The Jo Malone Vitamin E Moisturising Day Creme has an spf 15, and is a whipped cream texture. It sinks in quickly and leaves my normal to dry skin feeling comfortable. I think normal to dry skin is the best fit for this cream; a normal/combination/oily skin would most likely find this too rich, and I'd recommend the Apivita Wine Elixir I reviewed last week for a really dry skin. I couldn't wear this in the summer, but I avoid vitamin E products in the summer anyway as they are too rich for my skin in warmer weather.
This is a silicone-heavy formulation (dimethicone is the third ingredient.) It doesn't have the velvet primer feeling of some silicone-heavy creams, but it leaves a dryish glide to the skin after application. I've found it's very good for using as my moisturiser before applying Suqqu Frame Fix Cream Foundation - it gives just enough slip for the Suqqu to blend easily.
As well as the wheatgerm common to the vitamin E range, this cream contains a number of botanical ingredients and caffeine. It smells like the rest of the vitamin E range; there's something in there to lightly mask the wheatgerm smell but it doesn't smell perfumed.
It costs £50, which is in the usual Jo Malone skincare price bracket, and comparable to the Sarah Chapman Skinesis Dynamic Defence cream I use and like. If I don't experience problems with the silicones in the formula after continued use, I'd consider making this my winter day cream.
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Hmm thanks very much for this. I reviewed this myself and loved it BUT I did break out really badly. It coincided with my time of the month so I just assumed it was that...I'm rubbish at knowing what ingredients are what and for forgetting to even check and now I'm wondering if thats why my spots were a bit worse than usual. I've not used it since (perhaps instinct?) for no apparent reason I wonder if subconsciously I realised this was breaking me out. Shame really because I love the texture and my skin was so soft using it!
ReplyDeleteHi Charlie - hard to know without using it consistently. So far, a couple of weeks in, my skin hasn't broken out with it, but it'd be too rich for me in the summer. It might just be that your skin doesn't need so much emollience all over - I avoid my chin with this.
DeleteI do have a history of not reacting at all well to some silicones unfortunately so it seems likely. That's very interesting as it hadn't occurred to me, sometimes I'm not the brightest spark ;)
DeleteThat is one longgg list of ingredients!
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't need the facial skincare from this range, but I'm so keen on trying out the body care because I've heard it wonderfully moisturising. My legs drive me crazy with their dryness!
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Hi Nazia - have you tried the Haus of Gloi Pumpkin Butter creams? I've found that those are brilliant for keeping my dry shins at bay.
DeleteWOW!!!! That is a scary ingredient list... acrylic acid/vp crosspolymer, just remember me the time I worked in the plastics industry. All this natural/sintectic industry... no one knows who is right or wrong but lets be honest some ingridients are just nasty...
ReplyDeleteHi Gabriela - that's why I like to give ingredients lists whenever I can - it's helpful if you prefer to avoid a particular ingredient. The Acrylic Acid copolymer is quite a common ingredient in creams to prevent separation.
DeleteThanks so much for this review! I nearly bought this yesterday, but held back because I literally have a huge box full of skin care to review already. For once in my life, I chose to exercise some restraint and only bought what I (felt I) needed.
ReplyDelete@Nazia...the Vitamin E body scrub is amazing. I have very dry skin and after using the scrub, I sometimes don't even need lotion. The only thing I don't like is the fragrance (I like the fragrance itself, but it tends to linger on the skin and sometimes interferes with my perfume).
I admire your restraint, Shannon :) Thanks for the info on the body scrub - it sounds lovely.
DeleteI had been wondering about this, but can see that there are a lot of ingredients that wouldn't work for me. The Jo Malone skincare has always taken somewhat of a back seat so it will be interesting to see how well this cream does.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the helpful review as always x
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ReplyDeleteWhich cream do you use for these colder dryer winter months? My skin is pretty dry (even with Nude's face oil underneath) and I think I might need to up my face cream : / Which one do you use out of interest? Ta
Hey Moodeve :)
DeleteSarah Chapman Dynamic Defence is my winter staple daytime moisturiser, and I'm using it again this winter. It's rich but not greasy feeling. It is quite perfume-y though, so try it out in SpaceNK to check you like the smell first.