Superdrug’s ‘amazing’ £9 foundation shoppers say is ‘better than Chanel’

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Superdrug shoppers are impressed with an “amazing” budget-friendly foundation they claim is “better than Chanel”.

High street retailer Superdrug has an army of fans keen to snap up its wide range of makeup, beauty tools and accessories, haircare, household essentials and more.

Superdrug stocks a range of beauty brands and even has its own line of products but one foundation by cruelty-free brand e.l.f. has garnered much praise.

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e.l.f.’s Flawless Finish Foundation costs £9 on Superdrug’s website and promises to “restore uneven facial skin textures and tones, for visibly brighter skin”.

The foundation, which comes in a variety of skin tones to help beauty lovers get their best match, has racked up a string of five-star reviews online, being praised as “amazing” and “better than Chanel”.

Jackie titled her review “amazing!” and said: “I bought this foundation a few days ago and I am already obsessed! It has such amazing coverage and works perfectly with the e.l.f 16 hour camo concealer too! It lasts all day and is by far the best drugstore foundation I have ever come across. I used to use more expensive foundations with less coverage and more expensive! 100% worth the small amount of money that it costs!”

Another reviewer titled their post “Better than Chanel or any high end foundation!!” and added: “I will never be purchasing Chanel or any of my other luxury foundations again!!”

Reviewer Jen said: “I am in LOVE with this foundation” while Nina said: “I love this so much. I need to order 3 bottles because it comes in a small bottle. That’s my only con. Trust me its worth trying. I fell in love and don’t wanna use any other foundation ever!!”

Rayanne titled her review “perfect” and added: “My first time buying this brand and I’m impressed with the quality and coverage!!! [Goodbye] dark circles and imperfections.”

All e.l.f. cosmetics are cruelty free and vegan. You can buy the foundation from Superdrug’s website here.

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Coco Austin still breastfeeds her 5-year-old, and experts say it’s normal

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Coco Austin’s daughter Chanel will be 6 in November, but she still loves to nurse, Austin said.

Austin said she and her husband, Ice-T, are OK with Chanel nursing occasionally.

Experts say nursing a 5-year-old doesn’t provide nutrition but could give COVID-19 protection.

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Coco Austin, the reality TV star and wife of Ice-T, says her 5-year-old daughter still nurses and that she has no plans to stop breastfeeding anytime soon. Experts say that while nursing a kindergartner is outside the cultural norms in the US, it could have benefits for both the mom and the child.

For long-term nursers, “there is a special closeness that you get,” Diane Thompson, the director of La Leche League Alliance, an affiliate of La Leche League International, told Insider. “They’re just not willing to give up that particular piece of their relationship just yet.”

Still, Thompson said, the breastfeeding relationship is likely almost over.

“Children do wean,” she said. “It does come to an end.”

There is no weaning age

The World Health Organization recommends that parents nurse children exclusively for six months and then nurse and offer food “up to the age of two years or beyond.” Nursing parents stop for a variety of reasons, from perceived low supply to a return to work to a desire to be done with breastfeeding.

In the US, 35% of infants are still nursing at one year, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data, and there’s little data on nursing rates beyond that.

There’s no consensus on when humans naturally wean, but most experts agree that it’s generally between the ages of 18 months and 4 1/2 years.

“At some point, most children will get off the breast after the age of 2, voluntarily,” G. Thomas Ruiz, the OB/GYN lead at MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center in Fountain Valley, California, told Insider.

But in many cultures, nursing toddlers is more common, and Austin and Chanel wouldn’t be outside the range of normal, Thompson said.

Extended breastfeeding looks different

Many people may imagine a 5-year-old nursing on demand like an infant does. But nursing a preschooler is very different from breastfeeding an infant, Thompson said. For starters, school-aged kids are getting almost all of their nutritional value from food.

That’s true for Chanel, who likes to eat steak and hamburgers, Austin told US Weekly.

“At this point in nursing its just for comfort and believe me the girl loves meat so it’s not like she isnt eating real food,” Austin wrote in an Instagram post over a year ago.

“Five-year-olds don’t nurse like newborns,” Thompson, who nursed her daughter until she was 4, said. “It might be before bed or when they get hurt. It’s when someone gets hurt or someone just needs comfort.”

There are some possible benefits

Ruiz said that nursing held little nutritional or immunological benefits for preschoolers during normal times.

“Five-year-olds are vaccinated, and they have an immune system, so they’re not generating a lot of immunity from breastfeeding,” he said.

But during the pandemic, there could be a benefit, especially if the nursing parent is vaccinated against COVID-19. COVID-19 antibodies have been shown to pass through breastmilk, so Austin could be giving Chanel a little bit of added protection if she’s vaccinated.

“I wouldn’t necessarily recommend that you breastfeed a 5-year-old, but it’s an interesting thought now because breastfeeding is a way to deliver antibodies to your child,” Ruiz said.

Ruiz and Thompson agree that if Austin and Chanel are happy with the breastfeeding arrangement, then it’s fine.

As for when to stop, Thompson says that’s up to the parent and child.

“You’re both doing this together,” Thompson said. “This is a relationship. You both have to be happy with where the relationship ends.”