Beauty Review: Verite Moisture Relief Cream by Estee Lauder

Product Tag Line:

Extra help for sensitive skin that tends to be dry
Product Profile in short and the Promise:
(as described on Estee Lauder web-site)
• Helps rebuild moisture defense barrier.
• Special anti-irritants help reduce the appearance of redness common to sensitive skin.
• Leaves skin feeling silky, cushioned.

What’s Inside:
Don’t know! Let’s see!


Close-up on Active Ingredients:
Water
Butylene Glycol
Dimethicone
Hexylene Glycol Petrolatum
Cetearyl Alcohol
Squalane
Pentylene Glycol
Sucrose
Glycerin
Isostearyl Neopentanoate
Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract – Green Tea Extract
Centella Asiatica Extract - Hydrocotyl Extract
Sodium Hyaluronate
Ceramide 3
Cholesterol
Caffeine
Cetearyl Glucoside
Hydrogenated Lecithin
Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria)
Methyl Glucose
Stearic Acid
Carbomer
Sodiaum Citrate
Titanium Dioxide

The ingredients list resembles Verite Calming Fluid. As I can see, Verite Moisture Relief Cream contains the same soothing/anti-inflammatory extracts and anti-oxidants like Green Tea Extract, Caffeine, Hydrocotyl Extract, Matricaria Chamomilla (type of chamomile). In terms of keeping your skin moisturized, the cream contains great ingredients to restore and keep up skin’s protective barrier, like Ceramide and Cholesterol, as well as several ingredients that serve to attract and lock moisture in the skin such as Butylene Glycol and Glycerin - humectants (attract moisture to skin), Squalane - great emollient (softens, conditions the skin), Dimethicone- occlusive (creates an occlusive layer over the skin to keep the moisture in).

Experience

Texture: white, quite thick cream
Smell: no smell

In the description of the product Estee Lauder implies that Verite Moisture Relief Cream is mostly for the skin that tends to be dry. However, it can be used by all skin types. Usually I am very suspicious of “All Skin Types” products, and often rightly so as I get break outs. But Verite Moisture Relief Cream was great for my mixed skin. Texture seems at first quite thick. But when you apply the cream it kind of melts and very quickly gets absorbed. I also hate it when moisturizer is too occlusive and you can feel a film mask on your skin after application. It is not the case with Verite Moisture Relief Cream! It gives you thatnice velvety finish, skin immediately feels soft , moisturized and comfortable (I don’t want to sound like and ad but it’s true!). Redness also subsides with regular use.

The combination of Verite Calming Fluid and Verite Moisture Relief Cream is ideal for sensitive skin that needs that extra help to sooth persistent redness or to regenerate. If your skin is sensitive but you don’t have much redness/irritation, Verite Moisture Relief Cream alone should be enough. That’s how I am using it now and I like the results.

Price Tag:
50$ (38 EURO)

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Beauty Review: Verite Calming Fluid by Estee Lauder

Product Tag Line:

Helps sensitive skin feel totally at peace

Product Profile in short and the Promise:
(as described on Estee Lauder web-site)
• repairs the moisture barrier.
• protects skin from environmental damage and visible signs of premature aging.
• improves skin's elasticity and firmness and helps repair the look of fine lines and wrinkles.

What’s Inside:

TriLipid Complex and Anti-oxidants

Close-up on Active Ingredients:
Water
Phenyl Trimethicone - silicone fluid, prevents foaming, skin-conditioning agent - occlusive
Pentylene Glycol solvent, skin conditioning agent
Cyclopentasiloxane- skin-conditioning agent - emollient, solvent
Glycerin - humectant
Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract – green tea extract, anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-allergenic
Centella Asiatica Extrac - Hydrocotyl extract, potent anti-oxidant, skin contioner
Ceramide 3- certamides are naturally occurring skin lipids that are major components of the skin’s outer structure. Ceramides are essential for functioning of skin’s protective barrier, skin’s water-retention capacity as well as for cell regulation.
Cholesterol - one of the constituents of the lipid matrix responsible for skin’s protective barrier, stabilizer, emollient, and water-binding agent
Phospholipids- type of lipid, essential to the function of skin cell membranes, helps to maintain skin protective barrier
Aluminium Starch Octenylsuccinate- thickening agent
Caffeine– anti-inflammatory, relieves skin redness
Butylene Glycol– humectant (attracts moisture to skin)
Isocetyl Alcohol- skin-conditioning agent - emollient, viscosity increasing agent
Acrylates/ C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer- film forming agent, emulsion stabilizer, viscosity increasing agent
Chamomila Recutita - matricaria chamomilla, type of chamomile, has anti-inflamatory, antseptic properties, also used for skin-conditioning and toning
Glyceryl Laurate- skin-conditioning agent – emollient, emulsifying egent
Isostearic Acid - fatty acid, binder, emulifier
Tromethamine- fragrance ingredient; pH adjuster;
Xanthan Gum- skin-conditioning, stabilizer, thickener

The combination of anti-ageing anti-oxidants, soothing ingredients and ingredients that help to rebuild skin’s barrier function is really impressing. I was actually surprised to find a couple occlusives in this product. It does not at all feel occlusive.

Experience

Texture: white creamy fluid
Smell: no smell
Method of Use: Comes in a pump dispenser and is applied AM and PM. Followed up with a moisturizer.

