Criteria: Packaging, Ingredients, Smell, Texture, Price Point, Effectiveness

Tested on dry, sensitive skin.

Packaging:

This comes in a round white plastic jar with a screw-on lid. There’s an inner lid with a little spatula. It is quite plain. I added cat stickers!

I like the inner lid with the spatula and it is functional packaging. Although plain. Very plain.

3,5 out of 5

Ingredients:

Water (Purified Water), BG, Glycerin, Betaine, Macadamia Nut Oil, PEG -400, Imperata Cylindrica Root Extract, PVM/MA Decadiene Crosspolymer, Sodium Lauroyl Lactylate, Ceramide 1, Ceramide 3, Ceramide 6II, Phytosphingosine, Cholesterol, Soluble Collagen, Sodium Hyaluronate, Potassium Hydroxide, Xanthane Gum, PEG -8, Carbomer, Parabens

Oh, ceramides! I love you all! This also has imperata cylindrica root extract.

This ingredients list looks pretty good to me. No fragrance, no alcohol. Some might break out from the macadamia nut oil. As always, please check cosdna and avoid it if any of the ingredients are known irritants for you! All in all I’m pleased with the ingredients though.

4 out of 5

Smell:

Almost no smell! Only a very, very faint one that reminds me of other ceramide products. Ceramides probably don’t smell of anything but oh well.

No smell is good smell!

5 out of 5

Texture:

This is a thick, clear gel. It’s very sticky upon application and you have to be careful how much you apply if you’re planning on going outside and don’t want to be sticky and/or shiny.

Personally I hate look shiny and having my hair stick to my face. I found that this gel does fine for daytime use though if I apply sunscreen or makeup on top. Probably depends on the sunscreen (I’m using the Canmake Mermaid UV Gel).

3 out of 5

Price Point:

I got this on Amazon Germany for 8€. You can also get it for $8 on Rakuten or for $13 on Amazon.com.

These are all very good prices for 80g of product!

5 out of 5

Effectiveness:

This gel is very nice for wearing it under makeup. If I’m going to use this at daytime sunscreen is a must because of the stickyness. However, I’m using sunscreen anyway so it doesn’t bother me all that much.

I also like to slather it on at night sometimes but I feel like it’s not enough for my dry skin. I prefer my other creams for nighttime so I’m mostly using it as a daytime moisturiser.

It is very healing and provides moisture for a long time. It doesn’t irritate my skin except on the sides of my nose when they are raw and sensitive because I’ve wiped my nose a lot. I wouldn’t say it’s soothing but it’s pretty safe to use. However, if my skin is irritated I play it safe and use the Beauty of Joseon Dynasty Cream or the Belif True Cream Moisturizing Bomb since they don’t even irritate raw, hurting skin (my poor nose).

All in all, this is an affordable, good basic moisturiser that I like to have in my collection.

4 out of 5

Result: 4 out of 5