Ingredients:
Aqua/Water/Eau, Glycerin, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Glyceryl Stearate SE, Isononyl Isononanoate, Dicaprylyl Carbonate, Dimethicone, Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Germ Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Chlorella Vulgaris Extract, Padina Pavonica Thallus Extract, Daucus Carota Sativa (Carrot) Root Extract, Porphyridium Cruentum Extract, Acacia Decurrens (Mimosa) Flower Extract, Rosa Centifolia (Rose) Flower Extract, Ginkgo Biloba Leaf Extract, Tocopherol, Phenoxyethanol, Polyacrylate-13, Stearic Acid, Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E), Coco-Caprylate/Caprate, Cetyl Alcohol, Xanthan Gum, Glyceryl Polyacrylate, Polyisobutene, Fragrance (Parfum), Citric Acid, Chlorphenesin, Glyceryl Acrylate/Acrylic Acid Copolymer, Sodium Dehydroacetate, Disodium EDTA, Polysorbate 20, Sorbitan Isostearate, Hydroxyisohexyl 3-Cyclohexene Carboxaldehyde, Butylphenyl Methylpropional, Linalool, Citronellol, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate, Citrus Limon (Lemon) Peel Oil, Cuminum Cyminum Seed Oil, Cedrus Atlantica Bark Oil, Limonene (N).
I try to mark the sunscreen ingredients in red and other possible irritants in lilac. Ingredients thought to be good and useful for skin I mark green. Learning as I go, google is my friend etc...
Thoughts:
- Fragrance is strong so not for sensitive people. It dissipates somewhat after the tube has been opened for some days.
- Not terribly hydrating/moisturizing, which is weird considering this is an anti-age product and includes all sorts of stuff. Also I have combination skin so it's weird that this moisturizer felt almost drying for me.
- Sadly, I think this is breaking me out. Not hugely (in cystic acne), but noticeably and immediately (bumps, white heads...), and it gets worse the more days I use it in a row. I can only guess what is causing it, some of the extracts, or maybe all the fungal acne triggers (Glyceryl Stearate SE, Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Germ Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter etc)?
+ Even though the floral fragrance is strong, I quite like it! There is something familiar about it.
+ Absorbs fast, actually feels like skin is smoother/tighter afterwards. No pilling, good under makeup.
+ Doesn't feel heavy or pore clogging, not oily at all, light pleasant consistency.
- Not terribly hydrating/moisturizing, which is weird considering this is an anti-age product and includes all sorts of stuff. Also I have combination skin so it's weird that this moisturizer felt almost drying for me.
- Sadly, I think this is breaking me out. Not hugely (in cystic acne), but noticeably and immediately (bumps, white heads...), and it gets worse the more days I use it in a row. I can only guess what is causing it, some of the extracts, or maybe all the fungal acne triggers (Glyceryl Stearate SE, Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Germ Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter etc)?
+ Even though the floral fragrance is strong, I quite like it! There is something familiar about it.
+ Absorbs fast, actually feels like skin is smoother/tighter afterwards. No pilling, good under makeup.
+ Doesn't feel heavy or pore clogging, not oily at all, light pleasant consistency.
* I can't believe how much this Elemis moisturizer costs! Maybe I am a bit poor but this is really making me wonder what is so amazing about the ingredients. Elemis website claims that it reduces wrinkles, well, it might so I can't comment to that (except that it doesn't even include retinoid derivates or anything that is associated with anti aging except vitamin E?). I have "only" forehead lines right now.
* Pro-Collagen Marine Cream is somewhat a cult classic, I imagine? Elemis bestseller? It has been interesting to try it out. But I hope it will not be anymore in any advent calendars or product sets I buy/get. I just got a full size jar in 2019 Lookfantastic Calendar as well.
* I don't think I belong in the target group for Elemis products. They do look fancy though!
Price:
Sample size 35 € / 15 ml
Full size 85-100 € / 50 ml
Bought from:
Got from Lookfantastic Advent Calendar 2017 and 2019
Buy again?
No.
Worth the money?
Difficult to say! But not for me. Too much money for a moisturizer that breaks me out. But I can't say for long term effect or the effect on older skin, or what's it like for person who is not prone to acne. The product feels pleasant, I guess that's all I can say!
Difficult to say! But not for me. Too much money for a moisturizer that breaks me out. But I can't say for long term effect or the effect on older skin, or what's it like for person who is not prone to acne. The product feels pleasant, I guess that's all I can say!
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