I must say, I’m happy that I had the opportunity to try another product from REN and this face cream was also something that I enjoyed very much using. I can’t say that it has become my favorite face cream, but it was very nice.

Packaging:

The full size product (50 ml) comes is a bottle with a pump, a packaging that i very much prefer, but the travel size that I used (15 ml) came in a tube. Other than that, the packaging is very simple, using white and green as the main colors.

Texture:

The face cream has a light texture, but it feels very nourishing when applied on the skin. It also has a vague herbal scent, but nothing that would be too overwhelming. It looks and it feels like a regular white face cream.

Ingredients:

Aqua (Water), Cetearyl Alcohol, Camellia Oleifera Seed Oil, Cetearyl Ethylhexanoate, Myristyl Myristate, Sesamum Indicum (Sesame) Seed Oil, Glycerin, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Triheptanoin, Cetearyl Glucoside, Myristyl Laurate, Oryzanol, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Ethylhexylglycerin, Vaccinium Macrocarpon (Cranberry) Seed Oil, Bisabolol, Ribes Nigrum (Black Currant) Seed Oil, Carbomer, Hippophae Rhamnoides Fruit Extract, Citrus Nobilis (Mandarin Orange) Peel Oil, Tocopherol, Anthemis Nobilis Flower Oil, Cinnamomum Camphora Linalloliferum (Ho Wood) Leaf Oil, Pelargonium Graveolens Flower Oil, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Dehydroacetate, Pueraria Lobata (Kudzu) Symbiosome Extract, Laminaria Ochroleuca Extract, Cassia Alata Leaf Extract, Calendula Officinalis Flower Extract, Glucose, Parfum* (Fragrance), Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract, Lactic Acid, Sodium Hydroxide, Citronellol, Geraniol, Limonene, Linalool * 100% Natural Fragrance – Parfum 100% Naturel

The Myristyl Myristate and the shea butter can potentially be pore-clogging ingredients, but I didn’t noticed any problem.

The top 5 ingredients on the list are water, cetearyl alcohol (fatty alcohol used as an emollient, emulsifier, and thickener), tea seed oil (rich in vitamins A, B, C, D and E), Cetearyl Ethylhexanoate (rich emollient, perfect for dry skin) and Myristyl Myristate (used as a texture enhancer and emollient, it has a wetter feel and is best for dry skin).

There are also other interesting natural ingredients in this such as sesame seed oil, ho wood leaf oil, sweet scented geranium oil, cranberry seed oil, black currant seed oil, seaberry fruit extract, mandarin orange peel oil, Roman chamomile flower oil, sunflower seed oil, kudzu extract, Laminaria Ochroleuca extract (an algae), cassia alata leaf extract, pot marigold flower extract and rosemary leaf extract.

Price and accessibility:

REN products are available here at Sephora and in a few online store. They are pricier, but not as expensive as some other brands. This face cream for example retails for 38 UK pounds on the brand’s official website. It’s not what I would usually pay for a face cream, but if it’s something that would do wonders for my skin, I would do the effort.

My overall opinion:

Clearly, I’m not the perfect candidate to use this moisturizer because while I tend to have sensitive skin, I have oily to combination skin and the face cream is packed with rich ingredients for dry skin. However, I noticed the calming effect it has on the skin, especially in areas where there is a little redness and if I used it in small quantities (as I otherwise tend to to use large quantities of moisturizer), it didn’t make me look oily or shiny.

Considering the ingredients list and the effect that it has on the skin, I would say that this is something that people with very dry skin, sensitive skin or redness should try, but it’s not something that’s best suited for my own skin care needs, so I wouldn’t purchase this on my own.