Olay Night Cream

Trusted by millions of women around the world, Olay is the best selling anti-aging skin care range in five continents. This multi-billion dollar brand produces hundreds of different beauty products, including six unique night creams. Olay refers to one as an “anti-wrinkle night cream”, another as “firming night cream”, “classic night cream”, etc. With these vague terms, it may be challenging to choose which Olay night cream is best for you. To help you out, we’re going to cover 6 of the most popular Olay Night Creams in this review!

The 6 most popular Olay night creams

1. Olay Regenerist Retinol 24
One of the most popular Olay night creams is called Regenerist Retinol 24. This Olay night cream with retinol is claimed to visibly improve fine lines and wrinkles, smoothness, brightness, dark spots, and pores. Retinol has the capability of minimizing the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, improving uneven skin tone, restoring skin firmness, and shrinking the appearance of enlarged pores. Other key ingredients include niacinamide and palmitoyl pentapeptide-4. This Olay night cream is recommended for those with normal, dry, or dry combination skin type. 

Olay Regenerist Retinol 24 reviews on the brand’s website are overall very positive, with the product receiving an average of 4.6 out of 5 stars. Consumers who love this Olay night cream mention that it absorbs quickly, does not feel greasy, hydrates skin, and even helps to fade dark spots. Several of the negative reviews for this product mention that the high concentration of silicones is evident in the texture, causing the skin to feel smooth and slippery but not hydrated. 

2. Olay Regenerist Night Cream
The formula for this Olay night cream is pretty similar to Olay Regenerist Retinol 24, except that this product does not contain retinol. One key ingredient in this formula is niacinamide, a form of vitamin B3 that provides numerous benefits to the skin. For instance, niacinamide can help repair the skin barrier, improve skin moisture, and reduce inflammation, blotchiness, hyperpigmentation, acne, and wrinkling. This Olay night cream is recommended for those with normal, dry, or combination/oily skin type. 

There aren’t many Olay Regenerist Night Cream reviews on the brand’s website, but the reviews that are available so far are pretty positive. Many of the reviews mention that it is very hydrating and helps the skin to feel soft.

3. Olay Age Defying Anti Wrinkle Night Cream
Another Olay night cream with retinol, the Olay Age Defying Anti Wrinkle Night Cream is claimed to visibly smooth fine lines and wrinkles in just seven nights. The formula is pretty similar to Regenerist Retinol 24, with key ingredients like retinol and niacinamide. What sets this formulation apart is the inclusion of panthenol and vitamin E. Panthenol, also known as provitamin B5, is a powerful humectant that can help to increase the skin’s hydration. Vitamin E is a lipid soluble antioxidant that helps the skin combat free radical damage. This Olay night cream is recommended for most skin types. 

Olay Age Defying Anti Wrinkle Night Cream reviews on the brand’s website are a mix of positive and negative, with the product receiving an average of 4.3 out of 5 stars. Positive reviews mention that it moisturizes the skin well without feeling greasy. Negative reviews for this Olay night cream are mostly concerning the smell, which some consumers find to be unpleasant. 

4. Olay Age Defying Classic Night Cream
This rich, oil-free Olay night cream is claimed to renew skin’s moisture without clogging pores, as well as reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. One of the key ingredients is salicylic acid, a type of beta hydroxy acid (BHA). Salicylic acid easily penetrates deep into pores, where it exfoliates the pore lining and loosens clogged dirt and oil. It also has the ability to dissolve keratin, the protein that acts as a “glue” to keep dead skin cells together in the stratum corneum. This is effective because dead skin cells can build up on the surface of your skin, leaving it looking dull. This Olay night cream is recommended for most skin types. 

Olay Age Defying Classic Night Cream has the lowest rating out of all the Olay night creams, with an average of 3.1 out of 5 stars. Those that do like this Olay night cream mention that it really helps to heal acne. Negative Olay reviews are all concerning a change in the formulation that Olay must have made that subsequently made the product smell differently. 

5. Night of Olay Firming Night Cream
This rich, non-greasy Olay night cream is said to deliver up to 48 hours of long-lasting moisture that renews skin while you sleep. Even though this is called a “firming night cream”, there are no ingredients in this formula that will help to firm the skin. However, you may notice temporary anti-aging effects because of the high concentration of glycerin combined with several types of silicones. Humectants like glycerin provide temporary anti-aging effects because the extra hydration is extra volume, which effectively plumps out the skin and makes lines and wrinkles less noticeable. Then, silicones like dimethicone and cyclopentasiloxane form a film on the surface of skin to further disguise wrinkles. However, this effect is transient – as soon as the product is washed off, lines and wrinkles will return to normal size. This Olay night cream is recommended for all skin types. 

Night of Olay Firming Night Cream reviews on the brand’s website are a mix of positive and negative, with the product receiving an average of 4 out of 5 stars. Positive reviews mention that this Olay night cream absorbs quickly and helps the skin to feel soft and moisturized. Negative Night of Olay reviews have one common theme: this product does not provide any noticeable change in the skin. 

6. Olay Total Effects Anti-Aging Night Firming Cream
Olay Total Effects night cream promises to hydrate, replenish, brighten, even tone, minimize the look of pores, visibly firm, and visibly smooth skin — all while you sleep. Similar to other Olay night creams, the formula contains a high concentration of niacinamide. Other beneficial ingredients include vitamin E, panthenol, green tea leaf extract, and sodium ascorbyl phosphate (vitamin C derivative). This Olay night cream is recommended for all skin types. 

Olay Total Effects Anti-Aging Night Firming Cream reviews are pretty positive, with the product receiving an average of 4.4 out of 5 stars. Positive reviews mention that this Olay night cream produces visible results, such as firmer, brighter skin, within a short amount of time. Negative reviews point out that the fragrance is pretty heavy, and others mention that the formula has changed (for the worse) over the years.

Where is Olay night cream sold?

All Olay night creams are sold on the brand’s website, as well as third party ecommerce websites such as Amazon, eBay, Ulta, and more. You can also purchase Olay night creams from drug stores like Walgreens, CVS, Walmart, Target, and more. 

Is Olay cruelty free?

Olay is not cruelty free. Olay is owned by Procter & Gamble, a company that tests on animals.