Sh-Polypeptide-9: also known as Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor, it promotes the growth of capillaries to bring nutrients to the dermis A highly moisturising moisturiser with incredible ingredients designed to support and maintain a healthy skin barrier. If you’re looking for a watery, water-bursting moisturiser, then this isn’t it (I would recommend the Krave Oat so Simple HERE) But if you want a moisturiser that has some oil in it, some fatty ingredients BUT isn’t heavy and lets the skin breathe still, I think one may enjoy this. I’m not a fan of oily/fatty creams and the fact that I liked this and found it lightweight enough and used it everyday without feeling like my skin couldn’t breathe, says a lot. Zara wrote, “I deal with dehydrated skin; this moisturizer is my savior. First of all, its cute pump bottle stole my heart, and then as soon as the moisturizer touched my skin, it felt like my skin drank water. It smoothly glided onto my skin and improved my skin in just a week. The plump glow and radiance were the cherry on top. It is my new go-to moisturizer.” Keenoniks Moisturizer Face Cream The next Ceramide-enriched moisturizer that needs your attention is from the South Korean brand: The Face Shop. It is a mild nourishing face cream that improves my patchy and rough skin.

I think what lets this product down is the orange tint/tinge it gives the skin which means I am forced to use this in the PM and can’t wear it in the AM if I wanted to. And of course I have to be worried about staining white pillows.

Those who live in hot, humid weather, I do think should still go for more water-based products (as I think this’ll feel too oily / greasy). Stratia mixes natural and synthetic ingredients without making a fuss. And to preserve the formulas, efficiency and common sense prevails so they use good old parabens (when I saw them in the list, I almost teared up a little with joy 😅. Finally, a brand that is brave enough to resist the “clean” misinformation about them!). Holey immediately told me my reddit routine was making my skin worse. First, I had oily, dehydrated skin — not dry skin, as online quizzes and self-assessment had scored me — and piling on too many acids and actives was depleting my skin’s healing abilities, leaving the barrier sensitized and vulnerable. The best way to describe how my skin feels when I use Liquid Gold is calm. It has not broken me out at all, which is a minor miracle considering that half the things I try break me out (I'm living proof that the Purito unscented sunscreen does not work for everyone). I do feel a mild tingle from the niacinamide, which is normal for me, but I don't get any irritation or flushing. I started using Liquid Gold during a hormonal breakout and it has calmed down the existing acne I had. My skin also feels super soft after I use it.

If you really want extra hydration, you could always layer a hydrating serum with sodium hyaluronate underneath and rosehip seed oil on top! The Pure 24K infused Glow Cream is from South Californian brand Pura D’or. I define it as a multi-functional skincare product as it helps my skin with many things. Skin type? Recommended for all skin types, but works especially well for dehydrated or over-exfoliated skin rc-container-wrapper .rc-template__legacy-radio .rc-radio.rc-option__subsave { padding-bottom: .5rem; }Before we get into the details, here’s the TL;DR if you just want to know whether or not Stratia Liquid Gold is right for you. Soft Touch AHA has mandelic acid at a concentration of 10% and a low pH of around 3.4. The product also contains soothing anti-inflammatory ingredients like aloe, chamomile and allantoin, so irritation should be even lower. These ingredients might also help reduce purging if this is your first AHA product! There are also humectants like glycerin and hyaluronic acid to give your skin extra moisture. It has a very slightly sour smell. What it’s supposed to do: Liquid Gold is a moisture barrier repair moisturizer/emulsion. (For more info on what a moisture barrier is, see Skin & Tonics excellent moisture barrier post linked in the sources.) Liquid Gold takes your thinned out, red, overexfoliated, stinging, weakened skin and makes it supple, bouncy, strong, and able to tolerate some serious heavy-lifting from acids and actives. It accomplishes all this with the magic of CERAMIDES oooh ahhhh Because of the orange colour – it stains my pillow (could be due to the fact that I use a lot? but I don’t want to limit how much I use for fear of looking orange, I would rather be adequately moisturised, especially if this is the SOLE moisturiser I’m using in my routine. I'd been hearing about Stratia for quite some time on various skincare forums as a bit of an oldie-but-goodie that had made a big splash at one point, but always skipped it because I didn't think that barrier repair was something I needed. Until I suddenly did.

Overall, we think that Stratia Liquid Gold is formulated well and should help to moisturize and brighten skin, but we wish the brand would reformulate with a different preservative so that the formula would be paraben-free. Pros While her conclusions about the use of parabens, formaldehyde and lead go against the grain of what the industry at large is trying to champion, Reed has grown an organic following among those who lean into her scientific process more than the clean beauty movement. And another 5-star review says, “This stuff is FABULOUS, I just got done with almost a year on accutane and my skin is so dry and so sensitive, and this stuff is like butter, it brightens my skin, and makes it so incredibly soft it’s unbelievable. I hooked two of my best friends and my mom on it, they are equally as pleased.” Because this doesn’t disappear into the skin and remains on top of the skin (if you use a good amount of product) that does mean you’re left with an oily/greasy layer on top which is wonderful for the PM (although be careful of pillow if you sleep on your front), and means that this wouldn’t feel comfortable on my skin as an AM moisturiser). Signaling peptides work by telling your body to make more essential proteins to protect your skin barrier. Interface includes 3 different targeted peptides to help with this:In fact, peptides are some of the most effective anti-aging skincare ingredients being studied right now. Signaling Peptides That’s why applying products that contain ceramides — such as Stratia Liquid Gold — can help to replenish ceramide levels, thus restoring the skin’s natural barrier. Yes, Stratia is cruelty free and the products are officially Leaping Bunny Certified. Leaping Bunny Certification means Stratia skin care products are free of animal testing at every stage of product development. Is Stratia Liquid Gold Vegan? I just love it as a daily moisturizer. Plus, the cool thing about carrier peptides is that they should be gentle enough to be layered over other actives like glycolic acid or lactic acid. Parabens have been linked to reproductive, immunological, neurological and skin irritation problems. Parabens penetrate the skin and hang around in our bodies. As preservatives, parabens keep the bacteria out of the products, but keep in mind there are clean alternatives.