Review: Physiogel Hypoallergenic // Daily Moisture Therapy Facial Cream for dry and sensitive skin20/2/2018 Today's review is about Physiogel's Daily Moisture Therapy Fa cial Cream! I received this cream from my mum in law, and therefore cannot really tell you how much it cost when she purchased it. However, I do remember seeing it in supermarkets in my area for ca. KRW 19,000 or round about USD 18. It comes out of the tube a regular, emollient white cream that applies smoothly. When I used this, I applied it as the last or second to last step in my skin care routine. I tend to hydrate my skin with lots and lots of hydrating products sandwiched between a toner and a final product like an oil at nighttime or a sunscreen during the day, because, as I realised in my mid 20s, my skin was oily but actually severely dehydrated. Once I started hydrating my skin, my acne also started to subside. Therefore, I am always interested in keeping my skin's hydration levels as high as I possibly can, and this cream seemed promising judging from the description on the tube. I also read a few reviews, all of which were raving and waxing lyrical about how this product saved their skin, etc. But how did I like it? When I first started applying it, I was left a bit stumped. Possibly due to all the hydrating serums underneath this cream, it just would not sink in at all the first time.
I then tried applying it after only washing my face and toning with an alcohol free toner after that. It still would not absorb however! That week, I kept applying it and trying to make it work using different products in conjunction with it... no matter what it did, it always seemed to float like an oil spill on top of my skin without ever really sinking in. Towards the end of that week, I also started to break out on my cheeks. Deep, blind pimples started to appear that took forever to rise to the surface, to get rid of, and fading those marks took a few weeks too. While I cannot be 100% sure that it was this cream that broke me out - adult acne sufferers may know that acne is caused and exacerbated by a multitude of factors - it should be noted that it might have been the culprit. When consulting cosDNA, I noticed that this cream appears to contain coconut oil, which has been given a rating a 4 out of 5 (5 being the most acne triggering). Coconut oil has been described as comedogenic by some, so if you are acne prone, you might benefit from getting a sample to try it out before committing to the full size. I am sure that this product works well for very dry skinned folks, as it seems to create an oil barrier on top of your skin. Unfortunately for me, it was not the right product.
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