I’ve tried quite a few products from Marks & Spencer’s own brand Formula before, but it seems that the entire skincare line has recently had a complete overhaul. Packaging, ingredients, formulations, the whole caboodle. There are six collections within the line, including “Restore” for mature skin, “Daily” for sensitive skin and “Absolute”, which is the luxury offering, featuring the very best ingredients and formulations. Blatantly, when M&S asked if I would like to trial some products from the line-up, I was immediately drawn to the sleek black packaging of the luxe-looking Absolute – I’m a total magpie when it comes to beauty with a decadent edge!
I’m also irresistibly drawn to products that have the word “sleep” in their name – so much more evocative than the word “night”, don’t you think" Calling something a night cream just gives an instruction as to when the product should be applied; upgrade to a sleep cream and you’re instantly conjuring up thoughts of a deep, cosy slumber, of bed-socks and fresh white linen and a few chapters of a good book before lights-off. A sleep cream is just so much more appealing! The promise of rest and rejuvenation, an invitation to blissfully slide into dreamland.
So when the Formula Absolute Ultimate Sleep Cream arrived on my desk I was positively beside myself with excitement. Had it not been three ...