Rejoice!

Whilst I often buy things just for the packaging, I do actually put some store in what the product is/does etc. One such recent purchase and something I’ve been loving lots and lots is this amazing face cream…

…and here’s why:

• The name; both of the brand and of the product is delightful. I love saying and writing the word Antipodes… ann-tip-oh-deeze. Brilliant. And who wouldn’t want to smother some ‘rejoice’ all over their face?
• The typography also makes me happy – the hand-crafted lettering used in their logo and the bold-italic Baskervillian text all works to create something satisfyingly retro.
• It’s from New Zealand. I’ve yet to meet a thing or a person that wasn’t super-cool from that particular part of the world.
• It smells delish! It’s full of avocados, manuka flowers (ok, so I don’t know what those are), almond oil (almond oil = play-doh) and vanilla pods. All mushed together. Lovely.
• It’s organic and contains only lovely, human-friendly things. No offence to the boffins at laboratoire garnier etc but some of your ingredients sound either scary or made up.
• It’s only a little spendy and you get quite a chunky tube (60ml – that’s twice the size of most other ‘premium’ moisturisers) for your £26.
• Speaking of tubes, I much prefer them to pots (more hygienic), plus it’s one of those metal ones so you know you’re going to get every last drop put of it.
• It promises decreased fine-lines and a blemish-free complexion. It’s early days yet but you never know – this might be the one that does what it says on the box. #ibelieveinmiracles
• It also promises to be light and non-oily… this is the one thing I would dispute. It feels really rich to me and a little oily to me (in a good way), which is great if you have really dehydrated skin like me.

Antipodes. I want all the things!