Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair Synchronized Recovery Complex

Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair Synchronized Recovery Complex is a slightly reformulated version of Advanced Night Repair Protective Recovery Complex which it replaces. Advanced Night Repair was introduced in 1982 in New York and continues to be a best selling product for Estee Lauder with a bottle of Advanced Night Repair selling every 3 minutes. There is a reason why, after all these years, this product still sells so well and is so highly regarded by those who use it.

I had no way of knowing how much more I would like the new version. While the scent, texture and base formula are basically the same, there are two additions, a peptide and a plant extract, that are thought to help prevent and/or repair DNA damage and slow aging. Lofty claims for a product, however, Estee Lauder seems to be at the forefront of cosmetic formulations. They were the company that introduced the very idea of a "repair" product, one of the first to have a serum, and one of the first to address treating the skin at night when skin is more receptive to repair. This is an iconic product and one that most people will recognize from the bottle immediately.

This serum is less oily than the previous forumla, absorbs even better and also seems to spread easier. I love this product and although a 1 ounce bottle costs $47.50, a price increase of one dollar over the previous version, it is well worth it to me. Estee Lauder has a tag line for Advanced Night Repair that says this is the one product beautiful skin cannot go without and for my skin, I agree. I love this product and find it works extremely well under my Mastey de Pairs Moiste Facial Moisturizer. The two are my power duo. Although not what most people would consider inexpensive, considering how long a bottle lasts and the fact that even mass market drug store brands are becoming so expensive, this seems like a relatively good deal.

While the brown glass dropper bottle remains, it has been updated slightly to distinguish it from the previous version.

Available from finer department stores and the Estee Lauder website.

INGREDIENTS: WATER\AQUA\EAU, BIFIDA FERMENT LYSATE, METHYL GLUCETH-20, PEG-75, BUTYLENE GLYCOL, BIS-PEG-18 METHYL ETHER DIMETHYL SILANE, ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA EXTRACT, TRIPEPTIDE-32, ETHYLHEXYL METHOXYCINNAMATE, LACTOBACILLUS FERMENT, COLA ACUMINATA (KOLA) EXTRACT, RETINYL PALMITATE, PANTETHINE, CAFFEINE, GLYCERETH-26, SODIUM RNA, SQUALANE, OLETH-3 PHOSPHATE, OLETH-3, OLETH-5, BISABOLOL, CHOLETH-24, CETETH-24, HYDROGENATED LECITHIN, ANTHEMIS NOBILIS (CHAMOMILE), SODIUM HYALURONATE, TOCOPHERYL ACETATE, LECITHIN, XANTHAN GUM, TEA-CARBOMER, TRISODIUM EDTA, BHT, PHENOXYETHANOL, METHYLPARABEN, BENZYL ALCOHOL, GREEN 5 (CI 61570), YELLOW 5 (CI 19140), RED 4 (CI 14700).