TEN YEARS YOUNGER

THE DETAILS: These cute little goldcoloured capsules with twist-off ends are the latest update in Elizabeth Arden’s much-loved Ceramide range.

Ceramides are a key part of the trio of lipids, fatty substances that form the skin’s ‘extra-cellular matrix’, the mortar in the wall of skin cells. While Elizabeth Arden has used ceramides in skincare for nearly 30 years, this latest version also contains cholesterol along with the fatty acids that help complete the trio. The serum also contains retinyl palmitate, a vitamin A derivative that works to smooth wrinkles and support the production of collagen in skin.

THE VERDICT: Each tiny capsule looks far too small to contain a decent dose of serum, but, once I have twisted the top off, there is masses of oily serum inside it, so much that I can treat my face, neck, decolletage and the backs of my hands for good measure.

It feels nourishing on my 54-year-old skin, but slippery if you use too much. But it’s worth persevering. In clinical tests, Arden’s scientists showed using the product for 12 weeks could take ten years off the appearance of ageing skin.