seem to have fantastic looking skin is a testament to the effectiveness of cold cream. While some people may find it a little heavy on their skin initially, with regular use most will find that their skin adapts, and that cold cream becomes a regular part of their skin care regime. If you do find that it feels to heavy on your skin, but love the way it removes make up and other impurities, then using a warm, damp facecloth to wipe the cream off your face will remove the majority of the cream, leaving your skin feeling light and refreshed as well as super clean and moisturised.
Having a pot of cream that does everything is excellent for those of us that are pushed for time, as skin care routines seem to be one of the first things that suffer when time is short. Being able to just use one cream to cleanse and moisturise your skin is ideal when you are in a rush, or even more so when you are about to fall into bed with your make-up still on, which we all no is a big no-no. Having a skin care cream that you can use for almost anything is the perfect shortcut to healthy, young looking skin.
