Boots has reduced the price of a four-piece Elizabeth Arden hydration collection as part of its Star Gift weekly sale. The Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Multitasking Masters 4 Piece Holiday Gift Set is now available for £28 instead of £68.50, offering a saving of £40. Each of the four products works out to cost £7 apiece, which is cheaper than buying them individually.
What's in the Gift Set?
The star product is the Eight Hour Cream Skin Protectant Original, worth £31 alone. Launched in 1930, the skincare classic is designed to restore, calm and relieve chapped, cracked and dry skin. It works to soothe roughness, redness and minor skin irritations. The combination of petrolatum, a skin-soothing beta-hydroxy in one of its first cosmetic uses, and vitamin E make this apricot-coloured balm effective for emergency skin moments.
The set also includes a travel-friendly version of the Eight Hour HydraPlay Skin Perfecting Daily Moisturizer. The lightweight formula provides instant hydration and brightness while visibly refining pores and promoting an even-looking, matte finish. It uses glycerin, hyaluronic acid and sugarcane-derived squalane to hydrate and plump the look of skin, while the brand's Botanical Blurring Complex helps reduce the appearance of excess oil and imperfections.
Additional Products and Customer Reviews
Shoppers will also receive the Eight Hour Cream All Over Miracle Body Oil, infused with Tsubaki oil for long-lasting moisture, revealing radiant, healthy-looking skin with a firming effect. The fast-absorbing oil nourishes and conditions hair from root to tip, helping to eliminate frizz and flyaways. Finally, the set contains the Eight Hour Cream Lip Protectant Stick Sunscreen, infused with emollients, sunscreen and antioxidant vitamin E to keep lips moisturised and safe from UV rays.
The Multitasking Masters 4 Piece Holiday Gift Set is so new that it is yet to receive any reviews. However, the Eight Hour Cream Skin Protectant has an overall star-rating of 4.4 out of five based on 5,983 reviews. One satisfied shopper said: "Used it for years, wouldn't be without it. Wonderful at night and lasts so well. Also a great skin protector against wet and windy weather. Revitalises my tired skin."
Another wrote: "After years of acrylic and gel nails my own nails were shocking, peeling and breaking with no strength at all. So I read that moisturising your cuticles was beneficial for your nails… the nail oils didn’t work, but this did. I now have long nails which are strong and look fabulous. Highly recommend the Eight Hour Protectant, be patient and it will work."
"This is my 20th one of these at least," a third penned. "I have one each of these in two of my bags and one in my bathroom so use all the time. Running low with two spares so ordered another. Great for lips, cuticles and sides of my eyes when they water in the wind."
One shopper, however, gave the Eight Hour Cream Skin Protectant a three-star review, sharing: "This lotion is okay, it is extremely hydrating and was great for dry areas on my body. It didn't absorb that well and left a greasy feeling on my skin that I did not care for. The smell of this is also pretty bad, very overwhelming and not a pleasant smell, unfortunately."
Another three-star review mentions: "I think this is a great multipurpose beauty product to have on hand. I have slight seborrheic dermatitis and it gets worse in winter particularly around the nose and hairline, this helps so much. It’s also great for my lips and cuticles and I love to use it as highlighter on a makeup free day to give my skin and extra glow but can’t be bothered with makeup, and it’s good for my skin! I do think it is overpriced slightly for what it is in terms of ingredients."
Nevertheless, someone else loved their latest Boots purchase, adding: "Fantastic cream for dry hands. It’s thick and sticky when it goes on but is quickly absorbed. It’s really good if you have cracked or dry hands but also good for dry lips and elbows. One tube lasts a long time because you don’t need to use it that frequently."
Another five-star review reads: "I’ve been using the Eight Hour Cream for about seven years now. It’s the only product that agrees with my skin and keeps it soft and lovely. It’s particularly great in winter to avoid chapped lips and hands. It’s also brilliant as a primer! Honestly, I’m obsessed with this product and would recommend it to anyone, especially my dry skinned queens. Also, my dad who is over 80 had been suffering with very dry, scaly patches on his bald patch and has started using 8 hour cream and it’s cleared it right up."
Elsewhere at Boots, the Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair Discovery Skincare Set, worth £80, is available for £38. The collection features four bedtime skincare essentials designed to promote a firmer, more radiant-looking complexion. Shoppers will receive a sample bottle of the Advanced Night Repair Synchronized Multi-Recovery Complex, as well as the Advanced Night Cleansing Gelée, Advanced Night Repair Eye Lift + Sculpt and Revitalizing Supreme+ Night Power Bounce Creme Moisturiser.
