Eucerin Urea Repair Face Cream 5% 50 ml Review

 

Ingredients:

Aqua, Urea, Glycerin, Caprylic-Capric-Triglyceride, Cyclomethicone, Dimethicone, Pentaerythrityl Tetraisostearate, Triisostearin, Cetyl Alcohol, Sodium Lactate, Glyceryl Stearate, Benzyl Alcohol, PEG-40 Stearate, Biosaccharide Gum-1, Methylparaben, Lactic Acid, Phenoxyethanol.

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:

- Not enough for a dry skin on its own even though that's the marketing claim (this kept me from getting it as well, thinking it might be too much)

- Not occlusive so dry skin people might want to try something else, also I use something thicker and more occlusive for the night

- For some reason almost all other Eucerin urea products are available in my country, EXCEPT the face cream that I have to order elsewhere



+ Lightweight, lotion-y, absorbs very fast, leaves skin smooth but otherwise not much product feel

+ No pilling, so far has worked well with everything else I've used it with

+ Moisturizing enough on its own for a combination skin, I think even an oily skinned person could like Urea Repair in small amounts because it is so fast absorbing 

+ Not clogging for me

+ No scent

+ Nice boring and safe, bland moisturizer, I think (almost) anyone could use it

+ Skin feels "healthy" (I don't know how else to describe it!), no irritation

* Here comes the moisturizer that I wish I just had bought and tried earlier instead of keeping it on my wishlist! I kind of thought it would be thicker, oilier, what have you, because it says for dry skin. But I have been wanting to try urea moisturizers because people rave about them. But, Eucerin's Urea Repair Face Cream is very pleasant and light, crowd pleaser moisturizer, really!

* Even my partner likes Urea Repair and has started to use it daily to keep his new facial eczema spots better under control. We have been using the moisturizer for about a month (not every day), maybe? There's still plenty left in the tube but I guess one tube 50 ml will last me with this use (not everyday, sometimes twice, sometimes once a day) about 5 months.

* I don't know if I prefer Eucerin Urea Repair Face Cream or, e.g. The Ordinary's Natural Moisturizing Factors+HA. They do feel different, but they both are nicely moisturizing, not too heavy. So I can't say which one is my favorite and will happily use both of them. I get bored when I use the same cream for a long time!

* Maybe soon I should try out Cerave moisturizers/cleansers, I hear a lot about them but when I look at the pictures of them I just feel meh and haven't purchased them yet! Just like this Eucerin moisturizer that turned out to be such a nice safe choice!

Price: 

10-18 € / 50 ml: I paid 9,96 €

Bought from: 

Lookfantastic

Buy again? 

Yes. I'll look for sales!

Worth the money? 

Yes, works well with many other products, works for many skin types except probably very dry. I think I wouldn't pay closer to 20 € for this moisturizer however. It doesn't do anything extra for me, but it is great basic cream that makes my skin feel healthy. Definitely recommend to try it out at some point!