Today's review will be for the REN Glow Daily Vitamin C Gel Cream
Availability: This retails at $52 for 1.7 fl. oz. (50 ml) and can be purchased at sephora.com, nordstrom.com, spacenk.com, and bluemercury.com along with its physical store locations. It is also available via renskincare.com, dermstore.com, and houseofbeautyworld.com.
Would I buy this?: Probably not.
What is this product designed to address?
According to sephora.com:
What it is: A daily, lightweight gel cream formulated with vitamin C and magnesium to gently deliver a brighter, more hydrated complexion.Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily
Skincare Concerns: Dullness and Uneven Texture, Fine Lines and Wrinkles, and Dryness
Formulation: Lightweight Gel
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Vitamin C: Helps even the skin tone by reducing and preventing hyperpigmentation.
- Magnesium: Improves skin luminosity and radiance by hydrating the skin.
- Tara Pods Extract: Activates when in contact with the skin's natural microbiome (good bacteria) to even skin tone and reduce redness.
Ingredient Callouts: This product is cruelty-free and gluten-free. It comes in recyclable packaging.
What Else You Need to Know: Meet this glow-giving face moisturizer that’s irritation-free, and friendly to all skin types and skin tones. With a brightening blend of stabilized vitamin C, plus magnesium and tara pod extract, it’s a face cream that enhances your natural radiance, so you can glow your own way.
A gentle form of vitamin C illuminates skin and reduces hyperpigmentation. It’s your risk-free, no redness approach to getting smoother, brighter skin. Combine that with super-hydrating and illuminating magnesium to nourish and replenish, and you’ve got a daily facial moisturizer to brighten lack-luster complexions and release your inner glow.
Clean at Sephora
Clean at Sephora is formulated without a list of over 50 ingredients, including sulfates (SLS and SLES), parabens, phthalates, and more.
Does it contain any special/beneficial ingredients?
Again, according to sephora.com:
REN does not use skin-unfriendly ingredients. All products are free from synthetic fragrance, pore-blocking petrochemicals, sulfate detergents, silicones, synthetic colors, animal ingredients and parabens. In addition, REN products do not contain potential irritants including: glycols and diglycols (such as propylene glycol), PEG's, PPGs, urea, D.E.A, T.E.A, PABA, and other synthetic sunscreens, aliphatic alcohols/hydrocarbons, phthalates, fumarates, amines, alkanolamines, synthetic AHAs/BHAs, polyacrylamide, metacrylate, elastomer, poloxamer, styrene, vinyl, polyquaternium, synthetic chelating agents, nylon, nitriles, nitrates, nitrosamine releasers, bromates, fluor, aluminum, and alumina. In terms of what it does contain:
Glycerin - A humectant which draws moisture to the skin.
Ascorbyl Glucoside - Vitamin C - brightens, lightens, and tightens the skin - provides antioxidant protection.
Yeast Extract - Soothes and calms the skin, reduces redness.
Grapefruit Peel Oil - Reduces redness and irritation; contains antimicrobial properties.
Hippophae Rhamnoides Oil - Sea buckthorn; has cell-regenerating, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory properties.
Orange Flower Oil - Promotes clarity, radiance, and smoothness.
Tocopherol - Vitamin E, provides antioxidant protection.
Mandarin Orange Peel Oil - Promotes growth of new skin cells and tissues; helps heal the skin.
Sunflower Seed Oil - Has antioxidant properties and is rich in Vitamin E.
Rosemary Leaf Extract - Has antiseptic and disinfecting properties.
REN does not use skin-unfriendly ingredients. All products are free from synthetic fragrance, pore-blocking petrochemicals, sulfate detergents, silicones, synthetic colors, animal ingredients and parabens. In addition, REN products do not contain potential irritants including: glycols and diglycols (such as propylene glycol), PEG's, PPGs, urea, D.E.A, T.E.A, PABA, and other synthetic sunscreens, aliphatic alcohols/hydrocarbons, phthalates, fumarates, amines, alkanolamines, synthetic AHAs/BHAs, polyacrylamide, metacrylate, elastomer, poloxamer, styrene, vinyl, polyquaternium, synthetic chelating agents, nylon, nitriles, nitrates, nitrosamine releasers, bromates, fluor, aluminum, and alumina. In terms of what it does contain:
Glycerin - A humectant which draws moisture to the skin.
Ascorbyl Glucoside - Vitamin C - brightens, lightens, and tightens the skin - provides antioxidant protection.
Yeast Extract - Soothes and calms the skin, reduces redness.
Grapefruit Peel Oil - Reduces redness and irritation; contains antimicrobial properties.
Hippophae Rhamnoides Oil - Sea buckthorn; has cell-regenerating, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory properties.
Orange Flower Oil - Promotes clarity, radiance, and smoothness.
Tocopherol - Vitamin E, provides antioxidant protection.
Mandarin Orange Peel Oil - Promotes growth of new skin cells and tissues; helps heal the skin.
Sunflower Seed Oil - Has antioxidant properties and is rich in Vitamin E.
Rosemary Leaf Extract - Has antiseptic and disinfecting properties.
What is the texture like?
This has a lightweight, whipped cream texture to it.
Is it scented?
This smells very citrusy, I can only assume due to the citrus oils in it.
My overall experience/comments on the product:
I've only used this a few times so the post is more of a first impression but I will say that given the texture and scent of this product I definitely would like to keep using it long-term. This hydrates beautifully without being heavy, leaves my skin feeling soft and smooth, and gives me a bit of radiance without any pearl.
Please let me know if you have any questions or comments.
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