Elemis have launched two new moisturisers into their Peptide 24/7 range; a clever, multi-tasking day cream – Peptide4 Adaptive Day Cream* – and an overnight mask called the Plumping Pillow Facial*, which must be one of the most inviting product names I’ve ever seen.
The new products have been formulated to work with the skin’s natural rhythms, helping to balance excess oils during the day and boost hydration overnight and they do both things beautifully as well as priming the skin for makeup (the day cream) and cooling tired faces (the night mask).
Find the Peptide 24/7 range at Elemis online*

The idea behind the new launches is that they offer effective solutions to your skincare needs without you really having to put too much thought into the whole thing – a balancing, hydrating skin routine for busy people, without any unnecessary faff. I’ve been putting both to the test this week because I’ve had an absolute shocker of a time, with ailments and child chickenpox episodes and a projectile-vomming dog; to be quite honest, doing my usual convoluted skincare-choosing game every morning and night has been beyond me. I’ve been too busy, too stressed and my head hasn’t been in its usual place in terms of beauty testing. I’ve just wanted straightforward products designed to do what I need them to do and so the Elemis Peptide 24/7 launches have been something of a Godsend.

So then, step forward product number one: the...