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Materia Herba Moisturising Cream for Oily to Combination Skin has a light consistency that spreads easily. Some of its ingredients that help moisturize the skin include glycerin, caprylic/capric triglyceride, cetearyl alcohol, safflower seed oil, glyceryl stearate, sunflower seed oil, and sesame seed oil.
The product does not contain mineral oil, silicones, or parabens. It contains fragrance.
One major drawback of this product is the large amount of alcohol it contains. (It is second on the ingredient list.) It makes the product potentially drying for most skin types.
Materia Herba Anti-Ageing Cream for Oily to Combination Skin has a somewhat similar formulation, but it does not contain alcohol. (The product still contains benzyl alcohol, which can be drying for some people. But it is not towards the very top of the ingredient list (8th on the ingredient list).)
Some of the moisturizing ingredients include sunflower seed oil, caprylic/capric triglyceride, glycerin, jojoba seed oil, squalane, glyceryl stearate, and soybean oil.
The product has a similar consistency to that of the Moisturising Cream for Oily to Combination Skin reviewed above. Even though the product has a light texture, sunflower seed oil (an occlusive moisturizing agent) is second on the ingredient list. It also contains other occlusive moisturizing ingredients such as jojoba seed oil, squalene and soybean oil. Overall, I think the product might be too occlusive for those with oily, combination, or normal-to-oily skin.
The product does not contain mineral oil, silicones, or parabens. It contains fragrance.
(The products featured in this article are provided by Korres.)
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Happy New Year!!!! :)
nice blogg….have a good start of the year…
Hi Vichaya,
Happy New Year to you too! :)
Hi Me,
Thank you very much! I hope your 2010 has started off well! :)
Hey PJ,
I just can't stop wondering that Korres put that oils in a lotion for oily skin – because sesame and cetearyl alcohol are highly comedogenic.
With that formula whether your skin stops producing oil (if you are just oily and NOT acne-prone it will work) or it will EXPLODE.
SThank you for the review PJ, nice your blog is still alive;-)
Hi Andreea,
I was slightly surprised to see that the second ingredient for Anti-Ageing Cream for Oily to Combination Skin is sunflower seed oil. I agree with you that occlusive moisturizing ingredients like sunflower seed oil and sesame seed oil can be problematic for those with acne-prone skin.
Thank you very much for posting your comment again! :)