Avant Skincare Sumptuous Glycolic Acid Hand Balm 50 ml Review

Ingredients:

aqua (water), ethylhexyl stearate, caprylic/capric triglyceride, sorbitol, cetyl alcohol, cetearyl alcohol, glyceryl stearate citrate, stearyl alcohol, phenoxyethanol, benzyl alcohol, cera alba (beeswax), parfum (fragrance), cetearyl glucoside, xanthan gum, butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter, bht, citric acid, glycolic acid, glucose.

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 moisturizing or hydrating; I feel like my hands were almost more dry after applying

- No brighter or otherwise better skin on my hands

- Not enough Glycolic Acid according to ingredient list to actually do anything (second last ingredient) and it comes after Phenoxyethanol that can be used at max 1%

- The shea butter they also mention as a softening ingredient is less than 1%

- I find this is a quite useless product

+ Absorbs fast and well, not really residue after applying, good for day time use

+ Mild fragrance, not really good, but not bad either, does linger a little bit

+ Nice texture, light white cream (not a balm like the name suggests)

* I've had a few Avant products, they all came from Lookfantastic Advent Calendar. They all are overpriced in my opinion, but I really did like Avant Moisture Surge Overnight Treatment! It had that luxury feel for me, both texture and scent. So I am surprised that Avant Hand Balm is so bad. 

* I am convinced Avant products are super cheap but they are slapped a huge price tag to drive the subscription box values up. Avant products mainly come from different blind boxes or calendars. 

* I will try to finish this hand cream because it doesn't irritate my skin but it's difficult when I just want to reach for other stuff!

Price: 

65-95 € / 50 ml

Bought from: 

Got from Lookfantastic Advent Calendar

Buy again? 

No.

Worth the money? 

Avant Skincare Sumptuous Glycolic Acid Hand Balm is definitely not worth the money, so incredibly overpriced. I don't find it luxurious or even a good moisturizer. I wouldn't buy it if it costed 1 €, because it doesn't brighten, soften, hydrate or moisturize my skin. It has a nice texture and not bad (but also not nice) scent, but it is not nearly enough. Definitely not for people with dry hands.