Majka, who has a cool name fused with some hard-to-get-right spelling, asks this:
Hi Bella! I need your help!!! What can you tell me about the Elizabeth Arden 8 hour cream? I just bought it because I was curious...but I don't really know what to do with it!:) Thanks!
Emoticons aside (I am allergic to them), I like her email.
She's buying things cause she's curious (Definitely Excellent in my books) she's adorable and polite and she's Italian, and golly gosh I love Italy as well as the people and shoes and food they house there.
My brother Levi is about to marry a lovely Italian lass, Babs, and together they made a little human called Marco who I love more than Most Things, not least of which because he can speak Italian and Australian and opts to say 'Bacio' instead of 'Kiss' when I bully him into some overt affection.
Say hi, Marco.
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But back to 8-hour cream.
My answer is this:
It's a multi-purposer. And despite its name, is less cream, and more of a balm. You can use it on lips, cuticles, skin, flaky nose, pimples, bites, rash - whatever. I like to dab it onto the top of my cheekbones for a nice sheen. And, if you're feeling a little bit makeup artisty, you can mix it with some lipstick and make your own lip gloss or cheek creme.
INCIDENTALLY.
Right now (if you live in 'Straya) is a very good time to buy 8-hour cream as it comes in a sweet little vintage pot (which looks Rather Good on your desk, or dresser or butler's hand).
It'll cost you $34 and ON YOUR MARKS; because while it goes on sale Feb 4, waiting lists are already snaking down Myer, DJ and special pharmacy counters.
Say hi, Vintage pot.
