Aveeno Cream

I unfortunately have very severe hay fever and over the last couple of years this has started to effect my skin. Initially this was just contact dermatitis on the backs of my hands, but this summer it got a lot worse. I had dermatitis on my hands and face, and incredibly itchy skin that has become very reactive and sensitive of late. My skin has never been particularly sensitive before and so there are likely to be more posts to follow on my quest to find products that work on my simultaneously sensitive and oily skin.

So my first review on this topic definitely deserves to be Aveeno Cream and Aveeno products in general. Aveeno has been a life saver!!! The cream is cooling and soothing and not too heavy, slightly gel-like in texture and it seriously works. The dermatitis on my hands cleared within days despite every other product, prescribed or over the counter, failing miserably to have any effect at all.

I also have the Aveeno lotion, body wash, and bath and shower oil. All of which work wonders to soothe my itchy skin. I will follow soon with a review of the body wash as this is for sure another hero product for irritated skin. The Aveeno cream is £6.99 from Boots for 100ml or £13.39 for 300ml.

Just as a quick note - when I couldn't get hold of any of the bath oil, the pharmacist explained to me that the oil works because of the colloidal oatmeal used in the ingredients. She explained that an interim alternative is to fill a thin sock with porridge oats and run your bath water through the sock which will create a similar effect. I haven't actually tried this yet but I'm interested to know if anyone else has heard/tried this before?

XoXo Rouge.