Clinique Moisture Surge Hydrating Supercharged Concentrate 15 ml Review

 Ingredients:

Water, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Phenyl Trimethicone, Propanediol, Sucrose, Hydroxyethyl Urea, Alteromonas Ferment Extract, Hydrolyzed Rice Extract, Acetyl Glucosamine, Trehalose, Algae Extract, Caffeine, Cholesterol, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Water, Sodium Hyaluronate, Pentaerythrityl Tetraethylhexanoate, Dextrin Palmitate, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Sorbitol, Sodium Polyaspartate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Carbomer, Dehydroxanthan Gum, Citric Acid, Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate, Benzophenone-4, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Sodium Hydroxide, Sodium Citrate, Disodium Edta, Bht, Chlorphenesin, Phenoxyethanol, Red 4 (Ci 14700), Yellow 5 (Ci 19140).

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:

- Definitely needs a moisturizer on top to seal the hydration in, but this is a concentrate after all (I just read somewhere that some people use this alone and wonder why it is not enough)

- Slightly breaks me out during summer/when I am not using Differin or other stronger retinoid, so I guess it is pore clogging



+ Leaves skin very, very smooth, a bit of a light film that is ever so slightly tacky like hyaluronic acid products usually are

+ Very hydrating for a long time (just not moisturizing so I absolutely need to seal with a moisturizer on top quickly)

+ No scent

+ "Absorbs" quickly (doesn't completely disappear), the texture is gel that melts to skin

+ Haven't noticed pilling but honestly haven't tried the concentrate with everything I have

+ Includes small HA pearls that burst when rubbing to skin - a gimmick but they break instantly and are not scratchy or anything

+ I really do enjoy jelly texture and pink colour and packaging for full size looks stylish! (Things that I appreciate even though they are very superficial, hah.)

* Clinique's Moisture Surge Hydrating Supercharged Concentrate is yet another one of those products that I've owned a while and always tried and then put away because I feel my skin is starting to break out in small bumps. But, also, again I noticed that when I am using Differin every day (and other physical exfoliation) it suddenly works for me. So, maybe you need dry/normal skin instead of oily to use this.

* I really do like overall the products I've tried from Clinique - except the non water/oil proof mascara that smudged like CRAZY. I just think Clinique's price point feels a bit high for me unless it is a random purchase here and there.

Price: 

about 8-9,50 € / 15 ml

about 36-41 € / 48 ml

Bought from: 

A gift

Buy again? 

Probably no. Unless I see it for super cheap price and I make my skin super dry with retinoid use.

Worth the money? 

When it works, it just works, when it doesn't, it breaks me out. It is pleasant enough for a hydrating concentrate serum but I am not sure it is worth the price for me because my skin is finicky. But so much nicer to use than The Ordinary's Hyaluronic Acid serum, for example, since that pills and doesn't give that smooth base for skin. For dry and rough skin I can see how this concentrate would be worth the money.