Beauty review: Tronque’s seriously impressive new Neck & Décolletage Elixir

I’m a big believer in skincare for your neck and décolletage, and thankfully I’m not alone. As beauty industry guru, Caroline Hirons famously said: “Take it to the tits. Your face doesn’t end at your chin in skincare,” a fact that the French have been aware of for years.
Neck care might feel like just another thing you're being told you have to do, but truth is, our necks have been copping it for decades - mine included. Often, we don't realise how much we've neglected something until we look back on it with hindsight. The neck and décolletage area is one of those things, because it's a part of the body that is exposed to a lot of UV, resulting in damage from years of cumulative sun exposure.
The skin on your neck is also thinner and a little more sensitive than the skin on your face. You won’t find as much collagen on your neck either, and the skin can become dehydrated as it contains less sebaceous glands that secrete oil. These things combined with gravity and incidental sun exposure explain why the neck area can have a prematurely aged or sagging appearance, and is extremely prone to pigmentation, fines lines and wrinkles.
Bringing your skincare down to your neck (and below) is good, but a targeted approach is better. And yes, that means a separate neck-centric product if you’re serious about stopping premature ageing in its tracks. This is where the latest formula from luxury bodycare house Tronque comes in – a brand that has long championed a ‘skincare from the neck down’ philosophy.
Developed over three years and available now, the incredibly impressive Neck & Décolletage Elixir is built around a patented exosome mimetic active, inspired by the microscopic messengers skin cells use to communicate. Positioning the neck as equal to face care standards, its significant ingredient deck also includes next-generation Natural Moisturising Factor (NMF) support that works in sync with the skin’s own hydration system rather than sitting on its surface. The result is plumper, smoother, more refined skin, with the appearance of fine lines visibly softened as hydration is restored.

Having used the marvel religiously over the last month or so after being kindly gifted a sample, I have recommended it to all in sundry looking to address an area that can often feel beyond help, and others are reporting back to me with promising results. As well as a boost in hydration levels that immediately makes the delicate skin of the neck spring back to life, I’ve noticed a definite improvement in texture and overall tone, and pigmentation definitely softening with time. I’m keen to see things get even better as I stick to my twice-daily application, and it goes without saying that being Tronque, the packaging is also sleek, and impossibly chic.
Its newest formula arrives as Tronque continues its ascent within the global beauty landscape, officially named as the first and only New Zealand or Australian beauty brand stocked at Violet Grey - one of the world’s most discerning beauty destinations, which I never miss a visit to when I’m in the US. The placement follows three years of rigorous vetting by Violet Grey’s expert committee, which selects products worthy of sitting alongside its “Best in Beauty From Those Who Know Best” edit.
It also caps a steady US expansion - now 154 stockists and counting, including Bergdorf Goodman, Neiman Marcus, Bluemercury and Saks - and follows founder Tanné Snowden’s recent move to New York to lead growth in the region.