Rumour has it the creams share 90 per cent of the same ingredients but how do they compare?

Size : 60ml

Type : Moisturising cream

Key ingredients : Seaweed, shea butter

Nourishing and hydrating on the skin

Feels luxurious

Lasts a long time

Has added benefits of seaweed and vitamins

Despite having worked in the beauty industry for more than a decade, our tester had never tried La Mer’s moisturising cream before, often preferring to test and use products at a slightly lower price point. However, there’s no denying this cream screams luxury from the outset. The sturdy box – in that recognisable shade of green – combined with the chic glass jar and the applicator (which we would have expected to be made of metal rather than plastic) hidden at the bottom are world’s apart from Nivea’s basic blue tin.

The cream itself has a nostalgic, familiar scent that instantly took our tester back to watching her grandma apply skincare at her dressing table. The texture is thick but it does have a slightly whipped feel to it – which is as satisfying as it sounds – and a little really does go a long way, so, despite the price point, you can expect the pot to last a while.