Aldi & Lidl #8

[rivermonster]

This morning on Saturday Kitchen one of the recommended wines was - ESTEVEZ Pinot Grigio - Wine of Chile - 2024 - Edikion Limitado. Blue cap. It is £5.99 in England but in Wales where I am it is £6.29. Matt Tebutt said he usually only has a sip but wanted more of this so going to Aldi to buy some for himself.
I bought a bottle this afternoon and it is good - 12% for goodness sake. If it is limited edition I think I might have to stock up.

 

[Captainmouse]

People are always talking about the beauty dupes, how do you know what original products they are copying?

 

[Carefree]

People are always talking about the beauty dupes, how do you know what original products they are copying?

It's usually by the packaging and/or the product itself. There are often people on Instagram, etc, who will do run downs.

The Lidl tiramisu loaf is just okay. Not a repeat purchase.

 

[didisaythatoutloudoops]

People are always talking about the beauty dupes, how do you know what original products they are copying?

If it's not the packaging that looks very similar (the Hotel Collection looks just like the Jo Malone stuff, the Sol de Jainero mists too), they tend to copy the keyword from a specific range. So for the Nivea moisturiser it's 'Q10', Charlotte Tilbury copies, it's 'illuminating', for La Prairie it's 'caviar' and for Gisou it's 'honey infused'.

 

[duckdinner]

I wanted to love the Aldi Q10 day cream so much, but it made my eyes burn and water for hours after using it. The first time I thought I'd accidentally gotten some in my eye, but the other two times I tried it, I didn't go anywhere near my eyes but still had the same reaction, so I've been sceptical of using any of their skin care products since, even though everyone raves about them!

 

[didisaythatoutloudoops]

I wanted to love the Aldi Q10 day cream so much, but it made my eyes burn and water for hours after using it. The first time I thought I'd accidentally gotten some in my eye, but the other two times I tried it, I didn't go anywhere near my eyes but still had the same reaction, so I've been sceptical of using any of their skin care products since, even though everyone raves about them!

I've never used the Aldi one, but I actually had a similar reaction with the Nivea Q10 cream - it felt like sunburn all over my face. Did you try that one first at all? I'm curious if maybe some people just react badly to Q10!

 

[Carefree]

The dupes are also made with "lesser" ingredients. For example, I'm horribly allergic to anything paraffin-based, which is a big replacement ingredient for many of them, so have to read every bit of the packaging.

 

[duckdinner]

I've never used the Aldi one, but I actually had a similar reaction with the Nivea Q10 cream - it felt like sunburn all over my face. Did you try that one first at all? I'm curious if maybe some people just react badly to Q10!

Yes, I used to use both the day and night Nivia Q10 creams for years and had no issues with either of them. I'm now almost exclusively a CeraVe girl (the CeraVe SA smoothing cleanser especially has done wonders for my skin!)

 

[Johnjones7656]

Yes, I used to use both the day and night Nivia Q10 creams for years and had no issues with either of them. I'm now almost exclusively a CeraVe girl (the CeraVe SA smoothing cleanser especially has done wonders for my skin!)

Not the right thread but I’ve been recommended to look at the cerave cleansers! Can you tell me why the smoothing one is so good pls?

 

[duckdinner]

Not the right thread but I’ve been recommended to look at the cerave cleansers! Can you tell me why the smoothing one is so good pls?

I don't like using traditional exfoliating products on my face as I've never found one that doesn't leave my skin irritated for hours after using it. The salicylic acid in this cleanser helps exfoliate the skin, but it's gentle enough that it doesn't irritate. I wish I had taken "before" pics to prove this, but I'm convinced that my pores have shrunk in size! My skin just feels smoother and softer than it has with any other cleanser I've used. I also have keratosis pilaris (not on my face, but on arms and a little bit on my legs) and I've used this cleanser on those areas and it has almost completely cleared them up.

I use it mainly as my second cleanser. I first use Simple's cleansing oil to remove makeup, oils, dirt, ect from my skin (I pretty much exclusively wear waterproof mascara, and this method of removing it is the most gentle on my eyelashes that I've found) And then once I've washed that off, I go in with the CeraVe cleanser to cleanse the skin. At night I finish with the CeraVe retinol serum. In the morning I just use the CeraVe cleanser and some of their AM facial moisturiser I think it's called.

Sorry if that was more of a ramble than you wanted!

 

[Johnjones7656]

I don't like using traditional exfoliating products on my face as I've never found one that doesn't leave my skin irritated for hours after using it. The salicylic acid in this cleanser helps exfoliate the skin, but it's gentle enough that it doesn't irritate. I wish I had taken "before" pics to prove this, but I'm convinced that my pores have shrunk in size! My skin just feels smoother and softer than it has with any other cleanser I've used. I also have keratosis pilaris (not on my face, but on arms and a little bit on my legs) and I've used this cleanser on those areas and it has almost completely cleared them up.

I use it mainly as my second cleanser. I first use Simple's cleansing oil to remove makeup, oils, dirt, ect from my skin (I pretty much exclusively wear waterproof mascara, and this method of removing it is the most gentle on my eyelashes that I've found) And then once I've washed that off, I go in with the CeraVe cleanser to cleanse the skin. At night I finish with the CeraVe retinol serum. In the morning I just use the CeraVe cleanser and some of their AM facial moisturiser I think it's called.

Sorry if that was more of a ramble than you wanted!

Thx! My skin sound similar to yours so this will be a great help!

 

[duckdinner]

Thx! My skin sound similar to yours so this will be a great help!

Keep an eye out at Boots! They often do half price deals on CeraVe products

 

[utubegreed]

I never trust the dupes, I get the impression it’s just the packaging that looks similar because when I’ve looked at the ingredients they are either really different of use inferior ingredients so I just stay clear.

 

[Mamacita]

I never trust the dupes, I get the impression it’s just the packaging that looks similar because when I’ve looked at the ingredients they are either really different of use inferior ingredients so I just stay clear.

I use some stuff sometimes but yeah i also think this. They are hardly ever as good.

 

[SharkAttack]

Keep an eye out at Boots! They often do half price deals on CeraVe products

I only buy Cerave stuff at Boots and only when it's on offer, which is often. Usually 3 for 2 so I stock up.
I used the green cleanser that you wash off - it comes in a pump. Vg

 

[PrincessCharming]

I never trust the dupes, I get the impression it’s just the packaging that looks similar because when I’ve looked at the ingredients they are either really different of use inferior ingredients so I just stay clear.

The shampoo dupes trashed my hair. I needed Color wow money masque to fix it

 

[Chocolategoggler]

The oil shampoo and conditioner saved my hair last summer. I picked up some more today but there weren't any more left so I expect others have discovered it too. There was another one that had nearly gone which was for bouncy hair.

 

[Notworthy]

I bought a diffuser from Aldi, something I've never bought before and it was fine but when I bought one from a boutique that was about 4x the price, the difference was remarkable. I'm sticking with the pricier option from now on, not even a competition.

 

[Mamacita]

I bought a diffuser from Aldi, something I've never bought before and it was fine but when I bought one from a boutique that was about 4x the price, the difference was remarkable. I'm sticking with the pricier option from now on, not even a competition.

If you mean reed diffusers, I'm currently using ones from vallentte as they were recommended in another tattle thread and i find them to be really great and between 6-15 quid for a decent size one! They do various discounts so can usually get the normal price down

 

[Skinnydogs]

I bought a wax machine a couple of years ago from Lidl , it was £16. It's a brilliant bit of kit and it's paid for itself.

Another recommendation is the Lidl frozen sausage rolls !