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Sorted: Night night, skin tight

We tried and tested the latest night creams designed to turn back the clock while you sleep...

1 Roc Complete Lift Night, £24.95 for 50ml

The hype: Energising minerals smooth and firm the skin to give a full facelift effect.
The verdict: 9/10 ’This night cream smells good, absorbs instantly and succeeded in making my tired, washed-out skin look firm and toned’. Susie, 33

2 Pro-Ferm Regenerative Night Cream, £65 for 50ml

The hype: Breakthrough ingredients spring-clean skin from within and stimulate cell renewal. The verdict: 10/10 ’At last, an anti-ageing cream that works! It’s tightened my skin and shrunk my pores so that I wake up looking fresh and well rested.’ Rebecca, 40

3 Olay Definity Night Cream, £22 for 50ml

The hype: Promotes a radiant skin tone so that you wake up looking luminous.
The verdict: 9/10 ‘This product has the texture of a more expensive cream and makes me look as if I’ve had eight hours sleep, even when I haven’t!’ Rose, 25

4 Skin Doctors Retanew, £39.95 for 50ml

The hype: Contains retinol and power peptides to provide an intense anti-ageing hit.
The verdict: 8/10 ‘Definitely a case of “no pain, no gain”! It stings like crazy when you put it on, but it has definitely brightened and tightened my skin.’ Mia, 28

5 Clinique Repairwear Lift Firming Night Cream, £38 for 30ml

The hype: Retinol, whey protein and vitamins E and C help to firm and repair the skin.
The verdict: 8/10 ‘I wouldn’t say that it firmed or lifted my skin, but it certainly made it look fresher and brighter, which is half the battle.’ Emma, 30

6 No7 Hydro Quench Overnight Cream Sorbet, £16 for 30ml

The hype: A super-moisturising, feather-light hydrator for combination skin.
The verdict: 7/10 ‘It made my skin look fresher and more radiant, but the badly designed tube makes it hard to dispense the right amount of cream.’ Jennie, 30

7 L’Oréal Dermo Expertise Age Perfect Night Cream, £15.99 for 30ml

The hype: Soothing, hydrating and packed with a high concentration of repairing calcium.
The verdict: 7/10 ‘Although this cream does have an unappealing, greasy texture, it does seem to work because my wrinkles look less pronounced.’ Sarah, 44

8 L’Occitane Immortelle Very Precious Cream, £45 for 50ml

The hype: Reduces the depth of wrinkles by more than a quarter after four weeks.
The verdict: 4/10 ‘Two weeks after using this product I noticed some old wrinkles returning – ones that I usually keep at bay with a retinol-based night cream.’ Annie, 39