Emma Hardie Moisture Boost Vitamin C Cream 20 ml Review

Ingredients:

Aqua (Water), Propanediol, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Cetearyl Alcohol, Niacinamide, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil, Glyceryl Stearate, Ascorbyl Glucoside, Cetyl Palmitate, Glyceryl Stearate Se, Parfum (Fragrance), Microcrystalline Cellulose, Stearic Acid, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Phenoxyethanol, Limonene, Cetearyl Glucoside, Sodium Lauroyl Glutamate, Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil, Xanthan Gum, Cellulose Gum, Sodium Benzoate, Palmaria Palmata Extract, Sesamum Indicum (Sesame) Seed Oil, Sodium Hydroxide, Disodium Edta, Oenothera Biennis (Evening Primrose) Oil, Lactobacillus/Pumpkin Fruit Ferment Filtrate, Brassica Campestris (Rapeseed) Seed Oil, Linalool, Biosaccharide Gum-1, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract, Citral, Citronellol, Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate, Benzyl Benzoate, Geraniol, Maltodextrin, Moringa Pterygosperma Seed Extract, Pentapeptide-34 Trifluoroacetate.

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:

- Seemed like Moisture Boost Vitamin C Cream was slightly breaking me out during summer

- Not super moisturizing/hydrating, wouldn't really call the cream "moisture boost" - not a problem unless you think you're getting moisture boost, dry skin definitely requires extra hydration

- The lingering scent is very old lady like, like old lady's bathroom

- I personally didn't notice any brightening effects, but I use so many brightening things that it's likely that I wouldn't, plus I do not really have any dark pigmentation



+ During the autumn and winter, the cream suddenly didn't break me out, so I don't know maybe I was wrong about summer or my skin really got so much more dry?

+ Ok moisturizing I would say? Sufficient? 

+ The scent in the beginning is actually quite nice floral despite being strong

+ Icludes vitamin C (Ascorbyl Glucoside) 2% as I read somewhere, and niacinamide (probably around 2-4%?) and some very nice oils, so it does have brightening ingredients

+ The texture is quite thick cream, but it absorbs easily and leaves skin smooth, doesn't affect makeup on top

* I got Emma Hardie's Moisture Boost Vitamin C Cream mini from Lookfantastic Advent Calendar 2019. I don't think I would have ever bought it myself.

* Even though I didn't notice brightening results or anything super amazing, I still appreciate trying out expensive things. And I actually do like the thought of brightening and moisturizing cream that is not overloaded with maximum amount of active ingredients, so that it is comfortable all-in-one to use. I might look into finding some cheaper alternative for lazy days when I can't be bothered with several bottles.

* Well, brightening or not, this cream hasn't been irritating and my skin has been quite even looking (but I do think it is more my other vitamin C products and pycnogenol etc). But you never know with skincare, maybe this cream plays a part as well!

Price: 

About 65 € / 50 ml

Mini size about 27 € / 20 ml (but didn't really see if being sold anywhere)

Bought from: 

Lookfantastic Advent Calendar 2019

Buy again? 

No. 

Worth the money? 

Quite ok cream for autumn/winter time, but definitely not worth the full price. I would see it being worth about half the price it is. But you can get the brightening ingredients and moisturizing cream for so much less money. Or at least I can since The Ordinary is suitable for my skin! Their Natural Moisturizing Factors+HA, Ascorbyl Glucoside Solution 12% and Niacinamide 10% all cost together about 25€.