Of all the Kiehl's products I tried, this is the one I liked most. It is a 24 hour moisturiser. The moisturiser is a thin, white lotion. I would describe it as thin, in a good way. Thin, as in it really penetrates the skin. It does not sit on top and make your skin oily or greasy, but penetrates and makes your skin feel soft and moisturised. It does not come with an SPF, a major disadvantage. Sometimes when I have not used the moisturiser for a while, nd then apply it there is a bit of stinging when applying it. The same kind of sting you got as a child when you had really dry elbows and applied cream. Does anyone know what I am talking about? I interpret this as the cream really penetrating and hydrating.
Here is a review that shows the thickness of the product quite well. Here is another review, another and one more and the Rubybox review.
Image from the blog linked to above - the photo is brilliant and show how easily the cream is absorbed.
All this reading and writing about beauty products has taught me a few things. One is that you want to use a moisturiser that does not contain mineral oils. Vegetable oils penetrates the skin and mineral oils stay on top. If you have a product with mineral oils in it, it can keep the rest of the ingredients on top, therefore you are wasting your money of you buy a product containing both mineral and vegetable oils. This moisturiser does not have any mineral oils in it.
It costs R265 for 50 ml, which is not really more expensive than moisturisers from other brands.
Kiehl's is marketed as a brand that is natural and wholesome. However, this product is not 'natural' and contains parabens and other synthetic ingredients. You can read rather negative reviews concerning all the 'unnatural' ingredients here , here
and here.
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