Wonderful product for sensitive skin! It not only soothes sensitivity SOS but also provides anti-ageing and anti-oxidant benefits. Anti-ageing products are quite rare for sensitive skin because they are mostly too intensive and cause irritation.
I love this product! It is immediately absorbed into the skin. If your skin felt burning or irritated, it delivers immediate relief and your skin feels soft and balanced. With regular and constant use redness subsides and skin looks smoother and healthier. Attention: Even though it says “fluid” on this product it acts more like a serum and needs to be followed up by a moisturizer. When I first bought it, I made the mistake of assuming that it will also keep my skin moisturized – I was wrong! Soon I was running to the store for Verite Moisture Relief Cream

Price Tag:
60$ (45 EURO)

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Beauty Review: Verite Light Lotion Cleanser by Estee Lauder

Product Tag Line:

This deliciously light, milky formula comfortably and thoroughly cleans skin.

Product Profile in short:
(as described on Estee Lauder web-site)

Actively maintains skin's perfect moisture balance.

Won't strip away vital lipids, dry skin, or cause irritation.

Promise:

Estee Lauder promises that Verite Light Lotion Cleanser gently cleans without stripping, drying or irritation.

What’s Inside:
I know what is not contained in Verite cleanser. There should be no emulsifiers, alcohol, colorants or fragrance. Let’s see the details.

Close-up on Active Ingredients:

Water
Caprylic/Capric Trigkyceride- emollient from the mixed triester of glycerol, caprylic and capric acid, used for its excellent skin conditioning abilities; also used as a dispersing agent and solvent for actives
Glycerin - humectant
Butylene Glycol – humectant
Olea Europaea Fruti Oil – Olive oil, emollient, highly compatible with human skin, has healing and soothing properties.
Pentylene Glycol – Solvent; SKIN CONDITIONING
Phenyl Thrimethicone – Silicone, Emollient, adds shine
Sucrose Stearate – exceptionally mild emulsifier derived from sugar and coconut or palm oil, emulsifier can also act as a surfactant(cleansing agent)
Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract – Green tea extract, anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory
Chamomila Recutita - Matricaria chamomilla,type of chamomile; has anti-inflamatory, antseptic properties; also used for skin-conditioning and toning
Ceramide 3- ceramides are naturally occurring skin lipids that are major components of the skin’s outer structure. Ceramides are necessary for well functioning skin’s protective barrier, skin’s water-retention capacity as well as for cell regulation.
Anthemis Nobilis – Chamomile, anti-inflammatory, improves tissue regeneration
Tromethamine- Fragrance Ingredient; pH Adjuster
PPG-20 Methyl Glucose Ether - Skin-conditioning agent
Isostearic Acid – A naturally occurring fatty acid. Binding agent, Emulsifier, Surfactant
Carbomer - An emulsion stabilizer or thickening agent
Sodium Stearate - Surfactant (cleansing agent), emulsifying agent

So as we can see, the are not many ingredients. This is good because the more ingredients, the higher chance of developing reaction to one of them. Very important for sensitive skin is that Verite Light Lotion Cleanser contains some valuable soothing agents like chamomile, green tea extract and olive oil. As for the latter, some people apparently love using pure olive oil to cleanse their skin.

I did find one emulsifier though. According to online sources, it is “exceptionally mild” however.

Experience

Texture: very light milky lotion, feels very pleasant on the skin, it does seem to be melting even though it is anyway already extremely light
Smell: no smell
Method of Use: Massage on, then rinse away or tissue off

I have already purchased this product three times. I love it. So here are the things I like about Verite Cleanser!
I like the texture. It’s light but milky enough to massage my skin before washing it off. Experts do recommend to give your skin a good massage while using cleansing milk or lotion. This helps to stimulate the skin and, of course, to clean it better!
Verite Lotion Cleanser doesn’t break me out which means two things. First, it is not too light and doesn’t leave skin dirty to cause pimples. Second, it is not too strong and doesn’t strip skin’s lipids to leave it vulnerable for irritants.
I have a mixed skin type (normal/medium-oily). So I often wash my face twice to make sure it is clean. Washing you face several times with a soft cleanser instead once with an aggressive product is another great recommendation from dermatologists.

There is one drawback I guess. I think it would take too many washing sessions to wash off a face full of makeup. Meaning foundation, powder, blush, concealer etc. So when I do such heavy makeup, I use a different cleanser. Otherwise, if I am wearing just powder or light foundation, Verite Lotion Cleanser works just fine.

Price Tag:
About 20-25$ (15-20 EURO)

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Beauty Preview: Verite by Estee Lauder

Verite Line by Estee Lauder includes five products that are specially developed for sensitive skin:
Vérité Light Lotion Cleanser
Vérité Soothing Toner
Vérité Calming Fluid
Vérité Moisture Relief Creme
Vérité Special EyeCare

As described in product brochure, Verite line aims at achieving three major goals:
1.Prevent reactivity by eliminating harsh chemical emulsifiers.
2.Normalize the skin’s behavior by including irritation soothers exclusive to Estee Lauder.
3.Rebuild skin’s protective barrier by helping to replace lipids that are missing in the impaired barrier and enhancing the body’s own natural repair.

All of the products in Verite line have been not only dermatologist-tested but also extensively tested on sensitive skin. In addition they were also ophthalmologist- and allergy-tested. All of the products follow the highest safety requirements for sensitive skin and are

Fragrance-free

Alcohol-free

Emulsifier-free

Free of common allergens

Free of dyes and colorants

I have been using this line on and off for about a year-year and a half now. I really like the high quality and the visible results delivered by these products. And I do think it is one of the best lines out there for sensitive skin! So I am looking forward to reviewing all of the products (except Vérité Special EyeCare) in the upcoming posts.

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