Certain products just have infinite staying power—and when I think about beauty and legacy, nothing comes to mind quite like Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair Serum (ANR). It’s an incredible formula that every woman in my family has added to their respective routines; but for us, it’s more meaningful than just having great skin.
Using ANR of course brings to mind images of firm, resilient skin, but it also brings to mind those special times when my mom, my sister, and I would hit up our local Ulta Beauty for a restock. Whenever my mom would make the left turn that could only mean we were headed to Ulta Beauty, we would get so excited and practically roll out of the car to be the first one to step inside.
Ahead, discover what each of us loves about ANR—from the legacy of the product to the time spent together picking it up.
My Mom
“I have so many fond memories of taking my daughters to Ulta Beauty. What started with caboodles and hair accessories when they were in middle school quickly evolved into shopping for acne face washes in their teenage years and, now, picking up refills of Estee Lauder’s Advanced Night Repair. ANR is a lesson my own mom passed down to me, and now it’s a joy to share that legacy with my girls. The texture is wonderful and it keeps my skin feeling firm, hydrated, and healthy at age 55.”
My Sister
“It was always our tradition growing up to visit Ulta Beauty during the holidays. While my Dad and younger brother would hit up our local bake shop for holiday treats, my Mom, Holly, and I would head to Ulta Beauty for last-minute stocking stuffers for each other. It was always so fun to sneak around the aisles and stuff treats for them into an opaque bag so they could be kept secret. We always ended up with multiple miniature bottles of Advanced Night Repair because we were all obsessed with it and would all buy it for each other! I love that it delivers powerful anti-aging ingredients to my skin without clogging my pores or breaking me out.”
Myself
“When my teenage acne finally healed sometime around college, I started to be really intentional about nourishing my skin with hydrating, firming ingredients in an effort to counteract all the years of benzoyl peroxide face washes and drying spot treatments. I quickly fell in love with Advanced Night Repair when I *ahem* borrowed some from my Mom’s medicine cabinet during a college winter break at home. She promptly took me to Ulta Beauty for an ANR Serum of my own, saying it was too precious to share!”