Trying out Aveeno face care products

This month I had $50 allocated to Personal Care. Ideally I wanted to buy new face cream, night cream, eye cream, and face wash. Obviously, $50 isn’t going to buy me all of those things. If I bought my usual Avène brand, those 4 things would have cost me around $135 before tax. So I made the decision to switch to Aveeno (cheaper but still pricey), and began scouring the local stores for deals.

The best deal I came up with was approx. $22 each at Superstore for the face cream and night cream, $25 for eye cream, and $12 for face wash. $81 total before tax. Good, but not great. London Drugs was more expensive. $30 each for the face cream and night cream, $30 for eye cream, and $12 for face wash. $102 total before tax.

THEN, I was perusing the London Drugs online flyer, and it said that Aveeno face creams were on sale for $19.99 this week. So after work I decided to check it out. Not only were they on sale for $19.99, but the face cream had a bonus face wash attached to it! So for $45 I got a face cream, night cream and face wash.

The eye cream wasn’t on sale and was still $30 at LD. I tried to use the face cream around my eye this morning, but it’s SPF 30. A little got into my eyes, and it stung like crazy. So I will definitely buy the eye cream. I think the next time I’m at Superstore, I’ll pick one up for $25 (plus I have a $5 off Aveeno coupon, so it will only be $20!).

For some of you, this may still seem like a lot to pay for moisturizers … but I don’t spend much money on make-up (the only make-up I wear is mascara, a bit of pressed powder, and a bit of blush), and taking good care of my skin is really important to me. So I have no problem spending that kind of money on my face. As long as I’m getting the best deal I can find on it!