Best Anti Ageing Cream For Men – Use Nivea Cream For Sad Old Face

It was last October when I was talking about anti-ageing cream for men, and recommended L'Oreal Vita Lift 5 as well as to use Nivea cream. I haven't changed my mind since, except that I've been experimenting with the Nivea range a bit more since.

How Important Is Wrinkle Care?

Our skin starts to develop wrinkles once we get to whenever a mature age and that development continues for the rest of our lives. Some want to have less number of wrinkles, some want to get rid of them all in order to look freakishly young, and some don't care at all. And some are like me - I don't care how old I look or how many wrinkles I have on my happy old face, but I do want to look reasonably healthy.

"Anti-wrinkle" cream is supposed to reduce the appearance of wrinkles. Whereas "Anti-ageing" cream is to hydrate the skin so that it will delay the formation of wrinkles. It means generally people as young as 25 can start using Anti-ageing cream, but Anti-wrinkle cream is for already wrinkly people. However both often contain the same moisturizing agents and, it is said that the two terms cross over each other.

...meaning it is possible that "anti-aging" cream from one brand eliminates more wrinkles than "anti-wrinkle" cream from another brand.

Bored?

Power of Nivea Cream

It was the original Nivea Crème that I was previously referring to (Anti-Ageing Cream for Men), it has great moisturizing power, lasting all day. It's so cheap as well.

The only problem I have is the scent of it. I can't say it's unpleasant, it has a baby wipe/baby powder sort of smell. I'm sure it's tolerable for some men, but it's quite overpowering for me.

Of course, Nivea has a great "Men" range. It can't go wrong, can it, as far as the scent is concerned? But what about the effects?

Nivea Men

Yes! It smells better! Huge difference. It has a much softer, more watery texture, about a Greek yogurt. Whereas the original Nivea is like Philadelphia, if not harder.

It does its job OK. Unfortunately - to me - it doesn't keep my face moisturized all day like the original Nivea does.

It makes sense though, that any products "for men" generally are really, targeted towards active young men. According to the Nivea Men site, a man's facial skin is up to 30% thicker than a woman's, containing a tighter network of fatty tissue called the subcutis. It also has higher water-binding properties than a woman's skin and, therefore tends not to dry out and is less likely to form wrinkles.

So Nivea Men clearly has less moisturizing properties, designed for men up to a certain age. So I needed to look for something else. As it says on the tin, it can be used for the face, body, and hands. I find it useful to use it for my hands on a casual basis because of its less stickiness.

Nivea Men Active Age Day/Night Moisturisers

Day Moisturiser

Next, I used Active Age Day Moisturiser (picture left). With a slightly stickier consistency than the Nivea Men cream above, the scent is not overpowering.

I think it does its job quite well.

• Does it hold moisture in the skin for long? - Yes.
• As long as the original Nivea? - No.
• Is it as good as L'Oreal Paris Men Expert Vita Lift 5? - I think I still prefer Vita Lift 5.

Going back to my original recommendation and what I was personally looking for;

1. I believe L'Oreal Vita Lift 5 is really good as anti-ageing cream, which I use in the morning as an after-shave balm.
2. By the afternoon the area around my eyes particularly gets dry, looking rough, old & tired, so I also apply the original Nivea around on top of Vita Lift 5, which works extremely, insanely well.
3. What I'm looking for is one cream that (a) does not stink (b) is soft enough to apply all over my face and (c) lasts all day.

I used Nivea Men Active Age Day Moisturiser for a few weeks in the morning. I find that it smells fine and is soft enough, but my skin starts to dry out in the afternoon on its own. Although the label says it moisturizes up to 24 hours (I'm sure it does for younger blokes!)

Night "Regenerator"

There are a lot of active ingredients that Nivea Day cream has but the Night cream doesn't, and vice versa. I've actually compared the names one by one, but as I have no idea what each one does, I've decided not to list them here. I'm sure the Day cream and the Night cream have different effects, but I can't comment.

I'm not a fan of "night creams" because... I'm not a woman lol.

I don't want my pillow messed up with the sticky cream and don't want it to stink of perfume either. But anyway, I started to use Nivea Men Active Age Night Regenerator after my evening shower and, after a couple of weeks, I noticed (I think I noticed...) that my skin felt less irritating in the cold weather during the day. So I did learn that it may be important to keep your face moisturized "24 hours" too. But I didn't notice any clear difference such as softer, healthier-looking skin.

But then if I put the original Nivea cream, I definitely feel the clear difference - my face is softer and much more moist.

Best Anti-Ageing Cream For Men

I think the original, cheapest Nivea cream has the ultimate moisturizing power. It's a shame none of the others gives as good effect as the original. It would be good if Nivea could come up with an unscented version of it.