PRODUCT FOCUS: ANTIPODES AVOCADO & PEAR NIGHT CREAM

Last year, my sister returned from her travels of Australia and New Zealand, where she had been working for several cosmetics brands. Most of them I knew, but there was one I hadn’t heard of before; Antipodes.

A favourite ‘Down Under’, Antipodes is an organic beauty brand from New Zealand. All of their products contain natural, bioactive botanical ingredients and rich avocado oil, which is proven to help the production of elastin and collagen within the skin. Antipodes is certified organic, certified carbon zero and is approved for vegetarians.

“You have to try the Avocado and Pear Night Cream”, my sister told me. So I got my research on and discovered that Antipodes is stocked at Nelsons Homeopathic Dispensary in Dublin, as well as by mail order.

The Avocado & Pear Nourishing Night Cream is designed to deeply hydrate your skin while you sleep. The rich avocado oil based botanical night cream with exotic aromatics of sandalwood and ylang ylang promises to restore life to skin overnight. It contains healing marigold and Vinanza grape, which helps neutralise the free radical damage that can lead to premature ageing.

I used it every single night for a month and my skin loved it! It smells divine and I can vouch that it most certainly does soothe and hydrate skin while you sleep. This is one of those creams that could become a cult beauty classic!

€38.59, from Nelsons Homeopathic Dispensary, 15 Duke Street, Dublin 2, and mail order; 01 6790451