A couple of months ago I shared my experience of using Augustina Spaders the rich cream. It's something of a celebrity favourite with makeup artist Bobby Brown describing it as magical. My verdict? Well I was impressed and I could see a difference in my skin, but at 125 pounds for 30 milliliters or 205 pounds for 50, that's 265 dollars, I wasn't prepared to keep shelling out for a new bottle every couple of months. But now I've found a way of accessing all the benefits of Augustina Spaders magic formula on a budget. So to recap, the rich cream is described as an intensely luxurious super hydrating moisturizer that stimulates the skin's natural ability to rejuvenate. Within the rich cream you've got Augustina Spaders patented TFC8 formula, which is a natural blend of amino acids and plant derived extracts, which are designed to support the skin to regenerate and combat wrinkles, redness and hyperpigmentation. The science is based on Augustina Spaders' original work as a stem cell researcher in Germany, where he was researching treatments for burn victims and so he was focusing on the skin's capacity for renewal. So he came up with this TFC8 formula, which is the star component of the rich cream. But the cream additionally includes things like avocado oil to give it that richness, evening primrose oil and hyaluronic acid. So it's a deeply hydrating moisturizer and it has this special peptide and plant oil rich TFC8 formula. Now I found the rich cream a little too rich for my skin in that it left a bit oily, which along with the cost was the reason I didn't buy it again. But I did say in my video and I'll link to it here that I was going to miss it because my skin was in great condition and it had taken on a plumper and were glowing appearance and that wasn't just the oily shine. So after I ran out of it, I started looking around at the other products in the range, which include that TFC8 formula and that's when I stumbled across the face oil. It's 65 pounds for 10 milliliters, which sounds more expensive than the rich cream, which was 125 for 30 milliliters. But the oil goes much further. So I ordered some a month ago and it's really working out well. I bought it from the Harvey Nichols website but you can buy it direct on the Augustinus beta site and I'll link to UK and US buying options in the description below. I've used a third of the bottle so far so I'm hoping to stretch this 10 milliliters over three months. I use it in the evenings only and I just add a couple of small drops to my moisturizer at night to make it go further and then I spread it over my face, neck, chest and on the back of my hands as well. And what especially pleases me with an expensive product like this is that I know because it's just a simple dropper with a nice little pump button on the top to draw up the oil, I know I'm going to be able to use every last drop, which is not always true of other products depending on the dispenser design. So effectively I feel like I'm creating my own rich cream experience for a fraction of the price. And unlike the rich cream which felt greasy on my skin for a long time after applying it, using the oil with my regular moisturizer means it soaks in more quickly and leaves my skin feeling hydrated and protected but not kind of drowning in oil. Now this oil is fragrance free and I've found it completely non irritating on my skin and it is absolutely packed with plant oils ranging from great seed oil to jojoba seed and babasu oil made from the seeds of babasu palm which is native apparently to the forests of South America and has long been recognised there for its potential medicinal benefits. It also has hazelnut oil, sunflower, cranberry seed oil, it's got pomegranate seed extract in there, licorice, carrot, the list goes on. So it's packed with vitamin infused oils, antioxidants and the all important TFC8 peptide formula. And what we know about plant oils and the regenerative effects is that there have been promising studies showing them to be effective in the treatment of skin wounds through their antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and antioxidative qualities that help stimulate cell renewal and collagen production. And I love the idea of applying such high concentrations of plant oils to my skin each night but the difference with this face oil compared with the rich cream is it's lighter and therefore works better for my skin and it's a much more cost effective way of getting the benefits of Augustinus Bader's patented formula. So I wanted to share this little discovery with you. I hope you found this short video helpful and if you did, if you subscribe you can watch my future videos and reviews as soon as they're published. For now, thanks for watching and I'll see you next time.